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):
- Key take-away is that to be creative, you have to have a deeply ingrained fluency
- People learn in different ways and oftentimes, and just because many people have learned coding in a certain way, it's important to step back and try a differnct perspective
- When I get stuck on something, I'll be more ready to ask others for help in ways I was never comfortable with.
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):
- You can set a Google search to only return hits within the last year
- Borrowing naming conventions from highly rated stackoverflow users can be very helpful
- Searching the website that host an image you find useful is another great way to follow breadcrumbs to something useful
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):
- Google is your friend! Use it liberally
- One Google query per 10 lines of code
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: Adding quotes ensure that only pages that have exactly what was entered are returned. "Garmin GPSMAP 64" instead of garmin gps wil return only that specific device
- Tip 3: adding a hyphen ensures that any pages that have the hyphenated word aren't returned. space . shuttle -nasa will remove anything from nasa
- Tip 4: using a colon will return only pages from that website. queens dogs site:corgis.com will only return hits from corgis.com (if that actually existed)
- Tip 9: using "OR" widens your search parameters by searching for both inputs. nasa OR esa will return NASA'a and the ESA's webpages independently
- Tip 13: Using language a website would use can help you find exactly what you're looking for.
- Tip 14: Omit non-key words and be concise. Entering best denver coffee shops instead of what's the best coffee in the denver area
- Tip 17: try to rephrase your search if you're having trouble finding what you need.
If you have any questions, comments, or confusions from any of the readings that you would like an instructor to address, list them below: