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 (35 min)
- Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 3):
- You can become fluent in a language you don't know that well through disciplined practice.
- There are learning experiences from almost every aspect of your life that you can transfer to web development.
- I need to relearn how to learn. Admittedly, it's been a long time
- Practice is key and should never be underestimated. Goal: chunk patterns and data to commit them to your long term memory.
- Fluency builds understanding. Not the other way around. Fluency before understanding.
- Discipline before creativity. Related to paying respect to the work that came before you.
- The disregard of memorization is a failure of imagination.
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:
- Slack Cheat Sheet - https://www.shortcutfoo.com/app/dojos/slack-win/cheatsheet
- Slack's Resource for Tips and Tricks - https://slack.com/help/articles/217626598 (found this to be the most useful)
- What are three Slack shortcuts and/or features that will contribute to your productivity?
- ⌘K Quick Switcher
- Navigating unread conversations to catch up quickly. command+shift up/down
- Marking messages as unread or resetting your unread bar within channels for follow-up: option+click
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:
The staging area in git is a "loading dock" from where you can pick and choose what you would like git commit or your "truck" to "ship." Giving you greater flexibility, planning and control in regards to what you’re "sending" to git's servers. To further expand, staging creates an index, which can be thought of as an invoice, packing slip or list of contents in the package.
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