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1
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What is the purpose of variables?

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a place to store data for the future

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How do you declare a variable?

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var “variable name” = value

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How do you initialize (assign a value to) a variable?

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with an equal sign

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What characters are allowed in variable names?

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letters, numbers(not first character), $, _

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What does it mean to say that variable names are “case sensitive”?

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letter casing creates unique variables

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What is the purpose of a string?

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basically text content

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What is the purpose of a number?

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to count and do math

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What is the purpose of a boolean?

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to show true/false, on/off

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What does the = operator mean in JavaScript?

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it means to assign value

it’s an assignment operator

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How do you update the value of a variable?

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“variable name” = new value

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What is the difference between null and undefined?

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null is null, undefined means no assigned value

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Why is it a good habit to include “labels” when you log values to the browser console?

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for ease of use later on

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13
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Give five examples of JavaScript primitives.

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string, number, boolean, null, undefined

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14
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What data type is returned by an arithmetic operation?

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number operator

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15
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What is string concatenation?

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combining strings together

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What purpose(s) does the + plus operator serve in JavaScript?

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addition or concatination

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What data type is returned by comparing two values (, ===, etc)?

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boolean

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What does the += “plus-equals” operator do?

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adds left operand to right operand then assigns result to left operand

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What are objects used for?

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grouping data to represent an actual thing

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What are object properties?

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variables inside of an object

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21
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Describe object literal notation.

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{ property: property name,

property name};

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How do you remove a property from an object?

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delete “object.property”

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What are the two ways to get or update the value of a property?

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dot notation or bracket notation

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24
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What are arrays used for?

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making lists of data

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25
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Describe array literal notation.

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var ‘name’ = [value, value, value]

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How are arrays different from “plain” objects?

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arrays store in an ordered list with solely a data-type, no property name required

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What number represents the first index of an array?

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[0]

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What is the length property of an array?

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How ever many items are currently inside of it -1

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How do you calculate the last index of an array?

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items in an array -1

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30
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What is a function in JavaScript?

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a set of statements that perform a repeatable task

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31
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Describe the parts of a function definition.

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keyword, name, (parameters), {function block}, return keyword

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32
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Describe the parts of a function call.

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function name(list of arguments)

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When comparing them side-by-side, what are the differences between a function call and a function definition?

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parameters/arguments
code block in def, not in call
call will always have ( )
function keyword in def not call

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What is the difference between a parameter and an argument?

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parameters are placeholders in a definition

arguments become the value of that placeholder

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35
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Why are function parameters useful?

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they can help describe what kind of data will be used later as the argument

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36
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What two effects does a return statement have on the behavior of a function?

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a return replaces a function call

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37
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Why do we log things to the console?

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to confirm the result of an action

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What is a method?

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a function which is the property of an object

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How is a method different from any other function?

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JS functions are not objects so a method is a reference to a function

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How do you remove the last element from an array?

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array.pop( )

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41
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How do you round a number down to the nearest integer?

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Math.floor( )

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42
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How do you generate a random number?

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Math.random

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43
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How do you delete an element from an array?

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array.splice(start, delete)

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How do you append an element to an array?

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array.push( )

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45
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How do you break a string up into an array?

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string.split( )

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46
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Do string methods change the original string? How would you check if you weren’t sure?

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they don’t, check by just doing it and console.logging the original string

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47
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Is the return value of a function or method useful in every situation?

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no

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48
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What three-letter acronym should you always include in your Google search about a JavaScript method or CSS property?

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MDN

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49
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Give 6 examples of comparison operators.

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> , >=,

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50
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What data type do comparison expressions evaluate to?

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Booleans

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51
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What is the purpose of an if statement?

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make a decision

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52
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Is else required in order to use an if statement?

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no

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53
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Describe the syntax (structure) of an if statement.

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if (condition) { what happens}

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54
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What are the three logical operators?

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&&, ||, !

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55
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How do you compare two different expressions in the same condition?

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with a && or || operator

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56
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What is the purpose of a condition expression in a loop?

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when to stop the loop

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57
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What is the purpose of a loop?

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run a block multiple times

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What does “iteration” mean in the context of loops?

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single run of the code-block

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When does the condition expression of a while loop get evaluated?

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before each code block runs

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When does the initialization expression of a for loop get evaluated?

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before the loop begins, only once

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When does the condition expression of a for loop get evaluated?

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after the initialization, before each iteration

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When does the final expression of a for loop get evaluated?

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after each iteration

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Besides a return statement, which exits its entire function block, which keyword exits a loop before its condition expression evaluates to false?

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break

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What does the ++ increment operator do?

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increments the value of a var by one and substitutes that value to the var

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65
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How do you iterate through the keys of an object?

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for in loop

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66
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Why do we log things to the console?

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to make sure funcitons/methods call correctly and verifying input to outputs

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67
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What is a “model”?

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a representation of something

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68
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Which “document” is being referred to in the phrase Document Object Model?

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the html document thats been linked to the JS document

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What is the word “object” referring to in the phrase Document Object Model?

