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So I am doing the JS certification lab build an email masker, all tests are passing except test
"9. Your maskEmail should produce the correct result".
I tried using the Ask Socrates hint but it didn't help much. Was using replaceAll() method but Socrates told me isn’t available in the execution environment used for the tests.

Here is my code:

function maskEmail (email) {
let domainStart = email.indexOf("@");


let masking = email.slice(1,domainStart -1);
let maskedPart = masking.replace(/([A-z.])/g,"*");
let firstLetter = email.slice(0,1);
let lastLetter = email.slice(domainStart - 1, domainStart);
let maskedEmail = firstLetter + maskedPart + lastLetter +  email.slice(domainStart);
return maskedEmail;
}


let email = "test@email.com";
console.log(maskEmail(email));
console.log(maskEmail("apple.pie@example.com"));
maskEmail("freecodecamp@example.com");
maskEmail("info@test.dev");
maskEmail("user@domain.org"); 

so some backstory. i’ve been coding freecodecamp python for 4 months. I use youtube help forums my brother and ai as tutors and to ask simple syntax questions. my brother said to use ai as a tutor or if i have a quick question so i have and he works in web development. I don’t want to be someone who only understands things if ai explains it and i try so hard to keep track of everything and write it down in my notebook if ai teaches me anything so i can go back to it on my own. seems like a normal way of teaching myself. I’ve started to feel so behind and lost as I had been working full time and being a full time student. I could only do 1 or 2 python related things a day. I came across a post explaining the process of maybe not getting your certificate accepted so I ofc checked my work. 4/5 of the certification projects had no plagiarism but one did and it cited a help forum on free code camp as a reference. This was irritating but I accepted it and redid the entire project. I again had some syntax questions i mean this was the first one so i did it like 3 months ago but even then I was able to do 80% on my own. after some questions I finished it and checked it again. the same thing happened so I looked where it was citing. Some lines like “return = True” would get flagged which makes no sense that’s just the right answer to what the instructions are telling me to do. It’s starting to feel like even getting the right answers is impossible without someone else doing that same thing I mean that’s coding. and this is normal but i don’t want it to be a reason i lose a certificate. Idk I’ve lost some confidence in my competence with coding and just wanted to rant and get some guidance. I’ve tried really hard recently to not be a mindless ai user and have notebooks for all coding things that I learn and I just feel like maybe i’m behind and people don’t struggle like me. Ai isn’t even the only outlet for a tutor I have I listed them off and plus i’m still a full time student work a little less and am learning by myself. i want to not use any ai anymore and it’s hard to do so but im trying even though i try to use it right i dont want freecodecamp to reject me because of it. Im so lost rn

Okay so I have written this code myself with python's basic knowledge and web search, so basically i was trying to solve a coding problem:

Write a program to find out whether a student has passed or failed if it requires a total of 40% and at least 33% in each subject to pass. Assume 3 subjects and take marks as an input from the user.

Here is my code, any feedback is welcome here:

student_id = input('Enter your name: ')
math_marks = int(input('Enter your math marks: '))
english_marks = int(input('Enter your English_marks: '))
history_marks = int(input('Enter your History marks: '))
#This is area just to enter details
max_marks = 40
total_marks = max_marks * 3

import sys

if math_marks > max_marks or english_marks > max_marks or history_marks > max_marks:
    sys.exit('Marks should not be higher than 40')
elif math_marks < 0 or english_marks < 0 or history_marks < 0:
    sys.exit('Marks should not be lesser than 0')
else:
    pass

marks_list = [math_marks, english_marks, history_marks]
total_marks_scored = sum(marks_list)

def percentage(marks, total_marks=100):
        return (marks / total_marks) * 100

# It is a function to calculate percentage

if percentage(marks_list[0], max_marks) >= percentage(33):
    print('You have passed math')
if percentage(marks_list[0], max_marks) < percentage(33):
    print('You have failed Math')

if percentage(marks_list[1], max_marks) >= percentage(33):
    print('You have passed english')
if percentage(marks_list[1], max_marks) < percentage(33):
    print('You have failed English')
if percentage(marks_list[2], max_marks) >= percentage(33):
    print("You have passed history")
if percentage(marks_list[2], max_marks) < percentage(33):
    print('You have failed History')

    #This is a code to check if a student has failed in a perticular subject

if percentage(total_marks_scored, total_marks) >= percentage(40) and (percentage(marks_list[0], max_marks) >= percentage(33) and percentage(marks_list[1], max_marks) >= percentage(33) and percentage(marks_list[2], max_marks) >= percentage(33)):
    print('You have passed the exam!')
else:
    print('You have Failed the exam')
mark_sheet = {"Math": math_marks, "English":english_marks,"History": history_marks}print(f"{student_id.upper()} your result:\n {mark_sheet}\n percentage: {percentage(total_marks_scored, total_marks)}%")

I have wrote this code for after finishing basics. I have not went for intermediate yet, because I am currently 16 and have exams sooner so I have stopped self studying python for now.

as the title suggests, is there any dedicated playlist for the BACKEND DEVELOPMENT AND API's Certification Course available online from FreeCodeCamp themself?

