After moving a lesson into Author, please go through the following steps for every exercise before submitting your lesson for review:
- Check the default workspace:
- Restore default workspace
- Check that the starting code looks correct
- Check the file structure and make sure everything you need is there; delete any unused/outdated files
- Create a "test" folder if you're working with JavaScript (this houses the tests, which won't run without this folder)
- Make any other necessary changes and re-save the workspace
- Confirm that the file name(s) that you want open in the workspace match the file name(s) specified in Author. Note: if you're getting a "file has been moved" error, check that the the file name does not have an extra invisible space in the text field in Author
- Confirm that the slug name for the workspace is correct, matches the one that's linked in Author, and follows Codecademy standards
- Check the initial savepoint:
- Get initial savepoint
- Make sure that the default workspace and initial savepoint match
- If not, edit accordingly and re-upload the initial savepoint
- Check the final savepoint:
- Get final savepoint
- Make sure that the code looks correct and edit/re-upload the savepoint if necessary
- Check that the final savepoint passes all checkpoints:
- Sometimes learners will “View Solution” and then try running the code for each checkpoint, so we should make sure that the final savepoint passes all the earlier checkpoints
- With the final savepoint loaded in the workspace, set progress to this exercise (shortcut: click on the narrative panel and use ctrl-s on a Mac) to remove pre-populated green checks
- Press "Run" for all of the checkpoints and make sure that the tests all pass; if not troubleshoot and fix tests accordingly
- Note: If you're getting a gray X on any of the checkpoints, it’s possible you have a syntax error somewhere in your test
- Check each test separately:
- Set progress to this exercise
- For each checkpoint:
- Type in an incorrect solution (it's a good idea to try multiple incorrect solutions addressing common/expected mistakes)
- Make sure that the incorrect solution fails the test
- Make sure that the error message(s) is correct, formatted correctly, and provides the learner with a useful hint about how to correct their mistake
- Change the code to the correct solution and make sure the correct solution passes