Learning A New Power

31 Aug 2018

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Mind Blowing Script

It’s already been about two weeks since I’ve been introduced to Javascript and honestly speaking it is a bit different to what I was initially expecting. Before taking ICS 314, I thought Javascript was just going to be like Java only at a more difficult level. After the past two weeks I can tell why Javascript is one of the three core technologies of the World Web. Up to now I have learned Java, C, and C++, but compared to these Javascript is much more powerful. It’s powerful because I don’t have to declare my variables datatypes like int, float, double, char, or string. Which is something less trivial to worry about.

Hello FreeCodeCamp

Personally when it comes to me having to learn a new language I have the consistency in thinking that I’m learning to code all over again. So when my professor provided the code practicing website “FreeCodeCamp”, it was very educational. This was a very helpful introductory to start with in Javascript, because it showed me some basics that I’m familiar with or Javascripts’ adaptations of them. For instance I thought it would be closely similar to Java in using “System.out.println()” but instead it uses a browser’s display called “console.log()”. I also discovered that operators are slightly different from C and C++. Usually it’s using “!=“ to define conditions as not equal but in Javascript it’s “!==“, there’s an extra equal sign. If I didn’t complete FreeCodeCamp’s basic Javascript tutorial I wouldn’t have known how to start in this new language I’m learning.

Power Mind Training

Along with starting how to use Javascript I was also challenged with “athletic software engineering”. It’s basically speed coding on new material that I presently learned. This type of style of learning so far has refreshed my mind after not touching up on coding from a long three month summer break. I think this is an excellent strategy because it will get me ready for when I want to look for a job since Javascript is majorly used in professional work environments.

Because each time is like a brain workout, my professor calls it a Workout of the Day (WOD). My first WOD was the temperature converter, a very simple implemented function which I could have made average time, but I missed out on the fact that I switched the temperatures arguments. But if I keep repeating to practice the WODs again and again, I predict that I’ll gain a new strength in my own software abilities.

	function temperatureConverter(temp, tempType){
		switch(tempType){
  		case 'C': 
    		case 'c':
    			return (temp-32)*(5/9);	//1. wrong argument
    		case 'F':
    		case 'f':
    			return (temp*(9/5))+32;	//2. wrong argument
    		default:
    			return "Illegal temperature type";
  		}
	}
	console.log(temperatureConverter(212, "F"));
	console.log(temperatureConverter(0, "C"));     
	console.log(temperatureConverter(0, "X"));