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## Introduction
**Congratulations** on deciding to participate in 30 days of React programming challenge. In this challenge you will learn everything you need to use to develop a React application. In the end of the challenge you will get a 30DaysOfReact programming challenge completion certificate. In case you need help or if you would like to help others you may join the [telegram group](https://t.me/thirtydaysofreact).
**A 30DaysOfReact** challenge is a guide for both beginners and advanced JavaScript and React developers. Welcome to 30 Days Of React. React is a JavaScript library. I enjoy using and teaching React and I hope you will do so too.
In this step by step 30 Days React challenge, you will learn React which is one of most popular user interface JavaScript libraries.
React can do everything that JavaJavaScript can do. React can be used **_to add interactivity to websites, to develop mobile apps, desktop applications, games_**.
I believe you will learn quite a lot in the next 30 days and your programming and problem solving skills will also be improved significantly.
I will use converstational English and less jargons to write this challenge. The content will be continousely updated. If you find a typo or grammar mistakes don't suprised because I don't do any proof read before I publish it. I would recommond you to focus on the main message of the challenge instead of the English and some minor mistakes. I really appreciate if you send me pull requests for improvement and remember to pull first from master before you send pull requests.
## Requirements
To get along with the challenge you need to have the following:
1. Motivation
2. A computer
3. Internet
4. A browser
5. A code editor
6. HTML, CSS and JavaScript intermediate level skill
## Setup
I believe you have the motivation and a strong desire to be a developer, a computer and Internet.In addition to that basic to intermidate lelev HTML, CSS and JS. If you have those, then you have everything to get started.
### Install Node.js
You may not need node.js right now but you may need it for later. Install [node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/).
After downloading double click and install
We can check if node is installed on our local machine by opening our device terminal or command prompt.
```sh
asabeneh $ node -v
v12.14.0
```
When making this tutorial I was using node version 12.14.0, but now the recommended version of node.js for download is 12.17.0.
### Browser
There are many browsers out there. However, I strongly recommend Google Chrome.
#### Installing Google Chrome
Install [google chrome](https://www.google.com/chrome/) if you do not have one yet. We can write small JavaScript code on the browser console, but we do not use the browser console to develop applications.
#### Opening Google Chrome Console
You can open Google Chrome console either by clicking three dots at the top right corner of the browser, selecting _More tools -> Developer tools_ or using a keyboard shortcut. I prefer using shortcuts.
To open the Chrome console using a keyboard shortcut. It is good to know the shortcut too as a JavaScript and React developer you will spend much time on a browser console and don't be lazy to open it during development.
```sh
Mac
Command+Option+J
Windows/Linux:
Ctl+Shift+J
```
After you open the Google Chrome console, try to explore the marked buttons. We will spend most of the time on the Console. The Console is the place where your JavaScript code goes. The Google Console V8 engine changes your JavaScript code to machine code.
Let us write a JavaScript code on the Google Chrome console:
#### Writing Code on Browser Console
We can write any JavaScript code on the Google console or any browser console. However, for this challenge, we only focus on Google Chrome console. Open the console using:
```sh
Mac
Command+Option+I
Windows:
Ctl+Shift+I
```
##### Console.log
To write our first JavaScript code, we used a built-in function **console.log()**. We passed an argument as input data, and the function displays the output. We passed 'Hello, World' as input data or argument in the console.log() function.
```js
console.log('Hello, World!')
```
##### Console.log with Multiple Arguments
The **conole.log()** function can take multiple parameters separated by comma. The syntax looks like as follows:**console.log(param1, param2, param3)**
```js
console.log('Hello', 'World', '!')
console.log('HAPPY', 'NEW', 'YEAR', 2020)
console.log('Welcome', 'to', 30, 'Days', 'Of', 'JavaScript')
```
As you can see from the snippet code above, _console.log()_ can take multiple arguments. It is recommended to use as many console.log() prints to check what is happening in your code but don't keep all console.log() tests on your code forever. Make your life easy by keeping the browser console open.
Congratulations! You have completed the setup you need to get started with React, but before we dive in to React let's do JavaScript refresher. If you are very comfortable with JavaScript you may skip the JavaScript refresher. The JavaScript refresh section is vast and it may take more than one day. From my experience people usually stuck in React because their JavaScript knowledge is very shallow therefore to fill that gap all the necessary JavaScript feature which can be use in React are cover in the JavaScript refresher. In the JavaScript refresher there are many questions and you are not required to solve them.
## JavaScript Refresher
## 1. Variables
We use var, let and const to declare a variable. The var is functions scope, however let and const are block scope. In this challenge we use ES6 and above features of JavaScript.
```js
let firstName = 'Asabeneh'
firstName = 'Eyob'
const PI = 3.14 // Not allowed to reasign PI to a new value
```
## 2. Data types
If you do not feel comfortable with data types check the following [link](https://github.com/Asabeneh/30-Days-Of-JavaScript/blob/master/02_Day_Data_types/02_day_data_types.md)
## 3. Arrays
In contrast to variables, an array can store _multiple values_. Each value in an array has an _index_, and each index has _a reference in a memory address_. Each value can be accessed by using their _indexes_. The index of an array starts from _zero_, and the index of the last element is less by one from the length of the array.
An array is a collection of different data types which are ordered and changeable(modifiable). An array allows storing duplicate elements and different data types. An array can be empty, or it may have different data type values.
### How to create an empty array
In JavaScript, we can create an array in different ways. Let us see different ways to create an array.
It is very common to use _const_ instead of _let_ to declare an array variable. If you ar using const it means you do not use that variable name again.
- Using Array constructor
```js
// syntax
const arr = Array()
// or
// let arr = new Array()
console.log(arr) // []
```
- Using square brackets([])
```js
// syntax
// This the most recommended way to create an empty list
const arr = []
console.log(arr)
```
### How to create an array with values
Array with initial values. We use _length_ property to find the length of an array.
```js
const numbers = [0, 3.14, 9.81, 37, 98.6, 100] // array of numbers
const fruits = ['banana', 'orange', 'mango', 'lemon'] // array of strings, fruits
const vegetables = ['Tomato', 'Potato', 'Cabbage', 'Onion', 'Carrot'] // array of strings, vegetables
const animalProducts = ['milk', 'meat', 'butter', 'yoghurt'] // array of strings, products
const webTechs = ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JS', 'React', 'Redux', 'Node', 'MongDB'] // array of web technologies
const countries = ['Finland', 'Denmark', 'Sweden', 'Norway', 'Iceland'] // array of strings, countries
// Print the array and its length
console.log('Numbers:', numbers)
console.log('Number of numbers:', numbers.length)
console.log('Fruits:', fruits)
console.log('Number of fruits:', fruits.length)
console.log('Vegetables:', vegetables)
console.log('Number of vegetables:', vegetables.length)
console.log('Animal products:', animalProducts)
console.log('Number of animal products:', animalProducts.length)
console.log('Web technologies:', webTechs)
console.log('Number of web technologies:', webTechs.length)
console.log('Countries:', countries)
console.log('Number of countries:', countries.length)
```
```sh
Numbers: [0, 3.14, 9.81, 37, 98.6, 100]
Number of numbers: 6
Fruits: ['banana', 'orange', 'mango', 'lemon']
Number of fruits: 4
Vegetables: ['Tomato', 'Potato', 'Cabbage', 'Onion', 'Carrot']
Number of vegetables: 5
Animal products: ['milk', 'meat', 'butter', 'yoghurt']
Number of animal products: 4
Web technologies: ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JS', 'React', 'Redux', 'Node', 'MongDB']
Number of web technologies: 7
Countries: ['Finland', 'Estonia', 'Denmark', 'Sweden', 'Norway']
Number of countries: 5
```
- Array can have items of different data types
```js
const arr = [
'Asabeneh',
250,
true,
{ country: 'Finland', city: 'Helsinki' },
{ skills: ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JS', 'React', 'Python'] },
] // arr containing different data types
console.log(arr)
```
### Creating an array using split
As we have seen in the earlier section, we can split a string at different positions, and we can change to an array. Let us see the examples below.
```js
let js = 'JavaScript'
const charsInJavaScript = js.split('')
console.log(charsInJavaScript) // ["J", "a", "v", "a", "S", "c", "r", "i", "p", "t"]
let companiesString = 'Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Oracle, Amazon'
const companies = companiesString.split(',')
console.log(companies) // ["Facebook", " Google", " Microsoft", " Apple", " IBM", " Oracle", " Amazon"]
let txt =
'I love teaching and empowering people. I teach HTML, CSS, JS, React, Python.'
const words = txt.split(' ')
console.log(words)
// the text has special characters think how you can just get only the words
// ["I", "love", "teaching", "and", "empowering", "people.", "I", "teach", "HTML,", "CSS,", "JS,", "React,", "Python"]
```
### Accessing array items using index
We access each element in an array using their index. An array index starts from 0. The picture below clearly shows the index of each element in the array.
```js
const fruits = ['banana', 'orange', 'mango', 'lemon']
let firstFruit = fruits[0] // we are accessing the first item using its index
console.log(firstFruit) // banana
secondFruit = fruits[1]
console.log(secondFruit) // orange
let lastFruit = fruits[3]
console.log(lastFruit) // lemon
// Last index can be calculated as follows
let lastIndex = fruits.length - 1
lastFruit = fruits[lastIndex]
console.log(lastFruit) // lemon
```
```js
const numbers = [0, 3.14, 9.81, 37, 98.6, 100] // set of numbers
console.log(numbers.length) // => to know the size of the array, which is 6
console.log(numbers) // -> [0, 3.14, 9.81, 37, 98.6, 100]
console.log(numbers[0]) // -> 0
console.log(numbers[5]) // -> 100
let lastIndex = numbers.length - 1
console.log(numbers[lastIndex]) // -> 100
```
```js
const webTechs = [
'HTML',
'CSS',
'JavaScript',
'React',
'Redux',
'Node',
'MongoDB',
] // List of web technologies
console.log(webTechs) // all the array items
console.log(webTechs.length) // => to know the size of the array, which is 7
console.log(webTechs[0]) // -> HTML
console.log(webTechs[6]) // -> MongoDB
let lastIndex = webTechs.length - 1
console.log(webTechs[lastIndex]) // -> MongoDB
```
```js
const countries = [
'Albania',
'Bolivia',
'Canada',
'Denmark',
'Ethiopia',
'Finland',
'Germany',
'Hungary',
'Ireland',
'Japan',
'Kenya',
] // List of countries
console.log(countries) // -> all countries in array
console.log(countries[0]) // -> Albania
console.log(countries[10]) // -> Kenya
let lastIndex = countries.length - 1
console.log(countries[lastIndex]) // -> Kenya
```
```js
const shoppingCart = [
'Milk',
'Mango',
'Tomato',
'Potato',
'Avocado',
'Meat',
'Eggs',
'Sugar',
] // List of food products
console.log(shoppingCart) // -> all shoppingCart in array
console.log(shoppingCart[0]) // -> Milk
console.log(shoppingCart[7]) // -> Sugar
let lastIndex = shoppingCart.length - 1
console.log(shoppingCart[lastIndex]) // -> Sugar
```
### Modifying array element
An array is mutable(modifiable). Once an array is created, we can modify the contents of the array elements.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers[0] = 10 // changing 1 at index 0 to 10
numbers[1] = 20 // changing 2 at index 1 to 20
console.log(numbers) // [10, 20, 3, 4, 5]
const countries = [
'Albania',
'Bolivia',
'Canada',
'Denmark',
'Ethiopia',
'Finland',
'Germany',
'Hungary',
'Ireland',
'Japan',
'Kenya',
]
countries[0] = 'Afghanistan' // Replacing Albania by Afghanistan
let lastIndex = countries.length - 1
countries[lastIndex] = 'Korea' // Replacing Kenya by Korea
console.log(countries)
```
```sh
["Afghanistan", "Bolivia", "Canada", "Denmark", "Ethiopia", "Finland", "Germany", "Hungary", "Ireland", "Japan", "Korea"]
```
### Methods to manipulate array
There are different methods to manipulate an array. These are some of the available methods to deal with arrays:_Array, length, concat, indexOf, slice, splice, join, toString, includes, lastIndexOf, isArray, fill, push, pop, shift, unshift_
#### Array Constructor
Array:To create an array.
```js
const arr = Array() // creates an an empty array
console.log(arr)
const eightEmptyValues = Array(8) // it creates eight empty values
console.log(eightEmptyValues) // [empty x 8]
```
#### Creating static values with fill
fill: Fill all the array elements with a static value
```js
const arr = Array() // creates an an empty array
console.log(arr)
const eightXvalues = Array(8).fill('X') // it creates eight element values filled with 'X'
console.log(eightXvalues) // ['X', 'X','X','X','X','X','X','X']
const eight0values = Array(8).fill(0) // it creates eight element values filled with '0'
console.log(eight0values) // [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
const four4values = Array(4).fill(4) // it creates 4 element values filled with '4'
console.log(four4values) // [4, 4, 4, 4]
```
#### Concatenating array using concat
concat:To concatenate two arrays.
