I started developing a keen interest in coding and programming a few months ago and so i just applied for Andela IT Cycle 40 fellowship today. I have downloaded the homestudy pack but not started reading.
So i decided to check nairaland for related post on how the program would look like, but honestlt, reading through the comments on this thread, fear don dey catch me. Everything sounds next to jargons. Abeg, am i safe to go on with this application without any prior experience or coding skills?

damtan:
I started developing a keen interest in coding and programming a few months ago and so i just applied for Andela IT Cycle 40 fellowship today. I have downloaded the homestudy pack but not started reading.
So i decided to check nairaland for related post on how the program would look like, but honestlt, reading through the comments on this thread, fear don dey catch me. Everything sounds next to jargons. Abeg, am i safe to go on with this application without any prior experience or coding skills?

Fear not brother.. Impossible is nothing.. Don't give in to fear. Just get your head down and attack the material.

Can I apply for cycle 40...even when am still expecting the second assessment test for cycle 39?...hope it won't ample my chances of moving on with the 39th cycle..

plz....For people that applied for cycle 39..The preliminary homestudy assessment sent of 11 questions when submitted, I noticed I could still access the questions back if I input my mail after have submitted initially...am I doing anything wrong or its normal..A response would be much appreciated...
plus I answered and submitted with my phone..

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guente02:

Pretty smooth. Covering all edge cases and checking no stone is left whilst pushing for a test coverage of 100%. One really needs to have their LFA leave very few feedback so that they can tackle challenge 3 asap (when it presents itself).

haha, great one man, i hope the LFA's aint that strict

Quartermain:
Can I apply for cycle 40...even when am still expecting the second assessment test for cycle 39?...hope it won't ample my chances of moving on with the 39th cycle..

I don't think it affects your chances, just put in your best for the test. I applied for cycle 38 while I was preparing for cycle 36 bootcamp. I got a cycle38 interview invite 3days after I got an Andela acceptance mail.

FrostyBlok:

I don't think it affects your chances, just put in your best for the test. I applied for cycle 38 while I was preparing for cycle 36 bootcamp. I got a cycle38 interview invite 3days after I got an Andela acceptance mail.

Wow. Congrats!.

FrostyBlok:

I don't think it affects your chances, just put in your best for the test. I applied for cycle 38 while I was preparing for cycle 36 bootcamp. I got a cycle38 interview invite 3days after I got an Andela acceptance mail.

ok thanks much...and congratulations. ..All the best

naijanoni:

Yes.
Did u notice anything wrong?

I tried the examples stated in the question on your code and it didn't output the result in that example. i.e "helloworld, worldhello" should output 8 as the Hamming Distance whereas yours outputs 10, also your "boy, toy" example should output 1 as Hamming Distance where yours gives 4.

naijanoni:
Guys abeg help me scrutinize before I submit.
https://codepen.io/OZONKWO/full/NOvejo/

Did they request that both Strings must be entered in a single input? Why not create 2 input spaces.

Gudiza:


I tried the examples stated in the question on your code and it didn't output the result in that example. i.e "helloworld, worldhello" should output 8 as the Hamming Distance whereas yours outputs 10, also your "boy, toy" example should output 1 as Hamming Distance where yours gives 4.

That is because you are including the quotation marks in the input field.
I think quotation marks in the examples are just quotations of the strings or (to state they are strings), it shouldnt be inside the input field.
I could be wrong tho.

minions:


Did they request that both Strings must be entered in a single input? Why not create 2 input spaces.

Single input should take the strings seperated by a comma. This is the instruction

naijanoni:

That is because you are including the quotation marks in the input field.
I think quotation marks in the examples are just quotations of the strings or (to state they are strings), it shouldnt be inside the input field.
I could be wrong tho.

Oh I see. You're right.

FrostyBlok:

I don't think it affects your chances, just put in your best for the test. I applied for cycle 38 while I was preparing for cycle 36 bootcamp. I got a cycle38 interview invite 3days after I got an Andela acceptance mail.