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a datatype used to represent and recreate the document it’s referencing to make changes on

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What is a DOM Tree?

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a representative chunk of a page built as JS objects

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Give two examples of document methods that retrieve a single element from the DOM.

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querySelector, getElementbyId

72
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Give one example of a document method that retrieves multiple elements from the DOM at once.

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querySelectorAll, getElementByClass

73
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Why might you want to assign the return value of a DOM query to a variable?

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to access the data late without searching for it again

74
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What console method allows you to inspect the properties of a DOM element object?

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console.dir

75
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Why would a tag need to be placed at the bottom of the HTML content instead of at the top?

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so the HTML will load first

76
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What does document.querySelector() take as its argument and what does it return?

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takes a string as argument with a CSS selector and returns the first instance of the contents of that string

77
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What does document.querySelectorAll() take as its argument and what does it return?

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takes a string with a CSS selector as argument, returns node-list of all instances of that content.

78
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What is the purpose of events and event handling?

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so that when the user or browser does something, there is a response from the code.

79
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Are all possible parameters required to use a JavaScript method or function?

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no

80
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What method of element objects lets you set up a function to be called when a specific type of event occurs?

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addEventListener

81
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What is a callback function?

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a function being passed as an argument in another function

82
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What object is passed into an event listener callback when the event fires?

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an object with all the data about the event that just occurred

83
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What is the event.target? If you weren’t sure, how would you check? Where could you get more information about it?

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the HTML element where the event originated from. If you wanted to learn more you could console log the event.target

84
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What is the difference between these two snippets of code?

element. addEventListener(‘click’, handleClick)
element. addEventListener(‘click’, handleClick())

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the first one is being used as a callback, the second one is an immediate function call

85
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What is the className property of element objects?

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allows to get and set the properties of an object

86
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How do you update the CSS class attribute of an element using JavaScript?

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element.classname = ‘newclassname’

87
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What is the textContent property of element objects?

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allows to get and set the classname value

88
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How do you update the text within an element using JavaScript?

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element.textContent = ‘new content’

89
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Is the event parameter of an event listener callback always useful?

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no?

90
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Would this assignment be simpler or more complicated if we didn’t use a variable to keep track of the number of clicks?

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no

91
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Why is storing information about a program in variables better than only storing it in the DOM?

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cut out the middle man. Keeping data in one place makes it easy to track

92
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What does the event.preventDefault() method do?

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prevent the action of whatever event you’re using

93
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Does the document.createElement() method insert a new element into the page?

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no, it creates a new element node that WILL be inserted

94
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How do you add an element as a child to another element?

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appendChild method

95
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What do you pass as the arguments to the element.setAttribute() method?

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(attribute name, value)

96
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What steps do you need to take in order to insert a new element into the page?

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assign createElement to a new variable, append that variable to another existing element

97
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What is the textContent property of an element object for?

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adding text nodes to elements

98
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Name two ways to set the class attribute of a DOM element.

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setAttribute method, element.className =

99
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What are two advantages of defining a function to do create something (like the work of creating a DOM tree)?

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makes it reusable. saves a lot of time

100
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What is the event.target?

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the origin point of an event listener

101
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Why is it possible to listen for events on one element that actually happen in its descendent elements?

A
102
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What DOM element property tells you what type of element it is?

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event.target.tagName

103
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What does the element.closest() method take as its argument and what does it return?

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takes a CSS selector and returns the nearest ancestor element with that selector

104
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How can you remove an element from the DOM?

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element.remove()

105
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If you wanted to insert new clickable DOM elements into the page using JavaScript, how could you avoid adding an event listener to every new element individually?

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add event listener to the parent and identify it by its tagName

106
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What is the event.target?

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the origin element of an assigned event

107
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What is the affect of setting an element to display: none?

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hides the element from the viewable page

108
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What does the element.matches() method take as an argument and what does it return?

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109
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How can you retrieve the value of an element’s attribute?

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with a css selector in the form of a string

110
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At what steps of the solution would it be helpful to log things to the console?

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at every step

111
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If you were to add another tab and view to your HTML, but you didn’t use event delegation, how would your JavaScript code be written instead?

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you’d have to write a condition for every possible view

112
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If you didn’t use a loop to conditionally show or hide the views in the page, how would your JavaScript code be written instead?

A
113
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What is a method?

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a method is a function that is part of an object

114
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How can you tell the difference between a method definition and a method call?

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definition includes code block and full syntax, call just has arguments.

115
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Describe method definition syntax (structure).

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method name: function (parameters) {code block}

116
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Describe method call syntax (structure).

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objName.method()

117
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How is a method different from any other function?

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its stored in an object

118
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What is the defining characteristic of Object-Oriented Programming?

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objects can contain both data (as properties) and behavior (as methods).

119
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What are the four “principles” of Object-Oriented Programming?

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Abstraction
Encapsulation
Inheritance
Polymorphism

120
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What is “abstraction”?

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being able to work with (possibly) complex things in simple ways

121
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What does API stand for?

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application programming interface

122
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What is the purpose of an API?