```js
const firstList = [1, 2, 3]
const secondList = [4, 5, 6]
const thirdList = firstList.concat(secondList)
console.log(thirdList) // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
```
```js
const fruits = ['banana', 'orange', 'mango', 'lemon'] // array of fruits
const vegetables = ['Tomato', 'Potato', 'Cabbage', 'Onion', 'Carrot'] // array of vegetables
const fruitsAndVegetables = fruits.concat(vegetables) // concatenate the two arrays
console.log(fruitsAndVegetables)
```
```sh
["banana", "orange", "mango", "lemon", "Tomato", "Potato", "Cabbage", "Onion", "Carrot"]
```
#### Getting array length
Length:To know the size of the array
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
console.log(numbers.length) // -> 5 is the size of the array
```
#### Getting index an element in arr array
indexOf:To check if an item exist in an array. If it exists it returns the index else it returns -1.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
console.log(numbers.indexOf(5)) // -> 4
console.log(numbers.indexOf(0)) // -> -1
console.log(numbers.indexOf(1)) // -> 0
console.log(numbers.indexOf(6)) // -> -1
```
Check an element if it exist in an array.
- Check items in a list
```js
// let us check if a banana exist in the array
const fruits = ['banana', 'orange', 'mango', 'lemon']
let index = fruits.indexOf('banana') // 0
if (index != -1) {
console.log('This fruit does exist in the array')
} else {
console.log('This fruit does not exist in the array')
}
// This fruit does exist in the array
// we can use also ternary here
index != -1
? console.log('This fruit does exist in the array')
: console.log('This fruit does not exist in the array')
// let us check if a avocado exist in the array
let indexOfAvocado = fruits.indexOf('avocado') // -1, if the element not found index is -1
if (indexOfAvocado != -1) {
console.log('This fruit does exist in the array')
} else {
console.log('This fruit does not exist in the array')
}
// This fruit does not exist in the array
```
#### Getting last index of an element in array
lastIndexOf: It gives the position of the last item in the array. If it exist, it returns the index else it returns -1.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3, 1, 2]
console.log(numbers.lastIndexOf(2)) // 7
console.log(numbers.lastIndexOf(0)) // -1
console.log(numbers.lastIndexOf(1)) // 6
console.log(numbers.lastIndexOf(4)) // 3
console.log(numbers.lastIndexOf(6)) // -1
```
includes:To check if an item exist in an array. If it exist it returns the true else it returns false.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
console.log(numbers.includes(5)) // true
console.log(numbers.includes(0)) // false
console.log(numbers.includes(1)) // true
console.log(numbers.includes(6)) // false
const webTechs = [
'HTML',
'CSS',
'JavaScript',
'React',
'Redux',
'Node',
'MongoDB',
] // List of web technologies
console.log(webTechs.includes('Node')) // true
console.log(webTechs.includes('C')) // false
```
#### Checking array
Array.isArray:To check if the data type is an array
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
console.log(Array.isArray(numbers)) // true
const number = 100
console.log(Array.isArray(number)) // false
```
#### Converting array to string
toString:Converts array to string
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
console.log(numbers.toString()) // 1,2,3,4,5
const names = ['Asabeneh', 'Mathias', 'Elias', 'Brook']
console.log(names.toString()) // Asabeneh,Mathias,Elias,Brook
```
#### Joining array elements
join: It is used to join the elements of the array, the argument we passed in the join method will be joined in the array and return as a string. By default, it joins with a comma, but we can pass different string parameter which can be joined between the items.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
console.log(numbers.join()) // 1,2,3,4,5
const names = ['Asabeneh', 'Mathias', 'Elias', 'Brook']
console.log(names.join()) // Asabeneh,Mathias,Elias,Brook
console.log(names.join('')) //AsabenehMathiasEliasBrook
console.log(names.join(' ')) //Asabeneh Mathias Elias Brook
console.log(names.join(', ')) //Asabeneh, Mathias, Elias, Brook
console.log(names.join(' # ')) //Asabeneh # Mathias # Elias # Brook
const webTechs = [
'HTML',
'CSS',
'JavaScript',
'React',
'Redux',
'Node',
'MongoDB',
] // List of web technologies
console.log(webTechs.join()) // "HTML,CSS,JavaScript,React,Redux,Node,MongoDB"
console.log(webTechs.join(' # ')) // "HTML # CSS # JavaScript # React # Redux # Node # MongoDB"
```
#### Slice array elements
Slice: To cut out a multiple items in range. It takes two parameters:starting and ending position. It doesn't include the ending position.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
console.log(numbers.slice()) // -> it copies all item
console.log(numbers.slice(0)) // -> it copies all item
console.log(numbers.slice(0, numbers.length)) // it copies all item
console.log(numbers.slice(1, 4)) // -> [2,3,4] // it doesn't include the ending position
```
#### Splice method in array
Splice: It takes three parameters:Starting position, number of times to be removed and number of items to be added.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
console.log(numbers.splice()) // -> remove all items
```
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
console.log(numbers.splice(0, 1)) // remove the first item
```
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
console.log(numbers.splice(3, 3, 7, 8, 9)) // -> [1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9] //it removes three item and replace three items
```
#### Adding item to an array using push
Push: adding item in the end. To add item to the end of an existing array we use the push method.
```js
// syntax
const arr = ['item1', 'item2', 'item3']
arr.push('new item')
console.log(arr)
// ['item1', 'item2','item3','new item']
```
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers.push(6)
console.log(numbers) // -> [1,2,3,4,5,6]
numbers.pop() // -> remove one item from the end
console.log(numbers) // -> [1,2,3,4,5]
```
```js
let fruits = ['banana', 'orange', 'mango', 'lemon']
fruits.push('apple')
console.log(fruits) // ['banana', 'orange', 'mango', 'lemon', 'apple']
fruits.push('lime')
console.log(fruits) // ['banana', 'orange', 'mango', 'lemon', 'apple', 'lime']
```
#### Removing the end element using pop
pop: Removing item in the end.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers.pop() // -> remove one item from the end
console.log(numbers) // -> [1,2,3,4]
```
#### Removing an element from the beginning
shift: Removing one array element in the beginning of the array.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers.shift() // -> remove one item from the beginning
console.log(numbers) // -> [2,3,4,5]
```
#### Add an element from the beginning
unshift: Adding array element in the beginning of the array.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers.unshift(0) // -> add one item from the beginning
console.log(numbers) // -> [0,1,2,3,4,5]
```
#### Reversing array order
reverse: reverse the order of an array.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers.reverse() // -> reverse array order
console.log(numbers) // [5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
numbers.reverse()
console.log(numbers) // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
```
#### Sorting elements in array
sort: arrange array elements in ascending order. Sort takes a call back function, we will see how we use sort with a call back function in the coming sections.
```js
const webTechs = [
'HTML',
'CSS',
'JavaScript',
'React',
'Redux',
'Node',
'MongoDB',
]
webTechs.sort()
console.log(webTechs) // ["CSS", "HTML", "JavaScript", "MongoDB", "Node", "React", "Redux"]
webTechs.reverse() // after sorting we can reverse it
console.log(webTechs) // ["Redux", "React", "Node", "MongoDB", "JavaScript", "HTML", "CSS"]
```
### Array of arrays
Array can store different data types including an array itself. Let us create an array of arrays
```js
const firstNums = [1, 2, 3]
const secondNums = [1, 4, 9]
const arrayOfArray = [
[1, 2, 3],
[1, 2, 3],
]
console.log(arrayOfArray[0]) // [1, 2, 3]
const frontEnd = ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JS', 'React', 'Redux']
const backEnd = ['Node', 'Express', 'MongoDB']
const fullStack = [frontEnd, backEnd]
console.log(fullStack) // [["HTML", "CSS", "JS", "React", "Redux"], ["Node", "Express", "MongoDB"]]
console.log(fullStack.length) // 2
console.log(fullStack[0]) // ["HTML", "CSS", "JS", "React", "Redux"]
console.log(fullStack[1]) // ["Node", "Express", "MongoDB"]
```
### 💻 Exercise
#### Exercise: Level 1
```js
const countries = [
'Albania',
'Bolivia',
'Canada',
'Denmark',
'Ethiopia',
'Finland',
'Germany',
'Hungary',
'Ireland',
'Japan',
'Kenya',
]
const webTechs = [
'HTML',
'CSS',
'JavaScript',
'React',
'Redux',
'Node',
'MongoDB',
]
```
1. Declare an _empty_ array;
2. Declare an array with more than 5 number of elements
3. Find the length of your array
4. Get the first item, the middle item and the last item of the array
5. Declare an array called _mixedDataTypes_, put different data types in the array and find the length of the array. The array size should be greater than 5
6. Declare an array variable name itCompanies and assign initial values Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Oracle and Amazon
7. Print the array using _console.log()_
8. Print the number of companies in the array
9. Print the first company, middle and last company
10. Print out each company
11. Change each company name to uppercase one by one and print them out
12. Print the array like as a sentence: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM,Oracle and Amazon are big IT companies.
13. Check if a certain company exists in the itCompanies array. If it exist return the company else return a company is _not found_
14. Filter out companies which have more than one 'o' without the filter method
15. Sort the array using _sort()_ method
16. Reverse the array using _reverse()_ method
17. Slice out the first 3 companies from the array
18. Slice out the last 3 companies from the array
19. Slice out the middle IT company or companies from the array
20. Remove the first IT company from the array
21. Remove the middle IT company or companies from the array
22. Remove the last IT company from the array
23. Remove all IT companies
#### Exercise: Level 2
1. Create a separate countries.js file and store the countries array in to this file, create a separate file web_techs.js and store the webTechs array in to this file. Access both file in main.js file
1. First remove all the punctuations and change the string to array and count the number of words in the array
```js
let text =
'I love teaching and empowering people. I teach HTML, CSS, JS, React, Python.'
console.log(words)
console.log(words.length)
```
```sh
["I", "love", "teaching", "and", "empowering", "people", "I", "teach", "HTML", "CSS", "JS", "React", "Python"]
13
```
1. In the following shopping cart add, remove, edit items
```js
const shoppingCart = ['Milk', 'Coffee', 'Tea', 'Honey']
```
- add 'Meat' in the beginning of your shopping cart if it has not been already added
- add Sugar at the end of you shopping cart if it has not been already added
- remove 'Honey' if you are allergic to honey
- modify Tea to 'Green Tea'
1. In countries array check if 'Ethiopia' exists in the array if it exists print 'ETHIOPIA'. If it does not exist add to the countries list.
1. In the webTechs array check if Sass exists in the array and if it exists print 'Sass is a CSS preprocess'. If it does not exist add Sass to the array and print the array.
1. Concatenate the following two variables and store it in a fullStack variable.
```js
const frontEnd = ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JS', 'React', 'Redux']
const backEnd = ['Node', 'Express', 'MongoDB']
console.log(fullStack)
```
```sh
["HTML", "CSS", "JS", "React", "Redux", "Node", "Express", "MongoDB"]
```
#### Exercise: Level 3
1. The following is an array of 10 students ages:
`js const ages = [19, 22, 19, 24, 20, 25, 26, 24, 25, 24] ` - Sort the array and find the min and max age - Find the median age(one middle item or two middle items divided by two) - Find the average age(all items divided by number of items) - Find the range of the ages(max minus min) - Compare the value of (min - average) and (max - average), use _abs()_ method
1.Slice the first ten countries from the [countries array](https://github.com/Asabeneh/30DaysOfJavaScript/tree/master/data/countries.js)
1. Find the middle country(ies) in the [countries array](https://github.com/Asabeneh/30DaysOfJavaScript/tree/master/data/countries.js)
1. Divide the countries array into two equal arrays if it is even. If countries array is not even , one more country for the first half.
## 4. Conditionals
Conditional statements are used for make decisions based on different conditions.
By default , statements in JavaScript script executed sequentially from top to bottom. If the processing logic require so, the sequential flow of execution can be altered in two ways:
- Conditional execution: a block of one or more statements will be executed if a certain expression is true
- Repetitive execution: a block of one or more statements will be repetitively executed as long as a certain expression is true. In this section, we will cover _if_, _else_ , _else if_ statements. The comparison and logical operators we learned in the previous sections will be useful in here.
Conditions can be implementing using the following ways:
- if
- if else
- if else if else
- switch
- ternary operator
### If
In JavaScript and other programming languages the key word _if_ is to used check if a condition is true and to execute the block code. To create an if condition, we need _if_ keyword, condition inside a parenthesis and block of code inside a curly bracket({}).
```js
// syntax
if (condition) {
//this part of code runs for truthy condition
}
```
**Example:**
```js
let num = 3
if (num > 0) {
console.log(`${num} is a positive number`)
}
// 3 is a positive number
```
As you can see in the condition example above, 3 is greater than 0, so it is a positive number. The condition was true and the block of code was executed. However, if the condition is false, we won't see any results.
```js
let isRaining = true
if (isRaining) {
console.log('Remember to take your rain coat.')
}
```
The same goes for the second condition, if isRaining is false the if block will not be executed and we do not see any output. In order to see the result of a falsy condition, we should have another block, which is going to be _else_.
### If Else
If condition is true the first block will be executed, if not the else condition will be executed.
```js
// syntax
if (condition) {
// this part of code runs for truthy condition
} else {
// this part of code runs for false condition
}
```
```js
let num = 3
if (num > 0) {
console.log(`${num} is a positive number`)
} else {
console.log(`${num} is a negative number`)
}
// 3 is a positive number
num = -3
if (num > 0) {
console.log(`${num} is a positive number`)
} else {
console.log(`${num} is a negative number`)
}
// -3 is a negative number
```
```js
let isRaining = true
if (isRaining) {
console.log('You need a rain coat.')
} else {
console.log('No need for a rain coat.')
}
// You need a rain coat.
isRaining = false
if (isRaining) {
console.log('You need a rain coat.')
} else {
console.log('No need for a rain coat.')
}
// No need for a rain coat.
```
The last condition is false, therefore the else block was executed. What if we have more than two conditions? In that case, we would use _else if_ conditions.
