Compiled Learning Objectives

At the end of the sprint, you should be able to do the following things. Make sure to check you can do them all, and if not, go back and keep practicing until you can.

User interfaces (Prep)

• Define static html
• Explain why we interact with user interfaces

Implementing a character limit (Prep)

• Define acceptance criteria for the character limit component

Breaking down the strategy (Prep)

• Break down a problem into a series of steps

The DOM (Prep)

• Define the Document Object Model

Querying the DOM (Prep)

• Access elements in the DOM using selector methods

Calculating the remaining characters (Prep)

• Access properties representing HTML attributes

Updating the interface (Prep)

• Access and modify the textContent of a html element

Timers (Prep)

• Explain how we can call functions back after a set amount of time
• Describe how to use setTimeout
• Define a callback

DOM events (Prep)

• Describe an event in the browser environment
• Update the strategy for implementing a character limit component

Reacting to events (Prep)

• Identify the syntactic features of a call to addEventListener
• Explain when an event listener is called

Auditing changes to the DOM (Prep)

• Explain how changing the DOM can introduce problems that were not there when the page loaded
• Use Lighthouse Snapshot mode to audit a page in its changed state

Check progress (Prep)

• Use a plan to check progress in solving a problem

Refactor (Prep)

• Identify and remove duplicated code

DOM Merge Conflicts (Day Plan)

• Describe how merge conflicts can occur in a development setting.
• Interpret a merge conflict message.
• Resolve a merge conflict while preserving changes to the code.

Interviewing (Day Plan)

• Introduce themselves in 2 minutes.
• Answer soft skill interview questions using the STAR method.
• Prepare a strategy to get ready for technical interviews.