Leaves - Morgan

[morganschuler]

JS Adagrams

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Comprehension Questions

Question	Answer
What patterns were you able to use from your Ruby knowledge to apply to JavaScript?	I was able to use similar patterns such as hashes to objects, similar types of loops (although executed differently in JS).
Did you need to use different strategies to find information online about JavaScript than you would for Ruby?	I think that I more or less use similar strategies. With ruby I would refer to my notes often, but since I am such a beginner in JS I find myself looking for more material to reference online.
What was a challenge you were able to overcome on this assignment?	I think the biggest challenge was just understanding the different syntax and seeing how to carry it over to JS. Because everything can't be translated over perfectly from Ruby, it took some practice to be able to find comparable ways of achieving the desired result in JS.
What has been interesting and positive about learning a new programming language?	I think it's really interesting to see the shortcuts that are present in another language - for example ruby doesn't have anything like arrow functions. Although these present a challenge, it's exciting to see logic executed in a different language.
What is something to focus on your learnings in JavaScript in the next week?	More advanced syntax - I think now I better understand variables and loops but I would like to feel really comfortable with arrow functions, etc. that are not present in ruby.

[beccaelenzil]

JS Adagrams

What We're Looking For

Feature	Feedback
General
Answered comprehension questions	yes
Small commits with meaningful commit messages	whoops, you forgot :)
Code Requirements
drawLetters method
Uses appropriate data structure to store the letter distribution	yes
All tests for drawLetters pass	yes
usesAvailableLetters method
All tests for usesAvailableLetters pass	yes
scoreWord method
Uses appropriate data structure to store the letter scores	yes
All tests for scoreWord pass	yes
Optional
highestScoreFrom method
Appropriately handles edge cases for tie-breaking logic	didn't address this -- was this intentional? The start to highestScoreFrom looks good.
All tests for highestScoreFrom pass	no
Overall	Great work on this project! In this project you’ve taken some interesting logic and worked it into JavaScript syntax. I’m adding a few comments for you to review, but overall you’ve done a great job of practicing syntax.

[beccaelenzil]

You can simply write

{
A: 9,
B: 2,
...
}

without " "

[beccaelenzil]

There's a small bug here. Think about what you need to keep you from selecting the same letter 10 times.

[beccaelenzil]

nice use of a for..of loop!