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Mod 0 Session 2 Readings

Session 2 Readings and Responses

The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 60 minutes.

To start this assignment, click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of this document. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.

1. Learning Fluency by Turing alum Sara Simon (30 min)

  • Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 3):
  • Learning a foreign language is similar to learning a foreign language in that to be successful and fluent, you must remain consistent and disciplined to hone in your muscle memory while being patient in trusting the process of rote memorization.

Session 2 Practice Tasks

The assignments listed here should take you approximately 2 hours.

To start this assignment, click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of the document. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.

1. Documentation and Googling (75 min)

Documentation of a langauge, framework, or tool is the information that describes its functionality. For this part of the practice tasks, you're going to practice digging into documentation and other reference material.

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tbierwirth / mod_0_session_3_readings.md
Last active April 12, 2019 23:28 — forked from rwarbelow/mod_0_session_3_readings.md
Mod 0 Session 3 Readings

Session 3 Readings and Responses

The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 20 minutes total.

To start this assignment:

  1. Click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of this document.
  2. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers.
  3. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.

Session 3 Practice Tasks

The assignments listed here should take you approximately 25 total minutes.

To start this assignment, click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of the document. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.

1. Creating Files and Directories (10 min)

Need help? You can go back to the files/directories portion of the lesson here.

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tbierwirth / mod_0_session_4_practice_tasks.md
Last active April 17, 2019 23:09 — forked from rwarbelow/mod_0_session_4_practice_tasks.md
Mod 0 Session 4 Practice Tasks

Session 4 Practice Tasks

The assignments listed here should take you between 1.5 and 2 total hours.

To start this assignment:

  1. Click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of the document.
  2. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers.
  3. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.
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tbierwirth / mod_0_session_4_readings.md
Last active April 17, 2019 22:49 — forked from rwarbelow/mod_0_session_4_readings.md
Mod 0 Session 4 Readings and Responses

Session 4 Readings and Responses

The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 50 minutes total.

To start this assignment:

  1. Click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of this document.
  2. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers.
  3. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.

github

Git Terminal Commands

  • git init
    • Creates an empty Git repository or reinitializes an existing one.
  • git add
    • Adds a file to the staging area to prepare it for a commit.
  • git commit
    • Create a new commit and records changes into the repository.
  • git push
    • Push changes made to the remote master branch of a repository.
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tbierwirth / mod_0_assessment_checklist.md
Last active April 16, 2019 21:49 — forked from rwarbelow/mod_0_assessment_checklist.md
Mod 0 Technical Assessment Checklist

Checklist/Rubric

Part I: Creating Directories and Files; Initializing Git and Pushing to GitHub

  • I named my directories correctly.
  • I named my files correctly.
  • I structured my files and directories correctly.
  • I made one initial commit.
  • I pushed my initial commit to GitHub.

What is your greatest strength and how do you know?

My ability to care for others and act with empathy is one of my greatest strengths. I know this because of how emotionally charged I get when I see a friend or family member deal with a traumatic incident or part of their life, watch someone being rude or disrespectful to other people, and even when I'm watching a powerful scene of a movie or show with quality character development. This characteristic has allowed me to form strong and meaningful relationships with people throughout my life which I attribute to being able to have deep conversations. While I believe this to be a unique part of my personality, it has been a blessing and a curse as over the years I have come to understand that some people are simply not comfortable, or are even incapable, with being as open as I am.

How do you work best?

I generally work best under a little bit of pressure in a comfortable environment. Starting a project or homework immediately when there is plenty of ti