Leaves - Alice

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JS Adagrams

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Comprehension Questions

Question	Answer
What patterns were you able to use from your Ruby knowledge to apply to JavaScript?	I was able to recognize what needed to be done in Ruby, and just had to look up how to do it in Javascript.
Did you need to use different strategies to find information online about JavaScript than you would for Ruby?	Not really!
What was a challenge you were able to overcome on this assignment?	I was able to overcome the challenge of not being able to break out of a forEach loop-- using a for in loop instead.
What has been interesting and positive about learning a new programming language?	I feel like it is much easier and faster than learning Ruby! I think that it is because all these things in JS are not completely new, since we have seen it in Ruby before. Changing the syntax is much easier than learning a completely new concept.
What is something to focus on your learnings in JavaScript in the next week?	I want to gain clarity on loops in JS, and what kind of built in methods are available.

[beccaelenzil]

This should be a const

[beccaelenzil]

Consider first creating an object that represents letter frequencies and then using this object to build your array.

[beccaelenzil]

Good approach using a switch/case conditional! You probably could refactor this to use an object (a hash) though.

[beccaelenzil]

You're modifying your letterPool here. Make sure to make a deep copy first. In addition, consider how you could refactor such that you don't shuffle the pool 10 times.

[beccaelenzil]

JS Adagrams

What We're Looking For

Feature	Feedback
General
Answered comprehension questions	yes
Small commits with meaningful commit messages	yes
Code Requirements
drawLetters method
Uses appropriate data structure to store the letter distribution	see comment
All tests for drawLetters pass	yes
usesAvailableLetters method
All tests for usesAvailableLetters pass	yes
scoreWord method
Uses appropriate data structure to store the letter scores	see comment
All tests for scoreWord pass	yess
Optional
highestScoreFrom method
Appropriately handles edge cases for tie-breaking logic	yes
All tests for highestScoreFrom pass	yes
Overall	Great work on this project! In this project you’ve taken some interesting logic and worked it into JavaScript syntax. I’m adding a few comments for you to review, but overall, you’ve done a great job of practicing syntax.