Preparing for Fundamentals

This private repo is where you do your work and you and your instructor can communicate about it.

Prep Skills

Fill in the blanks and mark off these as you do them by adding an x between the brackets:

• Create: Gmail.com Address

  • My Gmail address is "smlucas13@gmail.com".
  • My most important password of all is my email password.
  • I made sure to set my password.

• Agree: Read, A Lot

  • The most important skill of a developer is read.
  • I agree to read a lot.

• Join: Mailing List

  • I have signed myself and my parents to the mailing list.
  • Emails from the mailing list come to the promotions folder.
  • SkilStak newsletters are sent every month.

• Complete: Markdown Tutorial

  • I have completed the markdown tutorial.

• Attain: 24 WPM on TypingTest.com

  • The second most important skill of a developer is typing.
  • I type 36 words per minute.

• Show: How to Use Chrome Incognito

  • You should always use Incognito because you might mess up the students before and after you.

• Explain: Core Offerings

  • Everyone starts SkilStak™ in prep.
  • To get into the Project course I have to certify.
  • To get into Pro I have to be invited.
  • Pro is good socialization practice.
  • True or false, Yoga is a technical skill: false
  • YouTube and blogging are taught in NewMedia.
  • In which course could I learn Swift programming? custom projects
  • I understand core offerings.

• Pick: Technology Path

  • python leads to Engineering and Linux focus categories.
  • web leads to Web and Apps focus categories.
  • web lead to Data and Languages focus categories.
  • I declare my technology path to be web.

• Join: Slack Chat Room

  • My Slack chat room web address is smlucas13@gmail.com.
  • I will check slack at least 1 every day.

• Create: GitHub.com Account

  • My GitHub account is smlucas13.
  • True or false, I can change my GitHub name anytime? true.
  • My account name does not have caps/numbers/symbols in it.

• Edit: File with GitHub

  • I put the text file into this work repo.

• Create: Individual Development Plan

  • I have completed by perseverence.
  • The most important quality of a good goal to me is the challange.

• Create: First Github Issue

  • The name of my issue on this repo is spelling issues.
  • Issues are a great way to fix/debug.

• Create: Custom Issue Label

  • Custom labels are good because easy to track and remmember.
  • I created custom labels called bug, spelling, grammar.

• Sign: Student Pledge

  • I solemnly swear to be nice.
  • If I break the pledge I can get a strike.

• Create: First Web Site

  • The URL to my first web site is skilstak.sh:8041.

• Create: CodeCombat.com Account(s)

  • The email for Python is smlucas13@gmail.com.
  • The email for JavaScript is smlucas13+js@gmail.com.
  • I need to get into the forest to move out of Prep.
  • I need to get into the mountain to apply for Certification.

• Know: Your Web Sites

  • My location name is cornelius.
  • The web site for my location is cornelius.
  • The web site for SkilStak™ is skilstak.io.
  • I can lookup shortcuts from shortcuts.skilstak.io.
  • My personal web site address is skilstak.sh:8041.

• Remember: Passwords!

  • If I keep trying my GitHub password I risk locking out the entire class.
  • The most important password to remember is gmail.
  • My strategy for remember my password is list.

• Explain: Communications

  • The phone number for my location is 704-310-6778.
  • The email for my location is conelius@skilstak.com
  • The street address for my location is SkilStak Coding Arts - Cornelius, 21347 Catawba Avenue, Cornelius, NC 28031
  • The main SkilStak™ phone is 704-310-6778.
  • My emergency contact phone is ______ (not my own).
  • My emergency contact email is tracie@lucasemail.com (not my own).
  • If I have an emergency and need to contact you I should text.
  • If I want to schedule a makeup I should email.
  • If I have a question about codecombat I should slack.
  • True or false, when I can’t come my parents should email? false the student should.
  • The best place to find videos and photos of my location is skilstak.io.

• Explain: Policies

  • Officially there are no refunds.
  • My Mom and Dad can watch a class if they ask a week ahead.
  • If I refer a friend I get % off next semester’s cost.
  • I can get 5% off next semester for referring a friend.
  • I can get a strike for destruction of property, Violation of Privacy, Information Theft or more.
  • True of false, SkilStak™ can stop me from coming to any SkilStak™ for any reason they deem necessary without a refund. T
  • The most important factor in learning to code is commitment.
  • I can only make up 2 missed classes in a row.
  • The minimum number of students to not cancel a course is 4.

• **Explain: What is just-in-time learning?

  • Just in time learning is the most important skill to learn is how to learn, often just in time to make the deadline. When combined with a solid foundation in logical thinking and creative problem solving just-in-time learning allows those in IT to quickly digest any relevant technology, understand it, and apply it productively.

• Explain: What is coding?

  • Coding is coding is not programming
  • Programming is programming is coding
  • Computer science is the study of the principles and use of computers.
  • True or False: HTML is a programming language. f
  • One language with code that is not programming is html.

• Explain: What is organic learning?

  • Organic means natural from nature
  • Learning should be tailored to fit the student.

• Explain: Which computer should I get?

  • Microsoft lacks a commmand line.
  • Apple became preferred by developers when This is not Linux but feels very much like it, which is why command line developers and good system administrators prefer it.
  • Linux is based on the extremely powerful command line

• Show: Screenshot

  • To make a screenshot of a region on Mac press command shift 4.
  • To make animated GIFs on Mac use giffy capture.

• Show: Drag a File into a Repo

  • I uploaded mage, pdf, etcto this repo using drag-n-drop.

• Show: Login with Mac Terminal

  • I can get the files to solarize my terminal from SFTP-SSH
  • I can increase the font size of my terminal with ⌘ + +/- to Increase/Decrease Font Size
  • I can full screen my terminal with ⌘ + crtl + f to Full Screen

• Show: Login with CodeAnywhere.com

  • CodeAnywhere is not blocked if ssh is blocked.
  • True or false: CodeAnywhere is great for professionals. f
  • CodeAnywhere is more than terminal.

• Show: Bash and VIM Essentials

  • To make a new file without opening it use vi.
  • To make a file runnable use mv.
  • The first line of a Python file should be #!/usr/bin/env python3.
  • When I forgot a Bash command I should help.

• Show: Basic Math

  • Programming came from math.
  • x = 2y + 3 is an example of algebra.
  • In programming x is horizantal and y is vertical.

• Attain: Forest in CodeCombat.com

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• Configure: GitHub Keys

  • Keys are like GitHub keys are sort of like a master magic message decoder ring and a bunch of rings you could give others to communicate with you secretly.
  • The command to create new key pair is . ssh-keygen
  • I can test connecting to GitHub with gitclone.

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