Overcoming Data Filtering Challenges: Creating Dynamic Tablet Ordering

What are you most proud of, and what would you do differently next time?

I am proud of finally learning how to perform data manipulation, especially in the context of filtering data effectively.

What challenges did you encounter, and how did you overcome them?

One significant challenge I faced during this project was working with the data.json file. Given the data, we needed to create tablets based on role, level, languages, and tools.

While creating and populating tablets, role and level was straightforward, handling languages and tools required additional tweaking. Some listings needed to show tools first, others languages first, or a mix between the two. To address this, I created a function called createTabletOrdering and a helper function called alternateOrderingTablet.

The createTabletOrdering function incorporates the alternateOrderingTablet function to handle the languages and tools arrays, ensuring that the items are added in the correct sequence based on specific requirements for different job listings.

The alternateOrderingTablet function handles cases where one array (either languages or tools) is longer than the other by iterating up to the length of the longer array. It uses a flag, prioritizeTools, to determine whether to prioritize adding tools before languages or vice versa.

This flexibility allowed me to customize the ordering based on specific requirements for different job listings.

What specific areas of your project would you like help with?

At the moment, none.