### If Else if Else
On our daily life, we make decisions on daily basis. We make decisions not by checking one or two conditions instead we make decisions based on multiple conditions. As similar to our daily life, programming is also full of conditions. We use _else if_ when we have multiple conditions.
```js
// syntax
if (condition) {
// code
} else if (condition) {
// code
} else {
// code
}
```
**Example:**
```js
let a = 0
if (a > 0) {
console.log(`${a} is a positive number`)
} else if (a < 0) {
console.log(`${a} is a negative number`)
} else if (a == 0) {
console.log(`${a} is zero`)
} else {
console.log(`${a} is not a number`)
}
```
```js
// if else if else
let weather = 'sunny'
if (weather === 'rainy') {
console.log('You need a rain coat.')
} else if (weather === 'cloudy') {
console.log('It might be cold, you need a jacket.')
} else if (weather === 'sunny') {
console.log('Go out freely.')
} else {
console.log('No need for rain coat.')
}
```
### Switch
Switch is an alternative for **if else if else else**.
The switch statement starts with a _switch_ keyword followed by a parenthesis and code block. Inside the code block we will have different cases. Case block runs if the value in the switch statement parenthesis matches with the case value. The break statement is to terminate execution so the code execution does not go down after the condition is satisfied. The default block runs if all the cases don't satisfy the condition.
```js
switch (caseValue) {
case 1:
// code
break
case 2:
// code
break
case 3:
// code
default:
// code
}
```
```js
let weather = 'cloudy'
switch (weather) {
case 'rainy':
console.log('You need a rain coat.')
break
case 'cloudy':
console.log('It might be cold, you need a jacket.')
break
case 'sunny':
console.log('Go out freely.')
break
default:
console.log(' No need for rain coat.')
}
// Switch More Examples
let dayUserInput = prompt('What day is today ?')
let day = dayUserInput.toLowerCase()
switch (day) {
case 'monday':
console.log('Today is Monday')
break
case 'tuesday':
console.log('Today is Tuesday')
break
case 'wednesday':
console.log('Today is Wednesday')
break
case 'thursday':
console.log('Today is Thursday')
break
case 'friday':
console.log('Today is Friday')
break
case 'saturday':
console.log('Today is Saturday')
break
case 'sunday':
console.log('Today is Sunday')
break
default:
console.log('It is not a week day.')
}
```
// Examples to use conditions in the cases
```js
let num = prompt('Enter number')
switch (true) {
case num > 0:
console.log('Number is positive')
break
case num == 0:
console.log('Numbers is zero')
break
case num < 0:
console.log('Number is negative')
break
default:
console.log('Entered value was not a number')
}
```
### Ternary Operators
Ternary operator is very common in _React_. It is a short way to write if else statement. In React we use ternary operator in many cases.
To generalize, tenary operator is another way to write conditionals.
```js
let isRaining = true
isRaining
? console.log('You need a rain coat.')
: console.log('No need for a rain coat.')
```
### 💻 Exercises
#### Exercises: Level 1
1. Get user input using prompt(“Enter your age:”). If user is 18 or older , give feedback:'You are old enough to drive' but if not 18 give another feedback stating to wait for the number of years he neds to turn 18.
```sh
Enter your age: 30
You are old enough to drive.
Enter your age:15
You are left with 3 years to drive.
```
1. Compare the values of myAge and yourAge using if … else. Based on the comparison and log the result to console stating who is older (me or you). Use prompt(“Enter your age:”) to get the age as input.
```sh
Enter your age: 30
You are 5 years older than me.
```
1. If a is greater than b return 'a is greater than b' else 'a is less than b'. Try to implement it in to ways
- using if else
- ternary operator.
```js
let a = 4
let b = 3
```
```sh
4 is greater than 3
```
1. Even numbers are divisible by 2 and the remainder is zero. How do you check, if a number is even or not using JavaScript?
```sh
Enter a number: 2
2 is an even number
Enter a number: 9
9 is is an odd number.
```
#### Exercises: Level 2
1. Write a code which can give grades to students according to theirs scores:
- 80-100, A
- 70-89, B
- 60-69, C
- 50-59, D
- 0-49, F
1. Check if the season is Autumn, Winter, Spring or Summer.
If the user input is :
- September, October or November, the season is Autumn.
- December, January or February, the season is Winter.
- March, April or May, the season is Spring
- June, July or August, the season is Summer
1. Check if a day is weekend day or a working day. Your script will take day as an input.
```sh
What is the day today? Saturday
Saturday is a weekend.
What is the day today? saturDaY
Saturday is a weekend.
What is the day today? Friday
Friday is a working day.
What is the day today? FrIDAy
Friday is a working day.
```
#### Exercises: Level 3
1. Write a program which tells the number of days in a month.
```sh
Enter a month: January
January has 31 days.
Enter a month: JANUARY
January has 31 day
Enter a month: February
February has 28 days.
Enter a month: FEbruary
February has 28 days.
```
1. Write a program which tells the number of days in a month, now consider leap year.
## 5. Loops
In programming we use different loops to carry out repetitive tasks. Therefore, loop can help us to automate tedious and repetitive task. JavaScript has also different types of loops which we can use to work on repetitive task.
Imagine if your are asked to print Hello world one thousand times without a loop, it may take an hour or two to do this tedious task. However, using loop we can print it in less than a second.
Loops:
- for
- while
- do while
- for of
- forEach
- for in
A loop usually goes until the condition gets false. But sometimes we like to intrupt the loop or skip an item during iteration. We use _break_ to intrupt the loop and _continue_ to skip an item during iteration.
### Types of Loops
#### 1. for
We use for loop when we know how many iteration we go. Let's see the following example
```js
// for loop syntax
for (initialization, condition, increment/decrement) {
code goes here
}
```
This code prints from 0 to 5.
```js
for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
console.log(i)
}
```
For example if we want to sum all the numbers from 0 to 100.
```js
let sum = 0
for (let i = 0; i < 101; i++) {
sum += i
}
console.log(sum)
```
If we want to sum only even numbers:
```js
let sum = 0
for (let i = 0; i < 101; i += 2) {
sum += i
}
console.log(sum)
// or another way
let total = 0
for (let i = 0; i < 101; i++) {
if (i % 2 == 0) {
total += i
}
}
console.log(total)
```
This code iterates through the array
```js
const nums = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
console.log(nums[i])
}
```
This code prints 5 to 0. Looping in reverse order
```js
for (let i = 5; i >= 0; i--) {
console.log(i)
}
```
The Code below can reverse an array.
```js
const nums = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
const lastIndex = nums.length - 1
const newArray = []
for (let i = lastIndex; i >= 0; i--) {
newArray.push(nums[i])
}
console.log(newArray)
```
#### 2. while
We use the while loop when we do not know how man iteration we go in advance.
```js
let count = prompt('Enter a positive number: ')
while (count > 0) {
console.log(count)
count--
}
```
#### 3. do while
Do while run at least once if the condition is true or false
```js
let count = 0
do {
console.log(count)
count++
} while (count < 11)
```
The code below runs ones though the condition is false
```js
let count = 11
do {
console.log(count)
count++
} while (count < 11)
```
While loop is the least important loop in many programming languages.
#### 4. for of
The for of loop is very handy to use it with array. If we are not interested in the index of the array a for of loop is preferable to regular for loop or forEach loop.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
for (const number of numbers) {
console.log(number)
}
const countries = ['Finland', 'Sweden', 'Norway', 'Denmark', 'Iceland']
for (const country of countries) {
console.log(country.toUpperCase())
}
```
#### 5. forEach
If we are interested in the index of the array forEach is preferable to for of loop. The forEach array method takes a callback function, the callback function takes three arguments: the item, the index and the array itself.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers.forEach((number, i) => {
console.log(number, i)
})
const countries = ['Finland', 'Sweden', 'Norway', 'Denmark', 'Iceland']
countries.forEach((country, i, arr) => {
console.log(i, country.toUpperCase())
})
```
#### 6. for in
The for in loop can be used with object literals to get the keys of the object.
```js
const user = {
firstName: 'Asabeneh',
lastName: 'Yetayeh',
age: 250,
country: 'Finland',
skills: ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JS', 'React', 'Node', 'Python', 'D3.js'],
}
for (const key in user) {
console.log(key, user[key])
}
```
### Intrupting a loop and skipping an item
#### break
Break is used to interrupt a loop.
```js
for (let i = 0; i <= 5; i++) {
if (i == 3) {
break
}
console.log(i)
}
// 0 1 2
```
The above code stops if 3 found in the iteration process.
#### continue
We use the keyword continue to skip a certain iterations.
```js
for (let i = 0; i <= 5; i++) {
if (i == 3) {
continue
}
console.log(i)
}
// 0 1 2 4 5
```
### Conclusions
- Regular for loop can be used anywhere when the number of iteration is known.
- While loop when the number of iteration is not know
- Do while loop and while loop are almost the same but do while loop run at least once even when the condition is false
- for of is used only for array
- forEach is used for array
- for in is used for object
## 6. Scope
Variable is the fundamental part in programming. We declare variable to store different data types. To declare a variable we use the key word _var_, _let_ and _const_. A variable can declared at different scope. In this section we will see the scope, scope of variables when we use var or let.
Variables scopes can be:
- Window
- Global
- Local
Variable can be declared globally or locally or window scope. We will see both global and local scope.
Anything declared without let, var or const is scoped at window level.
Let us image we have a scope.js file.
### Window Scope
Without using console.log() open your browser and check, you will see the value of a and b if you write a or b on the browser. That means a and b are already available in the window.
```js
//scope.js
a = 'JavaScript' // is a window scope this found anywhere
b = 10 // this is a window scope variable
function letsLearnScope() {
console.log(a, b)
if (true) {
console.log(a, b)
}
}
console.log(a, b) // accessible
```
### Global scope
A globally declared variable can be accessed every where in the same file. But the term global is relative. It can be global to the file or it can be global relative to some block of codes.
```js
//scope.js
let a = 'JavaScript' // is a global scope it will be found anywhere in this file
let b = 10 // is a global scope it will be found anywhere in this file
function letsLearnScope() {
console.log(a, b) // JavaScript 10, accessible
if (true) {
let a = 'Python'
let b = 100
console.log(a, b) // Python 100
}
console.log(a, b)
}
letsLearnScope()
console.log(a, b) // JavaScript 10, accessible
```
### Local scope
A variable declared as local can be accessed only in certain block code.
```js
//scope.js
let a = 'JavaScript' // is a global scope it will be found anywhere in this file
let b = 10 // is a global scope it will be found anywhere in this file
function letsLearnScope() {
console.log(a, b) // JavaScript 10, accessible
let c = 30
if (true) {
// we can access from the function and outside the function but
// variables declared inside the if will not be accessed outside the if block
let a = 'Python'
let b = 20
let d = 40
console.log(a, b, c) // Python 20 30
}
// we can not access c because c's scope is only the if block
console.log(a, b) // JavaScript 10
}
letsLearnScope()
console.log(a, b) // JavaScript 10, accessible
```
Now, you have an understanding of scope. A variable declared with _var_ only scoped to function but variable declared with _let_ or _const_ is block scope(function block, if block, loop etc). Block in JavaScript is a code in between two curly brackets ({}).
```js
//scope.js
function letsLearnScope() {
var gravity = 9.81
console.log(gravity)
}
// console.log(gravity), Uncaught ReferenceError: gravity is not defined
if (true) {
var gravity = 9.81
console.log(gravity) // 9.81
}
console.log(gravity) // 9.81
for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
console.log(i) // 1, 2, 3
}
console.log(i)
```
In ES6 and above there is _let_ and _const_, so you will not suffer from the sneakiness of _var_. When we use _let_ our variable is block scoped and it will not infect other parts of our code.
```js
//scope.js
function letsLearnScope() {
// you can use let or const, but gravity is constant I prefer to use const
const gravity = 9.81
console.log(gravity)
}
// console.log(gravity), Uncaught ReferenceError: gravity is not defined
if (true) {
const gravity = 9.81
console.log(gravity) // 9.81
}
// console.log(gravity), Uncaught ReferenceError: gravity is not defined
for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
console.log(i) // 1, 2, 3
}
// console.log(i), Uncaught ReferenceError: gravity is not defined
```
The scope _let_ and _const_ is the same. The difference is only reassigning. We can not change or reassign the value of const variable. I would strongly suggest you to use _let_ and _const_, by using _let_ and _const_ you will writ clean code and avoid hard to debug mistakes. As a rule of thumb, you can use _let_ for any value which change, _const_ for any constant value, and for array, object, arrow function and function expression.
## 7. Object
Everything can be an object and objects do have properties and properties have values, so an object is a key value pair. The order of the key is not reserved, or there is no order.
To create an object literal, we use two curly brackets.
### Creating an empty object
An empty object
```js
const person = {}
```
### Creating an objecting with values
Now, the person object has firstName, lastName, age, location, skills and isMarried properties. The value of properties or keys could be a string, number, boolean, an object, null, undefined or a function.
Let us see some examples of object. Each key has a value in the object.
