freeCodeCamp/seed_data/challenges/basic-javascript.json

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  "name": "Waypoint: Basic JavaScript",
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    {
      "_id": "bd7129d8c441eddfaeb5bdef",
      "name": "Waypoint: Build an Adventure Game",
      "difficulty": 0.24,
      "challengeSeed": "114604814",
      "description": [
        "Now that you understand some Computer Science fundamentals, let's focus on programming JavaScript!",
        "We're going to work through Codecademy's famous interactive JavaScript course.",
        "This course will teach us some JavaScript fundamentals while guiding us through the process of building interesting web apps, all within Codecademy's learner-friendly environment!",
        "Go to <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/getting-started-v2/0/1' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/getting-started-v2/0/1</a> and complete the section.",
        "Be sure to also complete this section: <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-x9DnD/0/1' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-x9DnD/0/1</a>."
      ],
      "challengeType": 2,
      "tests": [],
    "challengeType": 0
    },
    {
      "_id": "bd7130d8c441eddfaeb5bdef",
      "name": "Waypoint: Build Rock Paper Scissors",
      "difficulty": 0.25,
      "challengeSeed": "114604815",
      "description": [
        "Now we'll learn how JavaScript functions work, and use them to build a simple Rock Paper Scissors game.",
        "Go to <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-6LzGd/0/1' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-6LzGd/0/1</a> and complete the section.",
        "Be sure to also complete this section: <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-Bthev-mskY8/0/1' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-Bthev-mskY8/0/1</a>."
      ],
      "challengeType": 2,
      "tests": [],
    "challengeType": 0
    },
    {
      "_id": "bd7131d8c441eddfaeb5bdef",
      "name": "Waypoint: Learn JavaScript For Loops",
      "difficulty": 0.26,
      "challengeSeed": "114614220",
      "description": [
        "Let's learn more about the loops that make virtually all programs possible - the \"For Loop\" and \"While Loop\". First, we'll learn the For Loop.",
        "Go to <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-NhsaT/0/1' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-NhsaT/0/1web</a> and complete both the both For and While loop section.",
        "Be sure to also complete this section: <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-XEDZA/0/1' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-XEDZA/0/1</a>."
      ],
      "challengeType": 2,
      "tests": [],
    "challengeType": 0
    },
    {
      "_id": "bd7132d8c441eddfaeb5bdef",
      "name": "Waypoint: Learn JavaScript While Loops",
      "difficulty": 0.27,
      "challengeSeed": "114612889",
      "description": [
        "Go to <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-ASGIv/0/1' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-ASGIv/0/1</a> and complete the section.",
        "Be sure to also complete this section: <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-mrTNH-6VIZ9/0/1' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-mrTNH-6VIZ9/0/1</a>."
      ],
      "challengeType": 2,
      "tests": [],
    "challengeType": 0
    },
    {
      "_id": "bd7133d8c441eddfaeb5bdef",
      "name": "Waypoint: Learn Control Flow",
      "difficulty": 0.28,
      "challengeSeed": "114612888",
      "description": [
        "Much of human reasoning can be broken down into what we call Boolean Logic. Lucky for us, computers can think the same way! Let's learn how to instruct our computers by writing \"If Statements\" and \"Else Statements\".",
        "We'll also learn some advanced \"Control Flow\" principals, such as ways we can exit loops early.",
        "Go to <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-qDwp0/0/1' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-qDwp0/0/1</a> and complete the section.",
        "Be sure to also complete this section: <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-ZA2rb/0/1' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-ZA2rb/0/1</a>."
      ],
      "challengeType": 2,
      "tests": [],
    "challengeType": 0
    },
    {
      "_id": "bd7134d8c441eddfaeb5bdef",
      "name": "Waypoint: Build a Contact List",
      "difficulty": 0.29,
      "challengeSeed": "114612887",
      "description": [
        "Up to this point, you've been working mostly with strings and numbers. Now we're going to learn more complicated data structures, like \"Arrays\" and \"Objects\".",
        "Go to <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-9Sgpi/0/1' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-9Sgpi/0/1</a> and complete the section.",
        "Be sure to also complete this section: <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-3bmfN/0/1' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/javascript-beginner-en-3bmfN/0/1</a>."
      ],
      "challengeType": 2,
      "tests": [],
    "challengeType": 0
    },
    {
      "_id": "bd7135d8c441eddfaeb5bdef",
      "name": "Waypoint: Build an Address Book",
      "difficulty": 0.30,
      "challengeSeed": "114612885",
      "description": [
        "Let's learn more about objects.",
        "Go to <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/spencer-sandbox/0/1' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/spencer-sandbox/0/1</a> and complete the section.",
        "Be sure to also complete this section: <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/building-an-address-book/0/1?curriculum_id=506324b3a7dffd00020bf661' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/building-an-address-book/0/1?curriculum_id=506324b3a7dffd00020bf661</a>."
      ],
      "challengeType": 2,
      "tests": [],
    "challengeType": 0
    },
    {
      "_id": "bd7136d8c441eddfaeb5bdef",
      "name": "Waypoint: Build a Cash Register",
      "difficulty": 0.31,
      "challengeSeed": "114612882",
      "description": [
        "In this final Codecademy section, we'll learn even more about JavaScript objects.",
        "Go to <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/objects-ii/0/1' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/objects-ii/0/1</a> and complete this section.",
        "Be sure to also complete the final section: <a href='http://www.codecademy.com/courses/close-the-super-makert/0/1' target='_blank'>http://www.codecademy.com/courses/close-the-super-makert/0/1</a>."