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a set of tools to allow access to functionality easily

123
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What is this in JavaScript?

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refers to the object ‘this’ is being worked with

124
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What does it mean to say that this is an “implicit parameter”?

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it has value without having one assigned by a function

125
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When is the value of this determined in a function; call time or definition time?

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call time

126
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How can you tell what the value of this will be for a particular function or method definition?

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we can’t know

127
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How can you tell what the value of this is for a particular function or method call?

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whats on the left of the dot in the method/function call

128
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What kind of inheritance does the JavaScript programming language use?

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prototypal inheritance

129
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What is a prototype in JavaScript?

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an object that contains properties and (predominantly) methods that can be used by other objects.

130
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How is it possible to call methods on strings, arrays, and numbers even though those methods don’t actually exist on strings, arrays, and numbers?

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through prototypal inheritance

131
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If an object does not have it’s own property or method by a given key, where does JavaScript look for it?

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in the prototype

132
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What does the new operator do?

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lets developers create an instance of a user-defined object type or of one of the built-in object types that has a constructor function.

133
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What property of JavaScript functions can store shared behavior for instances created with new?

A

prototype

134
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What does the instanceof operator do?

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tests to see if something if a prototype constructor of a given object

135
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What is a “callback” function?

A
136
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Besides adding an event listener callback function to an element or the document, what is one way to delay the execution of a JavaScript function until some point in the future?

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setTimeout()

137
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How can you set up a function to be called repeatedly without using a loop?

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setInterval()

138
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What is the default time delay if you omit the delay parameter from setTimeout() or setInterval()?

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0 milliseconds

139
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What do setTimeout() and setInterval() return?

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a numeric ID for the created timer that can be passed to clearInterval/clearTimeout

140
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What is AJAX?

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an asynchronous processing model that requests data without reloading the whole webpage

141
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What does the AJAX acronym stand for?

A

Asynchronous JavaScript And XML

142
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Which object is built into the browser for making HTTP requests in JavaScript?

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XMLHttpRequest

143
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What event is fired by XMLHttpRequest objects when they are finished loading the data from the server?

A

load

144
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An XMLHttpRequest object has an addEventListener() method just like DOM elements. How is it possible that they both share this functionality?

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because of prototypal inheritance

145
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What does block scope mean?

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anything inside of the code block, not outside

146
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What is the scope of a variable declared with const or let?

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the block it’s in

147
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What is the difference between let and const?

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let can be reassigned, const can not

148
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Why is it possible to .push() a new value into a const variable that points to an Array?

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because the const is pointing to a mutable data location, you aren’t changing the pointer location

148
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How should you decide on which type of declaration to use?

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do you want to change it or not

149
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What is the syntax for writing a template literal?

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backticks, variables use ${}

text ${variable}

150
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What is “string interpolation”?

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the ability to substitute part of the string for the values of variables or expressions.

151
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What is destructuring, conceptually?

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taking pieces of an obj or array and turning it into multiple variables

152
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What is the syntax for Object destructuring?

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const {name, name} = source

153
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What is the syntax for Array destructuring?

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const [name, name , , name] = source

154
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How can you tell the difference between destructuring and creating Object/Array literals?

A

what’s on the left of the assignment operator

155
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What is the syntax for defining an arrow function?

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variable = (perameters) => {code}

156
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When an arrow function’s body is left without curly braces, what changes in its functionality?

A

it just returns the result of whatever code is there

157
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How is the value of this determined within an arrow function?

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in a normal function, this is defined at call time, in an arrow function it’s defined at the time of definition

158
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What is the JavaScript Event Loop?

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monitors the callstack and waits until the callstack is empty then pushes the top item from the task-que into the callstack

159
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What is different between “blocking” and “non-blocking” with respect to how code is executed?

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160
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What are the three states a Promise can be in?

A

pending
fulfilled
rejected

161
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How do you handle the fulfillment of a Promise?

A

.then

162
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How do you handle the rejection of a Promise?

A

.catch

163
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What is Array.prototype.filter useful for?

A

creating a new array while excluding some things

164
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What is Array.prototype.map useful for?

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transforming arrays into new arrays based on a callback function

165
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What is Array.prototype.reduce useful for?

A

combining an array of values into a single output

166
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What is “syntactic sugar”?

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syntactic restructuring of code to make it easier to write

167
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What is the typeof an ES6 class?

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function

168
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Describe ES6 class syntax.

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class ClassName {}

169
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What is “refactoring”?

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restructuring existing code without changing it’s behavior

170
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How are ES Modules different from CommonJS modules?

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es6 use an import and export keywords vs module.export and require

browsers support es6 modules

171
Q

What kind of modules can Webpack support?

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CommonJs, ES6, and AMD

172
Q

What must the return value of myFunction be if the following expression is possible?
myFunction()();

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173
Q 
What does this code do?
const wrap = value => () => value;
A
174
Q

In JavaScript, when is a function’s scope determined; when it is called or when it is defined?

A

defined

175
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What allows JavaScript functions to “remember” values from their surroundings?

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closure

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