00 - Nicky Cadavillo

[nickycadavillo]

• 1. Learning about Learning
  • Read Fixed vs Growth Mindset
  • Read Top-Down vs Bottom-Up Design
  • Read Learning Styles and researched more...
  • Read why that is all bunk and researched more...
• 2. GitHub-ing to Know You
  • Created a GitHub account
  • Edited your GitHub profile to provide:
    • A picture, so we can recognize your face.
    • Your full name, so we can recognize your name.
    • A valid public email address, so we can contact you.
  • Found and starred the class project
  • Read the class wiki
• 3. You've Got Issues
  • Created a new WIP Issue
  • Named it 00 -- YOUR NAME (where YOUR NAME is your name)
  • Made this checklist the description of your WIP Issue
  • Started checking off boxes... 😲
  • 3a. Answered all those many questions in comments
• 4. INSTALLFEST!
  • From the App Store:
    • Google Chrome
    • Atom
    • Dash
    • Slack
    • SourceTree
  • 4a. Dev Tools are Weird
  • XCode Tools (CLI)
  • Homebrew AKA brew
  • Via brew:
    • git
    • tree
    • zsh
    • node
    • ruby
• 4b. Prezto Change-oh!
  • Found and forked the Prezto project on GitHub
  • Cloned your fork of Prezto into your home directory
  • Linked all the dotfiles into your home directory
  • Confirmed operation!
  • Edited .zpreztorc to add modules
  • Added a screenshot to your WIP Issue

[nickycadavillo]

Answer the following questions in comments on your WIP Issue:

• What is the best way to ask a question?
  After attempting the problem, googling it, then trying to work with a fellow student, you may then ask the instructor. It is best to explain what you're trying to do, how you attempted to do it, and what research you've found.
• How can you explicitly schedule time with your instructor to review a problem?
  Through calendly, during lab time, office hours.
• Are there any other times that we're available?
  Lab hours, office hours by appointment, during the weekly one on one sessions, and via slack.
• What are the three possible grades applied to every assignment? What do they mean?
  red - incomplete, orange - not yet, green - satisfactory
• What is the link to your GitHub profile? Your profile image?
  https://github.com/nickycadavillo
• In what week do we plan to review material?
  Week 5, halfway through the program
• At what time does class begin? Is attendance mandatory?
  Lecture is 9 am and attendance is mandatory
• After what amount of time are you counted late?
  It is up to the instructors discretion, but you also must contact Dana, info@theironyard.com to let them know if you are running late.
• When are you counted absent? Does that matter?
  2 latenesses in one week are counted as absence. If you miss more than 4 lectures, you may not be allowed to graduate.
• What is the most common kind of mistake in programming?
• What are some strategies you can use to work through a difficult problem?
  Break the problem down, use the pomodoro technique
• What exactly is the ⌥ key, anyway?
  It is the apple command key
• What do you think will be the biggest barrier to your success in this class?
  Overcoming a fixed mindset or the "imposter syndrome"
• How can you identify with the Growth and Fixed Mindsets? In what areas do you feel fixed? Where do you see the most potential for growth?
  I definitely identify with the fixed mindset but am working towards a growth mindset. I think after practice, I have began to improve and have more confidence in my coding. I believe that I have the most potential for growth in my javascript.
• Do you consider yourself a top-down or bottom-up thinker and why?
  Traditionally I consider myself a top-down thinker because I like to plan and absorb as much information as possible before I start a project.
• What do you think about your "learning style" and the debate about their validity? Which would you categorize yourself as and why?
  I am mostly an auditory learner, but I also have found that kinesthetic learning is a great practice.

[nickycadavillo]

• 1. Learn to Program
  • CodeCademy: JavaScript
  • Team Treehouse: Web Development Track
    • JavaScript Basics
  • CodeSchool: JavaScript Path
  • JavaScript Road Trip, Part 1
  • JavaScript Road Trip, Part 2
• 2. Web Technology
  • Introduction to HTML on MDN
  • Team Treehouse: Web Developer Track
    • How to Make a Website (Beginner HTML & CSS)
    • CSS Basics
  • CodeSchool: HTML and CSS Path
    • Front-End Foundations
    • CSS Cross Country
• 3. Command Line Training
  • An Intro to the OS X Command Line
  • Learn the Command Line on CodeCademy
  • CLI Crash Course by Zed Shaw
  • Team Treehouse: Console Foundations
• 4. Source Control Crash Course
  • 4a. First there was git...
    • Try git
    • Team Treehouse: git Basics
    • CodeCademy: learn git
    • Code School: Git Real
  • 4b. Then there was GitHub...
    • GitHub: Hello World
    • GitHub: Forking Projects
    • GitHub: About Issues
    • Team Treehouse: Explaining Markdown
    • GitHub: Mastering Markdown
    • Markdown Tutorial

[nickycadavillo]

Bright Bulb: Github, HTML, CSS
Dim Bulb: Vanilla javascript, jQuery
Dark: ajax, APIs

[nickycadavillo]

Prezto change-o!