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Higher order functions in JavaScript

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Read js/lesson2/tutorial.md, especially the sortNumbersAscending example, and review the surrounding lesson sequence. Decide whether the current introduction of functions as arguments needs more explanation or a simpler progression, then update the lesson and verify that the revised material remains understandable for first-time learners.

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Description

Recently a student (learning a programming language for the first time) had some trouble grasping the sortNumbersAscending example in lesson 2 of learning JavaScript https://github.com/codebar/tutorials/blob/gh-pages/js/lesson2/tutorial.md.

This seemed like a steep step up compared to the rest of the content (which the student understood and enjoyed going through).

I just wondered if lesson 2 was a bit early to introduce passing functions as arguments? or if this could be expanded on or simplified in this section?

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