```js
const rectangle = {
length: 20,
width: 20,
}
console.log(rectangle) // {length: 20, width: 20}
const person = {
firstName: 'Asabeneh',
lastName: 'Yetayeh',
age: 250,
country: 'Finland',
city: 'Helsinki',
skills: [
'HTML',
'CSS',
'JavaScript',
'React',
'Node',
'MongoDB',
'Python',
'D3.js',
],
isMarried: true,
}
console.log(person)
```
### Getting values from an object
We can access values of object using two methods:
- using . followed by key name if the key-name is a one word
- using square bracket and a quote
```js
const person = {
firstName: 'Asabeneh',
lastName: 'Yetayeh',
age: 250,
country: 'Finland',
city: 'Helsinki',
skills: [
'HTML',
'CSS',
'JavaScript',
'React',
'Node',
'MongoDB',
'Python',
'D3.js',
],
getFullName: function () {
return `${this.firstName}${this.lastName}`
},
'phone number': '+3584545454545',
}
// accessing values using .
console.log(person.firstName)
console.log(person.lastName)
console.log(person.age)
console.log(person.location)
// value can be accessed using square bracket and key name
console.log(person['firstName'])
console.log(person['lastName'])
console.log(person['age'])
console.log(person['age'])
console.log(person['location'])
// for instance to access the phone number we only use the square bracket method
console.log(person['phone number'])
```
### Creating object methods
Now, the person object has getFullName properties. The getFullName is function inside the person object and we call it an object method. The _this_ key word refers to the object itself. We can use the word _this_ to access the values of different properties of the object. We can not use an arrow function as object method because the word this refers to the window inside an arrow function instead of the object itself. Example of object:
```js
const person = {
firstName: 'Asabeneh',
lastName: 'Yetayeh',
age: 250,
country: 'Finland',
city: 'Helsinki',
skills: [
'HTML',
'CSS',
'JavaScript',
'React',
'Node',
'MongoDB',
'Python',
'D3.js',
],
getFullName: function () {
return `${this.firstName} ${this.lastName}`
},
}
console.log(person.getFullName())
// Asabeneh Yetayeh
```
### Setting new key for an object
An object is a mutable data structure and we can modify the content of an object after it gets created.
Setting a new keys in an object
```js
const person = {
firstName: 'Asabeneh',
lastName: 'Yetayeh',
age: 250,
country: 'Finland',
city: 'Helsinki',
skills: [
'HTML',
'CSS',
'JavaScript',
'React',
'Node',
'MongoDB',
'Python',
'D3.js',
],
getFullName: function () {
return `${this.firstName} ${this.lastName}`
},
}
person.nationality = 'Ethiopian'
person.country = 'Finland'
person.title = 'teacher'
person.skills.push('Meteor')
person.skills.push('SasS')
person.isMarried = true
person.getPersonInfo = function () {
let skillsWithoutLastSkill = this.skills
.splice(0, this.skills.length - 1)
.join(', ')
let lastSkill = this.skills.splice(this.skills.length - 1)[0]
let skills = `${skillsWithoutLastSkill}, and ${lastSkill}`
let fullName = this.getFullName()
let statement = `${fullName} is a ${this.title}.\nHe lives in ${this.country}.\nHe teaches ${skills}.`
return statement
}
console.log(person)
console.log(person.getPersonInfo())
```
```sh
Asabeneh Yetayeh is a teacher.
He lives in Finland.
He teaches HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node, MongoDB, Python, D3.js, Meteor, and SasS.
```
### Object Methods
There are different methods to manipulate an object. Let us see some of the available methods.
_Object.assign_: To copy an object without modifying the original object
```js
const person = {
firstName: 'Asabeneh',
age: 250,
country: 'Finland',
city: 'Helsinki',
skills: ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JS'],
title: 'teacher',
address: {
street: 'Heitamienkatu 16',
pobox: 2002,
city: 'Helsinki',
},
getPersonInfo: function () {
return `I am ${this.firstName} and I live in ${this.city}, ${this.country}. I am ${this.age}.`
},
}
//Object methods: Object.assign, Object.keys, Object.values, Object.entries
//hasOwnProperty
const copyPerson = Object.assign({}, person)
console.log(copyPerson)
```
#### Getting object keys using Object.keys()
_Object.keys_: To get the keys or properties of an object as an array
```js
const keys = Object.keys(copyPerson)
console.log(keys) //['name', 'age', 'country', 'skills', 'address', 'getPersonInfo']
const address = Object.keys(copyPerson.address)
console.log(address) //['street', 'pobox', 'city']
```
#### Getting object values using Object.values()
_Object.values_:To get values of an object as an array
```js
const values = Object.values(copyPerson)
console.log(values)
```
#### Getting object keys and values using Object.entries()
_Object.entries_:To get the keys and values in an array
```js
const entries = Object.entries(copyPerson)
console.log(entries)
```
#### Checking properties using hasOwnProperty()
_hasOwnProperty_: To check if a specific key or property exist in an object
```js
console.log(copyPerson.hasOwnProperty('name'))
console.log(copyPerson.hasOwnProperty('score'))
```
🌕 You are astonishing. Now, you are super charged with the power of objects. You have just completed day 8 challenges and you are 8 steps a head in to your way to greatness. Now do some exercises for your brain and for your muscle.
### 💻 Exercises
#### Exercises: Level 1
1. Create an empty object called dog
1. Print the the dog object on the console
1. Add name, legs, color, age and bark properties for the dog object. The bark property is a method which return _woof woof_
1. Get name, legs, color, age and bark value from the dog object
1. Set new properties the dog object: breed, getDogInfo
#### Exercises: Level 2
1. Find the person who has many skills in the users object.
1. Count logged in users,count users having greater than equal to 50 points from the following object.
````js
const users = {
Alex: {
email: 'alex@alex.com',
skills: ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JavaScript'],
age: 20,
isLoggedIn: false,
points: 30
},
Asab: {
email: 'asab@asab.com',
skills: ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JavaScript', 'Redux', 'MongoDB', 'Express', 'React', 'Node'],
age: 25,
isLoggedIn: false,
points: 50
},
Brook: {
email: 'daniel@daniel.com',
skills: ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JavaScript', 'React', 'Redux'],
age: 30,
isLoggedIn: true,
points: 50
},
Daniel: {
email: 'daniel@alex.com',
skills: ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JavaScript', 'Python'],
age: 20,
isLoggedIn: false,
points: 40
},
John: {
email: 'john@john.com',
skills: ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JavaScript', 'React', 'Redux', 'Node.js'],
age: 20,
isLoggedIn: true,
points: 50
},
Thomas: {
email: 'thomas@thomas.com',
skills: ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JavaScript', 'React'],
age: 20,
isLoggedIn: false,
points: 40
},
Paul: {
email: 'paul@paul.com',
skills: ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JavaScript', 'MongoDB', 'Express', 'React', 'Node'],
age: 20,
isLoggedIn: false,
points: 40
}
}```
````
1. Find people who are MERN stack developer from the users object
1. Set your name in the users object without modifying the original users object
1. Get all keys or properties of users object
1. Get all the values of users object
1. Use the countries object to print a country name, capital, populations and languages.
#### Exercises: Level 3
1. Create an object literal called _personAccount_. It has _firstName, lastName, incomes, expenses_ properties and it has _totalIncome, totalExpense, accountInfo,addIncome, addExpense_ and _accountBalance_ methods. Incomes is a set of incomes and its description and expenses is a set of incomes and its description.
2. \*\*\*\* Questions:2, 3 and 4 are based on the following two arrays:users and products ()
```js
const users = [
{
_id: 'ab12ex',
username: 'Alex',
email: 'alex@alex.com',
password: '123123',
createdAt: '08/01/2020 9:00 AM',
isLoggedIn: false,
},
{
_id: 'fg12cy',
username: 'Asab',
email: 'asab@asab.com',
password: '123456',
createdAt: '08/01/2020 9:30 AM',
isLoggedIn: true,
},
{
_id: 'zwf8md',
username: 'Brook',
email: 'brook@brook.com',
password: '123111',
createdAt: '08/01/2020 9:45 AM',
isLoggedIn: true,
},
{
_id: 'eefamr',
username: 'Martha',
email: 'martha@martha.com',
password: '123222',
createdAt: '08/01/2020 9:50 AM',
isLoggedIn: false,
},
{
_id: 'ghderc',
username: 'Thomas',
email: 'thomas@thomas.com',
password: '123333',
createdAt: '08/01/2020 10:00 AM',
isLoggedIn: false,
},
]
const products = [
{
_id: 'eedfcf',
name: 'mobile phone',
description: 'Huawei Honor',
price: 200,
ratings: [
{ userId: 'fg12cy', rate: 5 },
{ userId: 'zwf8md', rate: 4.5 },
],
likes: [],
},
{
_id: 'aegfal',
name: 'Laptop',
description: 'MacPro: System Darwin',
price: 2500,
ratings: [],
likes: ['fg12cy'],
},
{
_id: 'hedfcg',
name: 'TV',
description: 'Smart TV:Procaster',
price: 400,
ratings: [{ userId: 'fg12cy', rate: 5 }],
likes: ['fg12cy'],
},
]
```
Imagine you are getting the above users collection from a MongoDB database.
a. Create a function called signUp which allows user to add to the collection. If user exists, inform the user that he has already an account.
b. Create a function called signIn which allows user to sign in to the application
3. The products array has three elements and each of them has six properties.
a. Create a function called rateProduct which rates the product
b. Create a function called averageRating which calculate the average rating of a product
4. Create a function called likeProduct. This function will helps to like to the product if it is not liked and remove like if it was liked.
## 8. Functions
So far we have seen many builtin JavaScript functions. In this section, we will focus on custom functions. What is a function? Before we start making functions, lets understand what function is and why we need function?
A function is a reusable block of code or programming statements designed to perform a certain task.
A function is declared by a function key word followed by a name, followed by parentheses (). A parentheses can take a parameter. If a function take a parameter it will be called with argument. A function can also take a default parameter. To store a data to a function, a function has to return certain data types. To get the value we call or invoke a function.
Function makes code:
- clean and easy to read
- reusable
- easy to test
A function can be declared or created in couple of ways:
- _Declaration function_
- _Expression function_
- _Anonymous function_
- _Arrow function_
### Function Declaration
Let us see how to declare a function and how to call a function.
```js
//declaring a function without a parameter
function functionName() {
// code goes here
}
functionName() // calling function by its name and with parentheses
```
### Function without a parameter and return
Function can be declared without a parameter.
**Example:**
```js
// function without parameter, a function which make a number square
function square() {
let num = 2
let sq = num * num
console.log(sq)
}
square() // 4
// function without parameter
function addTwoNumbers() {
let numOne = 10
let numTwo = 20
let sum = numOne + numTwo
console.log(sum)
}
addTwoNumbers() // a function has to be called by its name to be executed
```
```js
function printFullName() {
let firstName = 'Asabeneh'
let lastName = 'Yetayeh'
let space = ' '
let fullName = firstName + space + lastName
console.log(fullName)
}
printFullName() // calling a function
```
### Function returning value
Function can also return values, if a function does not return values the value of the function is undefined. Let us write the above functions with return. From now on, we return value to a function instead of printing it.
```js
function printFullName() {
let firstName = 'Asabeneh'
let lastName = 'Yetayeh'
let space = ' '
let fullName = firstName + space + lastName
return fullName
}
console.log(printFullName())
```
```js
function addTwoNumbers() {
let numOne = 2
let numTwo = 3
let total = numOne + numTwo
return total
}
console.log(addTwoNumbers())
```
### Function with a parameter
In a function we can pass different data types(number, string, boolean, object, function) as a parameter.
```js
// function with one parameter
function functionName(parm1) {
//code goes her
}
functionName(parm1) // during calling or invoking one argument needed
function areaOfCircle(r) {
let area = Math.PI * r * r
return area
}
console.log(areaOfCircle(10)) // should be called with one argument
function square(number) {
return number * number
}
console.log(square(10))
```
### Function with two parameters
```js
// function with two parameters
function functionName(parm1, parm2) {
//code goes her
}
functionName(parm1, parm2) // during calling or invoking two arguments needed
// Function without parameter doesn't take input, so lets make a function with parameters
function sumTwoNumbers(numOne, numTwo) {
let sum = numOne + numTwo
console.log(sum)
}
sumTwoNumbers(10, 20) // calling functions
// If a function doesn't return it doesn't store data, so it should return
function sumTwoNumbers(numOne, numTwo) {
let sum = numOne + numTwo
return sum
}
console.log(sumTwoNumbers(10, 20))
function printFullName(firstName, lastName) {
return `${firstName} ${lastName}`
}
console.log(printFullName('Asabeneh', 'Yetayeh'))
```
### Function with many parameters
```js
// function with multiple parameters
function functionName(parm1, parm2, parm3,...){
//code goes here
}
functionName(parm1,parm2,parm3,...) // during calling or invoking three arguments needed
// this function takes array as a parameter and sum up the numbers in the array
function sumArrayValues(arr) {
let sum = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
sum = sum + arr[i];
}
return sum;
}
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
//calling a function
console.log(sumArrayValues(numbers));
const areaOfCircle = (radius) => {
let area = Math.PI * radius * radius;
return area;
}
console.log(areaOfCircle(10))
```
### Function with unlimited number of parameters
Sometimes we do not know how many arguments the user going to pass. Therefore, we should know how to write a function which can take unlimited number of arguments. The way we do it has a significant difference between a function declaration(regular function) and arrow function. Let us see examples both in function declaration and arrow function.
