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Use this list of questions as a guideline for getting to know your pairing partner. If it helps to make a copy of this list and type out the answers to reference later, feel free to do so!

This article is a great resource to help you understand the different pairing paradigms available to both you and your partner. Things like domain expertise, product knowledge etc. can factor into which of these may work best for you both.

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

How do you communicate best? How do you appreciate receiving communication from others?

How would you describe your work style?

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Describe what DOM traversal is and why it is useful.

• DOM traversal means to "move through" HTML elements based on their relation to other elements
• you can easily move up (ancestors), down (descendants), sideways (siblings) within the DOM tree https://www.w3schools.com/jquery/img_travtree.png

What can the siblings(), parent(), and children() methods do?

• the siblings() method
  • RETURNS all siblings elements of the selected element
• the parent() method
• RETURNS the direct parent element of the selected element

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DTR: Define the Relationship

Project: FitLit

Group Member Names: Michael Schneider & Elyse Myers

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

• solidify array prototypes and also TDD

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

• use a balance of both

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Project: IdeaBox

Group Member Names: Edwin, Jeannie, Elyse

Goals and Expectations for the Project (What does each group member hope to get out of this project? What do we want to achieve as a team? How will we know that we're successful?):

• understanding the code
• take the time to explain the code that we write individually to partners
• learn as much as possible Team strengths & collaboration styles (consider discussing your Pairin qualities here):
• strategic thinkers

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Project: Number Guesser

Group Member Names: Elyse Myers & Allison Wagner

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

• refine CSS and HTML knowledge
• master DOM manipulation as related to the comp
• improve pairing skills (driver/navigator)
• practice talking through code/work

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

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My greatest strength is my adaptability. As a colleague, teammate and peer am I excellent at dealing with a changing
environment in the work place as well as being able to effectively deal with ambiguity. In today's world there are many things within a job that can be fluid, such as roles, responsibilities and teams. Being able to navigate these changes successfully
means adding value to projects I am working on and being a great collaborator with my team.

I work best in a setting that is comprised of both individual work as well as team work. I enjoy the process and benefit of collaborating with others but also work well when I can put my head down and be solution focused alone. I prefer a management style that is involved but allows me to be creative and work independently. Both trust and respect are important to me in a

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For me being empathic is an important part of being a caring family member, friend, partner and community member. The opportunity to listen and connect with someone, new or familiar, is very important to me in my every day life. This translates to my work life as well, where I find it very fulfilling to incorporate my strengths in emotional intelligence with my work ethic and ability to successfully contribute to a team. Using an empathic approach to build software is more successfull because it focuses not only on the to-do list and end goals of a project, but also the work it will take to achieve it. There will always be turbulent times, pressure under deadlines and differing opinions. But with incorporating empathy it allows individuals to seek solutions to these issues with a different perspective. Without empathy there is little ability to get to know someone on a personal level, which conversely makes it difficult to approach times of hardship with an open mind. This type of hindrance is also felt when

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DAY 1

Chapters 1 and 2

1. On a website, what is the purpose of HTML code?
   HTML code gives a webpage its structure. This structure helps users understand the purpose of your website.
2. What is the difference between an element and a tag?
   An element is a component of an HTML webpage that contains content, and two tags (opening and closing). HTML tags are hidden characters that tell the browser how content should be treated or displayed. They contain an opening and a closing tag.
3. Why do we use attributes in HTML elements?

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Checklist/Rubric

Part I: Creating Directories and Files; Initializing Git and Pushing to GitHub

• I named my directories correctly.
• I named my files correctly.
• I structured my files and directories correctly.
• I made one initial commit.
• I pushed my initial commit to GitHub.

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Beginners Guide to Git

Create a New Repository

1. Create a new directory

2. Use git init to initialize your directory

   Only intialize a directory once, if you pulled it down from GitHub this step has already been completed.

Add & Commit Changes

1. Create or modify your file(s)