The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 65 minutes total.
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.
Learning Fluency by Turing alum Sara Simon (40 min)
- Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 3):
- Rote memorization is a tool that leads to fluency, and in turn fluency leads to a true, deep understanding of a subject
- Although coding is often associated with math skills, creative people can also be naturals at coding because they posess a powerful skillset (empathy, imagination, creativity etc.)
- Learning something new is as much about discipline and determination as it is about intelligence or interest.
Use Google to go find at least one online resource detailing keyboard shortcuts and/or features that are built into Slack.
- What resource(s) did you find? Paste them below:
- LifeHacker https://lifehacker.com/the-essential-slack-hacks-for-power-users-1827357318
- Slack Help Center https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/201374536-Slack-keyboard-shortcuts
- What are three Slack shortcuts and/or features that will contribute to your productivity?
- Turn on "do not disturb" mode by typing /dnd + the amount of time you want to be left undisturbed
- Quickly switch between conversations using command + K
- Move through unread messages using option + shift + ↑
What's the use of the staging area in git? on Stackoverflow (15 min)
The idea of the staging area is frequently one of the trickiest concepts to wrap your head around when you're first learning git. Read the question and answers (or do your own Googling on the git staging area). Then, create your own metaphor comparing the staging area to something in real life.
- Type your metaphor below: You're making a salad. You get a bunch of ingedients out that you're thinking about adding to your salad and put them on the counter. They aren't actually part of your salad until you've put the ingredients in your salad bowl. In this scenario, the counter is the staging area where you can add things you think you want to commit, once you take the ingredients off the counter and put them in the bowl, they are out of the staging area and you've committed them.
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