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Step One: Watch Mary Rose Cook Live Codes Space Invaders from Front-Trends. (The second worst conference name ever?)

Step Two: Fork this gist.

Step Three: Respond to this question in your fork: What is one approach you can take from this Mary's code and implement in your project?

Step Four: Totally Optional: take a look at some of the other forks and comment if the spirit moves you.

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**Step One**: Watch [Sorting Algorithms in JavaScript](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRyqlhjXYQI)

**Step Two**: Fork this gist.

**Step Three**: Respond to this question in your fork: "What are some of the balances and trade offs between different sorting algoritms?"

**Step Four**: _Totally Optional_: take a look at some of the other forks and comment if the spirit moves you. 

rrgayhart

I can explain how the new keyword changes the way a function behaves.

I can explain the implicit steps that happen in my function when I use the new keyword.

I can explain the difference between an object's prototype and the prototype property on the constructor function.

I understand how to place method on a prototype.

I understand the difference between using Object.create and using a

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I can explain the difference between function declarations and function expressions.

I can explain what the value of this is in a normal function.

I can explain what the value of this is when called from the context of an object.

I can explain how to explicitly set the value of this in a function.

I can explain the difference between call and apply.

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Use this gist to write down notes and questions as you read through the lesson plan. https://github.com/turingschool/lesson_plans/blob/master/ruby_04-apis_and_scalability/react_in_theory.markdown

What does React do?

It is a small view rendering library that works in components.

How does React interact with the DOM?

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Beginning Regex

Intro to Regular Expressions by Michael Fitzgeral
http://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Regular-Expressions-ebook/dp/B008K9OGDA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1374171971&sr=8-2&keywords=Regular+Expressions

Using Regular Expressions in Ruby: Part 1 by Nell Shamrell 
https://www.bluebox.net/insight/blog-article/using-regular-expressions-in-ruby-part-1-of-3

Intermediate Regex

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Rails Models

Generating models

$ rails g model User

Associations

belongs_to

has_one