#### Unlimited number of parameters in regular function
A function declaration provides a function scoped arguments array like object. Any thing we passed as argument in the function can be accessed from arguments object inside the functions. Let us see an example
```js
// Let us access the arguments object
function sumAllNums() {
console.log(arguments)
}
sumAllNums(1, 2, 3, 4))
// Arguments(4) [1, 2, 3, 4, callee: ƒ, Symbol(Symbol.iterator): ƒ]
```
```js
// function declaration
function sumAllNums() {
let sum = 0
for (let i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
sum += arguments[i]
}
return sum
}
console.log(sumAllNums(1, 2, 3, 4)) // 10
console.log(sumAllNums(10, 20, 13, 40, 10)) // 93
console.log(sumAllNums(15, 20, 30, 25, 10, 33, 40)) // 173
```
#### Unlimited number of parameters in arrow function
Arrow function does not have the function scoped arguments object. To implement a function which takes unlimited number of arguments in an arrow function we use spread operator followed by any parameter name. Any thing we passed as argument in the function can be accessed as array in the arrow function. Let us see an example
```js
// Let us access the arguments object
const sumAllNums = (...args) => {
// console.log(arguments), arguments object not found in arrow function
// instead we use an a parameter followed by spread operator
console.log(args)
}
sumAllNums(1, 2, 3, 4))
// [1, 2, 3, 4]
```
```js
// function declaration
const sumAllNums = (...args) => {
let sum = 0
for (const element of args) {
sum += element
}
return sum
}
console.log(sumAllNums(1, 2, 3, 4)) // 10
console.log(sumAllNums(10, 20, 13, 40, 10)) // 93
console.log(sumAllNums(15, 20, 30, 25, 10, 33, 40)) // 173
```
### Anonymous Function
Anonymous function or without name
```js
const anonymousFun = function () {
console.log(
'I am an anonymous function and my value is stored in anonymousFun'
)
}
```
### Expression Function
Expression functions are anonymous functions. After we create a function without a name and we assign it to a variable. To return a value from the function we should call the variable. Look at the example below.
```js
// Function expression
const square = function (n) {
return n * n
}
console.log(square(2)) // -> 4
```
### Self Invoking Functions
Self invoking functions are anonymous functions which do not need to be called to return a value.
```js
;(function (n) {
console.log(n * n)
})(2) // 4, but instead of just printing if we want to return and store the data, we do as shown below
let squaredNum = (function (n) {
return n * n
})(10)
console.log(squaredNum)
```
### Arrow Function
Arrow function is an alternative to write a function, however function declaration and arrow function have some minor differences.
Arrow function uses arrow instead of the keyword _function_ to declare a function. Let us see both function declaration and arrow function.
```js
// This is how we write normal or declaration function
// Let us change this declaration function to an arrow function
function square(n) {
return n * n
}
console.log(square(2)) // 4
const square = (n) => {
return n * n
}
console.log(square(2)) // -> 4
// if we have only one line in the code block, it can be written as follows, explicit return
const square = (n) => n * n // -> 4
```
```js
const changeToUpperCase = (arr) => {
const newArr = []
for (const element of arr) {
newArr.push(element.toUpperCase())
}
return newArr
}
const countries = ['Finland', 'Sweden', 'Norway', 'Denmark', 'Iceland']
console.log(changeToUpperCase(countries))
// ["FINLAND", "SWEDEN", "NORWAY", "DENMARK", "ICELAND"]
```
```js
const printFullName = (firstName, lastName) => {
return `${firstName} ${lastName}`
}
console.log(printFullName('Asabeneh', 'Yetayeh'))
```
The above function has only the return statement, therefore, we can explicitly return it as follows.
```js
const printFullName = (firstName, lastName) => `${firstName} ${lastName}`
console.log(printFullName('Asabeneh', 'Yetayeh'))
```
### Function with default parameters
Sometimes we pass default values to parameters, when we invoke the function if we do not pass an argument the default value will be used. Both function declaration and arrow function can have a default value or values.
```js
// syntax
// Declaring a function
function functionName(param = value) {
//codes
}
// Calling function
functionName()
functionName(arg)
```
**Example:**
```js
function greetings(name = 'Peter') {
let message = `${name}, welcome to 30 Days Of JavaScript!`
return message
}
console.log(greetings())
console.log(greetings('Asabeneh'))
```
```js
function generateFullName(firstName = 'Asabeneh', lastName = 'Yetayeh') {
let space = ' '
let fullName = firstName + space + lastName
return fullName
}
console.log(generateFullName())
console.log(generateFullName('David', 'Smith'))
```
```js
function calculateAge(birthYear, currentYear = 2019) {
let age = currentYear - birthYear
return age
}
console.log('Age: ', calculateAge(1819))
```
```js
function weightOfObject(mass, gravity = 9.81) {
let weight = mass * gravity + ' N' // the value has to be changed to string first
return weight
}
console.log('Weight of an object in Newton: ', weightOfObject(100)) // 9.81 gravity at the surface of Earth
console.log('Weight of an object in Newton: ', weightOfObject(100, 1.62)) // gravity at surface of Moon
```
Let us see how we write the above functions with arrow functions
```js
// syntax
// Declaring a function
const functionName = (param = value) => {
//codes
}
// Calling function
functionName()
functionName(arg)
```
**Example:**
```js
const greetings = (name = 'Peter') => {
let message = name + ', welcome to 30 Days Of JavaScript!'
return message
}
console.log(greetings())
console.log(greetings('Asabeneh'))
```
```js
const generateFullName = (firstName = 'Asabeneh', lastName = 'Yetayeh') => {
let space = ' '
let fullName = firstName + space + lastName
return fullName
}
console.log(generateFullName())
console.log(generateFullName('David', 'Smith'))
```
```js
const calculateAge = (birthYear, currentYear = 2019) => currentYear - birthYear
console.log('Age: ', calculateAge(1819))
```
```js
const weightOfObject = (mass, gravity = 9.81) => mass * gravity + ' N'
console.log('Weight of an object in Newton: ', weightOfObject(100)) // 9.81 gravity at the surface of Earth
console.log('Weight of an object in Newton: ', weightOfObject(100, 1.62)) // gravity at surface of Moon
```
### Function declaration versus Arrow function
It ill be covered in other time
### 💻 Exercises
#### Exercises: Level 1
1. Declare a function _fullName_ and it takes firstName, lastName as a parameter and it returns your full - name.
2. Declare a function _addNumbers_ and it takes two two parameters and it returns sum.
3. Area of a circle is calculated as follows: _area = π x r x r_. Write a function which calculates \_areaOfCircle
4. Temperature in oC can be converted to oF using this formula: _oF = (oC x 9/5) + 32_. Write a function which convert oC to oF _convertCelciusToFahrenheit_.
5. Body mass index(BMI) is calculated as follows: _bmi = weight in Kg / (height x height) in m2_. Write a function which calculates _bmi_. BMI is used to broadly define different weight groups in adults 20 years old or older.Check if a person is _underweight, normal, overweight_ or _obese_ based the information given below.
- The same groups apply to both men and women.
- _Underweight_: BMI is less than 18.5
- _Normal weight_: BMI is 18.5 to 24.9
- _Overweight_: BMI is 25 to 29.9
- _Obese_: BMI is 30 or more
6. Write a function called _checkSeason_, it takes a month parameter and returns the season:Autumn, Winter, Spring or Summer.
#### Exercises: Level 2
1. Quadratic equation is calculated as follows: _ax2 + bx + c = 0_. Write a function which calculates value or values of a quadratic equation, _solveQuadEquation_.
```js
console.log(solveQuadratic()) // {0}
console.log(solveQuadratic(1, 4, 4)) // {-2}
console.log(solveQuadratic(1, -1, -2)) // {2, -1}
console.log(solveQuadratic(1, 7, 12)) // {-3, -4}
console.log(solveQuadratic(1, 0, -4)) //{2, -2}
console.log(solveQuadratic(1, -1, 0)) //{1, 0}
```
2. Declare a function name _printArray_. It takes array as a parameter and it prints out each value of the array.
3. Write a function name _showDateTime_ which shows time in this format: 08/01/2020 04:08 using the Date object.
```sh
showDateTime()
08/01/2020 04:08
```
4. Declare a function name _swapValues_. This function swaps value of x to y.
```js
swapValues(3, 4) // x => 4, y=>3
swapValues(4, 5) // x = 5, y = 4
```
5. Declare a function name _reverseArray_. It takes array as a parameter and it returns the reverse of the array (don't use method).
```js
console.log(reverseArray([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]))
//[5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
console.log(reverseArray(['A', 'B', 'C']))
//['C', 'B', 'A']
```
6. Declare a function name _capitalizeArray_. It takes array as a parameter and it returns the - capitalizedarray.
7. Declare a function name _addItem_. It takes an item parameter and it returns an array after adding the item
8. Declare a function name _removeItem_. It takes an index parameter and it returns an array after removing an ite
9. Declare a function name evensAndOdds . It takes a positive integer as parameter and it counts number of evens and odds in the number.
```sh
evensAndOdds(100);
The number of odds are 50.
The number of evens are 51.
```
13. Write a function which takes any number of arguments and return the sum of the arguments
```js
sum(1, 2, 3) // -> 6
sum(1, 2, 3, 4) // -> 10
```
1. Declare a function name _userIdGenerator_. When this function is called it generates seven character id. The function return the id.
```sh
console.log(userIdGenerator());
41XTDbE
```
#### Exercises: Level 3
1. Declare a function name _userIdGeneratedByUser_. It doesn’t take any parameter but it takes two inputs using prompt(). One of the input is the number of characters and the second input is the number of ids which are supposed to be generated.
```sh
userIdGeneratedByUser()
'kcsy2
SMFYb
bWmeq
ZXOYh
2Rgxf
'
userIdGeneratedByUser()
'1GCSgPLMaBAVQZ26
YD7eFwNQKNs7qXaT
ycArC5yrRupyG00S
UbGxOFI7UXSWAyKN
dIV0SSUTgAdKwStr
'
```
2. Write a function **_generateColors_** which can generate any number of hexa or rgb colors.
```js
console.log(generateColors('hexa', 3)) // ['#a3e12f', '#03ed55', '#eb3d2b']
console.log(generateColors('hexa', 1)) // '#b334ef'
console.log(generateColors('rgb', 3)) // ['rgb(5, 55, 175)', 'rgb(50, 105, 100)', 'rgb(15, 26, 80)']
console.log(generateColors('rgb', 1)) // 'rgb(33,79, 176)'
```
3. Call your function _shuffleArray_, it takes an array as a parameter and it returns a shuffled array
4. Call your function _factorial_, it takes a whole number as a parameter and it return a factorial of the number
5. Call your function _isEmpty_, it takes a parameter and it checks if it is empty or not
6. Write a function called _average_, it takes an array parameter and returns the average of the items. Check if all the array items are number types. If not give return reasonable feedback.
## 9. Higher Order Function
Higher order functions are functions which take other function as a parameter or return a function as a value. The function passed as a parameter is called callback.
### Callback
A callback is a function which can be passed as parameter to other function. See the example below.
```js
// a callback function, the function could be any name
const callback = (n) => {
return n ** 2
}
// function take other function as a callback
function cube(callback, n) {
return callback(n) * n
}
console.log(cube(callback, 3))
```
### Returning function
Higher order functions return function as a value
```js
// Higher order function returning an other function
const higherOrder = n => {
const doSomething = m => {
const doWhatEver = t => {
return 2 * n + 3 * m + t
}
return doWhatEver
}
return doSomething
}
console.log(higherOrder(2)(3)(10))
```
Let us see were we use call back functions.For instance the _forEach_ method uses call back.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4]
const sumArray = arr => {
let sum = 0
const callBack = function(element) {
sum += element
}
numbers.forEach(callback)
return sum
}
console.log(sumArray(numbers))
```
```sh
15
```
The above example can be simplified as follows:
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4]
const sumArray = arr => {
let sum = 0
numbers.forEach(function(element) {
sum += element
})
return sum
}
console.log(sumArray(numbers))
```
```sh
15
```
### setting time
In JavaScript we can execute some activity on certain interval of time or we can schedule(wait) for sometime to execute some activities.
- setInterval
- setTimeout
#### setInterval
In JavaScript, we use setInterval higher order function to do some activity continuously with in some interval of time. The setInterval global method take a callback function and a duration as a parameter. The duration is in milliseconds and the callback will be always called in that interval of time.
```js
// syntax
function callBack() {
// code goes here
}
setInterval(callback, duration)
```
```js
function sayHello() {
console.log('Hello')
}
setInterval(sayHello, 2000) // it prints hello in every 2 seconds
```
#### setTimeout
In JavaScript, we use setTimeout higher order function to execute some action at some time in the future. The setTimeout global method take a callback function and a duration as a parameter. The duration is in milliseconds and the callback wait for that amount of time.
```js
// syntax
function callback() {
// code goes here
}
setTimeout(callback, duration) // duration in milliseconds
```
```js
function sayHello() {
console.log('Hello')
}
setTimeout(sayHello, 2000) // it prints hello after it waits for 2 seconds.
```
## 10. Destructuring and Spreading
### What is Destructuring?
Destructuring is a way to unpack arrays, and objects and assigning to a distinct variable. Destructuring allows us to write clean and readable code.
### What can we destructure?
1. Arrays
2. Objects
#### 1. Destructuring arrays
Arrays are a list of different data types ordered by their index. Let's see an example of arrays:
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3]
const countries = ['Finland', 'Sweden', 'Norway']
```
We can access an item from an array using a certain index by iterating through the loop or manually as shown in the example below.
Accessing array items using a loop
```js
for (const number of numbers) {
console.log(number)
}
for (const country of countries) {
console.log(country)
}
```
Accessing array items manually
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3]
let num1 = numbers[0]
let num2 = numbers[1]
let num3 = numbers[2]
console.log(num1, num2, num3) // 1, 2, 3
const countries = ['Finland', 'Sweden', 'Norway']
let fin = countries[0]
let swe = countries[1]
let nor = countries[2]
console.log(fin, swe, nor) // Finland, Sweden, Norway
```
Most of the time the size of an array is big and we use a loop to iterate through each item of the arrays. Sometimes, we may have short arrays. If the array size is very short it is ok to access the items manually as shown above but today we will see a better way to access the array item which is destructuring.
