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In Bootcamp The Nexus TV
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In Bootcamp podcast is about Matthew Petschl's experience at a local coding bootcamp and journey to software engineer, featuring Ryan Rampersad with industry commentary.
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In Bootcamp #0: The Week Before
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You can read about the University of Minnesota’s coding bootcamp here.
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In Bootcamp #1: The First Week
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Day 1 and 2
30 students in the class
Classmates – generally not computer savvy
Little to no pre work done on average
Not an actual professor
Does this for fun
Works with React
Windows was not needed at all
Industry misconceptions
“Java isn’t used much now”
No work ahead work
3 group projects
Weekend Class
Couldn’t settle down; was thinking about work the whole time
Plenty of time on Tuesday/Thursday to unwind before the class
60 people in the Saturday class!
Class lectures are broken up with little exercises; keeps you engaged
Some of these were refreshers
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In Bootcamp #2: Off the Grid
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* Martin Luther King day; no class to keep in sync with the other section missing their class
* The professor has been making enquiries about our plans
* Others were taking the course to get better employment options directly,
* On the first night, I said just for fun, so… what’s up with the questions?
* Bootstrap
* Using Bootstrap 4 and learning Flexbox with bootstrap grids
* CSS
Nth selector
* Not
* Focus
* Learning about accessibilityDigital Accessibility | JavaScript MN
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In Bootcamp #3: Rock Paper Scissors
It’s cold here in Minnesota
End of week 3
CSS Media Queries
Bootstrap
JavaScript
Starting with Boolean, strings and numbers
Syntax error : write a for loop
jQuery
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In Bootcamp #4: Catch Em All
No class this week because of awful weather or snow
JavaScript
Last week: ifs and loops
Functions and objects
And Dom manipulation and jQuery
jQuery is it an industry standard in 2019 and beyond
Weird expectations? Learn nothing new…
Struggled with the homework, still got an A
Development tools in chrome
Pokemon hangman game!
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In Bootcamp #5: Brand Statement
Turned in the Pokemon Game
Bootstrap
jQuery
Thursday – Review day
Waste of time
Talk to your neighbors until they know JavaScript…?
Beginning to start working on your brand?
Working on the resume and
Planning for interviewing
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