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What's confusing about this lesson?
At First I got the Can't Find Variable error. (See image below.)
The doc says, "So if we had a file object in our browser, accessible via a variable catPic, and we wanted to add it to our root directory on IPFS and have it be named cat.jpg, we could do it like so:
I then realized that you wanted me to use the files API, as long as my file was in the browser:
I think the text could explain this simply by saying that once the file is in the browser, Files accesses the file in the browser.
Aha! I skipped the Mutable File System section. The modules either have to be done in order, or preferably, a comment in the Add Regular Files API module to go see Mutable File System first (for wandering, wayward students, like myself, who skip ahead).
Clearly, a lot of great work went into this doc resulting in a lot of great info. Just needs some fresh energy to fine tune details of the organization (a second pair of eyes (I'm applying :blush: ) or the original writer coming back after a break).... Writing is an iterative process. Maybe this section should be called the Mutable Files API to balance with Regular Files API. (I was trying to skip ahead to the API doc. A parallel title would be a better guide.)
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URL of the lesson that's confusing: https://proto.school/mutable-file-system/04
What's confusing about this lesson? At First I got the Can't Find Variable error. (See image below.)
The doc says, "So if we had a file object in our browser, accessible via a variable catPic, and we wanted to add it to our root directory on IPFS and have it be named cat.jpg, we could do it like so:
await ipfs.files.write('/cat.jpg', catPic, { create: true })"
So I tried to reproduce this with my file:
I then realized that you wanted me to use the
filesAPI, as long as my file was in the browser:I think the text could explain this simply by saying that once the file is in the browser,
Filesaccesses the file in the browser.Aha! I skipped the Mutable File System section. The modules either have to be done in order, or preferably, a comment in the Add Regular Files API module to go see Mutable File System first (for wandering, wayward students, like myself, who skip ahead).
Clearly, a lot of great work went into this doc resulting in a lot of great info. Just needs some fresh energy to fine tune details of the organization (a second pair of eyes (I'm applying :blush: ) or the original writer coming back after a break).... Writing is an iterative process. Maybe this section should be called the Mutable Files API to balance with Regular Files API. (I was trying to skip ahead to the API doc. A parallel title would be a better guide.)
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