Intermediate Last Day Notes

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Intermediate Q2 Last Day Notes

Now that you've learned JavaScript, it's time to learn ....

more JavaScript

• Watch Javascript: Understanding the Weird Parts (you can always find it for like $10, use the Honey extension for Chrome)
• Watch the YouTube channel funfunfunction
• Learn about l33t features like async / await, Promises, Higher-Order Functions & "Composition over Inheritance"

Programming Fundamentals

• codewars.com
• Google "euler project"
• zac's big ol' textbook repo

Basic Algorithms

• Sorting (Merge Sort, Bubble Sort)
• Searching (Linear Search, Binary Search, Interpolation Search)
• See the Introduction to Algorithms in the repo I linked to above, as well as Cracking the Coding Interview
• Practice every day
  • If you don't think you have time, you probably do. Even just 20 minutes - an hour is enough to keep you from getting rusty.

(☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞ Learn Vim (and a little bit of Emacs)

• ☞ Seriously
  • ☞ Just
    • ☞ Do it
      • ☞ (Read the bottom of this post)

Contribute to Open Source

• Even if you can't fix the code, write some documentation!

Mess with Linux to learn more about how your Operating System works (or at least know that Linux is a thing).

macOS is a proprietary BSD-based kernel (which is a neckbeard way of saying it's a lot like Linux - 90% of what you learn on the *nix command line will transfer over.) It becomes a little more important after Advanced: lots of employers are using Linux Container services like Docker or Kubernetes.

• Try installing Solus, Suse or Ubuntu on a spare laptop or computer. just mess around with it, try using the included package manager, figure out how to build a package from source.
• Unix tutorial here

Treat your body well

• Take breaks for exercise
• Eat the best food you can afford (fresh leafy greens, local meat, eggs + dairy, oily fish)