Compiled Learning Objectives

At the end of the sprint, you should be able to do the following things. Make sure to check you can do them all, and if not, go back and keep practicing until you can.

Install a UNIX based operating system (Prep)

• Check you have a Unix based operating system
• If required, setup a Unix based operating system

Install Node with nvm (Prep)

• Download and install Node using nvm

Interacting with computers (Prep)

• Define a computer

Using an interface (Prep)

• Categorise different interfaces

Terminal interface (Prep)

• Identify the terminal and its purpose
• Execute commands in the terminal

Prep dir (Prep)

• Create a working prep directory for the module

Running scripts (Prep)

• Execute a JavaScript file with Node

Logging (Prep)

• Use console.log to print a value

Classifying data (Prep)

• Define data type, expression, and operator

Saving expressions (Prep)

• Identify the syntactic features of a variable declaration
• Explain why we use variable declarations
• Create strings using variables and template literals

Declarations and statements (Prep)

• Define a declaration
• Define a statement
• Describe the difference between a declaration and a statement
• Describe the difference between let and const

Comparing current and target output (Prep)

• Evaluate an expression that uses a comparison operator
• Explain when to use the === operator in a program
• List the values of the boolean type

Making a choice (Prep)

• Propose a strategy for solving a problem
• Identify sub-problems within a larger problem

Conditionally executing code (Prep)

• Construct a flow diagram that describes how to produce an output from a given input
• Explain when it is necessary to use a conditional statement
• Identify the syntactic features of an if statement
• Analyse a conditional statement to determine whether or not the statement will be executed
• Determine the output of a program that uses a conditional statement

Errors (Prep)

• Identify the cause of syntax errors in small snippets of JavaScript
• Interpret syntax error messages to determine their cause and how to fix them

Interpreting errors (Prep)

• Interpret an error trace to identify which line in which file caused the error
• Identify an error message from an error trace

Interpreting this error (Prep)

• Interpret an error message
• Break down an error message and look up unfamiliar parts
• Rephrase an error message

Reusing variable names (Prep)

• Fix code which declares the same identifier more than once