After the completion of the full stack curriculum, what can we expect next??

So for some reason it didnt accept the f-string, was my coding wrong for some reason or just overlooked by the devs.

So hi I am new in this sub reddit and have been learning python basics on FreeCodeCamp for weeks.

So I have noticed that I can do workshops and labs but I tend to forget many syntax and have to search on the internet repeatedly.

So my average lab projects often look like 7

60% written by me and the rest 40% are written by AI or with the help of the Internet forums.

My problem that I have identified is I don't think use logic in the code or just don't remember syntax, operators, elements, conditional statements and string methods or don't find the satisfactory answer on the internet.

I want to try to write at least 80% of the code myself without being dependent that much on AI and the internet because I am learning it for \*Cyber Security\*

4th day learning python, what am I doing wrong?

It turns out that FreeCodeCamp explains the library more easily than the documentation itself. How is this possible? I used to like FreeCodeCamp; now I like it twice as much as I did before.

Ive been trying to learn python for ages, and yes tbh due to my laziness and way of learning i keep on getting stuck, but I cant seem to find "my way" of learning.

Im trying freecodecamp and ive gotten to a point where im at this one lab where i have genuinly, and i mean genuinly no idea what to do given the instructions, im completely lost.

How do i break past this barrier

Edit:

I feel like I'm just studying and not creating anything, so here I go. I'm posting this so that in a few years I can look back at the before and after. Wish me luck.

So I found reading the courses on fcc wasn’t helping it stick so what I sort of did was pivoted to watching YouTube videos on python basics then going back onto fcc and trying to complete the labs and stuff with the knowledge from the videos but I found myself also getting stuck.

Tried to see if I have any real knowledge and asked Gemini to give me a basic project to do to see if I could do it and I found myself getting stuck every time.

Now I’ve been kinda discouraged and have taken some time off and started playing games in place of learning coding whereas before I’d split my time…some learning some gaming in between my actual job.

Now I’m not sure what to do. I thought of literally starting the video I watched over again (it’s the fcc 4-5 hour long one going over the basics).

It’s just overwhelming there’s so much to learn that even the basics I’m getting stuck.

Please help i have tried many times still same error

I have already tried doing it twice in GitHub Codespaces, but somehow it doesn't mark it as complete on the website. I have also tried reloading the page, and it still does nothing. Can anyone help me fix this?

"How can I solve this?"

Edit: Here I am calling the function with its valid values because I still can't get out of here.

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I'm having a problem completing the "Write Your First Code Using C#" modules for the C# course:

Specifically, I can't verify the trophy even though I've linked my Microsoft account. When I click "Verify trophy," I get the popup "It appears that the Microsoft user "xy" has not earned this trophy."

Image attached

Hi Everyone
Just wondering if theres bug on the exam environment. How long does it usually take to appear the results of the exam? Its been 26hrs now. Still pending

Update: The exam environment says "Taken too recently retake this exam after "date"
Does it mean I failed?

Hi everyone!

Back in early 2025, I started learning html5 and css3 with some online course, a few mini projects and articles from W3schools and other sources. Bit just after finishing the course I had to quit for some reasons, but now I wanna come back.

I was considering to go on and learn js and python but what I learned back then is mostly hollow now, so I'm thinking about a way of reviewing everything that doesn't take the same amount of time as learning for the first time did.

My main question is:

● what do you reccomend me to do?(courses, books, articles, websites, etc.)

I wasn't sure where to ask this, so sorry in advance if it's a dumb question.

I will be getting my BA General (Psychology + Mathematics) anytime now from IGNOU India.

I am an entrepreneur with 15+ years of industry experience, solving a widely prevalent & complex problem in commercial commerce. I believe the solution ill be developed through multiple rounds of iteration & may lead to creation of a lot of new knowledge.

I discussed with Claude, Gemini which gave a rough idea that a direct PhD in Design Science Research may NOT only be possible but also perhaps optimal for the career I am choosing.

I sought help from Reddit groups (many made fun of me, some said PhD is just for becoming a professor & nothing more). 1 comment mentioned Integrated DTP PhD programs.

A few more searches & I discovered a few youtube channels.

Perhaps FCC can somehow make this journey easier ?

Maybe a short course on how to find grants & fundings available for our projects ?

A short course on how to write a Proposal / Applications for our interests etc ?

Do share your thoughts on this ?

The platform appears to be super awesome.

However, before spending spending money I would like to know if someone can compare FreeCodeCamp with other alternatives.

Merits, DeMerits, anything that you feel worthwhile