JS Core 1 Review (London Class 3)

[kkarimi]

@CodeYourFuture/london-class-3 and @CodeYourFuture/mentors are invited to review this module for:

1. The topics covered in the content of our syllabus
2. The homework for the classes including recommended online material
3. The teaching methods

As well as any other comment they like to share.

Thank you!

[OlenaKashuba]

I was happy with explanation of basic things such as functions, arrays, for loops etc and number of tasks we had for homework to practice it (from basic to more advanced ones). I didn't get the practical use of Babel excersises, they were rather complicated. I understand that with very basic things it is hard to give us examples of practical use of it in real world, so for this time I am ok with tasks like codewars to fine-tune syntax and logical approach (that's basically why I enjoy Bunch of easier excercies more than 1 but very complicated). As we move in, I wish we would have more idea about practical use, for ibstabce we started to cover the topic yesterday about tests; we got understandable tasks and explanations, but missed the knowledge what are tests, who writes them and what does that mean for programmer routine at work. Also, speaking about theoretical material I find it useful you give us more than 1 option to choose. For instance, if Kyle's explanation of scopes and closures is too deep, you could recommend an alternative easier source (like bianca). I believe it doesn't kill the idea of challenge itself - people will check more advanced option anyway: to compare, to get more details or just a different view. I personally start with advances first and only if I can't handle it I step back to easier options. I mean, challenging is good, but the availability only of the advanced option can be demotivating and cause the gaps in fundamental knowledge.

[dahfool]

I think while teaching javascript, we could create example which interact with html, to make it more interesting and relevant. 2 weeks ago while we working on closure ... 2 students said to me, what does all this have to do with websites. E.g, while teaching loop, we could display an ordered list ....

[yevhensydorov]

@dahfool we haven't started interact with DOM part of our syllabus yet.