Hi everyone,
I’m taking sometime out on a beautiful
winter Friday afternoon at Makers to let you know what’s been happening.
I hope you are well, January seems to be
flying by, or maybe its just me, encapsulated in a shell where there does not
seem to be enough time to do everything I want to do. There is so much to learn, and yet, I wish I
could freeze time and be able to read and learn all that I want… I wish there
was a matrix type plug where knowledge can be uploaded into my brain… The way
things are progressing in the tech industry, this may be possible in our
lifetime.
Makers
is not just about Coding
It is cold outside, but a lunchtime game of
football followed by a codejam will warm you up. There is a five-a-side
football pitch belonging to a community centre next door to Makers, which we
can book and forget about the coding for an hour. This is great and long may it
continue.
Last night, Dana, our Chief Joy Officer,
put on a games night for us with alcohol and pizza. She looks after our
wellbeing, organising yoga and meditation sessions throughout the day. She is
great!
Codejam
Codejam is a fun and challenging 1hr every
Friday, it started last week, and was co-created by our wonderful alumni
helpers Denise and Nicci. We are put into teams of four, mixture of both
cohorts, and we are set two Ruby kata’s which we have to solve in a TDD
environment. We write the tests and write the code, under pressure from time
and competing against the other teams.
I feel like my contribution in Codejam has
been minimal thus far, I have been to both weeks. My confidence is low so I am
more a spectator, but I will keep going and I will keep learning, and having
fun. It’s a great idea.. So double hands up for Denise and Nicci!!! Whoop Whoop!!!
What
we have been learning
This week, we’ have made a Thermostat using
javascript and jquery which has buttons and changing colours corresponding to
energy usage … It’s pretty cool. Now I just need to learn HTML and CSS to style
my page. So that’s learning javascript, jquery, HTML and CSS,
simultaneously. My head hurts…
Last week we were making our own bookmark
manager before being set our weekend challenge - create our own version of
Twitter… We used Ruby, Sinatra, and capybara. I am struggling with this so I
will have to go back and do it again. Don’t worry, I am used to this J
Exercise
I have been increasing my morning gym
visits, I have been 3 times this week. I exercise for 30mins in the morning
before I get into Makers, luckily there is a gym on the way, which is really
convenient. My goal is to make it five days in a row next week… We shall see… Oh…
And to change my diet… I am not so sure about that… A good friend from my last
job, Curly Steve, told me the reason he goes to the gym is so that he can eat
what he likes… I have taken this as my reason!
So, I better get back to learning how to
code… What shall I do… Javascript? HTML? CSS? And now node? What??? Come on…
I would advise anyone who is thinking about
doing this course to get some familiarity on all of the above… It certainly
helps and you will get a lot more from the course.
Oh, and Makers has now started an online
course, so you can do what I am doing in the comfort of your own home…
Something to think about…. S’later…
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