Saturday, April 16, 2016

Day 222: Resume Updates & Final Portfolio Fixes (issues on some browsers)

I've spent today working on the portfolio, it was done, but I decided to go for a simpler version, which leads to less issues with some of the browsers on PC's (the typed.js plugin is not flawless across browsers).  

I think I've reached a good balance of cross-browser usability and portfolio effectiveness.  I'm at 7 hours and 43 minutes so far...it doesn't feel like I've been at it that long, but I guess that's because I count any time after midnight towards the next day (to discourage me from staying up too late), so last night's VERY late coding session gave today's productivity total a good boost.

I'm really glad with myself...in learning to code, this process of self-teaching, of self-discipline, I've become a better person.

That's kind of random, but it's real.  I'm much more accountable to myself than before, and I've rid myself of several unproductive habits (reading news and binge-watching Netflix, for example), and replaced them with a solid pace of productivity.

And I'm enjoying myself while doing this, too.  I've come to embrace the struggle, the challenges.  Before I might have said, "okay, I'll study four hours then go socialize a bit," and now I don't even think of that, I just embrace the challenge of coding and I don't feel as if I'm missing out on anything else when I'm coding, instead, I feel like I'm doing exactly what I should be doing.

And perhaps.


Just perhaps...it's the other folks who are missing out.  :)

I racked up over 50 hours of coding this week, and I had a 2 hour day on one of those days, and I still have the rest of today left:


Good stuff (it says up 1000% because I deleted most of my productivity data from the last two months a week ago, so it's comparing this week to the zero data in the system from last week).

Check out the new line I added at the bottom of my blog posts:

Web Dev Portfolio: www.adamcamacho.com

Woohoo! 

All right, it's time to go for a walk, I've been sitting for too long.   

All right, I worked a bit more on the resume and on the "About" section of the site, and I can say that I'm done for now.

Now comes the part where I have to decide what to study next.  I could jump right into Node, I could read a book I have that I haven't read yet on jQuery, I could start on React...

I'm thinking React is the way to go, but let me do some research and then I'll make the call.

So, tomorrow is the next meeting I'm hosting for Free Code Camp - Austin, my meetup group, and I'm feeling pretty good about it.  I always try to have new stuff to show the guys and gals that attend, to bring value to the table, and this week I've got plenty of subjects to cover.  I've got my portfolio deployed now, so I can go over Bootstrap with them and show them how it works, I can also go over why it's important to make good notes, and I can also go over what the next steps could be, since I'm about to take them myself.

It'll be a fun evening tomorrow.   


SUMMARY OF CODING SKILLS 
Books:                                                                                               Status
"Head First HTML and CSS," by E. Robson & E. Freeman                      Complete
"A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript," by Mark Myers                          Complete
"HTML and CSS," by Jon Duckett                                                        Complete
"JavaScript and JQuery," by Jon Duckett                                            Complete
Team Treehouse (Front End Web Dev Track Complete):                    Status
How to Make a Website                                                                     Complete
HTML                                                                                                Complete
HTML Forms                                                                                      Complete
HTML Tables                                                                                     Complete
HTML Video and Audio                                                                       Complete
CSS Foundations                                                                                Complete
CSS Basics                                                                                         Complete
CSS Layout Techniques                                                                      Complete
CSS Layout Basics                                                                              Complete
CSS Selectors                                                                                     Complete
Responsive Layouts                                                                            Complete
CSS Flexbox Layout                                                                            Complete
Framework Basics (Bootstrap and Foundation)                                    Complete
Git Basics                                                                                          Complete
Console Foundations                                                                          Complete
Introduction to Programming                                                              Complete
JavaScript Basics                                                                               Complete
JavaScript Loops, Arrays, & Objects                                                   Complete
AJAX Basics                                                                                       Complete
JQuery Basics                                                                                    Complete
Interactive Web Pages With JavaScript                                               Complete
Object-Oriented JavaScript                                                                Complete 
Accessibility                                                                                      Complete
Website Optimization                                                                        Complete
Front End Performance Optimization                                                  Complete
Aesthetic Foundations                                                                        Complete                 
Design Foundations                                                                            Complete  
Adobe Photoshop Foundations                                                            Complete
Adobe Illustrator Foundations                                                      66% Complete

Other Courses:                                                                                     Status
HTML and CSS (Codecademy)                                                               Complete
Introduction to Web Dev (The Odin Project)                                         Complete
Web Dev 101 (The Odin Project)                                                    33% Complete

Free Code Camp (FCC)                                                                           Status
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 Front End Development Projects                                              Complete
7. Basic JavaScript                                                                                Complete
8. Object Oriented and Functional Programming                                    Complete
9. Basic Algorithm Scripting                                                                   Complete

10. JSON API's and Ajax                                                                         Complete
11. Intermediate Front End Development Projects                                  Complete
12. Intermediate Algorithm Scripting                                                     Complete
13. Advanced Front End Development Projects                                       Complete
14. Claim Your Front End Development Certificate                              Complete

The Coding Boot Camp at UT Austin                                              Status (starts 4/19/2016)
Week 1-6: Mastering the Browser (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery) 
Week 7-10: API & JSON (RESTful API"s, parsing JSON, AJAX)
Week 11-14: Server Side (Node.js, MySQL, MongoDB)
Week 15-18: PHP (WordPress, CodeIgniter, Laravel) 
Week 18-21: Full Stack Coding
Week 22-24: Final Project


My Web Dev Portfolio: www.adamcamacho.com
CodePen Projects: http://codepen.io/Adancode/
GitHub Projects: https://github.com/Adancode
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcamacho1
Team Treehouse Profile: https://teamtreehouse.com/adamcamacho
Free Code Camp Profile: http://www.freecodecamp.com/adancode

Hours Spent Coding Today: 9
Total Hours Coding: 1,176

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