meet it

Give every box a name that tells you what is inside.

Names can use letters, digits, _ and $. They cannot contain spaces or start with a digit. A like let or const is taken, because JavaScript keeps those words for itself.

A good name says what is inside. x could be anything, but petName explains itself. Case matters too, so petName and petname are two different boxes.

If a name needs several words, squash them together and start each new word with a capital, like bestFriend. This style is called , because the capitals stick up like a camel's humps.

let bestFriend = "Priya";
console.log("My best friend is " + bestFriend);

A camelCase name starts with a small letter, so it is bestFriend, not BestFriend.

guess first

Is this a good name? Guess what happens.

Guess before you run it. Wrong guesses are how you learn, and nothing is marked.

let 2ndPlace = "Ollie";
console.log(2ndPlace);

your turn

Your turn. Name a box yourself.

Choose a camelCase name for the box, like bestFilm, and type it in both name blanks. Put a film between the quotes, then press run.

Your code

press run to see what happens

fix it

This name has a gap in it. Can you fix it?

Broken code to fix

press run to see what happens

JavaScript cannot read line 1. Look closely at the name of the box.
Names cannot contain spaces. Squash the two words together in camelCase.
Change favourite colour to favouriteColour on both lines, then press run.

nailed it

your boxes have good names now. :D

Names cannot have spaces or start with a digit.
Pick names that say what is inside the box.
Join words in camelCase, like bestFriend.

new words in your collection

keyword
camelCase

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