JS' JS Scrabble

[jjousun]

JS Scrabble

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Comprehension Questions

Question	Answer
What patterns were you able to use from your Ruby knowledge to apply to JavaScript?	The logic when thinking out the problems are transferrable. So things like running through conditional statements, looping through a collection or calling a function (method) were similar enough. I also used the same data structure, as in the Ruby version of the project, to store scoreboard information.
What was a challenge you were able to overcome on this assignment?	Getting the syntax of JavaScript was challenging, especially invoking functions, which I learned needs parens to differentiate it from calling properties of an object. I also had a hard time wrapping my head around the structure of this project, as we've stored different objects in one file - I wasn't sure what the best practice for referencing functions of different objects in other objects was.
What is your favorite thing about learning a new programming language?	I like surprising myself when I know more than I think I know. It took me a long time to make headway on Wave 1 of this project because I was doubting my abilities and kept putting it off. But when I pushed myself to do it anyway, I was able to get it done (with help!).
What is your least favorite thing about learning a new programming language?	I'm worried that I'm too dim; it's difficult not to compare to others. I have massive anxiety that I'm not keeping up.
Do you have any recommendations on how we could improve this project for the next cohort?	No, I think this was quite nice in that we got to revisit an old project (I like the opportunity to review my old work). It was a good level of challenge for the start of learning JS.

[CheezItMan]

This could also be written,

return this.totalScore() > 100;

leaving out the if.

[CheezItMan]

JS Scrabble

What We're Looking For

Feature	Feedback
Core Requirements
Git hygiene	Check, Believe it or not being scared because you're NOT doing TDD is a GOOD sign!
Comprehension questions	Don't worry about being dim. You're in no danger of that. Best way to see is to jump in.
General
score calculates score, has appropriate params and return value	Check, name is a little different, no problem.
highestScoreFrom calculates highest scoring word, has appropriate params and return value	Check
Player object
Has name and plays properties	Check
Has play, totalScore, hasWon functions	Check
Has highestScoringWord and highestWordScore functions	Check
Overall	Nicely done, direct and good use of Scrabble objects as hashes. I like how you used console.log for testing. It' a good practice if you don't have a testing dsm available. You probably don't need to use prototype in Scrabble since you'll only ever have one instance of it, but otherwise this is an excellent job!