Big congrats bro...sent you a mail. like to hear from you..am hoping follow your steps

please house, I use windows and I am trying to install Ubuntu on a VirtualBox machine...its all done bone but my virtualbox is not receiving my wifi connection. I tried bridging networks and other stuffs but it isn't working. pls who has experienced this before, pls help out

naijanoni:

Single input should take the strings seperated by a comma. This is the instruction

Good job man.

Question : Are we using express as a framework in bootcamp abi we are to build server from scratch with just Nodejs?

minions:
Question : Are we using express as a framework in bootcamp abi we are to build server from scratch with just Nodejs?

we are to use express for the main project.

minions:


Good job man.

Thanks alot

minions:
Question : Are we using express as a framework in bootcamp abi we are to build server from scratch with just Nodejs?

it's in the guidelines-express

This tdd na die sha. Is it OK if I write the code for my model and controller first, then write the test, before going on to write the code for the route that is being tested? Cus that's the only way I can make sense of the whole thing.

Cc guente02, isArray, cycle 37 homies

fxdrizzle:
This tdd na die sha. Is it OK if I write the code for my model and controller first, then write the test, before going on to write the code for the route that is being tested? Cus that's the only way I can make sense of the whole thing.

Cc guente02, isArray, cycle 37 homies

you write your test first, then you write the code to make it pass

isArray:
you write your test first, then you write the code to make it pass

see wahala. Meaning you have to think of every single thing that could go wrong with whatever you are testing.

fxdrizzle:
see wahala. Meaning you have to think of every single thing that could go wrong with whatever you are testing.

somethng like that, but since it is just like 5 routes we are implementing, it should not be that tough

Fxdrizzle
For the GET you test for a 200 status, also you can test that it should return an object
For the GET /id you test for a valid Id, test for status
For the POST you test for valid input, test that it should return an object, also test for the property

isArray:
Fxdrizzle
For the GET you test for a 200 status, also you can test that it should return an object
For the GET /id you test for a valid Id, test for status
For the POST you test for valid input, test that it should return an object, also test for the property

There should be an input validation middleware in your routes because you want to ensure that the data that hits your route handler is purely verified and is of the accepted type and format (You don't want to pass an underscore as an id) and only then can the logic in your route handler be fired.

example of a route with a middleware
app or router.get(/products/:id, inputValidationMiddleware, (req,res)=>{})

now the app requirements expect your id parameter to be an integer that is 1 (products don't have id of 0 na) and above. if the user enters anything less than 1, the program flow is going to end in the inputValidationMiddlewareand then send a response with a status of 422 (https://httpstatuses.com/422) and a body with error property saying one clean error message - res.status(422).send({error: 'Id should be an integer that is greater than 0'}).

guente02:

There should be an input validation middleware in your routes because you want to ensure that the data that hits your route handler is purely verified and is of the accepted type and format (You don't want to pass an underscore as an id).

i know, Joi handles input validation

isArray:
Fxdrizzle
For the GET you test for a 200 status, also you can test that it should return an object
For the GET /id you test for a valid Id, test for status
For the POST you test for valid input, test that it should return an object, also test for the property

thanks bro.

guente02:

There should be an input validation middleware in your routes because you want to ensure that the data that hits your route handler is purely verified and is of the accepted type and format (You don't want to pass an underscore as an id).

how do i fix this travis eerror please
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { import express from 'express';
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token import

isArray:
i know, Joi handles input validation

Exactly.
To keep things clean, flat and also follow the SRP principle....throw that validation logic with joi into a middleware function and call it in the declaration. That way there is the division of labor and everyone is happy.
PS: This is not mandatory but thinking about it holistically you'd see how it fits into the big picture.

isArray:
how do i fix this travis eerror please
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { import express from 'express';
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token import

Your stack trace is importanta that this little snippet.

Is everything working fine in your pc?
Have you installed and using babel?
Because node does not understand this yet => import express from 'express'. Na only const express = require('express') e sabi.
But if your use babel to run the code then all would be fine.
But on a second thought the solution to this your problem is sleeping on stackoverflow. Goan wake him.