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Session 2 Readings and Responses

The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 65 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.

Learning Fluency by Turing alum Sara Simon (35 min)

  • Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 3):
  • It takes repitition to learn something, the more you do it the better you understand it
  • It is possible for anyone to learn to do something well that they can't do well
  • Everything skill requires familiarity, and familiarity is only obtained through regular and consistent exposure

Slack Shortcuts and Features (10 min)

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:
  1. https://slack.com/help/articles/201374536-Slack-keyboard-shortcuts1.
  • What are three Slack shortcuts and/or features that stood out? How will each contribute to your productivity?
  1. upload file - shift + U. - this will save time in uploading files to share
  2. previous and next channel nav - command + [ or ] - this will make it easier to switch channels, less mouse usage
  3. compose new message - command + N - this will expedite the process of writing messages

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:
  1. The staging area in git is akin to rehearsals in theater, where in git you are using the staging area to review the effectiveness of a "finished" product, just like in theater rehearsals they are reviewing their acting to prepare it for an audience.

Questions/Comments/Confusions

If you have any questions, comments, or confusions that you would like an instructor to address, list them below:

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Excellent takeaways from that article! Something it makes me think about is how software development is a field where people from all sorts of backgrounds and skill sets can be successful. There is so much involved with software development: team-work, communication, technical skills, design, ideas, strategy, planning, and the list goes on... that no one person has to be the 'best' at any one of those skills, you can leverage your personal strengths in ways that will benefit everyone, and there is potential for growth in every area.

I'm liking where you're headed with your metaphor- What would a performance be? How might that relate to the development cycle?

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