Leaves - Samantha

[iamsammysam]

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 loops, if statements, arrays and objects (behaving as hashes) to write this code.
Did you need to use different strategies to find information online about JavaScript than you would for Ruby?	I basically used the same strategies to find information online about JS that I use for Ruby. First looking at Ada's material, then looking at Javascript documentation online.
What was a challenge you were able to overcome on this assignment?	Learning the right syntax was a challenge at the beginning but it felt easier as I found information about JS online and applied that to the Ruby concepts that I already have.
What has been interesting and positive about learning a new programming language?	It is always interesting to learn a second or even a third language and to use the fundamental concepts of the first language to find similarities and differences and adapt to implement them to a new language.
What is something to focus on your learnings in JavaScript in the next week?	I want to get more practice on the syntax and developing more complex programs in JS.

[beccaelenzil]

This data structure works, but it's not very DRY and would be tricky to change. For example, suppose I said you had the wrong number of "I"s - you would have to do a lot of counting to solve the problem.

Instead you might store a hash of letter frequencies like this

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

[beccaelenzil]

There's a small bug here. Consider how you could make sure you don't pick the same letter 10 times (however unlikely it is).

[beccaelenzil]

since you used a traditional for loop you could simply return false here so you don't unnecessarily need to go through the whole loop.

[beccaelenzil]

style note: put each key-value pair on one line.

[beccaelenzil]

You've got a good start!

[beccaelenzil]

JS Adagrams

What We're Looking For

Feature	Feedback
General
Answered comprehension questions	yes
Small commits with meaningful commit messages	yes
Code Requirements
drawLetters method
Uses appropriate data structure to store the letter distribution	see comment
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	nice start!
Appropriately handles edge cases for tie-breaking logic	no
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 (including a bug in tiebreaker), but overall you’ve done a great job of practicing syntax.