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Assigned:

• Refactor Tractor (25 points) (Due EOD Monday)
• Creact (30 points) (Due EOD next Friday)
• Complete Week 4 Survey (Due 3pm this Friday)
• Pre Work (approx 1 to 2 hours - not graded) - Depending on Project Selection - More Details Here

Major Lessons:

• Recursion

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When you start working with WebPack for GameTime, you'll notice that you can't just define a variable in one file and find it in another as easily as you can in Rails.

Read Node.js, Require and Exports and Organize Your Code with RequireJS

Fork this gist and answer the following questions:

• In the context of Node, what is a module?
• The code examples from the second blog post look very different from the first. Why?

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The Dangers of Using Code You Don't Control

The Events

What happened

The Drama

The Developer's Take

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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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• Watch Recursion
• Fork this gist
• Answer the following questions in your fork
  • Do you pronounce 'babel' in the same way?
    • Follow Up Question: Will you now?
• What is an example of why/where you might use recursion

rrgayhart

When you start working with WebPack for GameTime, you'll notice that you can't just define a variable in one file and find it in another as easily as you can in Rails.

Read Node.js, Require and Exports and Organize Your Code with RequireJS

Fork this gist and answer the following questions:

• In the context of Node, what is a module?
• The code examples from the second blog post look very different from the first. Why?

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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. 

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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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Array Prototype Methods

I understand that functions in JavaScript can take any number of arguments.

I can describe the similarity between blocks in Ruby and anonymous functions in JavaScript.

Where are the methods available to all arrays (e.g. forEach, map, etc.) defined?

I can explain the difference between using a for loop and the forEach method.