      ],
      "challengeType": 2,
      "tests": [],
    "challengeType": 0
    },
    {
      "_id": "bd7118d8c441eddfaeb5bdef",
      "name": "Waypoint: Discover Chrome's DevTools",
      "difficulty": 0.32,
      "challengeSeed": "110752743",
      "description": [
        "It's time to learn the most powerful tool your browser has - the Development Tools!",
        "If you aren't already using Chrome, you'll want to download it here: <a href='http://www.google.com/chrome/' target='_blank'>http://www.google.com/chrome/</a>. While it's true that Firefox has a tool called Firebug that is very similar to Chrome's DevTools, we will use Chrome for this challenge.",
        "Note that this course, jointly produced by Google and Code School, is technologically impressive, but occasionally buggy. If you encounter a bug, just ignore it and keep going.",
        "Go to <a href='http://discover-devtools.codeschool.com' target='_blank'>http://discover-devtools.codeschool.com</a> and complete this short course."
      ],
      "challengeType": 2,
      "tests": [],
    "challengeType": 0
    },
    {
      "_id": "bd7138d8c441eddfaeb5bdef",
      "name": "Waypoint: Learn Regular Expressions",
      "difficulty": 0.33,
      "challengeSeed": "112547802",
      "description": [
        "You can use a Regular Expression, or \"Regex\", to select specific types of characters in text.",
        "Check out <a href='http://www.regexr.com' target='_blank'>http://www.regexr.com</a>. It's a Regular Expression Sandbox.",
        "Now go to <a href='http://www.regexone.com' target='_blank'>http://www.regexone.com</a> and complete the tutorial and exercises 1 - 6.",
        "Note that you can click \"continue\" to move on to the next step as soon as all the tasks have green check marks beside them. You can often do this just by using the wildcard \"dot\" operator, but try to use the techniques that each lesson recommends."
      ],
      "challengeType": 2,
      "tests": [],
    "challengeType": 0
    },
    {
      "_id": "bd7139d8c441eddfaeb5bdef",
      "name": "Waypoint: Pair Program on Bonfires",
      "difficulty": 0.44,
      "challengeSeed": "119657641",
      "description": [
        "OK, we're finally ready to start pair programming!",
        "Pair Programming is where two people code together on the same computer. It is an efficient way to collaborate, and widely practiced at software companies. Pair Programming is one of the core concepts of \"Agile\" Software Development, which you will hear more about later.",
        "Many people use Skype or Google Hangouts to pair program, but if you talk with professional software engineers, they will tell you that it's not really pair programming unless both people have the ability to use the keyboard and mouse.",
        "The most popular tool for pair programming is Screen Hero. You can download Screen Hero for <a href='http://links.screenhero.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6Ik1qQTNNem9XQkNJQ1pBQUNjd0FYQVZrVEdnRkxNamtfX0JWZEdGVEpSZkVCWlRwbFpXRTBNamM0WVMxaE56SmlMVEV4WlRRdE9HUXpZUzFpWXpVNE1HRTJNalkxTldNNk1UUTJNVEEyQUE9PSIsInBvc2l0aW9uIjowLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cDovL2RsLnNjcmVlbmhlcm8uY29tL3NtYXJ0ZG93bmxvYWQvZklYQU1UUUJBTEtQQkhQTC9TY3JlZW5oZXJvLnppcD9zb3VyY2U9d2ViIn0=' target='_blank'>Mac</a> or <a href='http://links.screenhero.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6Ik1qQTNNem9XQkNJQ1pBQUNjd0FYQVZrVEdnRkxNamtfX0JWZEdGVEpSZkVCWlRwbFpXRTBNamM0WVMxaE56SmlMVEV4WlRRdE9HUXpZUzFpWXpVNE1HRTJNalkxTldNNk1UUTJNVEEyQUE9PSIsInBvc2l0aW9uIjoxLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cDovL2RsLnNjcmVlbmhlcm8uY29tL3NtYXJ0ZG93bmxvYWQvZklYQU1UUUJBTEtQQkhQTC9TY3JlZW5oZXJvLXNldHVwLmV4ZSJ9' target='_blank'>Windows</a>. Create your new user account from within the app.",
        "We have a special chat room for people ready to pair program. Go to our Slack chatroom and navigate to the #letspair channel and type \"Hello Pair Programmers!\"",
        "If someone is available, they will be your \"pair\" - the person you pair programming with.",
        "If no one gets back to you in the first few minutes, don't worry. There will be lots of opportunities to pair program in the future.",
        "If someone does get back to you, private message them and ask for the email address they used to register Screen Hero.",
        "Add them as a new contact in Screen Hero, then click the monitor-looking button to attempt to share your screen with them.",
        "Once the Screen Hero session starts, your screen's margins will glow orange. You are now sharing your screen.",
        "Your pair will have their own cursor, and will be able to type text on his or her and keyboard.",
        "Now it's time to tackle our Bonfires.",
        "Go to <a href='http://freecodecamp.com/bonfires' target='_blank'>http://freecodecamp.com/bonfires</a> and start working through our Bonfire challenges.",
        "Once you you finish pair programming, end the session in Screen Hero session.",
        "Congratulations! You have completed your first pair programming session.",
        "Pair program as much as possible with different campers until you've completed all the Bonfire challenges. This is a big time investment, but the JavaScript practice you get will be well worth it!",
        "Mark this challenge as complete and move on to the Bonfires."
      ],
      "challengeType": 2,
      "tests": [],
      "challengeType": 0
    }
  ]
}