mmeinzer/lambda-challenge

Lambda Challenge

In order to remove even more barriers for those that want to participate in Lambda School, we've created the Lambda Challenge.

Based on our data, we are confident that if you can complete the Lambda Challenge, we can help you learn to code, and get a job as a developer. We're willing to bet on you.

Pending a final interview, those that complete the Lambda Challenge successfully may be invited to attend Lambda School without paying anything upfront; no loans, no debt, and no upfront tuition. Pay nothing at all until you're making $50k+ as a software engineer.

After the completion of the Lambda Challenge, we'll schedule you for a priority interview, and you can skip the pre-course work that we normally require.

If the questions in here are too difficult then you can begin working through our regular precourse work which covers the fundamentals here.

Prerequisites

You will need to download Node in order to run the automated tests. You can download Node here. You will also need to have git installed on your computer in order to clone the repository. You can download it here.

In order to complete this assessment you will need to have a basic understanding of the following concepts:

JavaScript
  variables
  if statements
  for loops
  functions
  arrays
  objects
  math operators
  equality and logical operators
  
Git/GitHub
  fork
  clone
  add
  commit
  push
  pull request
  
Command Line (Terminal on Mac or Command Prompt on Windows)
  navigation (ls, dir, cd)
  running git commands

Instructions

You will need to install Node in order to run the automated tests. You can download Node here.

1. Fork this repository to your GitHub account.

2. Clone the forked copy to your local computer: git clone <fork url>.

3. From the command line, in your newly-cloned Lambda-Challenge directory, run npm install.

4. Complete the problems outlines in assessment.js.

5. As you complete the problems, check your progress by running npm test from the command line.

6. When you are finished and all of the tests are passing, push them up to your personal Lambda-Challenge fork.

git add --all
git commit -m "Completed assessment"
git push

7. Submit a pull request on GitHub to the LambdaSchool/Lambda-Challenge repository.

8. After we verify that the tests pass, we will send you an email to schedule an interview.

Resources

Forking, cloning, and making a pull request

JavaScript references and tutorials

Basic Terminal Commands

Basic Command Line Commands

Free Intro to JavaScript Course