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Agile & Feedback Reflection Guidelines

In interviews, you'll be asked about how you approach working in projects, and being able to describe how you utilize agile processes is a great way to help you stand out as a junior developer candidate. This reflection is meant to help you develop this skill.

With that in mind, please answer the following questions in your own gist about your group project:

1. What have you learned about the use of agile vs. waterfall in software projects?

• I've learned the importance of utilzing agile processes so that your products can grow organically and so that they're responsive to the users at hand.
• Waterfall should only be used if testing infeasible, too expensive, or dangerous (i.e. space-x).

2. How did you and your group approach project management in this project (what tools did you use, how did you hold each other accountable, etc.)?

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Template for DTR Memo
Project:

Group Member Names: Whitney Burton & Sally Haefling

Project Expectations: What does each group member hope to get out of this project?
  Confidence with JavaScript through more repetition 
  Learning how to work best with a partner, utilizing each others strengths
  More experience with UI 

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Project Title

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Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.

Prerequisites

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Turing Professional Development Pre-Work

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Developing Mindsets to Succeed

Mindsets to become a successful programmer:

• Agency: Taking initiative and ownership over your learning and work
• Empathy: Understanding and sharing others' emotions in order to relate to them
• Engagement: Active participation in community
• Grit: A combination of perseverance and passion
• Growth: A belief that your abilities can be developed through dedication, hard work, and resiliency

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Day 1

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Gear Up

What role does empathy play in your life and how has it helped you?

• I have valued empathy since I was young, and I believe that it's a large part of why I went into teaching. Often times I naturally am able to put myself into children and families shoes, and that lead me to create very meaningful connections with students/families that were going through big transitions with their child being in special education. Overall, empathy is an important part of who I am and it has helped me be successful in a variety of work environments from teaching to being a barista.

How does empathy help you build better software?

• Empathy will help me build better software because it is an integral piece of the entire creation process. Modern programming is a collaborative process with many people involved, therefore it's incredibly important for me to be empathetic towards each teammate in order to best understand and utilize their ideas and suggestions. Empathy will also allow me to foster mea

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Day 1: Computer Setup, HTML, and Gear Up

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HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites (Chapters 1: Structure, 2: Text)

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

• HTML code is what describes the structure of websites. It creates the rules for the text and organization of the page.

What is the difference between an element and a tag?

• Tags are the opening and closing containers with information about what is within them, while elements are technically the opening tag, closing tag, and the content within them. They are often used interchangably.

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Whitney Burton

They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.
Dinos Christianopoulos

Weaving skills gained from teaching children with disabilities and education as a whole with a passion for learning to code. Deeply inspired and motivated by the Women in Tech movement.

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