Accessing array items using destructuring
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3]
const [num1, num2, num3] = numbers
console.log(num1, num2, num3) // 1, 2, 3,
const constants = [2.72, 3.14, 9.81,37, 100]
const [e, pi, gravity, bodyTemp, boilingTemp] = constants
console.log(e, pi, gravity, bodyTemp, boilingTemp]
// 2.72, 3.14, 9.81, 37,100
const countries = ['Finland', 'Sweden', 'Norway']
const [fin, swe, nor] = countries
console.log(fin, swe, nor) // Finland, Sweden, Norway
```
During destructuring each variable should match with the index of the desired item in the array. For instance, the variable fin matches to index 0 and the variable nor matches to index 2. What would be the value of den if you have a variable den next nor?
```js
const [fin, swe, nor, den] = countries
console.log(den) // undefined
```
If you tried the above task you confirmed that the value is undefined. Actually, we can pass a default value to the variable, and if the value of that specific index is undefined the default value will be used.
```js
const countries = ['Finland', 'Sweden', undefined, 'Norway']
const [fin, swe, ice = 'Iceland', nor, den = 'Denmark'] = countries
console.log(fin, swe, ice, nor, den) // Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Denmark
```
Destructuring Nested arrays
```js
const fullStack = [
['HTML', 'CSS', 'JS', 'React'],
['Node', 'Express', 'MongoDB']
]
const [frontEnd, backEnd] = fullstack
console.log(frontEnd, backEnd)
//["HTML", "CSS", "JS", "React"] , ["Node", "Express", "MongoDB"]
const fruitsAndVegetables = [['banana', 'orange', 'mango', 'lemon'], ['Tomato', 'Potato', 'Cabbage', 'Onion', 'Carrot']]
const [fruits, vegetables] = fruitsAndVegetables
console.log(fruits, vegetables]
//['banana', 'orange', 'mango', 'lemon']
//['Tomato', 'Potato', 'Cabbage', 'Onion', 'Carrot']
```
Skipping an Item during destructuring
During destructuring if we are not interested in every item, we can omit a certain item by putting a comma at that index. Let's get only Finland, Iceland, and Denmark from the array. See the example below for more clarity:
```js
const countries = ['Finland', 'Sweden', 'Iceland', 'Norway', 'Denmark']
const [fin, , ice, , den] = countries
console.log(fin, ice, den) // Finland, Iceland, Denmark
```
Getting the rest of the array using the spread operator
We use three dots(...) to spread or get the rest of an array during destructuring
```js
const nums = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
const [num1, num2, num3, ...rest] = nums
console.log(num1, num2, num3, rest) //1, 2, 3, [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
const countries = [
'Germany',
'France',
'Belgium',
'Finland',
'Sweden',
'Norway',
'Denmark',
'Iceland',
]
let [gem, fra, , ...nordicCountries] = countries
console.log(gem, fra, nordicCountries)
// Germany, France, ["Finland", "Sweden", "Norway", "Denmark", "Iceland"]
```
There many cases in which we use array destructuring, let's see the following example:
Destructuring when we loop through arrays
```js
const countries = [
['Finland', 'Helsinki'],
['Sweden', 'Stockholm'],
['Norway', 'Oslo'],
]
for (const [country, city] of countries) {
console.log(country, city)
}
const fullStack = [
['HTML', 'CSS', 'JS', 'React'],
['Node', 'Express', 'MongoDB'],
]
for (const [first, second, third, fourth] of fullStack) {
console.log(first, second, third, fourt)
}
```
What do you think about the code snippet below? If you have started React Hooks already it may remind you of the useState hook.
```js
const [x, y] = [2, (value) => value ** 2]
```
What is the value of x? And what is the value of y(x)? I leave this for you to figure out.
If you have used react hooks you are very familiar with this and as you may imagine it is destructuring. The initial value of count is 0 and the setCount is a method that changes the value of count.
```js
const [count, setCount] = useState(0)
```
Now, you know how to destructure arrays. Let's move on to destructuring objects.
#### 2. Destructuring objects
An object literal is made of key and value pairs. A very simple example of an object:
```js
const rectangle = {
width: 20,
height: 10,
}
```
We access the value of an object using the following methods:
```js
const rectangle = {
width: 20,
height: 10,
}
let width = rectangle.width
let height = recangle.height
// or
let width = rectangle[width]
let height = recangle[height]
```
But today, we will see how to access the value of an object using destructuring.
When we destructure an object the name of the variable should be exactly the same as the key or property of the object. See the example below.
```js
const rectangle = {
width: 20,
height: 10,
}
let { width, height } = rectangle
console.log(width, height, perimeter) // 20, 10
```
What will be the value of we try to access a key which not in the object.
```js
const rectangle = {
width: 20,
height: 10,
}
let { width, height, perimeter } = rectangleconsole.log(
width,
height,
perimeter
) // 20, 10, undefined
```
The value of the perimeter in the above example is undefined.
Default value during object destructuring
Similar to the array, we can also use a default value in object destructuring.
```js
const rectangle = {
width: 20,
height: 10,
}
let { width, height, perimeter = 200 } = rectangle
console.log(width, height, perimeter) // 20, 10, undefined
```
Renaming variable names
```js
const rectangle = {
width: 20,
height: 10,
}
let { width: w, height: h } = rectangle
```
Let's also destructure, nested objects. In the example below, we have nested objects and we can destructure it in two ways.
We can just destructure step by step
```js
const props = {
user:{
firstName:'Asabeneh',
lastName:'Yetayeh',
age:250
},
post:{
title:'Destructuring and Spread',
subtitle:'ES6',
year:2020
},
skills:['JS', 'React', 'Redux', 'Node', 'Python']
}
}
const {user, post, skills} = props
const {firstName, lastName, age} = user
const {title, subtitle, year} = post
const [skillOne, skillTwo, skillThree, skillFour, skillFive] = skills
```
1. We can destructure it one step
```js
const props = {
user:{
firstName:'Asabeneh',
lastName:'Yetayeh',
age:250
},
post:{
title:'Destructuring and Spread',
subtitle:'ES6',
year:2020
},
skills:['JS', 'React', 'Redux', 'Node', 'Python']
}
}
const {user:{firstName, lastName, age}, post:{title, subtitle, year}, skills:[skillOne, skillTwo, skillThree, skillFour, skillFive]} = props
```
Destructuring during loop through an array
```js
const languages = [
{ lang: 'English', count: 91 },
{ lang: 'French', count: 45 },
{ lang: 'Arabic', count: 25 },
{ lang: 'Spanish', count: 24 },
{ lang: 'Russian', count: 9 },
{ lang: 'Portuguese', count: 9 },
{ lang: 'Dutch', count: 8 },
{ lang: 'German', count: 7 },
{ lang: 'Chinese', count: 5 },
{ lang: 'Swahili', count: 4 },
{ lang: 'Serbian', count: 4 },
]
for (const { lang, count } of languages) {
console.log(`The ${lang} is spoken in ${count} countries.`)
}
```
Destructuring function parameter
```js
const rectangle = { width: 20, height: 10 }
const calcualteArea = ({ width, height }) => width * height
const calculatePerimeter = ({ width, height } = 2 * (width + height))
```
### Exercises
Create a function called getPersonInfo. The getPersonInfo function takes an object parameter. The structure of the object and the output of the function is given below. Try to use both a regular way and destructuring and compare the cleanness of the code. If you want to compare your solution with my solution, check this link.
```js
const person = {
firstName: 'Asabeneh',
lastName: 'Yetayeh',
age: 250,
country: 'Finland',
job: 'Instructor and Developer',
skills: [
'HTML',
'CSS',
'JavaScript',
'React',
'Redux',
'Node',
'MongoDB',
'Python',
'D3.js',
],
languages: ['Amharic', 'English', 'Suomi(Finnish)'],
}
/*
Asabeneh Yetayeh lives in Finland. He is 250 years old. He is an Instructor and Developer. He teaches HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Redux, Node, MongoDB, Python and D3.js. He speaks Amharic, English and a little bit of Suomi(Finnish)
*/
```
### Spread or Rest Operator
When we destructure an array we use the spread operator(...) to get the rest elements as array. In addition to that we use spread operator to spread arr elements to another array.
#### Spread operator to get the rest of array elements
```js
const nums = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
let [num1, num2, num3, ...rest] = nums
console.log(num1, num2, num3)
console.log(rest)
```
```sh
1 2 3
[4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
```
```js
const countries = [
'Germany',
'France',
'Belgium',
'Finland',
'Sweden',
'Norway',
'Denmark',
'Iceland',
]
let [gem, fra, , ...nordicCountries] = countries
console.log(gem)
console.log(fra)
console.log(nordicCountries)
```
```sh
Germany
France
["Finland", "Sweden", "Norway", "Denmark", "Iceland"]
```
#### Spread operator to copy array
```js
const evens = [0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
const evenNumbers = [...evens]
const odds = [1, 3, 5, 7, 9]
const oddNumbers = [...odds]
const wholeNumbers = [...evens, ...odds]
console.log(evenNumbers)
console.log(oddNumbers)
console.log(wholeNumbers)
```
```sh
[0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
[1, 3, 5, 7, 9]
[0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9]
```
```js
const frontEnd = ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JS', 'React']
const backEnd = ['Node', 'Express', 'MongoDB']
const fullStack = [...frontEnd, ...backEnd]
console.log(fullStack)
```
```sh
["HTML", "CSS", "JS", "React", "Node", "Express", "MongoDB"]
```
#### Spread operator to copy object
We can copy an object using a spread operator
```js
const user = {
name: 'Asabeneh',
title: 'Programmer',
country: 'Finland',
city: 'Helsinki',
}
const copiedUser = { ...user }
console.log(copiedUser)
```
```sh
{name: "Asabeneh", title: "Programmer", country: "Finland", city: "Helsinki"}
```
Modifying or changing the object while copying
```js
const user = {
name: 'Asabeneh',
title: 'Programmer',
country: 'Finland',
city: 'Helsinki',
}
const copiedUser = { ...user, title: 'instructor' }
console.log(copiedUser)
```
```sh
{name: "Asabeneh", title: "instructor", country: "Finland", city: "Helsinki"}
```
#### Spread operator with arrow function
Whenever we like to write an arrow function which takes unlimited number of arguments we use a spread operator. If we use a spread operator as a parameter, the argument passed when we invoke a function will change to an array.
```js
const sumAllNums = (...args) => {
console.log(args)
}
sumAllNums(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
```
```sh
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
```
```js
const sumAllNums = (...args) => {
let sum = 0
for (const num of args) {
sum += num
}
return sum
}
console.log(sumAllNums(1, 2, 3, 4, 5))
```
```sh
15
```
## 11. Functional Programming
In this article, I will try to help you to have a very good understanding of the most common feature of JavaScript, _functional programming_.
_Functional programming_ allows you to write shorter code, clean code, and also to solve complicated problems which might be difficult to solve in a traditional way.
In this article we will cover all JS functional programming methods:
- forEach
- map
- filter
- reduce
- find
- findIndex
- some
- every
### 1. forEach
We use forEach when we like to iterate through an array of items. The forEach is a higher-order function and it takes call-back as a parameter. The forEach method is used only with array and we use forEach if you are interested in each item or index or both.
```js
// syntax in a normal or a function declaration
function callback(item, index, arr) {}
array.forEach(callback)
// or syntax in an arrow function
const callback = (item, i, arr) => {}
array.forEach(callback)
```
The call back function could be a function declaration or an arrow function.
Let see different examples
```js
const countries = ['Finland', 'Estonia', 'Sweden', 'Norway']
countries.forEach(function (country, index, arr) {
console.log(i, country.toUpperCase())
})
```
If there is no much code inside the code block we can use an arrow function and we can write it without a curly bracket. The index and the array parameters are optional, we can omit them.
```js
const countries = ['Finland', 'Estonia', 'Sweden', 'Norway']
countries.forEach((country, i) => console.log(i, country.toUpperCase()))
```
```sh
0 "FINLAND"
1 "ESTONIA"
2 "SWEDEN"
3 "NORWAY"
```
For example if we like to change each country to uppercase and store it back to an array we write it as follows.
```js
const countries = ['Finland', 'Estonia', 'Sweden', 'Norway']
const newCountries = []
countries.forEach((country) => newCountries.push(country))
console.log(newCountries) // ["Finland", "Estonia", "Sweden", "Norway"]
```
Let us see more examples. For instance if we want to sum an array of numbers we can use forEach or reduce. Let us see how we use forEach to sum all numbers in an array.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
let sum = 0
numbers.forEach((n) => (sum += n))
console.log(sum) // 15
```
Let us move to the next functional programming method which is going to be a map.
### 2. map
We use the map method whenever we like to modify an array. We use the map method only with arrays and it always returns an array.
```js
// syntax in a normal or a function declaration
function callback(item, i) {
return // code goes here
}
const modifiedArray = array.map(callback)
// or syntax in an arrow function
const callback = (item, i) => {
return // code goes here
}
const modifiedArray = array.map(callback)
```
Now, let us modify the countries array using the map method. The index is an optional parameter
```js
// Using function declaration
const countries = ['Finland', 'Estonia', 'Sweden', 'Norway']
const newCountries = countries.map(function (country) {
return country.toUpperCase()
})
console.log(newCountries)
// map using an arrow function call back
const countries = ['Finland', 'Estonia', 'Sweden', 'Norway']
const newCountries = countries.map((country) => country.toUpperCase())
console.log(newCountries) // ["FINLAND", "ESTONIA", "SWEDEN", "NORWAY"]
```
As you can see that map is very handy to modify an array and to get an array back. Now, let us create an array of the length of the countries from the countries array.
