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danose99:
Please bro,are view template engines( ejs, pug) used at the bootcamp?

No.

IanKirkby:
Can someone please take a look at this? I'm not sure why it's not passing the test.
Here's the instruction

Given two numbers X and Y, write a function that:
1 returns even numbers between X and Y, if X is greater than Y else it returns odd numbers between x and y
For instance, take the integers 10 and 2 . the function would return all the even numbers between 2 and 10.

function number_game(x, y) {
    let result = []
    if (x > y) {
    result = even(x, y)
    }
    // return result.sort((a,b) => a-b)
    else{
        result = odd(x, y)
    }
    return result.sort((a,b) => a-b)
}

console.log(number_game(3, 13))


function even(x, y) {
    let arr = [];
    for (let i = x - 1; i > y; i--) {
        //console.log(i)
        if (i % 2 === 0) {
            arr.push(i)
        }
    }
    return arr;
}

function odd(x, y) {
    let arr = []
    for (let i = y - 1; i > x; i--) {
        if (!(i % 2 === 0)) {
            arr.push(i)
        }   
    }
    return arr;
}

I remember this question from the cycle 38 test.
Your solution may be correct. The problem is that the question's instruction and the tests are conflicting.

The instruction says return numbers BETWEEN x and y but the test expects numbers FROM x TO y.
So just modify ur solution to return numbers from x to y.
So number_game(3, 13) should return [3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13] instead of [5, 7, 9, 11].

Michaelasa:
Please should I concentrate only on JavaScript leaving HTML and CSS because I'm kind of confused...

Because my cycle is based on JavaScript but I'm trying to understand the family of HTML, CSS and JavaScript

I'm new to all this programming language please I need help

In front-end web development, HTML and CSS are just like pre-requisites for learning javascript.
You should have above average knowledge of both before u start learning javascript.

I wouldn't advice you to apply for Andela if you are still learning HTML and CSS and haven't started javascript.
You'll just be wasting your time.
Most of what u'll be doing in every assesment stage is Javascript.

If you have applied already, you should just forget about this cycle, the next one and even the one after that.
Dont dump ur learning of HTML/CSS and jump into Javascript because of Andela.
Take your time, continue learning HTML and CSS.
After u have covered them and can design a static webpage with both, then you can start learning javascript.
After u have covered javascript (the core language and the Document Object Model), you can then apply for Andela, while learning backend(NodeJS, SQL, e.t.c).

With good learning resources and studying everyday(at least an average of 4hrs), you can become proficient in Javascript within 4 months.
Taking your time to understand the concepts is very important.
With a good understanding of the concepts, learning any JS framework/ library or even picking up another programming language won't be difficult.
Best of luck

minions:
The 4thweek challenge in particular. I have been learning template engines with ejs and pug. It turns out we're going to be writing Ajax. I'm a total novice in that field. I'm currently in 2nd week challenge.

Hi.
Fourth week you'll be using the Fetch API (which is very simple) not Ajax (except things have changed). What were u asked to use in the instructions?
I saw some Fetch API links shared in the previous page.
This is a short and simple tutorial on Fetch:
https://flaviocopes.com/fetch-api/

By the way, you might not even start challenge 4 in bootcamp. On the last day of bootcamp, we were only expected to have completed challenge 3 of the project.
Our defence on the last day was on the project up to challenge 3.
I just started my challenge 4 yesterday.
Next week, what you'll be doing mostly is modifying your challenge 1 and 2 work based on the feedbacks you'll receive from your LFA.
However, that might not be the case for all bootcamps (this was my first bootcamp, I dont know how other bootcamps are).
So its always good to be prepared for everything.

Mekzy02:
Noni abeg wanted to ask....during the bootcamp daily challenges, are we allowed to google or stackoverflow when we get stuck??

Why not?.
But daily tasks are mainly writing blogposts, so you don't need stackoverflow.

Mekzy02:
Boss I'd like to get the link on the nodejs....thanks

You can send me a mail. It is a video tutorial. About 7GB

minions:
Won't be a bad idea if you shared with us some of the resources you used. Links

On what in particular?.
The Mosh Hamedani Udemy course on Node/Express (isArray shared with me) helped a lot in understanding how to build APIs, authorization/authentication with jwt e.t.c.
Honestly, aside from that, most of what I used were official documentations of packages.
I used this for git:
https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows#gitflow-workflow .
If u can specify what areas in particular, I might be able to provide links.
Also there are some really helpful links in your bootcamp project manual, click on them. I ignored those links at first, but later on I realized some of them were really good and straight to the point. They helped to some extent.

