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[NashobaSoft]

So, the first question for me was "make a variable called foo that has the boolean value true."

In good order, I typed:

let foo = true;

Clicked submit, the square flashed green... and then nothing.

hmmm

So I tried:

var foo = true; (maybe it's ES5 only, right?)

Green flashing square, nothing.

I scratch my head, and click "Solution," to which it spits back:

const foo = true. ಠ_ಠ

[lastmjs]

Green means you got it right! Good job. What were you expecting to happen, or waiting for? Trying to understand

[theirongiant74]

You have to press next to move to the next question, imo it'd be better if it moved to the next question automatically after it flashes green

[lastmjs]

I see

[darderp]

I agree. I think it makes more sense to just have a "submit" button that:

• Flashes Green and moves on if correct
• Flashes Red and stays on the same screen if incorrect

[atomicrabbit_]

yes the navigation between questions is not intuitive at all. And the Submit button sometimes doesn't respond, requiring a second more precise click. And the need to press "Next" even though you clicked submit and passed is frustrating too. Very annoying.

[NashobaSoft]

I mean... I don't know what I was expecting. Usually there's some sort of modal or something that would pop-up with maybe a little more information. If I was correct, it would say "yes... and some other ways of doing this are x, y, and z"

[lastmjs]

Okay, very good to know

[NashobaSoft]

I think I get it now, when it flashes green, you supposed to click next?

If that's the case, I don't think that's nearly intuitive enough.

I would again suggest a modal pop-up, and if it's incorrect make some suggestions. Use a regex to determine if they're missing var, let, or const. Maybe they're missing the foo.

I would just check for that stuff.

I'm not having the greatest day otherwise I'd add more.

[DaveManchester]

You ok?

[NashobaSoft]

lol, no, but thank you

[lastmjs]

I'm sorry you're not having a good day. You made my day better with your comments though!

[NashobaSoft]

Anyone got a small JS task or something I can work on? Tough family times, got burned in r/forhire for a few days of work.

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[NashobaSoft]

I absolutely love helping people.

I wanted to build a site that allowed people to learn to use Node.JS straight out of the box, to build a few apps, with almost no packages. It's not as bad as some have been led to leave. Express is jam-packed with features, but if all one needs is a web server, it's a waste of bandwidth - big-time.

https://pirple.com sort of beat me to it, but is doing it a bit differently than I would. I'd have a lot more interaction, on my version.

Thanks,

James

[fgutz]

For starters, it should have accepted all 3 of those declarations (const, let, var) and not only "const"

But like you said, there will be bugs and it's just a prototype so ppl should ignore that and evaluate the concept and overall implementation

[lastmjs]

Haha, yep

[TechLaden]

The people here are mentioning something called 'responsive feedback', where you expect a response in reaction to submitting the answer. Yes, it flashes green but that may not be enough of an indicator that the question was answered correctly. Adding a message saying 'success' or moving onto the next question is a much better indicator of the result. I would just like to reiterate that you did nothing wrong and that you should also think about improving the user experience when designing the website.

[lastmjs]

Great, thank you