Thu, August 22, 2024
Today’s Progress: I worked on a coding assignment to create a sleep debt calculator. Initially, the code used switch statements to determine sleep hours for each day of the week. While functional, it felt unnecessarily verbose and prone to errors. I decided to refactor the code using object literals for a more concise and readable solution.
What I Learned:
- Object Literals: Using object literals instead of switch statements can make the code more concise and easier to read.
- Implicit Returns: Arrow functions with implicit returns can reduce boilerplate code.
- Readability: Aligning and stacking variables in object literals helps quickly spot typos or syntax errors.
Reflection: Refactoring the code not only made it more efficient, in that object literals are O(1) while switch statements are O(N), but also improved its readability. This exercise reinforced the importance of writing clean and maintainable code, even at the early stages of learning.
