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Session 2 Readings and Responses

The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 60 minutes.

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.

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):
• I actually identify a lot with this piece. First, I never thought I'd end up in anything STEM related. I was mostly fine with science and math (except chemistry) but I have always been a language/writing/social science person. Like the author, though, I have learned different languages and the one I succeeded at and have attained some sembl

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Session 2 Practice Tasks

The assignments listed here should take you approximately 2 hours.

To start this assignment, click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of the 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.

1. Documentation and Googling (75 min)

Documentation of a langauge, framework, or tool is the information that describes its functionality. For this part of the practice tasks, you're going to practice digging into documentation and other reference material.

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Session 3 Readings and Responses

The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 20 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.

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Session 3 Practice Tasks

The assignments listed here should take you approximately 25 total minutes.

To start this assignment, click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of the 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.

1. Creating Files and Directories (10 min)

Need help? You can go back to the files/directories portion of the lesson here.

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Beginners Guide to Git

What is Git?

• Git is a Version Control System (VCS)
  • Version Control System: a system where edits to a file or files can be tracked over time. Each "save" acts as a snapshot version of the file at that particular time, allowing developers to go back and review the file(s) in their various iterations over time.
• Rather than each "save" overriding previous versions, each "save" captures the work in that particular moment in time
• Git is a way to ensure that nothing is ever lost

The Basic Steps to Git

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Session 4 Practice Tasks

The assignments listed here should take you between 1.5 and 2 total hours.

To start this assignment:

1. Click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of the 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.

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Walking a Dog
1. Get dog ready
  1.1 Call dog
    1.1.1 Locate dog
    1.1.2 Use appropriate command
  1.2 Put on harness and leash
    1.2.1 Grab harness
      1.2.1.1 Loosen harness
      1.2.1.2 Lift over head
      1.2.1.3 Secure in place

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Reading Responses: HTML & CSS Chapters 1 &2

1. On a website, what is the purpose of HTML code?

HTML provides structure to a webpage

2. What is the difference between an element and a tag?

Element is comprised of the opening and closing tags and the content between them. Tags tell you about the information between them. However, the terms are often used interchangeably.

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Gear Up Pre-Work

Turing Culture: Developing Empathetic Programmers

Directions: Submit your Gear Up Pre-Work reflections on the pre-work google doc.

Our mission is to unlock human potential by training a diverse, inclusive student body to succeed in high-fulfillment technical careers.

Why Empathy?

• Interpersonal skills (including empathy) have a direct, significant impact on your professional success.
• Empathy is a foundational interpersonal skill. Other skills, such as collaboration, communication, compromise all hinge on your ability to demonstrate empathy.

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What is your greatest strength and how do you know?

According to the survey results, my greatest strength is entrepreneurialism. I can spot potential and opportunities that can benefit me and people at large, especially when I am able to bounce ideas off of other people. Per the description, I am creative and good at forming connections, good at problem solving, and have a good degree of curiosity. This honestly surprises me, I would never have cnonsidered myself to be entrepreneurial.

How do you work best?

I work best in a collaborative, supportive environment. In addition, I am comfortable taking on a leadership role if I know other people are looking to me to do so; otherwise, I am happy to be a team player. In addition, I work hard to accomplish tasks but benefit from time away to refresh myself. While I can be self-motivated, at other times I require an external push to accomplish what I need to do.

What is your greatest area of improvement?