In Bootcamp #0: The Week Before
On the traditional zeroth episode, Matt and Ryan discuss Matt's entry in the University of Minnesota's coding bootcamp, and why he is going through with it and what he has done. Episode Summary You can...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #1: The First Week
Matt begins bootcamp, meeting the professor, meeting his peers and finding his flow in class. Episode Summary Day 1 and 2 30 students in the class Classmates – generally not computer savvy Little to no...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #2: Off the Grid
MLK Day changes the class schedule up a little. Episode Summary Martin Luther King day; no class to keep in sync with the other section missing their class The professor has been making enquiries about...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #3: Rock Paper Scissors
Matt and Ryan discuss week 3: a wrap up of CSS with bootstrap, the beginning of JavaScript with everyone's favorite project - Rock Paper Scissors! It’s cold here in Minnesota End of week 3 CSS Media...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #4: Catch Em All
Matt continues his journey into JavaScript: functions, objects, the DOM and even jQuery, plus Matt finds a way to include his favorite Pokemon into an assignment. No class this week because of awful...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #5: Brand Statement
Matt begins working on his brand statement, finds and fixes some bugs, and learns quirks of jQuery while Ryan finds out that while the Bootcamp class has "career services" they are optional. Turned in...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #6: AJAX and APIs
Matt feels the bootcamp picking up speed by learning AJAX and using his first APIs, plus Ryan explains the secret to a cleaner GitHub and finally Matt works on his "brand". Homework Value in a...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #7: HackerX
Matt learns more about APIs, cookies, local storage, prepares for the upcoming group project and attends the legendary HackerX event! Class topics JavaScript, more on APIs Weather API; API keys Cookies...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #8: Group Project 1
Matt begins the first Group Project in bootcamp and learns ideation is the hardest part to start, recounts the first HackerX feedback and asks questions about "breaks" at work. Firebase Pricing Many...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #9: Interview Day
Matt's class has a break during the group project, then he tries the interview process for the first time and learns a lot about the process and himself. Classwork New material is sort of on pause?...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #10: Beginning Node
Matt learns Node, reflects on Group Project 1 and follows up from Interview Day, a chat on Open Source North! Learning… Node right now! Mostly everyone had it installed No “server” stuff right now, but...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #11: Node Continued
Matt continues learning Node, and practices new JavaScript techniques with Constructors. Node npm Practicing using JavaScript in node with axios, mapquest api and weatherjs Nested code; callbacks...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #12: Half Way
Matt finally reaches halfway in the Bootcamp, and kicks off MySQL with Workbench, using Mamp and Xampp, and later, Ryan shares a recent mini-job experience related to the bootcamp. MySql Workbench Mamp...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #13: So SQL
Matt continues learning SQL, experimenting with larger data sets, using JOINs and complex SELECTs, and he begins learning the Node API to create servers. SQL Actually using larger data sets JOINs and...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #14: Handlebars
Matt's class continues with MySQL and adds Express into the mix and begins serving dynamically created HTML content with Handlebars. Plus, Matt gets the OK to use Linux in class - against his earlier...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #15: Sequelize
Matt has installed the latest Ubuntu on his laptop, gets sick, learns why MySQL is weird and what ORMs are. Ubuntu 19.10 is out Sick, did not go to class Problems MySQL installation DBeaver Workbench...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #16: Tools and Tricks
Matt's class takes a break from programming material, focuses on tools and tricks alongside the group project. Refreshing on Sequelize Group Project 2 begins Idea: D&D character stats and inventory...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #17: Maximum Development Efficiency
Matt's second group project continues and the tasks begin building up; plus Matt gets his first unsolicited recruiter contact! In Class Unit tests Endpoint testing Chai, mocha Group Project 2 5 days...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #18: Mongo
Matt finishes Group Project 2 and learns a lot about scope, communications and capabilities, and continues learning Mongo and NoSQL. Mongodb & Robo Mongo No defined shape, you can do anything...
View ArticleIn Bootcamp #19: Open Source North
Matt continues with MongoDB in class, and outside of class he attends his first conference - Open Source North - meets new friends and even gets his own invitation to the legendary HackerX. Two class...
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