New JS labs are too hard

Programming JavaScript
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I really like FCC, especially the JavaScript lessons. Everything just makes sense.

Though, i feel like these labs:

  • Build a Smart Pantry Restocker
  • Build a Proofreading Tool

are way too hard. I found out they are added from a pull request not too long ago.

Before, every lesson and excercise felt like a logical follow-up, and after some struggle, it all clicked!

But these 2 labs, they never clicked. The algorithms are a bit too advanced to think of with the skillset provided from lessons before.

All methods and functions were teached, yes, but the depth and nested loops made it a little too hard (and a little too easy to enter a blackhole of wrong choices) to really feel like it clicks, and you are really learning something.

I guess if you have some experience from the past it’s a perfect test, but for beginners only using FCC it’s just a little too steap. I completed them but had to do a lot of research for i. These are the only labs that took me days instead of minutes/hours.

I’m curious how other people think about this?

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these are really really new, and are currently being refined from campers feedback

for example, this is the update to the Smart Pantry Restocker that will be deployed soon:

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Thanks for the response! That looks way better.

Guess i was too fast. Good to see these improvements, and so fast already!

Thankyou!

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Will there be tests for each function included in the updates? Eg the function called with x args returns y. I find those really helpful, including those for any edge cases.

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no, you can see what is included in the PR if you visit it

if you wish to request more testing, please open an issue

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Yes I saw that it wasn’t included in the one you linked you. I thought because you said this was an example that there would be more. I’ll raise an issue about it. I’m not keen on the new style of lab, I mean without the test cases. The new wording in the PR is much better though.

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there is more based on what learners open issues for. like: Missing pantry data from the "Build a Smart Pantry Restocker" lab. · Issue #67720 · freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp · GitHub