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data/tracks/javascript/exercises/grade-school/README.md

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+# Grade School
+
+Given students' names along with the grade that they are in, create a roster
+for the school.
+
+In the end, you should be able to:
+
+- Add a student's name to the roster for a grade
+  - "Add Jim to grade 2."
+  - "OK."
+- Get a list of all students enrolled in a grade
+  - "Which students are in grade 2?"
+  - "We've only got Jim just now."
+- Get a sorted list of all students in all grades.  Grades should sort
+  as 1, 2, 3, etc., and students within a grade should be sorted
+  alphabetically by name.
+  - "Who all is enrolled in school right now?"
+  - "Grade 1: Anna, Barb, and Charlie. Grade 2: Alex, Peter, and Zoe.
+    Grade 3…"
+
+Note that all our students only have one name.  (It's a small town, what
+do you want?)
+
+
+## For bonus points
+
+Did you get the tests passing and the code clean? If you want to, these
+are some additional things you could try:
+
+- If you're working in a language with mutable data structures and your
+  implementation allows outside code to mutate the school's internal DB
+  directly, see if you can prevent this. Feel free to introduce additional
+  tests.
+
+Then please share your thoughts in a comment on the submission. Did this
+experiment make the code better? Worse? Did you learn anything from it?
+
+## Setup
+
+Go through the setup instructions for JavaScript to
+install the necessary dependencies:
+
+http://exercism.io/languages/javascript
+
+## Making the Test Suite Pass
+
+Execute the tests with:
+
+    jasmine <exercise-name>.spec.js
+
+Replace `<exercise-name>` with the name of the current exercise. E.g., to
+test the Hello World exercise:
+
+    jasmine hello-world.spec.js
+
+In many test suites all but the first test have been skipped.
+
+Once you get a test passing, you can unskip the next one by
+changing `xit` to `it`.
+
+## Source
+
+A pairing session with Phil Battos at gSchool [http://gschool.it](http://gschool.it)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/javascript/exercises/grains/README.md

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+# Grains
+
+Calculate the number of grains of wheat on a chessboard given that the number
+on each square doubles.
+
+There once was a wise servant who saved the life of a prince. The king
+promised to pay whatever the servant could dream up. Knowing that the
+king loved chess, the servant told the king he would like to have grains
+of wheat. One grain on the first square of a chess board. Two grains on
+the next. Four on the third, and so on.
+
+There are 64 squares on a chessboard.
+
+Write code that shows:
+- how many grains were on each square, and
+- the total number of grains
+
+
+## For bonus points
+
+Did you get the tests passing and the code clean? If you want to, these
+are some additional things you could try:
+
+- Optimize for speed.
+- Optimize for readability.
+
+Then please share your thoughts in a comment on the submission. Did this
+experiment make the code better? Worse? Did you learn anything from it?
+
+## Setup
+
+Go through the setup instructions for JavaScript to
+install the necessary dependencies:
+
+http://exercism.io/languages/javascript
+
+## Making the Test Suite Pass
+
+Execute the tests with:
+
+    jasmine <exercise-name>.spec.js
+
+Replace `<exercise-name>` with the name of the current exercise. E.g., to
+test the Hello World exercise:
+
+    jasmine hello-world.spec.js
+
+In many test suites all but the first test have been skipped.
+
+Once you get a test passing, you can unskip the next one by
+changing `xit` to `it`.
+
+## Source
+
+JavaRanch Cattle Drive, exercise 6 [http://www.javaranch.com/grains.jsp](http://www.javaranch.com/grains.jsp)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/javascript/exercises/hamming/README.md

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+# Hamming
+
+Calculate the Hamming difference between two DNA strands.
+
+A mutation is simply a mistake that occurs during the creation or
+copying of a nucleic acid, in particular DNA. Because nucleic acids are
+vital to cellular functions, mutations tend to cause a ripple effect
+throughout the cell. Although mutations are technically mistakes, a very
+rare mutation may equip the cell with a beneficial attribute. In fact,
+the macro effects of evolution are attributable by the accumulated
+result of beneficial microscopic mutations over many generations.
+
+The simplest and most common type of nucleic acid mutation is a point
+mutation, which replaces one base with another at a single nucleotide.
+
+By counting the number of differences between two homologous DNA strands
+taken from different genomes with a common ancestor, we get a measure of
+the minimum number of point mutations that could have occurred on the
+evolutionary path between the two strands.
+
+This is called the 'Hamming distance'.
+
+It is found by comparing two DNA strands and counting how many of the
+nucleotides are different from their equivalent in the other string.
+
+    GAGCCTACTAACGGGAT
+    CATCGTAATGACGGCCT
+    ^ ^ ^  ^ ^    ^^
+
+The Hamming distance between these two DNA strands is 7.
+
+# Implementation notes
+
+The Hamming distance is only defined for sequences of equal length. This means
+that based on the definition, each language could deal with getting sequences
+of equal length differently.
+
+## Setup
+
+Go through the setup instructions for JavaScript to
+install the necessary dependencies:
+
+http://exercism.io/languages/javascript
+
+## Making the Test Suite Pass
+
+Execute the tests with:
+
+    jasmine <exercise-name>.spec.js
+
+Replace `<exercise-name>` with the name of the current exercise. E.g., to
+test the Hello World exercise:
+
+    jasmine hello-world.spec.js
+
+In many test suites all but the first test have been skipped.
+
+Once you get a test passing, you can unskip the next one by
+changing `xit` to `it`.
+
+## Source
+
+The Calculating Point Mutations problem at Rosalind [http://rosalind.info/problems/hamm/](http://rosalind.info/problems/hamm/)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/javascript/exercises/hello-world/README.md

