I decided on BART this morning that I wanted to be inspired. So, I looked at pictures and articles about one of my favorite athletes: Cam Newton. Apart from being an incredibly gifted athlete and charitable with his time as it relates to kids, I just like the fact that he is who he is.... Continue Reading →
Skills Assessment I finished my Javascript and jQuery skills assessment. I didn’t get a chance to move on to the further study, as I stopped at 3 hours. I found it was like pulling teeth – I completed the problems pretty quickly but getting myself motivated to continue was really hard. I think that perhaps... Continue Reading →
Skills Assessment Woo-hoo! I finished half of my skills assessment. I really like the idea of spending 6 hours total on it. Today I did the SQL part. I spent a few hours before the skills assessment going over the lecture demos from the week for SQL. I think it helped – I still feel... Continue Reading →
JSON & AJAX Wow – week four is done! What a day. Today we learned how to use JSON and do AJAX calls. We really should have had two lectures. The lecture went from 10am to 12:20 or so – it should have ended around 11:30. AJAX made sense to me right away. JSON will... Continue Reading →
Javascript -- Day 2 and JQuery I really like jQuery. I am still a bit tripped up by the Javascript syntax. (I get the idea, it’s mostly the semicolons and curly braces again) that require a bit more thought as I'm not used to adding them. The variable names use this cool lowerUpper case. Advising... Continue Reading →
SQL & Javascript More SQL today and the first introduction to JavaScript. What a day! I actually didn’t mind going from SQL to Javascript, but something about semicolons and curly braces seems a bit wacky at first glance. However, the language seems logical enough, just not as structured and formal as SQL. Products that Count... Continue Reading →
Pairing Today was the second day of a lab with a jackrabbit coder. After my adviser gave us some assistance on an issue, we were able to work together, and it went okay. Just such a difference in styles. Mentor #3 Tonight, I had the first meeting with my other mentor. He is... Continue Reading →
Sessions and Cookies The afternoon lecture was about sessions and cookies. He did not talk much about the way marketers “exploit” the cookie functionality, as this was beyond the scope of the lecture. Given my experience in marketing, I was curious and had hoped we could learn more about it. One of my potential career... Continue Reading →
Flask The morning lecture was on Flask and I understand it and it went very well. At lunch, I ate lunch with the gal I was pairing with and then I had a manicure. Such a quick treat to have my nails done, including mini hand massage – which is awesome after so much... Continue Reading →
I had a good day. Today was primarily HTML and CSS, and so some of it was a review. What surprised me the most is that when I took the Girl Develop It Classes on HTML and CSS, we spent a lot of time talking about compatibility – e.g. the idea that a lot of people... Continue Reading →
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