Asynchronous Code: Incorrect assignment message in lesson description in scrimba video lesson

[Arthwr]

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In a Scrimba video lesson (this part), there's an assignment to fetch cat data using the Fetch API, with the instruction to "Make sure to convert that data to JSON data" and "Build a callback function to accept the JSON data". However, this wording is misleading, as the .json() method actually parses JSON data into a JavaScript object, rather than converting it into JSON format. We can also see that file source that needs to be fetched for the assignment has .json format.

According to the MDN documentation: "Note that despite the method being named json(), the result is not JSON but is instead the result of taking JSON as input and parsing it to produce a JavaScript object."

Sidenote: not really sure how hard it is to modify scrimba video comments on that video, but wanted to point out the inconsistency just in case.

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https://www.theodinproject.com/lessons/node-path-javascript-asynchronous-code

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[wise-king-sullyman]

This does seem like it could be a bit more explicitly clear, but I don't think the scrims are something we're able to edit.

@michaella23 it looks like you added this scrim, what would the process to make this edit be?

[michaella23]

@michaella23 it looks like you added this scrim, what would the process to make this edit be?

Hello! I think that the scrim would have to be re-recorded. I can speak with the team if that is something that seems imperative. :)