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My Internship Goals In Frontend Career Path

Kokoh Gift Ewerem — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:12:17 +0000

I am passionate about tech and all the wonders it does connecting the world together and that's why i choose tech (i want to be part of a moving force).
Frontend career path has been interesting so far, sometimes tasking although i feel like superwoman whenever i make a web application interactive and the most interesting part is that the learning never stops.
I started my Frontend development career path by looking up resources online youtube:

HTML & CSS https://youtu.be/mU6anWqZJcc
Javascript programming language https://youtu.be/jS4aFq5-91M
I learnt to always save my work and contribute to other people project online Github that way, i can access my work anywhere online. Git https://youtu.be/DVRQoVRzMIY
Figma also help make work easy after designing, i code the design and make it a web application. Figma https://youtu.be/WhlNnf1711M

I joined the HNG training @https://training.zuri.team / https://internship.zuri.team to help my progress in my tech path.

My internship goal:

With my internship in HNG, i want to build network with people from different part of the country and HNG already gave me that platform to meet people and network hopefully, i would be able to build my own team of developers form great mind on the platform.
Although i am particular about frontend development, I'd also like to know how other track work, most especially backend. And with the help of the platform having different track, i hope to also learn from other backend developers and definitely work with them on future projects.
I'd also like to be good in Learning in-demand skills to increase professional opportunities. So far, i had notice the Entrepreneurship track on HNG that throws more light on in-demand skills.
I want to become better in time management by tracking your time and all HNG task has a time frame so hopefully, I'd adjust to working in time(No procrastination).
Enhance my communication skill. Giving the HNG platform, communication is part of our daily lives and so far, they're minds with good communication skill on HNG and i hope to add to what i know already.
Completing my task to stage 10 so as to be open to more opportunity and of course win the T-shirt 😊.

Thank you @https://zuri.team / https://internship.zuri.team / https://training.zuri.team for the platform to make all my goals to Frontend career path achievable.

JAVASCRIPT VARIABLES

Kokoh Gift Ewerem — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:14:46 +0000

What is a variable?
A variable is a named location for storing a value. That way an unpredictable value can be accessed through a predetermined name.
Think of it as a container for storage.
When you say to yourself, “I need to remember all this information later but I only want to remember on word for all the information, that is a variable!

Variables don’t have types, but the value in them do. These types define intrinsic behavior of values. – Kyle Simpson

Javascript has seven built-in value.

String- a sequence of character that represents a text value. E.g “Howdy”
Number-an interger or floating point number. E.g 42
Undefined- a top-level property whose value is not defined. . E.g let b; console.log(b) // undefined
Boolean- a true or false statement. E.g if (Boolean conditional){ console.log(“Boolean conditional resolved to true”); } else { console.log(“Boolean conditional resolved to false”);
null- a special keyword denoting a null value.
Symbol- a data type whose instances are unique and immutable.
Object refers to a data structure containing data and instructions for working with the data. Objects sometimes refer to real-world things, for example a car or map object in a racing game. E.g let car ={ color: “red” miles:400 }console.log(car.color) //red Note: all of these types except objects are called primitives”

There are 3 different ways to declare a variable in Javascript which are: var , let and const.

Var is an outdated way to declare variables. Before 2015 using var keyword was the only way to declare a Javascript variable. Variables declared with a var keyword is termed as a global variable as it can be accessed anywhere(globally or locally) it can be redefined. E.g
var carName = "Volvo";
var carName = Toyota; //can be redefined

Let is a block scope, it can’t be used outside a block scope. It can be updated or redefine. E.g {
let x = 2;
}
// x can NOT be used outside the above block-scope here

Const is a block scope. As the name implies, ‘constant’, once assigned, it cannot be reassigned. It does not define a constant value rather a constant reference to a value. E.g
const car = {type:"Fiat", model:"500", color:"white"};
car = {type:"Volvo", model:"EX60", color:"red"}; //ERROR

NOTE:
Don’t use var anymore. If you’re worried about compatibility in browsers, it has 94% global compatibility.

How to use Conditional statement in Javascript

Kokoh Gift Ewerem — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:17:05 +0000

What are conditional statement?
A conditional statement control behavior in Javascript and determine whether or not pieces of code can run. Javascript has different type of conditional statements which includes:
If-else statement, and switch.
• “if” statement: to specify a block of code to be executed, if a specified condition is true.
• “switch” statement to specify many alternative blocks of code to be executed…

As the most common type of conditional, the ”if” statement only runs if the condition enclosed in parentheses () is truthy.

     If (10 > 5) {
    var outcome = “yes”;
   }
      OUTPUT
     “yes”

The example above states:

The keyword “if” tells Javascript to start the conditional statement.
(10 > 5) is the condition to test, which in this case is true – 10 is greater than 5.
The part contained inside the curly braces {} is the block of code to run.
Because the condition passes, the variable outcome is assigned the value “yes”

i. Else declaration;
You can extend an “if” statement with an else statement, which adds another block to run when the if conditional doesn’t pass.
If the hour is less than 18, create a "Good day" greeting, otherwise "Good evening":

 If (hour < 18) {
  greeting = “Good day”;
 } else {
 greeting = “Good evening”;
 }
OUTPUT
“Good day”

ii. “else if” declaration;
Use the “else if” statement to specify a new condition if the first condition is false.
If time is less than 10:00, create a "Good morning" greeting, if not, but time is less than 20:00, create a "Good day" greeting, otherwise a "Good evening":

     If (time < 10) {
  greeting = "Good morning";
  } else if (time < 20) {
  greeting = "Good day";
  } else {
  greeting = “Good evening”;
  }
OUTPUT
“Good morning”

• “switch” statement declaration;
The switch statements is a multiple-choice selection statement. The general form of the switch statement is as follow

switch( expression ){
case constant1:
statement(s);
break;
case constant2:
statement(s);
break;
case constant3:
statement(s);
break;
.
.
default
statement(s);
}

NOTE:
else statement cannot be declared without an if statement opening the command line.
You can have multiple if statement for multiple choice of statements. In switch, you only have one expression for the multiple choices.