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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 (40 min)

  • Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 3):
  • I found it interesting when she compared coding to writing a story and surmised that if one thing is out of place you will lose your reader/user.
  • Another take-away for me is that practice seems to make perfect when learning language and I plan to implement that in my studies.
  • I also noted that there is no substitute for hard work and hours spent coding.

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. Googled keyboard shortcuts slack and went to https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/217626598-Get-around-faster-with-keyboard-shortcuts
  • What are three Slack shortcuts and/or features that will contribute to your productivity?
  1. Cmd+/ will open a directory of all keyboarde shortcuts in Slack.
  2. Cmd+Shift+K opens your direct messages so that you can browse through them.
  3. Cmd+, opens up preferences for personalization.

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: It is like setting an outfit out for the next day before bed. You obviously have the opportunity to change it the next day, but it is still where you left it the night before in the morning. And once you commit you are out the door with the decision you staged the night before.

Questions/Comments/Confusions

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

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