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# Problem
![Robot](https://media.giphy.com/media/I7kkegrRyNrk4/giphy.gif)

You are working with a computer simulation of a mobile robot. The robot moves on an plane, and its movements are described by a command string consisting of one or more 
of the following letters:

* `G` instructs the robot to move forward one step
* `L` instructs the robot to turn left
* `R` instructs the robot to turn right

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Template for DTR Memo
Project:
Group Member Names:
Goals and Expectations for the Project (What does each group member hope to get out of this project?
amy: Learn React 
corbin: Practice good routing organization

What do we want to achieve as a team? How will we know that we're successful?):
amy: Collaborate, help each other learn
corbin: Make a slick good looking and well working site.

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Mod 3 Week 1: Professional Storytelling II: Resumes & Portfolios

Refine your career vision: What are the values that will drive your job search?

• I value honesty and ethical practices. A job that respects its employees and works to create rather than moderate.

What are your goals for your job search? What kind of role do you see yourself pursuing in your job search?

• Working in video conferencing or in the entertainment industry would be ideal. A position that allows for a good level of creativity and a challenge.

Based on your latest version of your career vision, list the top 3-5 industries and companies you'll pursue in your job search as of right now. Why did you pick these industries/companies?

• Video conferencing, Entertainment(movies), insurance, healthcare

How do they relate to the values and goals you have for yourself in your job search?

• Most involve some level of creativity in the work place. All relate to the current state of the US and its shifting industries adapting to the vir

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React Router Prework

This gist contains a short assignment I'd like everyone to complete before our formal lesson. The prework involves reading some of the React Router documentation, and will allow us to keep the lesson more hands on.

Instructions

1. Fork this gist
2. On your own copy, go through the listed readings and answer associated questions
3. Comment a link to your forked copy on the original gist

Questions / Readings

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Mounting Phase

Constructor()

• The constructor is used to set a template or a class for future iterations of the same class or using the state attribute to store and use data. This is read during the mounting phase.

render()

• render is used to display visual data to the dom. It is initially read during the mounting phase or at page load but it also is read whenever there is an update or change during the updating phase.

componentDidMount()

• This is the starting data. Most fetch calls will be made within this function and it is read at page load during the mounting phase.

Updating Phase

render()

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What is a "framework?" And how does it differ from a "library?"

• A framework has libraries preinstalled and is in charge of the flow of the application. When using a library the developer dictates the flow of execution for the app.

Why should we consider using a framework over vanilla JS like you have been doing in mods 1 and 2?

• It is more efficient, uses less code and lets us design UI mechanics while laying out the basic XML. Using vanilla JS this is a 2-3 step process and using a framework we can boil it down to 1-2 steps to get functionality working.

What is a "component" in React? Why is it useful to have components?

• A component is a reusable piece of code. It can take the form of a function or a class and can be used multiple times throughout an application.

What is JSX?

• JSX is the new syntax we will be using for react and other frameworks. It is a blend of HTML and JS with optional CSS applications as well. It allows the developer to write both the elements and their functionality at the

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In a few sentences, explain what the project was and the scope of your work. Imagine explaining your answer to a technical recruiter or a developer who you’d potentially be interviewing with who knows nothing about Turing.

• The project was to make a meme generator that would auto populate a title a quote and a large image. The website allows the user to make their own custom meme poster and to save any poster into a page of 'saved posters for later fulfillment.
• In this project we had to create an idea card generator that would allow the user to create their own idea cards and titles and then organize them according to a favorites function and then has the ability to search through them using a dynamic search bar.
• In this project I had to make a working tic-tac-toe board that records the game boards for each players wins and then keeps track of them on the players corresponding side of the page.

What role do you typically play on a team? (If you answer, provide an example from this project)

• Previ

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Start by making an array of strings that can be potential returns from the magic 8 ball.
Turn this array into a variable that we can reference later lets call it 'answers'
create a function called magicBallOfMagicEight
Create a for loop that is going to go through the length of the array of potential answers.
create a function that will draw a random index number from our array using Math.random * answers.length and make it into a variable 'randomAnswer'

Now we will reference our randomAnswer and pull from the list using bracket notation so we dont just get back a number but the answer itself and lets make it a variable called 'myOwnAnswer'
make the function RETURN myOwnAnswer
Fire!

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Project:

Group Member Names: Corbin March, Keith Crofton

Goals and Expectations for the Project (What does each group member hope to get out of this project? What do we want to achieve as a team? How will we know that we're successful?): To finish the project and to learn all the skills necessary to reach iteration 4.

Team strengths & collaboration styles (consider discussing your Pairin qualities here): Self awareness, relaxed and flexible collaboration style and some experience in working with JS.

How we can use our strengths to overcome obstacles: We will apply our understanding of JS from the lessons and from personal practice to problem solve through the course of the project.

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What is your goal repeating this time around?

• My current weakness is targeting within JS so I would like to make my goal to be able to have a strong understanding of JS targeting and writing by the end of this mod.
• Last mod I feel as though I had a decent grip on the reading and interpreting of the JS but struggled whenever it came to writing JS that was syntactically correct. I have been working over break to make my syntax more concise and to understand the scope in which to tackle problems. I am hopeful that I will be able to write fluently in JS by the end of this 6 week period even if some areas are still outside of my understanding, namely mod 2 content.