Hello guys.
Just for encouragement:
I only started learning programming around May this year, and I just made it into the fellowship.
So if you just started programming, you too can get in soon, but u have to give it your all.
Right from May till now, it has been non-stop, no-sleep learning.
Three weeks before the bootcamp project, I had zero knowledge of anything backend. Node/express/database, I didn't know any of them. At the start of the bootcamp project, I didn't know how to use git. How I was able to cover so much in very little time still surprises me.
Get good resources and keep studying hard!. Your hard work would pay off soon.
Special thanks to my ogas Don Pikko, guente02, isarray for assisting whenever I ask questions here.
The journey begins, there is still a lot to learn.

teamoneline:
that means we are not to touch any master branch both locally and remotely(github)? ...
please clarify your no 3. again.. did you mean the following

- git add .
-git commit -m "message"
-git push origin <feature branch> (that origin will now refer to the develop branch that was set as default on github ?)

You are NOT to touch the master branch at all.
At bootcamp you'll be thought all these.
But its good to know and follow these standards beforehand to reduce the amount of feedbacks you'll get from ur LFA.

minions:
This article should help you. It is not really complicated https://medium dot com/@SunnyB/how-to-convert-es6-into-es5-using-babel-1b533d31a169.
Change the dot com to on the url to what it is supposed to be.

When you are done with the process in the article, you should install babel-watch as a dev dependency. Go to your package.json file under scripts and add "dev-start": "babel-watch app.js (or whatever your server name is)". You need babel watch to avoid running build ie recompiling your code each time you add another ES7 or ES6 code.
If you followed the directions properly, you should have
Babel CLI
Babel-presets-env
Babel-watch.

And start your server by running npm dev-start.

Are u at the cycle 38 bootcamp?

DonPikko:
I'd suggest you wait till you meet your LFA, so you don't get more confused

ok thanks

DonPikko:
there is no way you won't validate sir

(aside id validation for GET/PUT/).
Validating POST requests to ensure all required parameters are provided but not sure how I'm gonna validate the contents.
Like "delivery Address" for example:
A user could provide his Address in different ways.
Perhaps I should validate the length?
Or check if it includes at least a number.
Thanks anyways

guente02:
Lemme tell you something, the project spec would tell you to either use one or not.
Like during cycle 37 bootcamp, challenge 2 said we shouldn't use validation libraries and then challenge 3 gave permission to use it.
So it all boils down to the project specification.

But what is validation libraries sef?
Go and learn regular expressions and thank yourself later.

Thanks boss.
Nothing was specified in the instructions about validation libraries.
I can say I'm decent at least at regexp.
Anyways there might not be a need for validation in this week's task as we are not creating endpoints for user registeration.
the parameters are mainly Addresses(location) which can be in any format and can include any character.

WhileTrue:
You are not to use any validation packages. Write your own validation

Ok. Thanks.

Hey guys..
Pls can we use Joi for validation?.
cc guente02 isArray

Congrqts to everyone that made it.

fxdrizzle:
woah... I didn't get in o. It's back to the drawing board for me.

Oh sorry.... it was guente02 I wanted to quote.
Yeah na to keep on learning and working hard.
Your own time go come definately

fxdrizzle:
congrats bro. You are a real gee.

Congrats bro!.
U deserve it.

IlorinBoy1:
We can only see objective questions, the questions for the code/lab are not showing

You can see the code solutions too. u have to click somewhere to expand it.

IlorinBoy1:
Or you can post here. Anyone?? Please

You can see your questions and solutions. Just login to qualified.io .

guente02:
I'm not using icon fonts and I'm doing good. I don't know if a lfa would frown at it tho.

Okay. Thanks. How is bootcamp going?

For the bootcamp project, hope we can use font-awesome for icons.
cc benfluleck guente02

benfluleck:
Mocha / Chai and Jasmine. Jest is better with React.

Thanks boss

Hello guys.....
Would we be permitted to use JEST for testing in the bootcamp project?.
Or is it just Mocha/Jasmine that are permitted?

So Andela shifted the cycle 38 bootcamp from November 19th to November 12th (We'll get project next week monday).
And I thought (after the interview) we'd have at least a month to prepare.
God help us.

Phoenix00:
Good morning house, has anyone gotten interview IV for cycle 39?

Is the qualified.io deadline past?

datascience:
Wad anybody able to finish those textbooks before writing test?

If u already have materials that u use for learning and you are satisfied with them, no need to finish the material.
Its sha important you read the materials that cover General Computer Science/ development concepts (Not specific to any Programming language)
Like Intro to Computer Science, Intro to Programming, Algorithms, Git & Version Control, Test Driven Development, e.t.c.

Nigerian companies no dey try at all for developers w.r.t pay. Speaking generally. (Not talking about Andela, I dont know anything about their pay).

minions:
I don't really know how much you get paid at start. Someone did say it was 80k back in 2016.

According to Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (He is a co-founder of Abdela) in a thread (I go try find that thread) I read in Techcabal sometime around 2016. You get paid 225k per mnth after 18 months and over 300k per mnth after spending over 30 months (2yr & 6 months).

80k?

minions:
Good job man.

Thanks alot

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