Month: October 2019

Elevator Speech

My name is Megan Barnett. I am currently enrolled at the University of Little Rock Arkansas as a Web Development and Design Major. I am an employee at Darragh Company within the Digital marketing department. I have knowledge of HTML, CSS, C++, Javascript, Excel, and most Adobe Creative Cloud programs. Due to my job at Darragh I have learned to handle Shopify, Search Engine Optimization, and hone my skills in project management. My individual strength is with data and time management. I plan to graduate from UALR in spring 2021 then find a well-paying job within my field to support my family. I hope to continue to advance my skills within the Web Development and Design field.

JavaScript Lesson 3

  • If statement checks a condition and will execute a task if the condition evaluates to true.
    • if (isMailSent) { console.log(‘Mail sent to recipient’};
  • If….Else statements make binary decisions and execute different code blocks based on a provided condition.
    • We can add more conditions using else if statements.if (isTaskCompleted){console.log(‘Task Completed’);} else{console.log(‘Task Incomplete’);}
  • Comparison operators, include <, >, <=, >=, ===, and != can compare two values.
  • The logical and operator &&, or “and”, checks if both provided expressions are truthy.
  • The logical operator ||, or “or”, checks if either provided expressions is truthy.
  • The bang operator ! switches the truthiness and falsiness of a value.
  • The ternary operator is shorthand to simplify concise if… else statements.
    • isNightTime ? console.log(‘Lights on!’) : console.log(‘Lights off!’);
  • A switch statement can be used to simplify the process of writing multiple else if statements. The break keyword stops the remaining cases from being checked and executed in a switch statement.
    • switch(food){ case ‘oyster’ : console.log(‘Enjoy the taste of the sea’); break; case ‘pizza’ : console.log (‘Enjoy a delicious pie’); break; default: console.log(‘Enjoy your meal’);}
  • https://www.codecademy.com/learn/introduction-to-javascript/modules/learn-javascript-control-flow/reference

Business Culture

The culture of an area has a major effect on the culture within the business in it. If a culture values punctuality and proper dress the work area my have tough dress code and punishment for being late. If a culture is large on socialization it may have an open office environment rather then cubicles or single offices. It is impotent to understand the culture of a job in order to meet and exceed expectations. You don’t want to call your boss Jim when the culture of the office dictates you call him Mr. Wilson.

  • rights, ceremonies, and rituals
    • retirement
    • drug testing
    • 6-month review
  • fairytales, myths, and legends
    • rummers
    • “its always been done this way”
    • heroes (founder, highest producer)
    • language (cussing, or formel)
  • hummer and play
    • get-togethers
    • office chit chat
  • rules
    • showing up on time
    • breaks
    • policies
    • safety

JavaScript Lesson 2

Variables

  • Variable hold reusable data in a program and associate it with a name. Variables are stored in memory.
  • ‘var‘ keyword is used in pre-ES6 versions of JS
  • ‘let‘ is the preferred way to declare a variable. It can be reassigned.
  • ‘const‘ is the preferred way to declare a variable with a constant value.
  • Variables that have not been initialized store the primitive data type undefined.
  • Mathematical assignment operators make it easy to calculate a new value and assign it to the same variable.
  • + operator is used to concatenate strings including string values held in variables.
  • In ES6, template literals use backticks ` and ${} to interpolate values into a string.
  • The typeof keyword returns the data type (as a string) of a value.