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USER 1

NAME: Amanda Swalinski
Age: 12
Location: Middle of Idaho
Occupation: Child
Time spent using the app/week: 3 hours
Comfort with technology: Very
Personality (place an X): Introverted ---x------------ Extroverted

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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

mattdeann

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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What is a "data model", and how does it relate to the DOM in a front-end application?
  The "data model" is where data being used to render an application is stored. This differs from the DOM, as the DOM is the actaul rendering of this data in the window (or wherever the app is being run). In other words, the data model is like a DVD, where as the DOM represents the DVD case to tell you what the inner contents of the DVD are.

What is a "framework?" And how does it differ from a "library?"
  A library is a collection of code that has been created to help make a programming language more efficient. It is often the case that a library is eventually adopted by the language if it is deemed universally applicable. This differs from a framework, which provides a set of rules and expectations as to how the language is used inside the framework. Since one is forced into the frameworks procedures, it provides a lot of "magic" for the programmer. This "magic" usually pertains to a flaw in a language that the framework 

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Use this template to when conducting DTR with your project partners. It's recommended that you copy/paste this template into your own gist each time you conduct a DTR to take notes on the conversation.

Guiding Questions to Define The Relationship:

What are your learning goals for this project? What drives us in this project?

• Seperation of class files with seamless integration with DOM
• Working with ES6
• Setting up multiple screen displays

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Data Types

use var to declare variables

String

Used to define a set value, inside single or double quotations (can be letters/words)

Examples

1. a word

• 'pizza'

2. a phrase