Week #1 Practice Homework
Deadline: 11:40am on 23 January 2021 (start of lab)
Submission format: Upload your properly named JavaScript file as described below
Rubric:
1 point: File is submitted on time
1 point: File shows an attempt at completing all homework steps
1 point: File is submitted using correct naming conventions
No partial points are awarded. If you submit the file late or if your file is named even a little bit
incorrectly, you lose that point.
Steps
1. Complete the temperature converter project from JSB video chapter 3, part 5.
2. Save a copy of this project as familyName_givenName_w1practice.js following exactly
these specifications. Normally we will not be so detailed in explaining how to type a file
name, but for this first week, we want to make sure you do it right!
a. Put your family name ("last name" in the US) first, in all lowercase letters
b. Put an underscore after your family name. Underscore is "shift-dash" on US
keyboards; do not use a dash or a space!
c. Put your given name ("first name" in the US) as it appears in Canvas next, again
in all lowercase letters
d. If your name has any spaces, hyphens, or other special characters in it, you must
remove these characters; if you have any accented characters in your name
(such as é) please replace it with an unaccented character (such as e).
e. Put _w1practice after your name
f. Make sure the file extension is .js Additionally, make sure there is only one copy
of the file extension; some computers "hide" the extension, and you do not want
to upload a file ending in ".js.js"!
g. As an example, my name is Jay Taylor-Laird, so I would upload my file as
taylorlaird_jay_w1practice.js (all lowercase, with the dash removed from my
family name)
3. Look online to find the average temperature for the region (e.g., city, state, county,
district— something smaller than a country!) where you were born for the month you
were born in. Change the fahrenheit variable's value to this number.
4. Write an end-of-line code comment that explains what this value is -- i.e., explain where
and when your temperature represents! End-of-line code comments begin with //
5. Add a new console.log line that outputs the value of variable fahrenheit preceded by a
clear label such as "Temperature (fahrenheit):" HINT: You will need to find out from the
videos and readings how to "add" two Strings together.
6. Modify the other two existing console.log lines so that a clear and accurate label
appears before each of the other output values (celsius and kelvin).
7. Test your modified JS file. Once it works as you want it to, upload it to the homework
submission space.