First Week At My Boot Camp

Stepping into the world of coding, I thought would be opening a different world of possibilities. It did. But in my head I felt like I was thrown into the ocean not knowing how to swim. A bit dramatic, aren’t I? For reference my background was health care. I was not technically a first responder, but had a very important role anyhow. Prior to starting the boot camp that I am currently enrolled in, we were instructed to finish a pre-work course which consisted of about 40-60 hours of lecture and lab, and I finished it a week or so before the first day of class.

I thought that had prepared me from the ocean that I was about to embark on. I was excited, nervous, giddy that I would be learning more information. I had my laptop ready, cup of tea next to me, and an emergency coffee on standby just in case, eager to face the day. I guess I did forget how a first day in school feels. It has been 10 years plus since I have been in school. Gosh, do I feel old writing that. I felt happy, eager, lost, confused, and anxious all at the same time.

It has been exactly 5 days since I started my boot camp school. I still feel all the emotions everyday. Up and down, right and left, making circles, what a rollercoaster the first week feels. What got me through the lows, was making myself a cheat sheet. I would like to share some parts of the cheat sheet that I made as I went through the course and labs in this first week. Comment if you need any clarifications or anything to improve my cheat sheet!

I think I've learnt a huge amount in a very short amount of time, hopefully this blog helps somebody going through the same situation, you're not alone, you've got this!

JavaScript Basics:

Variables

- they store values, ex: const variableName = “This is a string.”

Data types

1. Number
   


2. String
   


3. Boolean
   


4. Object
   


5. Undefined
   


6. Null
   


7. BigInt
   


8. Symbol
   

Functions

1. Function Declarations

function addition(number1, number2) {

return number1 \+ number2;

}

addition(5, 10);

Expected return: 15

2. Function Expressions

const sum \= function addition(number1, number2) {

return number1 \+ number2;

}

console.log(sum(5, 10));

Expected return: 15

3. Arrow functions

cons sum \= (number1, number2) \=\> number1 \+ number2;

sum(5, 10);

Expected return: 15

source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/JavaScript_basics

DOM / HMTL


The DOM, Document Object Model, is a way of representing a document as a series of nodes, and defines the interface for interacting with those nodes. HTML, HyperText Markup Language, is used to create a representation of the DOM that then can be modified by javascript, using the APIs defined by the DOM.