London | 26-ITP-January | Laura C | Sprint 2 | Structuring and Testing Data

[lauracs24]

Self checklist

• I have titled my PR with Region | Cohort | FirstName LastName | Sprint | Assignment Title
• My changes meet the requirements of the task
• I have tested my changes
• My changes follow the style guide

Changelist

I worked through all Sprint 2 exercises by predicting errors, running the code with node, and explaining why issues occurred before fixing them. In the debug section, I identified logic problems and corrected the functions so they returned the correct values. I also implemented the required functions (calculateBMI, toUpperSnakeCase, and toPounds) and completed the interpret task by analysing the code step by step and answering the questions.

Questions

What is a reliable way of learning javascript easily and testing yourself?

[cjyuan]

Both the code and the explanations are good.

I only have a question and some suggestions.

[cjyuan]

It is possible to have a global variable and a parameter named num in a script. For example,

const num = 103;

function getLastDigit(num) {
  return num.toString().slice(-1);
}

Can you find out why?

[lauracs24]

Ah I think the issue was not the shared variable name, but that the function did not define a parameter. I have updated my explanation to reflect this

[cjyuan]

Your change is good, and you are right about the function not having a parameter.

I meant to point out these two concepts, "identifier scope and identifier resolution, in the context of JavaScript programming". ChatGPT can give a good explanation.

[cjyuan]

Changes look good. Well done.