Today I arrived to class early (as usual) at 2 p.m. Class starts at 6:30 p.m., but I like to study before class at the Tea Haus, a coffee shop next to class.
I made a few modifications to my X-Men RPG game, and I also downloaded the Heroku toolbelt so I could use Heroku on my new computer. Also, I set up my GitHub so I could connect to my code on this new computer.
I'll spend a few hours after class today tweaking the X-Men game to make the math work for the game (to make every character be able to win or lose).
Ok, it's the 30th now, I've been doing great, the Boot Camp is great, I finished the X-Men project, then a quiz project that used JavaScript timers, and also the project after that, which uses an API.
Here's a screenshot of the quiz:
And a screenshot of the API project:
I like the quiz project as a basic portfolio piece, I designed it to be very corporate-looking, and I'm happy with the way it turned out. As far as the API piece, I whipped it up really quick to meet the project requirements, and I don't intend to use it as a portfolio piece, since I already have nicer API portfolio pieces, so it's time to get back to focusing on the material that we'll be covering in the future (Node.js, for example). I have about 3 days of free time until class on Thursday, but tomorrow I'll be chatting with a senior dev that works remote.
I'm really happy, I now know two people whose first web dev jobs were remote positions, so it's not outside of the realm of possibility that I may be able to work in Austin for several months after I graduate, and then, once I feel comfortable in the role, go remote. That would be ideal, but nonetheless, I'd be willing to take a corporate on-location job if it's in a field I'm really interested in and offers a solid pay package.
We worked on algorithms as well, such as the basic FizzBuzz and more complicated challenges. Closing out this blog entry, it's going to be a long week, and I've got to take advantage of it to get ahead!
I spent over 8 hours of this entry just tutoring other students, but I'm not counting those 8 hours as coding, since, sure, it's coding, but I prefer to mainly count time when I'm working on my own projects, so as to err on the side of lower hours, instead of padding my hours with meetups and tutoring, which is kind of like a meetup, in that you're not really doing intense learning, but you do pick up things here and there, and you get to network...perhaps if the tutoring gets more challenging later on, i may count it partially or fully.
I'm done with the first 6 weeks of the boot camp, that's 25% of the course finished...I'm so grateful for everything. My family's healthy and all is well.
SUMMARY OF CODING SKILLS
Books: Status
"Head First HTML and CSS," by E. Robson & E. Freeman Complete
"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
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
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) Complete
Week 7-10: API & JSON (RESTful API"s, parsing JSON, AJAX) In Progress
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/
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
Team Treehouse Profile: https://teamtreehouse.com/adamcamacho
Free Code Camp Profile: http://www.freecodecamp.com/adancode
Hours Spent Coding During This Blog Entry: 33
Total Hours Coding: 1,320
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