Another New World
17 Jan 2022
Hello JavaScript
JavaScript is not like another familiar-sounding coding language that we may know of as Java. The simplicity of JavaScript allows us for quicker coding and implementation rather than being caught up in the nitty-gritty parts of setting everything up. The lack of boilerplate text is a huge plus for pushing out fast and effective code.
My previous experience with JavaScript comes from a high school introduction in my stem class. The course only went over the basics of JavaScript, much like any short introductions, only the basics were run through the course and I gained knowledge of how arrays, loops, and functions worked as well as the overall surface of how JavaScript works.
New JavaScript?
This new module presented in the course really opened up my eyes to how in-depth JavaScript can really be and how much it has to offer as a programming language. The incorporation of ES6 really streamlines the javascript coding experience. Everything in ES6 was foreign and exciting, I have not seen anything like it before so it did present a bit of a learning curve in the beginning. It still is an obstacle that I have to get over and practice a lot to get used to the new conventions of ES6 and how to properly and effectively use it. JavaScript is a such great language to have under your belt especially since it is such a dominant language when it comes to the web. The functionality of it is nearly endless.
Brain Train
Another great learning tool to use is a thing called Workouts Of the Day, aka, WODs. It is an athletic software engineering approach that fosters a better learning environment. WODs really promote working under a time-sensitive pressure that will be presented in the real world. It is stressful, but it also incentivizes me to study more and know what I am doing in order to be able to pass within a certain amount of time presented especially since they are all or nothing. I find them enjoyable since WODs are not impossible to do within an 8 minute time span at the latest. I believe that WODs will work well to benefit me as a software engineer.