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+# Hello World
+
+The classical introductory exercise. Just say "Hello, World!".
+
+["Hello, World!"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program) is
+the traditional first program for beginning programming in a new language
+or environment.
+
+The objectives are simple:
+
+- Write a function that returns the string "Hello, World!".
+- Run the test suite and make sure that it succeeds.
+- Submit your solution and check it at the website.
+
+If everything goes well, you will be ready to fetch your first real exercise.
+
+## Tutorial
+
+This exercise has two files:
+
+- hello-world.js
+- hello-world.spec.js
+
+The first file is where you will write your code.
+The second is where the tests are defined.
+
+The tests will check whether your code is doing the right thing.
+You don't need to be able to write a test suite from scratch,
+but it helps to understand what a test looks like, and what
+it is doing.
+
+Open up the test file, hello-world.spec.js.
+There is one test inside:
+
+    it('says hello world', function() {
+      expect(helloWorld.hello()).toEqual('Hello, World!');
+    });
+
+Run the test now, with the following command on the command-line:
+
+    jasmine hello-world.spec.js
+
+The test fails, which makes sense since you've not written any code yet.
+
+The failure looks like this:
+
+    1) Hello World says hello world 
+       Message:
+          Expected undefined to equal 'Hello, World!'.
+
+There's more, but this is the most important part.
+
+Take a look at that first line:
+
+    1) Hello World says hello world 
+
+Now look at the test definition again:
+
+    it('says hello world', function() {
+      // ... more code here ...
+    });
+
+The text 'says hello world' is repeated.
+This is how you know the test failed.
+
+The failure message explains what is wrong:
+
+    Expected undefined to equal 'Hello, World!'.
+
+This comes from the part of the test definition that says "expect":
+
+    expect(helloWorld.hello()).toEqual('Hello, World!');
+
+It's comparing two values. It is calling
+
+    helloWorld.hello()
+
+and comparing the result to a hard-coded string.
+
+    'Hello, World!'.
+
+So if you look at the failure message again, the hello function
+is returning undefined.
+
+Try changing the function in hello-world.js so that it says
+
+    HelloWorld.prototype.hello = function(input) {
+        return "chocolate";
+    };
+
+Then run the tests again from the command-line:
+
+    jasmine hello-world.spec.js
+
+Notice how it changes the failure message.
+
+Then change the implementation in hello-world.js again, this time to make the test pass.
+
+When you are done, submit your solution to exercism:
+
+    exercism submit hello-world.js
+
+
+## Setup
+
+Go through the setup instructions for JavaScript to
+install the necessary dependencies:
+
+http://exercism.io/languages/javascript
+
+## Making the Test Suite Pass
+
+Execute the tests with:
+
+    jasmine <exercise-name>.spec.js
+
+Replace `<exercise-name>` with the name of the current exercise. E.g., to
+test the Hello World exercise:
+
+    jasmine hello-world.spec.js
+
+In many test suites all but the first test have been skipped.
+
+Once you get a test passing, you can unskip the next one by
+changing `xit` to `it`.
+
+## Source
+
+This is an exercise to introduce users to using Exercism [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/javascript/exercises/hexadecimal/README.md

