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JavaScript A Real World Example

Loy Yee Ko
Loy Yee Ko
5,814 Points
Posted by Loy Yee Ko
Loy Yee Ko
5,814 Points

Sorry but I have to express my feeling over this ...

This is video actually make me much much much more confused than before. The pacing makes me really lost, I have paused and went back again for over 10 times, and I am still confused.

1 Answer

Roger Hwang
Roger Hwang
3,851 Points
Roger Hwang
Roger Hwang
3,851 Points

It might just be a lot of code but what it's doing is pretty simple. Try to study it one section at a time and you'll see the logical flow of it.

  1. AJAX request to retrieve JSON data.
  2. Once you get the JSON data, you create an unordered list out of it
  3. Then you append this list of data to your HTML page (DOM manipulation)
Seth L
Seth L
6,212 Points

I have to agree. Coming from Dave, Andrew moves very quickly. To the point of being annoying when you're trying to follow along and have to constantly pause and go back. There is even one stretch where he just stops talking and I thought the video audio went out. Its not a show stopper because you can pause it and rewind. But you feel like that kid in a lecture when the professor is breezing over something and you're frantically trying to take notes because you know you'll need the notes later.

This isn't really constructive. I just wanted to share that Loy Yee Ko wasn't the only one dealing with it.