fieldsr_w1_hw

readme.md

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 * **Question:** What is the difference between forking and cloning a repository as opposed to just cloning a repository?
 
-* **Your Answer:**
+* **Your Answer:**  Fork copies to your own repo in Git.  Clone creating a local copy on your dev side.
 
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 - [ ] Run `npm init -y` from the command line
 
 * **Question:** What does `npm init` do? How does the `-y` flag modify that command?
 
-* **Your Answer:**
+* **Your Answer:**  npm init creates the structure of the project.  -y is going to accept defaults, and use "yes".
 
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 - [ ] Take a look at the file that was generated by the previous command
 
 * **Question:** What is the purpose of the following keys? "name", "scripts", "license"
 
-* **Your Answer:**
+* **Your Answer:**  name - project name.  scripts - what is going to be called.  license - licenses you have used in your project.
 
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 - [ ] Create a `.gitignore` file
 
 * **Question:** What is the purpose of the `.gitignore` file? What is the significance of a "dot-file?"
 
-* **Your Answer:**
+* **Your Answer:** Files you do not want tracked by Git.
 
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 - [ ] Create an `index.js` file with the following contents: `console.log('Hello, Node!')`
 
 * **Question:** From the command line, how can you run this file?
 
-* **Your Answer:**
+* **Your Answer:**  npm index.js
 
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 - [ ] Run `npm test` from the command line
 
 * **Question:** What happens and how is this related to what is in the `package.json` file? 
 
-* **Your Answer:**
+* **Your Answer:**  It looks in the package.json and executes what is defined in the test script.
 
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 - [ ] Create a new "script" command called "start" that has the following value: `node index.js`
 
 * **Question:** What will you enter on the command line to run that script?
 
-* **Your Answer:**
+* **Your Answer:** node index.js start
 
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 - [ ] Change the name of your "start" script to "my-file"
 
 * **Question:** The same pattern will not work to try and run this script. How can you successfully get this script to run?
 
-* **Your Answer:**
+* **Your Answer:**  node index.js my-file
 
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 * **Question:** What gets logged? Why?
 
-* **Your Answer:**
+* **Your Answer:** My name / age I added to the log portion of index.js.
 
 * **Question:** What is `module.exports` and what is its _type_ in JavaScript? What is `require` and what is its _type_ in JavaScript?
 
-* **Your Answer:**
+* **Your Answer:**  module.exports is a special object that is exposed as a module.  require is a built in function.
 
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 - [ ] We can only export one thing from files when using Node. With that said, export both your name and your birthday from the `profile.js` file.
 
 * **Question:** What are some ways you can solve this problem?
 
-* **Your Answer:**
+* **Your Answer:**  You can use an array to export more than one value.
 
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 * **Question:** What is `path` and where does it come from?
 
-* **Your Answer:**
+* **Your Answer:**  Path is a module we import and is installed by NPM.
 
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 - [ ] Install the [moment](https://www.npmjs.com/package/moment) package
 
 * **Question:** What command can you run to install this package?
 
-* **Your Answer:**
+* **Your Answer:** npm install package_name
 
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 - [ ] On your own, use this package in the `index.js` file
 
 * **Question:** Do you need to use a `./` to require the package? Why or why not?
 
-* **Your Answer:**
+* **Your Answer:**  ./ lets node know to look in the same realitive path it is running inside of.
 
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 #### Resources
 
 - [Node.js Built-In Modules](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v12.x/docs/api/)
-- [NPM: Moment](https://www.npmjs.com/package/moment)
+- [NPM: Moment](https://www.npmjs.com/package/moment)