My Daily Coding Blog

November 30 2016

• Read chapter 1 of HTML & CSS "Structure"
• finished To Do List App and pushed to GitHub

//Set up function to create li within ul and clear the input after entering text.
function newTask(){
    var ul = document.getElementById("list");
    var li = document.createElement("li");
    var inputText = document.getElementById("placeholder").value;
li.appendChild(document.createTextNode(inputText));
ul.appendChild(li);

document.getElementById("placeholder").value = "";
li.onclick = removeItem;
};

//Add listener for enter button on input element.
var tasks = document.querySelector('input');
tasks.onkeyup = function(event){
    if(event.keyCode == 13){
        newTask();
    }
};

//Finally set up function to remove each task from the list.
function removeItem(event){
    event.target.parentElement.removeChild(event.target)
};

• Organized my GitHub repos
• Began reading the Canvas chapter in Eloquent JavaScript

November 28 2016

• Completed Hex Color Generator project and pushed to GitHub

function getColor(){
    return '#' + Math.random().toString(16).slice(2, 8);
}

function setBackground(){
    var bgColor = getColor();

    document.body.style.backgroundColor = bgColor;
}

document.body.onkeyup = function(event){
    if(event.keyCode == 32){
        setBackground()
    }
    document.body.innerHTML = getColor();
};

• Began To Do List App

November 22 2016

• Completed 3/4 of Platform Game Project and pushed to GitHub

Novmeber 21 2016

• Finished Event Handling chapter and exercise in Eloquent JavaScript

//program a text field that disallows Q, W, and X from being entered
var field = document.querySelector("#turkish");
field.addEventListener("keydown", function(event){
    if(event.keyCode == 81 || event.keyCode == 87 || event.keyCode == 88){
        event.preventDefault();
    }
});

• Learned how to push to GitHub from Brackets and added Eloquent JavaScript notes

November 17 2016

• Finished reading the DOM chapter in Eloquent JavaScript
• Began reading Event Handling chapter

November 16 2016

• Read JavaScript and the Browser in Eloquent JavaScript
• Began the DOM chapter

November 15 2016

• Finished reading the Modules chapter

var month = function(){
    var names = ["January", "February", "March", "April"];
    return {
    name: function(number){ return names[number]; },
    number: function(name){ return names.indexOf(name); }
};
}();
console.log(month.name(2));

• Watched 3 LearnCode academy Modular JavaScript videos

November 14 2016

• Refreshed myself on the Modules Eloquent JavaScript chapter

Around this time that I lost all my Brackets files

November 10 2016

• Completed Regular Expressions Chapter and exercises in Eloquent JavaScript
• Began Modules Chapter
• Began using pen and paper to problem solve

November 9 2016

• Completed Electronic Life Project
• Began Regular Expressions Chapter

November 8 2016

• Read Objects chapter in Eloquent JavaScript and completed vector exercise
• began Electronic Life Project

I didn't document much in the beginning of November because of a heavy work schedule. I was training one or two nights a week, working, and high school soccer playoffs were taking place.