The last three to four weeks have been very hectic. I started Phase 3 on the 15th of June. The first week of this Phase was Rails week, the first half of the second week was doing more in Javascript and then on the Thursday we started our final project.The final project went for a … Continue reading Phase 3 and Final Project – Dev Academy
Hello Rails! Week 1, Phase 3 – Dev Academy
This past week at Enspiral Dev Academy I have had a fantastic time! In the guide for this phase it has this: Phase 3 is the most exciting phase here at EDA. In this phase we no longer view you as students or developers-in-training, rather we look at you to be valuable, albeit junior, collaborators … Continue reading Hello Rails! Week 1, Phase 3 – Dev Academy
Phase 2 done – Dev Academy Bootcamp
Wow, so another phase completed and the final phase to go. I have enjoyed Phase 2 a lot. It has been great getting out of the console and onto the web. I like making sites look good and felt pretty confident with HTML and CSS before Phase 2. It has been heaps of fun to dive … Continue reading Phase 2 done – Dev Academy Bootcamp
Half way through Phase 2 @ EDA Bootcamp
This is a very quick post as Phase 2 of Enspiral Dev Academy is really full on, madly busy. In week 4 (week 1 of Phase 2) covered: Testing, Simple Web Applications, and Github: In week 4, we cover Rspec, Sinatra, ActiveRecord, HTML, CSS, and Heroku. Your primary objective is to feel confident that you can … Continue reading Half way through Phase 2 @ EDA Bootcamp
Phase 1 Completed! Dev Academy Bootcamp
I have completed Phase 1 of Enspiral Dev Academy bootcamp! Yay! I am really excited to get into Phase 2 as we graduate to Sinatra - a domain-specific language, which we will be using to create web applications! It is like graduating to secondary school! During Phase 0 I really enjoyed working with HTML5, CSS3, Javascript and JQuery, … Continue reading Phase 1 Completed! Dev Academy Bootcamp
Dev Academy Bootcamp: Wk 2 — OOP
Dev Academy Bootcamp: Phase 1 - Week 2 -- Object Oriented Programming The focus of this week has been Object Oriented Programming. During this week I have learnt: a lot about classes and fruit trees! (The first activity was creating an Orange Tree Grove and then converting it into a Tree Grove with different types of … Continue reading Dev Academy Bootcamp: Wk 2 — OOP
Week 1: Phase 1 – DevAcademy a.k.a “BOOTCAMP”
Algorithms accountability Pair Programming driver navigator Git GitHub Ruby yoga coaching Debugging Two Truths and a Lie Encoding and Decoding Smartphone Roman Numerals Numbers in Words Revision challenge for Roman Numerals Review: Review others and refactor your own Stretch: Try the following challenges Dictionary Sort Advanced Calculator Engineering Empathy (EE) - Introduction to mindfullness Enumerable's, nested data, recursion part 1 Nested arrays Enumerable methods Dictionary sort Linear search Binary search Enacting enumerables Engineering Empathy: Deep dive - Sexism Stretch: … Continue reading Week 1: Phase 1 – DevAcademy a.k.a “BOOTCAMP”
DevAcademy: final two weeks of Phase 0!
Week 8: Databases + Review We did this stuff: Treehouse: Database Foundations Review JavaScript Objects with Codecademy: JavaScript - Data Structures, Objects I, and Objects II. JavaScript Gradebook JavaScript Tally Votes Fizz Buzz Super Edition Nums to Words Javascript Olympics I quite liked learning more about SQL as I had learnt a little bit while … Continue reading DevAcademy: final two weeks of Phase 0!
More JQuery – mobile drop down menu
Note: 2 May - whoops, this one has been sitting in my drafts for about 5 weeks! Last week I learnt a lot about JavaScript and JQuery. One of the challenges for Week 3 of Phase 0 (for Dev Academy) was adding interactivity to our own site/s. I added a simple Lightbox effect to my … Continue reading More JQuery – mobile drop down menu
An aside: Imposter Syndrome
The other week, Samson Ootoovak, a coach at DevAcademy, posted in EDA's slack channel a link to a video of Joshua Paling speaking about the Imposter Syndrome. Good talk, worthwhile watching whole 20 minutes. The following week I as in touch with Rachel Collingridge, who works at Powershop, I was asking her if she has suffered … Continue reading An aside: Imposter Syndrome