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+# Hexadecimal
+
+Convert a hexadecimal number, represented as a string (e.g. "10af8c"), to its decimal equivalent using first principles (i.e. no, you may not use built-in or external libraries to accomplish the conversion).
+
+On the web we use hexadecimal to represent colors, e.g. green: 008000,
+teal: 008080, navy: 000080).
+
+The program should handle invalid hexadecimal strings.
+
+## Setup
+
+Go through the setup instructions for JavaScript to
+install the necessary dependencies:
+
+http://exercism.io/languages/javascript
+
+## Making the Test Suite Pass
+
+Execute the tests with:
+
+    jasmine <exercise-name>.spec.js
+
+Replace `<exercise-name>` with the name of the current exercise. E.g., to
+test the Hello World exercise:
+
+    jasmine hello-world.spec.js
+
+In many test suites all but the first test have been skipped.
+
+Once you get a test passing, you can unskip the next one by
+changing `xit` to `it`.
+
+## Source
+
+All of Computer Science [http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/NumberBases.html](http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/NumberBases.html)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/javascript/exercises/isogram/README.md

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+# Isogram
+
+Determine if a word or phrase is an isogram.
+
+An isogram (also known as a "nonpattern word") is a word or phrase without a repeating letter.
+
+Examples of isograms:
+
+- lumberjacks
+- background
+- downstream
+
+The word *isograms*, however, is not an isogram, because the s repeats.
+
+## Setup
+
+Go through the setup instructions for JavaScript to
+install the necessary dependencies:
+
+http://exercism.io/languages/javascript
+
+## Making the Test Suite Pass
+
+Execute the tests with:
+
+    jasmine <exercise-name>.spec.js
+
+Replace `<exercise-name>` with the name of the current exercise. E.g., to
+test the Hello World exercise:
+
+    jasmine hello-world.spec.js
+
+In many test suites all but the first test have been skipped.
+
+Once you get a test passing, you can unskip the next one by
+changing `xit` to `it`.
+
+## Source
+
+Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isogram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isogram)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/javascript/exercises/kindergarten-garden/README.md

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+# Kindergarten Garden
+
+Given a diagram, determine which plants each child in the kindergarten class is
+responsible for.
+
+The kindergarten class is learning about growing plants. The teachers
+thought it would be a good idea to give them actual seeds, plant them in
+actual dirt, and grow actual plants.
+
+They've chosen to grow grass, clover, radishes, and violets.
+
+To this end, they've put little styrofoam cups along the window sills,
+and planted one type of plant in each cup, choosing randomly from the
+available types of seeds.
+
+```plain
+[window][window][window]
+........................ # each dot represents a styrofoam cup
+........................
+```
+
+There are 12 children in the class:
+
+- Alice, Bob, Charlie, David,
+- Eve, Fred, Ginny, Harriet,
+- Ileana, Joseph, Kincaid, and Larry.
+
+Each child gets 4 cups, two on each row. The children are assigned to
+cups in alphabetical order.
+
+The following diagram represents Alice's plants:
+
+```plain
+[window][window][window]
+VR......................
+RG......................
+```
+
+So in the row nearest the window, she has a violet and a radish; in the
+row behind that, she has a radish and some grass.
+
+Your program will be given the plants from left-to-right starting with
+the row nearest the windows. From this, it should be able to determine
+which plants belong to which students.
+
+For example, if it's told that the garden looks like so:
+
+```plain
+[window][window][window]
+VRCGVVRVCGGCCGVRGCVCGCGV
+VRCCCGCRRGVCGCRVVCVGCGCV
+```
+
+Then if asked for Alice's plants, it should provide:
+
+- Violets, radishes, violets, radishes
+
+While asking for Bob's plants would yield:
+
+- Clover, grass, clover, clover
+
+## Setup
+
+Go through the setup instructions for JavaScript to
+install the necessary dependencies:
+
+http://exercism.io/languages/javascript
+
+## Making the Test Suite Pass
+
+Execute the tests with:
+
+    jasmine <exercise-name>.spec.js
+
+Replace `<exercise-name>` with the name of the current exercise. E.g., to
+test the Hello World exercise:
+
+    jasmine hello-world.spec.js
+
+In many test suites all but the first test have been skipped.
+
+Once you get a test passing, you can unskip the next one by
+changing `xit` to `it`.
+
+## Source
+
+Random musings during airplane trip. [http://jumpstartlab.com](http://jumpstartlab.com)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/javascript/exercises/largest-series-product/README.md

