In this meeting, the State Changers dug into debugging and troubleshooting code. They mainly focused on a problem a participant had with handling an array. The main issue was that they were creating a new array and printing it each time a selection was made, leading to the output being longer than expected. The desired result was simply to print the last item in the array, not each one selected.
The other participant helped them realize the root of the problem - the console log was inside a loop that was iterating over every selected item. One proposed solution was to move the console log so it wasn't inside the loop, which would reduce its output to just the last item. They tested this, and it resolved the main issue. Further discussion revolved around manipulating the array data. They talked about how to assign the data in the array object to a new array. The mentor clarified that the data did not need to be transferred, rather they could redefine what would be in the next drop-down list based on the array's data. A vital lesson from this meeting is the importance of correctly placing code statements inside or outside loops, which was paralleled with a past scenario the participant experienced with Xano, implying the term Xano was part of the conversation. Towards the end, the participant decided to continue working on this problem on their own, with the idea of revisiting the issue on their next meeting if they didn't manage to solve it. The mentoring participant was happy they could at least steer the troubled individual in a different direction and wished them a good weekend.
(Source: Office Hours 5/12 )
