As someone who went through an immersive coding boot-camp, I heard of Codewars quite early on in the program. I never really tinkered with it, a miscalculation on my end. Since I have been out of the program, I aim to solve at least one problem to help sharpen my JavaScript skills.
Why didn't I make time for this earlier? It could have been the fact that the first problem I saw on this was 4 kyu (level in Codewars). Or that I felt like I was drinking from a firehose during the program I didn't think I had time for it. Maybe, it was that I felt like I didn't know enough JavaScript, or any language, to effectively solve the problems.
Cut to a few weeks out of my program, where I feel like my JavaScript skills are still not as strong as I would like them to be. I was not that comfortable with a for loop. Codewars has changed how I feel about trying to solve problems.
Initially, I was learning based on researching different methods I have seen but was not exactly comfortable with. Being able to wrestle with a problem and trying to get a method to work really helps me understand how to implement methods and comprehend them. Once I solve a problem, I can look at solutions other programmers have used to solve the same problem. This helps expose me to other methods I am not familiar with and helps expand my research topics. The biggest takeaway so far from my completed solutions are Math methods and Regular Expressions.
I have enjoyed learning new things in JavaScript and solving problems thanks to Codewars. I think this was a great stepping stone to help solidify some methods I have seen before. I am hoping to continue my trend to keep up with Codewars and also look into other programming language tools like HakerRank and LeetCode.
