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Session 1 Readings and Responses

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):
  • One of the best ways to learn about software is to jump all the way in and immerse yourself, like we are doing at Turing.
  • In a lot of ways, learning software engineering is extremely similar to learning a new language.
  • Repition is highly necessary for learning something new, espeically when it comes to languages.

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):
  • Because this field is constantly changing, it's SO important to stay up to date with the newest changes or implementations - when google searching, we need to make sure that there aren't any recent updates or changes to whatever we are researching.
  • If I am looking for a very specific phrase within my research, I will make sure to use quotation marks around that phrase to make sure it appears in my google searches.
  • Using screenshots of whatever issue I'm dealing with and trying to find those within the google images search can often be a good way to find a solution.

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):
  • I think a really important take-away here is to point out that there should be no shame in asking questions within the software world - whether that is through google or in person with coworkers or teammates at Turing - it is very important to seek help when needed.
  • The software community goes to google to help others and solve their own problems, so it is easily the best resource for continued learning of each and every software developer out there.

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 when searching for something into google so that google knows to include what is within those quotes in every result. Ex: If I am looking to figure out how to change the size of a certain font, I may put that font in quotes.
  • Tip 3: I can use the hyphen symbol to exclude a certain word or idea from my google searches. Ex: If I am researching different colors I can use when creating a website, but don't want to include anything red, I can simply insert -red into my google search.
  • Tip 4: If I want to google search something but make sure all of the results are only from one website, I can use a colon in the search. Ex: I want to google search about software bootcamps, but only want results from Turing. I would insert site:turing.io
  • Tip 9: If I want to search multiple different ideas or phrases at once, I can use "OR". Ex: If I want results for ruby and java script, I would google search, ruby OR java script.
  • Tip 13: Websites tend to use a more generic and professional form of "speaking" so when google searching, one should search in the same format. Rather than "I suck at coding", you would google search "Local tutors for software development."
  • Tip 14: This tip says to take out extraneous, useless words - it doesn't help your google search to be excessively verbose. Ex: rather than searching "I am having issues understanding how to change the size of a font with java script", you should search "Change font size java script."
  • Tip 17: This tip says to change up the way you are searching / using words if you aren't coming up with the results you need. Ex: rather than searching "food near me", it may be better to search "chinese delivery in Denver, CO."

5. Questions/Comments/Confusions

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

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