StephLSohns

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF A CHECKLIST?

The value is greater clarity, a reference point for checking steps inside of projects and tasks, to be able to add to and take away from or cross off that which is done-the feel good factor of accomplishing something. A checklist is also important for the remembering of things. There is so much to remember in this work, ones head is so full that its easy to forget a step here or there, making a checklist all the more important. For my personal/work life I cannot go without a "to do" list.

WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO IMPROVE UPON WHILE AT TURING?

Everything, literally everything! From becoming truly proficient at navigating my way around my computer with mac key commands,

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Pre-Work Preparation

**Read **Read two of the following articles/videos (we recommend all of them!) and reflect on these questions:

**Why are we talking about empathy at a software development school?

Because tech is an enormous field, just like banking or education, empathy needs to be everywhere or we are lost.

**How can you develop the "skill" of empathy?

StephLSohns

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF A CHECKLIST?

11A MODULE 0 ANSWER (Dec.2019):

A checklist is not new to me. I value them greatly. On a personal level, I always have a to do list going. This helps me to stay on track and remember things I'd otherwise forget. I feel good when I work through the list and get to cross things off. I also list my monthly bills, separate from my budget. This way I am clear about what bills are getting paid automatically or by me directly and when. As a fromer teacher I used lists with diagrams, boxes, levels of lists broken up into lesson plans, days, weeks, etc. For me, the value of a checklist both personally and professionally is enormous.

9B Module 0 Answer (Oct/Nov 2019):

The value is greater clarity, a reference point for checking steps inside of projects and tasks, to be able to add to and take away from or cross off that which is done-the feel good factor of accomplishing something. A checklist is also important for the remembering of things. There is so much to remember in

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REPEATING MODULE 0 11A-COHORT

Pre-Work Preparation

Read two of the following articles/videos (we recommend all of them!) and reflect on these questions:

Why are we talking about empathy at a software development school?

11A

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FRIDAY WORKSHOPPING

It was good, it was a good experience. Much lighter in weight than the current project that we are working on. We had about half an hour and we workshopped with arrays - merge, concat, sort problems etc. I paired well with my teammate who is also a current-projectmate. We started simply, reading through the actual information given. We chose arrays because we are dealing with them pretty heavily in our current project. From there we pseudocoded line by line through the instructions and made sure we were on the same page with each new line and really wrote it out in simple to understand English. Then we opened a repl and began writing code with the data provided from the challenge. We worked off of the array sheet that we had from last weeks lesson along with grabbing code from various google sites. The deeper we got into it the more we went down the wrong path, which was okay, fun even. I understand that the stakes arent as high as when working on projects when we go down the wr

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DTR: Define the Relationship

Use this template when conducting DTR with your project partners. It's recommended that you copy/paste this template into your own gist each time you conduct a DTR to take notes on the conversation.

Guiding Questions to Define The Relationship:

What are each of our learning goals for this project? Steph: Derek: to put into practice what I've been learning in all the areas. What drives us in this project?

STEPH: The need to become proficient in the area that I'm going into - programming. DEREK: To become a good programmer, this is for career.

What is your collaboration style?

DEREK: Like to balance ideas, to work well with the person I paired with - get things done cooperatively. STEPH: Team effort, respect, patience, frequent check-ins, being helpful and understanding.

How do you feel about pair programming vs. divide-and-conquer approaches?

Good with both, but prefer working together, driver/navigator and divide and conquer when

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Create a magic8 directory with html, css and js files inside of it

Using html write out the elements for a page that holds all the necessary classes, id's, buttons etc

Using CSS create the styling of the page and the actual 8ball making a large circle shape that takes up at least 50% of the page (true to life size of an actual magic 8ball)

Give it 3D dimensions in appearance and use hover feature so there is some movement when they run the hand cursor over it

Using CSS styling and html have the actual "8" number on the magic8 ball be a button

StephLSohns

DTR: Define the Relationship

Use this template when conducting DTR with your project partners. It's recommended that you copy/paste this template into your own gist each time you conduct a DTR to take notes on the conversation.

Guiding Questions to Define The Relationship:

What are each of our learning goals for this project? What drives us in this project?

KYLE: More comfortable with CSS(html), connecting everything together and seeing/understanding how they all work together. EDWIN: Clear understanding of overlapping interaction STEPH: Same, strong revisit of CSS/HTML and then application js Drives US: last group project to work cohesively, workflow, github, communication practice

What is your collaboration style? How do you feel about pair programming vs. divide-and-conquer approaches?

EDWIN: likes all methods, both work alone and work together

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TIC TAC TOE

SOLO PROJECT REFLECTION

ABSTRACT

In a few sentences, explain what the project was and the scope of your work.

TicTacToe SOLO PROJECT This was a solo project with a simple HTML/CSS page and three javascript files, working with data model/DOM. The trick here was not to let the mind tell you that it was a simple game of tic tac toe. The javscript portion was lengthy and challenging with many moving parts - wins, draws, scoreboard, tokens, gameboard, js class files, etc.

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// want the function to take in a number

// thru the parameter and determine if it is

// even or odd

function even_or_odd(number) {

if(number%2 == 0) {

return "Even";