IST 256 Week 7

1. What is confusing about platforms?

To put it bluntly complexity was my main problem. Before working on these platforms I as an IST student only had to work on basic JavaScript which was difficult but I had a firm understanding of. Now I have to work with multiple languages that have completely different rules and methods in comparison to JavaScript which I find difficult. Additionally, I have to look up learn various mean to translate a piece of code from one language into digestible code for another which has cause my friends and I many problems.

1. How could web components and VanillaJS standards be taught in a way that is more approachable?

To be perfectly honest I don't really know. I would guess to say make VanillaJS and web components more standardized but I know that is nearly impossible due to the structure of such utilities. However, I believe the differences between the various web components and JS can be more standardized then they are now which will certainly help with teaching in the future.

1. What did you find easiest to work with on 1st stab? (You don't have to say web components, this is an honest take, if it was Vue cool, but justify it)

I would say I found Vue the easiest to work with. This is primarily because I already had a fair amount of experience with JavaScript which Vue takes a lot of influence from. It is certainly a lot easier than React which doesn't have that foundation in JavaScript

1. Think back on the tooling. What parts were confusing? What clicked with you immediately?

I found nearly all aspects of tooling confusing. Primarily due to the fact that i had no prior experience with tooling. Therefore, I had to access a lot of sources, both online and from my friends, to make any sense of it. To be honest, I'm still not sure if I understand it.

1. What additional readings did you have to do in order to make sense of things.

A lot of reddit boards, basically whenever I had a specific problem I just looked it on Google and it brought me to a reddit post. I mean, the situation wasn't the problem I was facing but it was close enough that it gave me a general direction to find a solution. Additionally the lit tutorials have been a godsend in understanding the various aspects of web programming as well.