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Self and Scope

gntorres — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 03:44:46 +0000

The keyword "self" in Ruby always refers to the current object within that context. Self can be referenced to a class as well as an instance

Scope refers to the level of accessibility our variables have. Allowing our program to have different levels of scope allow certain variables to be accessed or referenced at different times. 3 types of scope would be local, instance, and class

Local
Refers to a variable that is declared within a method and cannot be accessed outside of said method

Class
Refers to variables that are accessed within all instances of our class. An easy way to detect a class variable is by the "@@" character next to our variable

Instance
Instance variables values are only used within specific instances of an object. Similar to our class variable we use a single "@" in order to declare our instance variable

Top 50 Anime Gem

gntorres — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 02:46:05 +0000

The gem I created helps users look at the top 50 anime from the past year. The system uses the run method to get things going as well as use my "get_data" method from my API class.

The user is first greeted and then can continue on to be presented with the list if they wish to continue. The "anime_list" method I created first tells the user to select an anime and the is able to output the anime's title and index.

From there the user is able to input the index or title of the anime in order to gather more information. I had created a conditional statement that can take in the title, index, and also exit if the user wishes to

Depending on the input the user is then greeted with one of 3 methods

After selecting one of the conditional statements the user is then greeted with a second menu that allows them to continue searching and puts them into a loop.

Once the user is done searching he or she can exit the loop by typing in either "exit" or "n" depending on where they are in the loop.

When exiting the program the user is given a goodbye message saying "We hope to see you again".

I don't know how to code yet

gntorres — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 23:41:19 +0000

At the beginning of my coding boot camp course I've been able to learn how frustrating and rewarding it can be to code. I hope I can keep growing with time and absorb as much knowledge as possible. I'm really excited to see what the future has in store for me with my coding journey.