Day 128: Ch. 53 "A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript" and Buzzmill Coffee Shout Out!

I found a neat coffee shop called Buzz Mill, in Austin.  I studied here last night until like 3 a.m.  The music is a bit loud in the main area, but that's okay, because there's a quiet room if I ever want it to be real quiet, and also, I have some special ear plugs that fit really well, so I can wear them, but sometimes they have interesting music, so it can be pleasant background sound anyhow.  

What I really like about the place is that they are open 24/7, so I can do long stretches of studying without having to relocate, and also, it's got a really great vibe, like if I want to take a break from studying, I can go to the outside section and watch a band if there is a band putting on a show (it's Austin, "Live Music Capital of the World").  Also, they post the wi-fi login on a little chalkboard that looks like it's a cross-section of a log, which means I don't have to ask them for it if it changes, but it looks like they don't change it too often, or at all, which is even better, unlike other places that change it frequently and make you ask every time, sometimes having to stand in line for a while to do so.  Sure, having to ask for the wi-fi password every single time (at the places that change it frequently) is usually only a minor inconvenience, but nonetheless, as a business owner myself who takes pride in providing top notch service to my clients, I enjoy that this place values my time enough to streamline the process as much as possible.  

In sum, they're my kind of business, I feel really comfortable here, and that's the main thing, so until that changes, it's going to be my go-to spot for coding!  I recommend it, check it out if you're in Austin!

I started today on Chapter 53 Swapping Images.  We used functions to swap images when a used clicked on an image (onClick) or hovered over an image (onMouseover).  

Okay, I finished chapter 53, and now I'm on Chapter 54 Swapping Images and Setting Classes.  Okay, I finished chapter 54.  Next is Chapter 55 Setting Styles.  

SUMMARY OF CODING SKILLS

Total Treehouse Points: 5,385
Treehouse Points by Subject Matter (Miscellaneous not included): 
HTML:                                663 
CSS:                                1,599 
Design:                            1,193 
Development Tools:            747 
Javascript:                      1,120

Treehouse Ranking (%): "You have more total points than 94% of all students."

Treehouse Badge(s) Earned Today:

Treehouse Courses Completed:
How to Make a Website
HTML
CSS Foundations
CSS Layout Techniques

Aesthetic Foundations
Design Foundations
Adobe Photoshop Foundations
Adobe Illustrator Foundations (66% complete, switched focus from web design to web dev)
Git Basics
Introduction to Programming
Javascript Basics

Codecademy (& other) Courses Completed:
HTML and CSS (Codecademy) 

Books Read or in Progress:
Completed: "Head First HTML and CSS," by E. Robson & E. Freeman
In Progress: "Eloquent JavaScript," by Marijn Haverbeke (On pg 27)
In Progress: "Head First Javascript," by Eric Freeman and Elisabeth Robson (On pg 56)
In Progress: "A Smarter Way to Learn Javascript," by Mark Myers (on pg 155)

My Progress on The Odin Project:

1.  Introduction to Web Development             100% Complete

2.  Web Development 101                                29% Complete

3.  Ruby Programming                                       0% Complete

4.  Ruby on Rails                                               0% Complete

5.  HTML5 and CSS3                                           0% Complete

6.  Javascript and JQuery                                  0% Complete

7.  Getting Hired as a Web Developer                 0% Complete

Hours Spent Coding Today: 3

Total Hours Coding: 588