```js
const countries = ['Finland', 'Estonia', 'Sweden', 'Norway']
const countriesLength = countries.map((country) => country.length)
console.log(countriesLength) // [7, 7, 6, 6]
```
Let us see another more example
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
const squares = numbers.map((n) => n ** 2)
console.log(squares) // [1, 4, 9, 16, 25]
```
### 3. filter
As you may understand from the literal meaning of filter, it filters out items based on some criteria. The filter method like forEach and map is used with an array and it returns an array of the filtered items.
For instance if we want to filter out countries containing a substring land from an array of countries. See the example below:
```js
// syntax in a normal or a function declaration
function callback(item) {
return // boolean
}
const filteredArray = array.filter(callback)
// or syntax in an arrow function
const callback = (item) => {
return // boolean
}
const filteredArray = array.filter(callback)
```
```js
const countries = ['Finland', 'Estonia', 'Sweden', 'Norway', 'Iceland']
const countriesWithLand = countries.filter((country) =>
country.includes('land')
)
console.log(countriesWithLand) // ["Finland", "Iceland"]
```
How about if we want to filter out countries not containing the substring land. We use negation to achieve that.
```js
const countries = ['Finland', 'Estonia', 'Sweden', 'Norway', 'Iceland']
const countriesWithLand = countries.filter(
(country) => !country.includes('land')
)
console.log(countriesWithLand) // ["Estonia", "Sweden", "Norway"]
```
Let's see an additional example about the filter, let us filter even or odd numbers from an array of numbers
```js
const numbers = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
const evens = numbers.filter((n) => n % 2 === 0)
const odds = numbers.filter((n) => n % 2 !== 0)
console.log(evens) // [0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
console.log(odds) // [1, 3, 5, 7, 9]
```
Now, you know how to filter let us move on to the next functional programming, reduce.
### 4. reduce
Like forEach, map, and filter, reduce is also used with an array and it returns a single value. You can associate reduce with a blender. You put different fruits to a blend and you get a mix of fruit juice. The juice is the output from the reduction process.
We use the reduce method to sum all numbers in an array together, or to multiply items in an array or to concatenate items in an array. Let us see the following different example to make this explanation more clear.
```js
// syntax in a normal or a function declaration
function callback(acc, cur) {
return // code goes here
}
const reduced = array.reduce(callback, optionalInitialValue)
// or syntax in an arrow function
const reduced = callback(acc, cur) => {
return // code goes here
}
const reduced = array.reduce(callback)
```
The default initial value is 0. We can change the initial value if we want to change it.
For instance if we want to add all items in an array and if all the items are numbers we can use reduce.
```js
const numbers = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
const sum = numbers.reduce((acc, cur) => acc + cur)
console.log(sum) // 55
```
Reduce has a default initial value which is zero. Now, let us use a different initial value which is 5 in this case.
```js
const numbers = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
const sum = numbers.reduce((acc, cur) => acc + cur, 5)
console.log(sum) // 60
```
Let us concatenate strings using reduce
```js
const strs = ['Hello', 'world', '!']
const helloWorld = strs.reduce((acc, cur) => acc + ' ' + cur)
console.log(helloWorld) // "Hello world !"
```
We can multiply items of an array using reduce and we will return the value.
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
const value = numbers.reduce((acc, cur) => acc * cur)
console.log(value) // 120
```
Let us try it with an initial value
```js
const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
const value = numbers.reduce((acc, cur) => acc * cur, 10)
console.log(value) // 1200
```
### 5. find
If we are interested in the first occurrence of a certain item or element in an array we can use find method. Unlike map and filter, find just return the first occurrence of an item instead of an array.
```js
// syntax in a normal or a function declaration
function callback(item) {
return // code goes here
}
const item = array.find(callback)
// or syntax in an arrow function
const reduced = callback(item) => {
return // code goes here
}
const item = array.find(callback)
```
Let find the first even number and the first odd number in the numbers array.
```js
const numbers = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
const firstEvenNum = numbers.find((n) => n % 2 === 0)
const firstOddNum = numbers.find((n) => n % 2 !== 0)
console.log(firstEvenNum) // 0
console.log(firstOddNum) // 1
```
Let us find the first country which contains a substring way
```js
const countries = ['Finland', 'Estonia', 'Sweden', 'Norway', 'Iceland']
const countryWithWay = countries.find((country) => country.includes('way'))
console.log(countriesWithWay) // Norway
```
Let us find the first country which has only six characters
```js
const countries = ['Finland', 'Estonia', 'Sweden', 'Norway', 'Iceland']
const sixCharsCountry = countries.find((country) => country.length === 6)
console.log(sixCharsCountry) // Sweden
```
Let us find the first country in the array which has the letter 'o'
```js
const countries = ['Finland', 'Estonia', 'Sweden', 'Norway', 'Iceland']
const index = countries.find((country) => country.includes('o'))
console.log(index // Estonia
```
### 6. findIndex
The findIndex method works like find but findIndex returns the index of the item. If we are interested in the index of a certain item or element in an array we can use findIndex. The findIndex return the index of the first occurrence of an item.
```js
// syntax in a normal or a function declaration
function callback(item) {
return // code goes here
}
const index = array.findIndex(callback)
// or syntax in an arrow function
const reduced = callback(item) => {
return // code goes here
}
const index = array.findIndex(callback)
```
Let us find the index of the first even number and the index of the first odd number in the numbers array.
```js
const numbers = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
const firstEvenIndex = numbers.findIndex((n) => n % 2 === 0)
const firstOddIndex = numbers.findIndex((n) => n % 2 !== 0)
console.log(firstEvenIndex) // 0
console.log(firstOddIndex) // 1
```
Let us find the index of the first country in the array which has exactly six characters
```js
const countries = ['Finland', 'Estonia', 'Sweden', 'Norway', 'Iceland']
const index = countries.findIndex((country) => country.length === 6)
console.log(index //2
```
Let us find the index of the first country in the array which has the letter 'o'.
```js
const countries = ['Finland', 'Estonia', 'Sweden', 'Norway', 'Iceland']
const index = countries.findIndex((country) => country.includes('o'))
console.log(index // 1
```
Let us move on to the next functional programming, some.
### 7. some
The some method is used with array and return a boolean. If one or some of the items satisfy the criteria the result will be true else it will be false. Let us see it with an example.
In the following array some numbers are even and some are odd, so if I ask you a question, are there even numbers in the array then your answer will be yes. If I ask you also another question, are there odd numbers in the array then your answer will be yes. On the contrary, if I ask you, are all the numbers even or odd then your answer will be no because all the numbers are not even or odd.
```js
const numbers = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
const someAreEvens = numbers.some((n) => n % 2 === 0)
const someAreOdds = numbers.some((n) => n % 2 !== 0)
console.log(someAreEvens) // true
console.log(someAreOdds) // true
```
Let us another example
```js
const evens = [0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
const someAreEvens = evens.some((n) => n % 2 === 0)
const someAreOdds = evens.some((n) => n % 2 !== 0)
console.log(someAreEvens) // true
console.log(someAreOdds) // false
```
Now, let us see one more functional programming, every.
### 8. every
The method every is somehow similar to some but every item must satisfy the criteria. The method every like some returns a boolean.
```js
const numbers = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
const allAreEvens = numbers.every((n) => n % 2 === 0)
const allAreOdd s= numbers.every((n) => n % 2 !== 0)
console.log(allAreEven) // false
console.log(allAreOdd) // false
const evens = [0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
const someAreEvens = evens.some((n) => n % 2 === 0)
const someAreOdds = evens.some((n) => n % 2 !== 0)
console.log(someAreEvens) // true
console.log(someAreOdds) // false
```
### Exercises
```js
const products = [
{ product: 'banana', price: 3 },
{ product: 'mango', price: 6 },
{ product: 'potato', price: ' ' },
{ product: 'avocado', price: 8 },
{ product: 'coffee', price: 10 },
{ product: 'tea', price: '' },
]
```
1. Print the price of each product using forEach
2. Print the product items as follows using forEach
```sh
The price of banana is 3 euros.
The price of mango is 6 euros.
The price of potato is unknown.
The price of avocado is 8 euros.
The price of coffee is 10 euros.
The price of tea is unknown.
```
3. Calculate the sum of all the prices using forEach
4. Create an array of prices using map and store it in a variable prices
5. Filter products with prices
6. Use method chaining to get the sum of the prices(map, filter, reduce)
7. Calculate the sum of all the prices using reduce only
8. Find the first product which doesn't have a price value
9. Find the index of the first product which does not have price value
10. Check if some products do not have a price value
11. Check if all the products have price value
12. Explain the difference between forEach, map, filter and reduce
13. Explain the difference between filter, find and findIndex
14. Explain the difference between some and every
## 12. Classes
JavaScript is an object oriented programming language. Everything in JavScript is an object, with its properties and methods. We create class to create an object. A Class is like an object constructor, or a "blueprint" for creating objects. We instantiate a class to create an object. The class defines attributes and the behavior of the object, while the object, on the other hand, represents the class.
Once we create a class we can create object from it whenever we want. Creating an object from a class is called class instantiation.
In the object section, we saw how to create an object literal. Object literal is a singleton. If we want to get a similar object , we have to write it. However, class allows to create many objects. This helps to reduce amount of code and repetition of code.
### Defining a classes
To define a class in JavaScript we need the keyword _class_ , the name of a class in **CamelCase** and block code(two curly brackets). Let us create a class name Person.
```sh
// syntax
class ClassName {
// code goes here
}
```
**Example:**
```js
class Person {
// code goes here
}
```
We have created an Person class but it does not have any thing inside.
### Class Instantiation
Instantiation class means creating an object from a class. We need the keyword _new_ and we call the name of the class after the word new.
Let us create a dog object from our Person class.
```js
class Person {
// code goes here
}
const person = new Person()
console.log(person)
```
```sh
Person {}
```
As you can see, we have created a person object. Since the class did not have any properties yet the object is also empty.
Let use the class constructor to pass different properties for the class.
### Class Constructor
The constructor is a builtin function which allows as to create a blueprint for our object. The constructor function starts with a keyword constructor followed by a parenthesis. Inside the parenthesis we pass the properties of the object as parameter. We use the _this_ keyword to attach the constructor parameters with the class.
The following Person class constructor has firstName and lastName property. These properties are attached to the Person class using _this_ keyword. _This_ refers to the class itself.
```js
class Person {
constructor(firstName, lastName) {
console.log(this) // Check the output from here
this.firstName = firstName
this.lastName = lastName
}
}
const person = new Person()
console.log(person)
```
```sh
Person {firstName: undefined, lastName}
```
All the keys of the object are undefined. When ever we instantiate we should pass the value of the properties. Let us pass value at this time when we instantiate the class.
```js
class Person {
constructor(firstName, lastName) {
this.firstName = firstName
this.lastName = lastName
}
}
const person1 = new Person('Asabeneh', 'Yetayeh')
console.log(person1)
```
```sh
Person {firstName: "Asabeneh", lastName: "Yetayeh"}
```
As we have stated at the very beginning that once we create a class we can create many object using the class. Now, let us create many person objects using the Person class.
```js
class Person {
constructor(firstName, lastName) {
console.log(this) // Check the output from here
this.firstName = firstName
this.lastName = lastName
}
}
const person1 = new Person('Asabeneh', 'Yetayeh')
const person2 = new Person('Lidiya', 'Tekle')
const person3 = new Person('Abraham', 'Yetayeh')
console.log(person1)
console.log(person2)
console.log(person3)
```
```sh
Person {firstName: "Asabeneh", lastName: "Yetayeh"}
Person {firstName: "Lidiya", lastName: "Tekle"}
Person {firstName: "Abraham", lastName: "Yetayeh"}
```
Using the class Person we created three persons object. As you can see our class did not many properties let us add more properties to the class.
```js
class Person {
constructor(firstName, lastName, age, country, city) {
console.log(this) // Check the output from here
this.firstName = firstName
this.lastName = lastName
this.age = age
this.country = country
this.city = city
}
}
const person1 = new Person('Asabeneh', 'Yetayeh', 250, 'Finland', 'Helsinki')
console.log(person1)
```
```sh
Person {firstName: "Asabeneh", lastName: "Yetayeh", age: 250, country: "Finland", city: "Helsinki"}
```
### Default values with constructor
The constructor function properties may have a default value like other regular functions.
```js
class Person {
constructor(
firstName = 'Asabeneh',
lastName = 'Yetayeh',
age = 250,
country = 'Finland',
city = 'Helsinki'
) {
this.firstName = firstName
this.lastName = lastName
this.age = age
this.country = country
this.city = city
}
}
const person1 = new Person() // it will take the default values
const person2 = new Person('Lidiya', 'Tekle', 28, 'Finland', 'Espoo')
console.log(person1)
console.log(person2)
```
```sh
Person {firstName: "Asabeneh", lastName: "Yetayeh", age: 250, country: "Finland", city: "Helsinki"}
Person {firstName: "Lidiya", lastName: "Tekle", age: 28, country: "Finland", city: "Espoo"}
```
### Class methods
The constructor inside a class is a builtin function which allow us to create a blueprint for the object. In a class we can create class methods. Methods are JavaScript functions inside the class. Let us create some class methods.
