Homework #1

Instructions

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1. Feynman Writing Prompts - Write out explanations of the following concepts like you are explaining it to a 12 year old. Doing this will help you quickly discover any holes in your understanding. Ask your questions on Slack.

   • Variables Store data to use/reuse in programs and can change value when necessary. - Declare with keyword var. - Assign/change value with assignment operator =

   • Strings Variable type that stores characters. - Variable values wrap in "" or '' are string variables - Use the + operator to concatenate strings

   • Functions (arguments, return) Small programs within programs.

     • Arguments are values used by functions to generate a desired output.
     • The return keyword returns functions' generated outputs.

   • if statements Checks for a conditional criteria, if met it executes a code block/statement.

   • Boolean values (true, false) Conditional data values that are either true or false.

     • Are assign using the assignment operator =
     • Variables with true/false values are boolean variables

2. Install Node and NPM. NPM comes packaged with Node. https://nodejs.org/en/download/

3. Install SublimeText3. If you have another editor that you prefer then you can use that. https://www.sublimetext.com/3

4. Download this project folder from GitHub.

5. Navigate into the downloaded folder using Terminal(Mac) or Command Prompt(Windows). ls(Mac), pwd(Windows) and cd <directory_name> are the commands you need to navigate around.

6. Once you are in the folder type the command npm install. This will fetch all of the needed requirements for the project.

7. Run npm test to run the automated tests. At first all of the tests will be broken. You will fill out the functions in exercises.js to make the tests pass.

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