Ray Farias sgnl

these are my notes from the talk @ MIC on 5/23/2016

The Simple Magic of Professional Networking

Presenter: Representative Lauren Cheape Matsumoto

Making Connections:

do it before you need it
build relationships first
say the person's name back to them a few times (helps you remember but also starts to build a positive connection)
never dismiss someone as unimportant

New Hire at CyberWeezardInstitoot

Welcome to the Team... actually, hold on.

Before you can join our team you must pass our test. More specifically, you must write tests. I've heard that you built a pig latin translator app. I've also heard you're familiar with Mocha and Chai. The former will get you nowhere with us.

We want you to write your test using the [Tape][1] library. [Tape][1] is a test runner and it also provides you with an assertion language. We like it here because it's assertion language is quite simple.

Create a new temp project

$ mkdir sass_gulp_workshop
cd into the new directory
Initialize NPM: $ npm init --yes
Install gulp and gulp-sass packages: $ npm install -D gulp gulp-sass browser-sync
Update package.json's scripts section with this key-value pair: "scripts": { "dev": "gulp" }
Recreate this file structure in this directory:

public (directory)
- css (directory)
- index.html (file)

Always 💯

use git status, ideally between each and every git command (especially when starting out).
Have the documentation up. Link to: MOCHA DOCS & CHAI DOCS API
Ask for help after 10 mins.

Set up your project to use Git and NPM

Create or have a project ready then move into that project directory.
Use Git

issue the command: $ git init to initialize git

Finding Inspiration

Project ideas are tough. Below I will outline resources for inspiration via links, articles, and anecdotes from myself and other here at Dev League.

Personal Inspiration

The Truth is out there. - Agent Fox Mulder, FBI

Ideas can come from within. Look into your everyday life, is something missing that would make it better?

	Array.prototype.reduce = function(callback, initialValue) {
	var prev = initialValue;

	// did not give initialValue? set it to ZERO
	if (!initialValue) {
	prev = 0;
	}

	for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
	prev = callback(prev, this[i], i, this);

	function pigLatinify(sentance) {
	return sentance
	.split(' ')
	.reduce(parseWord, '')
	.trim();
	}

	function parseWord(prev, word) {
	// find closest vowel
	var closestVowelPosition = findClosestVowel(word, ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']);

	function palindromic(input, steps) {
	if (!steps) steps = 0;

	if (!isPalindromeNumber(input)) {
	return palindromic(buildNewInput(input), ++steps);
	}

	return { value: input
	, steps: steps
	}

	function Animal (breed, size, color) {
	this.breed = breed;
	this.size = size;
	this.color = color;
	}

	Animal.prototype.walk = function() {
	console.log(this.name + ' is walking!');
	};