Week02 Project02 Chatbot Resources

These resources are helpful extra reading that may clarify or enhance concepts you’re learning in the main curriculum.

• npm for absolute beginners Kevin Powell’s video (Just ignore Astro recomendation at the very end)

• HTTP topic intro

• How DNS Works A comic explaining what happens when you type a URL into your browser.

• HTTP Overview - MDN Describes the HTTP protocol in a lot more detail. May be useful if you like learning exactly how stuff works under-the-hood, but may also be overwhelming.

• First-class Functions How functions and callbacks work in JavaScript. Based on a workshop from this week’s curriculum.

• What the heck is the event loop anyway? (video)

• TDD changed my life

• Behavior Driven Development and Functional Testing

• Test Coverage

• Make Your Test Fail Good testing practices so you can be confident your tests are working.

• The advantages of the template element A comparison of creating DOM elements manually versus using the <template> element. Useful technique if you’re dynamically rendering lots of stuff with JS.