The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 60 minutes.
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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):
- The stress that she places on practice and diligence being what ultimatley leads to a deeper understanding of your subject matter and allows you to be truely fluent.
- I immediately related her story to my own in her pursuit to learn a new language. While learning spanish I would write the different conjugations of the vocabulry I was learning over and over again, until they were second nature.
- The way she presents learning to code, and other languages in general, is that it is a grind. The material is best absorbed by constant exposure and creating muscle memory.
2. How to Use Google to Solve Your Programming Questions by Coding in Flow (15 min)
- Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 3):
- I will absolutley be using "quotes" to establish key words in my future searches.
- Knowing how to sift out page resluts with words or phrases using a hyphen is very useful.
- Running page searches for my desired results is another habit I'll be forming.
3. Do Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently? by Umer Mansoor (10 min)
- Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 2): -Its useful to know that Google plays a vital role in solving problems and can be utilized throughout my career as a developer.
- I won't hesitate to use Google to get answers to questions I have, and in doing so should constantly be improving my search skills.
4. 20 Google Search Tips to Use Google More Efficiently by Joseph Hindy (15 min)
- Briefly describe (in your own words) each of the tips below AND provide an example of a search that captures the sentiment of the tip
- Tip 2: Using "quotes" to see only results that contain the search term in the quotes. For example, if I wanted to buy a movie in 4K, I could type "4K" to make sure the search results only include 4K options.
- Tip 3: Using a hyphen to eliminate undesired search results. To continue working with the context of the example above, if I wanted to make sure that I am only seeing 4K results and no DVD options I could search: Endgame "4K" -DVD.
- Tip 4: Using a colon to search specific sites for results. For example, if I needed help but only wanted to see resluts from css-tricks, I could type: Need help with blank site:css-tricks.com
- Tip 9: Searching multiple words at once using "or". For example, if I wanted to know how to build a bird house I could search: how to make house for birds or birdhouse construction.
- Tip 13: Using words that websites would use. Staying with the bird house example, it might be better to use words like bird house construction guide, or DIY bird house.
- Tip 14: Limitting searches to just the important words. If I want to know what time the store opens, I wouldn't search "what time does the store open", I would just search "store hours".
- Tip 17: Using descriptive words in searches. Back to the movie example, I might include the word price or sale to make sure I actually get results that are purchasing options.
If you have any questions, comments, or confusions from any of the readings that you would like an instructor to address, list them below:
- Thanks for the Google tips!