Day 156: Treehouse Objects Course and Duckett Books

All right, I'm having a great day, I've got a bit of a cough, but that's o.k., I'm powering through it.  :)  

Today I'm continuing with the Treehouse objects course.

Here's a function to print JavaScript output to HTML:

function print(message) {
  var div = document.getElementById('output');
  div.innerHTML = message;

}

I'll be using that for the project I'm working on.  O.k., I didn't enjoy the treehouse course, I took most of it, but it didn't go as deep as I need it to go on objects.

Okay, I still need a lot of work on objects.  I'm going to try the Jon Duckett books now and see if those prepare me better for completing FCC.  

I'm on page 101 of "HTML and CSS" by Jon Duckett.  I'll complete this book, then continue with "JavaScript and JQuery" by Jon Duckett, and then attempt the FCC object task and the pomodoro clock task again.

SUMMARY OF CODING SKILLS

Total Treehouse Points: 5,503
Treehouse Points by Subject Matter (Miscellaneous not included): 
HTML:                                663 
CSS:                                1,599 
Design:                            1,193 
Development Tools:            747 
JavaScript:                      1,239

Treehouse Ranking (%): "You have more total points than 93% of all students."

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)
Console Foundations
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

Completed: "A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript," by Mark Myers 

In Progress: "HTML and CSS," by Jon Duckett (On pg 101 of 490)
In Progress: "JavaScript and JQuery," by Jon Duckett (on pg 0 of 622)

My Progress on The Odin Project:

1.  Introduction to Web Development                                             100% Complete

2.  Web Development 101                                                               33% Complete 
Note: Switched to FCC for the great online community and better updates/support.

My Progress on Free Code Camp (FCC): 
1. Get Started with Free Code Camp                                                      Complete
2. HTML5 and CSS                                                                                  Complete
3. Responsive Design with Bootstrap                                                       Complete
4. Gear up for Success                                                                           Complete
5. jQuery                                                                                              Complete
6. Basic JavaScript                                                                                 Complete
7. Object Oriented and Functional Programming                                     Complete
8. Basic Algorithm Scripting                                                                   Complete
9. Basic Front End Development Projects                                                 On 4 of 5
10. Intermediate Algorithm Scripting                 On 4 of 21 (#13 and #14 also done)
11. JSON API's and Ajax
12. Intermediate Front End Development Projects
13. Claim Your Front End Development Certificate
14. Upper Intermediate Algorithm Scripting
15. Automated Testing and Debugging
16. Advanced Algorithm Scripting
17. AngularJS
18. Git
19. Node.js and Express.js
20. MongoDB
21. Full Stack JavaScript Projects
22. Claim Your Full Stack Development Certificate

After the 800 hours of FCC work above, there are 800 more hours of non-profit coding projects.

Hours Spent Coding Today: 4

Total Hours Coding: 724