```js
class Person {
constructor(firstName, lastName, age, country, city) {
this.firstName = firstName
this.lastName = lastName
this.age = age
this.country = country
this.city = city
}
getFullName() {
const fullName = this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName
return fullName
}
}
const person1 = new Person('Asabeneh', 'Yetayeh', 250, 'Finland', 'Helsinki')
const person2 = new Person('Lidiya', 'Tekle', 28, 'Finland', 'Espoo')
console.log(person1.getFullName())
console.log(person2.getFullName())
```
```sh
Asabeneh Yetayeh
test.js:19 Lidiya Tekle
```
### Properties with initial value
When we create a class for some properties we may have an initial value. For instance if you are playing a game, you starting score will be zero. So, we may have a starting score or score which is zero. In other way, we may have an initial skill and we will acquire some skill after some time.
```js
class Person {
constructor(firstName, lastName, age, country, city) {
this.firstName = firstName
this.lastName = lastName
this.age = age
this.country = country
this.city = city
this.score = 0
this.skills = []
}
getFullName() {
const fullName = this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName
return fullName
}
}
const person1 = new Person('Asabeneh', 'Yetayeh', 250, 'Finland', 'Helsinki')
const person2 = new Person('Lidiya', 'Tekle', 28, 'Finland', 'Espoo')
console.log(person1.score)
console.log(person2.score)
console.log(person1.skills)
console.log(person2.skills)
```
```sh
0
0
[]
[]
```
A method could be regular method or a getter or a setter. Let us see, getter and setter.
### getter
The get method allow us to access value from the object. We write a get method using keyword _get_ followed by a function. Instead of accessing properties directly from the object we use getter to get the value. See the example bellow
```js
class Person {
constructor(firstName, lastName, age, country, city) {
this.firstName = firstName
this.lastName = lastName
this.age = age
this.country = country
this.city = city
this.score = 0
this.skills = []
}
getFullName() {
const fullName = this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName
return fullName
}
get getscore() {
return this.score
}
get getSkills() {
return this.skills
}
}
const person1 = new Person('Asabeneh', 'Yetayeh', 250, 'Finland', 'Helsinki')
const person2 = new Person('Lidiya', 'Tekle', 28, 'Finland', 'Espoo')
console.log(person1.getScore) // We do not need parenthesis to call a getter method
console.log(person2.getScore)
console.log(person1.getSkills)
console.log(person2.getSkills)
```
```sh
0
0
[]
[]
```
### setter
The setter method allow us to modify the value of certain properties. We write a setter method using keyword _set_ followed by a function. See the example bellow.
```js
class Person {
constructor(firstName, lastName, age, country, city) {
this.firstName = firstName
this.lastName = lastName
this.age = age
this.country = country
this.city = city
this.score = 0
this.skills = []
}
getFullName() {
const fullName = this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName
return fullName
}
get getScore() {
return this.score
}
get getSkills() {
return this.skills
}
set setScore(score) {
this.score += score
}
set setSkill(skill) {
this.skills.push(skill)
}
}
const person1 = new Person('Asabeneh', 'Yetayeh', 250, 'Finland', 'Helsinki')
const person2 = new Person('Lidiya', 'Tekle', 28, 'Finland', 'Espoo')
person1.setScore = 1
person1.setSkill = 'HTML'
person1.setSkill = 'CSS'
person1.setSkill = 'JavaScript'
person2.setScore = 1
person2.setSkill = 'Planning'
person2.setSkill = 'Managing'
person2.setSkill = 'Organizing'
console.log(person1.score)
console.log(person2.score)
console.log(person1.skills)
console.log(person2.skills)
```
```sh
1
1
["HTML", "CSS", "JavaScript"]
["Planning", "Managing", "Organizing"]
```
Do not be puzzled by the difference between regular method and a getter. If you know how to make a regular method you are good. Let us add regular method called getPersonInfo in the Person class.
```js
class Person {
constructor(firstName, lastName, age, country, city) {
this.firstName = firstName
this.lastName = lastName
this.age = age
this.country = country
this.city = city
this.score = 0
this.skills = []
}
getFullName() {
const fullName = this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName
return fullName
}
get getScore() {
return this.score
}
get getSkills() {
return this.skills
}
set setScore(score) {
this.score += score
}
set setSkill(skill) {
this.skills.push(skill)
}
getPersonInfo() {
let fullName = this.getFullName()
let skills =
this.skills.length > 0 &&
this.skills.slice(0, this.skills.length - 1).join(', ') +
` and ${this.skills[this.skills.length - 1]}`
let formattedSkills = skills ? `He knows ${skills}` : ''
let info = `${fullName} is ${this.age}. He lives ${this.city}, ${this.country}. ${formattedSkills}`
return info
}
}
const person1 = new Person('Asabeneh', 'Yetayeh', 250, 'Finland', 'Helsinki')
const person2 = new Person('Lidiya', 'Tekle', 28, 'Finland', 'Espoo')
const person3 = new Person('John', 'Doe', 50, 'Mars', 'Mars city')
person1.setScore = 1
person1.setSkill = 'HTML'
person1.setSkill = 'CSS'
person1.setSkill = 'JavaScript'
person2.setScore = 1
person2.setSkill = 'Planning'
person2.setSkill = 'Managing'
person2.setSkill = 'Organizing'
console.log(person1.getScore)
console.log(person2.getScore)
console.log(person1.getSkills)
console.log(person2.getSkills)
console.log(person3.getSkills)
console.log(person1.getPersonInfo())
console.log(person2.getPersonInfo())
console.log(person3.getPersonInfo())
```
```sh
1
1
["HTML", "CSS", "JavaScript"]
["Planning", "Managing", "Organizing"]
[]
Asabeneh Yetayeh is 250. He lives Helsinki, Finland. He knows HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Lidiya Tekle is 28. He lives Espoo, Finland. He knows Planning, Managing and Organizing
John Doe is 50. He lives Mars city, Mars.
```
### Static method
The static keyword defines a static method for a class. Static methods are not called on instances of the class. Instead, they are called on the class itself. These are often utility functions, such as functions to create or clone objects. An example of static method is _Date.now()_. The _now_ method is called directly from the class.
```js
class Person {
constructor(firstName, lastName, age, country, city) {
this.firstName = firstName
this.lastName = lastName
this.age = age
this.country = country
this.city = city
this.score = 0
this.skills = []
}
getFullName() {
const fullName = this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName
return fullName
}
get getScore() {
return this.score
}
get getSkills() {
return this.skills
}
set setScore(score) {
this.score += score
}
set setSkill(skill) {
this.skills.push(skill)
}
getPersonInfo() {
let fullName = this.getFullName()
let skills =
this.skills.length > 0 &&
this.skills.slice(0, this.skills.length - 1).join(', ') +
` and ${this.skills[this.skills.length - 1]}`
let formattedSkills = skills ? `He knows ${skills}` : ''
let info = `${fullName} is ${this.age}. He lives ${this.city}, ${this.country}. ${formattedSkills}`
return info
}
static favoriteSkill() {
const skills = ['HTML', 'CSS', 'JS', 'React', 'Python', 'Node']
const index = Math.floor(Math.random() * skills.length)
return skills[index]
}
static showDateTime() {
let now = new Date()
let year = now.getFullYear()
let month = now.getMonth() + 1
let date = now.getDate()
let hours = now.getHours()
let minutes = now.getMinutes()
if (hours < 10) {
hours = '0' + hours
}
if (minutes < 10) {
minutes = '0' + minutes
}
let dateMonthYear = date + '.' + month + '.' + year
let time = hours + ':' + minutes
let fullTime = dateMonthYear + ' ' + time
return fullTime
}
}
console.log(Person.favoriteSkill())
console.log(Person.showDateTime())
```
```sh
Node
15.1.2020 23:56
```
The static methods are methods which can be used as utility functions.
### Inheritance
Using inheritance we can access all the properties and the methods of the parent class. This reduces repetition of code. If you remember, we have a Person parent class and we will create children from it. Our children class could be student, teach etc.
```js
// syntax
class ChildClassName extends {
// code goes here
}
```
Let us create a Student child class from Person parent class.
```js
class Student extends Person {
saySomething() {
console.log('I am a child of the person class')
}
}
const s1 = new Student('Asabeneh', 'Yetayeh', 'Finland', 250, 'Helsinki')
console.log(s1)
console.log(s1.saySomething())
console.log(s1.getFullName())
console.log(s1.getPersonInfo())
```
```sh
Student {firstName: "Asabeneh", lastName: "Yetayeh", age: "Finland", country: 250, city: "Helsinki", …}
I am a child of the person class
Asabeneh Yetayeh
Student {firstName: "Asabeneh", lastName: "Yetayeh", age: "Finland", country: 250, city: "Helsinki", …}
Asabeneh Yetayeh is Finland. He lives Helsinki, 250.
```
### Overriding methods
As you can see, we manage to access all the methods in the Person Class and we used it in the Student child class. We can customize the parent methods, we can add additional properties to a child class. If we want to customize, the methods and if we want to add extra properties, we need to use the constructor function the child class too. In side the constructor function we call the super() function to access all the properties from the parent class. The Person class didn't have gender but now let us give gender property for the child class, Student. If the same method name used in the child class, the parent method will be overridden.
```js
class Student extends Person {
constructor(firstName, lastName, age, country, city, gender) {
super(firstName, lastName, age, country, city)
this.gender = gender
}
saySomething() {
console.log('I am a child of the person class')
}
getPersonInfo() {
let fullName = this.getFullName()
let skills =
this.skills.length > 0 &&
this.skills.slice(0, this.skills.length - 1).join(', ') +
` and ${this.skills[this.skills.length - 1]}`
let formattedSkills = skills ? `He knows ${skills}` : ''
let pronoun = this.gender == 'Male' ? 'He' : 'She'
let info = `${fullName} is ${this.age}. ${pronoun} lives in ${this.city}, ${this.country}. ${formattedSkills}`
return info
}
}
const s1 = new Student(
'Asabeneh',
'Yetayeh',
250,
'Finland',
'Helsinki',
'Male'
)
const s2 = new Student('Lidiya', 'Tekle', 28, 'Finland', 'Helsinki', 'Female')
s1.setScore = 1
s1.setSkill = 'HTML'
s1.setSkill = 'CSS'
s1.setSkill = 'JavaScript'
s2.setScore = 1
s2.setSkill = 'Planning'
s2.setSkill = 'Managing'
s2.setSkill = 'Organizing'
console.log(s1)
console.log(s1.saySomething())
console.log(s1.getFullName())
console.log(s1.getPersonInfo())
console.log(s2.saySomething())
console.log(s2.getFullName())
console.log(s2.getPersonInfo())
```
```sh
Student {firstName: "Asabeneh", lastName: "Yetayeh", age: 250, country: "Finland", city: "Helsinki", …}
Student {firstName: "Lidiya", lastName: "Tekle", age: 28, country: "Finland", city: "Helsinki", …}
I am a child of the person class
Asabeneh Yetayeh
Student {firstName: "Asabeneh", lastName: "Yetayeh", age: 250, country: "Finland", city: "Helsinki", …}
Asabeneh Yetayeh is 250. He lives in Helsinki, Finland. He knows HTML, CSS and JavaScript
I am a child of the person class
Lidiya Tekle
Student {firstName: "Lidiya", lastName: "Tekle", age: 28, country: "Finland", city: "Helsinki", …}
Lidiya Tekle is 28. She lives in Helsinki, Finland. He knows Planning, Managing and Organizing
```
Now, the getPersonInfo method has been overridden and it identifies if the person is male or female.
### Exercises
#### Exercises Level 1
1. Create an Animal class. The class will have name, age, color, legs properties and create different methods
2. Create a Dog and Cat child class from the Animal Class.
#### Exercises Level 2
1. Override the method you create in Animal class
#### Exercises Level 3
1. Let's try to develop a program which calculate measure of central tendency of a sample(mean, median, mode) and measure of variability(range, variance, standard deviation). In addition to those measures find the min, max, count, percentile, and frequency distribution of the sample. You can create a class called Statistics and create all the functions which do statistical calculations as method for the Statistics class. Check the output below.
```JS
ages = [31, 26, 34, 37, 27, 26, 32, 32, 26, 27, 27, 24, 32, 33, 27, 25, 26, 38, 37, 31, 34, 24, 33, 29, 26]
console.log('Count:', statistics.count()) // 25
console.log('Sum: ', statistics.sum()) // 744
console.log('Min: ', statistics.min()) // 24
console.log('Max: ', statistics.max()) // 38
console.log('Range: ', statistics.range() // 14
console.log('Mean: ', statistics.mean()) // 30
console.log('Median: ',statistics.median()) // 29
console.log('Mode: ', statistics.mode()) // {'mode': 26, 'count': 5}
console.log('Variance: ',statistics.var()) // 17.5
console.log('Standard Deviation: ', statistics.std()) // 4.2
console.log('Variance: ',statistics.var()) // 17.5
console.log('Frequency Distribution: ',statistics.freqDist()) // [(20.0, 26), (16.0, 27), (12.0, 32), (8.0, 37), (8.0, 34), (8.0, 33), (8.0, 31), (8.0, 24), (4.0, 38), (4.0, 29), (4.0, 25)]
```
```sh
// you output should look like this
console.log(statistics.describe())
Count: 25
Sum: 744
Min: 24
Max: 38
Range: 14
Mean: 30
Median: 29
Mode: (26, 5)
Variance: 17.5
Standard Deviation: 4.2
Frequency Distribution: [(20.0, 26), (16.0, 27), (12.0, 32), (8.0, 37), (8.0, 34), (8.0, 33), (8.0, 31), (8.0, 24), (4.0, 38), (4.0, 29), (4.0, 25)]
```