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+# Largest Series Product
+
+Given a string of digits, calculate the largest product for a contiguous
+substring of digits of length n.
+
+For example, for the input `'1027839564'`, the largest product for a
+series of 3 digits is 270 (9 * 5 * 6), and the largest product for a
+series of 5 digits is 7560 (7 * 8 * 3 * 9 * 5).
+
+Note that these series are only required to occupy *adjacent positions*
+in the input; the digits need not be *numerically consecutive*.
+
+For the input `'73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934'`,
+the largest product for a series of 6 digits is 23520.
+
+## Setup
+
+Go through the setup instructions for JavaScript to
+install the necessary dependencies:
+
+http://exercism.io/languages/javascript
+
+## Making the Test Suite Pass
+
+Execute the tests with:
+
+    jasmine <exercise-name>.spec.js
+
+Replace `<exercise-name>` with the name of the current exercise. E.g., to
+test the Hello World exercise:
+
+    jasmine hello-world.spec.js
+
+In many test suites all but the first test have been skipped.
+
+Once you get a test passing, you can unskip the next one by
+changing `xit` to `it`.
+
+## Source
+
+A variation on Problem 8 at Project Euler [http://projecteuler.net/problem=8](http://projecteuler.net/problem=8)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/javascript/exercises/leap/README.md

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+# Leap
+
+Given a year, report if it is a leap year.
+
+The tricky thing here is that a leap year in the Gregorian calendar occurs:
+
+```plain
+on every year that is evenly divisible by 4
+  except every year that is evenly divisible by 100
+    unless the year is also evenly divisible by 400
+```
+
+For example, 1997 is not a leap year, but 1996 is.  1900 is not a leap
+year, but 2000 is.
+
+If your language provides a method in the standard library that does
+this look-up, pretend it doesn't exist and implement it yourself.
+
+## Notes
+
+Though our exercise adopts some very simple rules, there is more to
+learn!
+
+For a delightful, four minute explanation of the whole leap year
+phenomenon, go watch [this youtube video][video].
+
+[video]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX96xng7sAE
+
+## Setup
+
+Go through the setup instructions for JavaScript to
+install the necessary dependencies:
+
+http://exercism.io/languages/javascript
+
+## Making the Test Suite Pass
+
+Execute the tests with:
+
+    jasmine <exercise-name>.spec.js
+
+Replace `<exercise-name>` with the name of the current exercise. E.g., to
+test the Hello World exercise:
+
+    jasmine hello-world.spec.js
+
+In many test suites all but the first test have been skipped.
+
+Once you get a test passing, you can unskip the next one by
+changing `xit` to `it`.
+
+## Source
+
+JavaRanch Cattle Drive, exercise 3 [http://www.javaranch.com/leap.jsp](http://www.javaranch.com/leap.jsp)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/javascript/exercises/linked-list/README.md

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+# Linked List
+
+Implement a doubly linked list.
+
+Like an array, a linked list is a simple linear data structure. Several 
+common data types can be implemented using linked lists, like queues, 
+stacks, and associative arrays.
+
+A linked list is a collection of data elements called *nodes*. In a 
+*singly linked list* each node holds a value and a link to the next node. 
+In a *doubly linked list* each node also holds a link to the previous 
+node.
+
+You will write an implementation of a doubly linked list. Implement a 
+Node to hold a value and pointers to the next and previous nodes. Then 
+implement a List which holds references to the first and last node and 
+offers an array-like interface for adding and removing items:
+
+* `push` (*insert value at back*);
+* `pop` (*remove value at back*);
+* `shift` (*remove value at front*).
+* `unshift` (*insert value at front*);
+
+To keep your implementation simple, the tests will not cover error 
+conditions. Specifically: `pop` or `shift` will never be called on an 
+empty list.
+
+If you want to know more about linked lists, check [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_list).
+
+## Setup
+
+Go through the setup instructions for JavaScript to
+install the necessary dependencies:
+
+http://exercism.io/languages/javascript
+
+## Making the Test Suite Pass
+
+Execute the tests with:
+
+    jasmine <exercise-name>.spec.js
+
+Replace `<exercise-name>` with the name of the current exercise. E.g., to
+test the Hello World exercise:
+
+    jasmine hello-world.spec.js
+
+In many test suites all but the first test have been skipped.
+
+Once you get a test passing, you can unskip the next one by
+changing `xit` to `it`.
+
+## Source
+
+Classic computer science topic
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/javascript/exercises/list-ops/README.md

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+# List Ops
+
+Implement basic list operations.
+
+In functional languages list operations like `length`, `map`, and
+`reduce` are very common. Implement a series of basic list operations,
+without using existing functions.
+
+## Setup
+
+Go through the setup instructions for JavaScript to
+install the necessary dependencies:
+
+http://exercism.io/languages/javascript
+
+## Making the Test Suite Pass
+
+Execute the tests with:
+
+    jasmine <exercise-name>.spec.js
+
+Replace `<exercise-name>` with the name of the current exercise. E.g., to
+test the Hello World exercise:
+
+    jasmine hello-world.spec.js
+
+In many test suites all but the first test have been skipped.
+
+Once you get a test passing, you can unskip the next one by
+changing `xit` to `it`.
+
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.