Track 3 Timeline
First Day!
Met the Cohort.
Met the instructors and cohort.
We had an icebreaker exercise to build a ping pong rollercoaster out of paper and straws.
Leadership.
What makes a great leader? with Jeff Frey.
We shared our real life superpowers. Mine is I have an amazing memory.
We did self SWOT analysis.
World Wide Web.
What do we know about the web?
We learned different ways to serve a static site.
Worked in groups to research and present web protocols, web servers and browser security.
What do programmers do?
Specifically in the entertainment industry.
We researched company job postings. What tech do they use?
We presented as a group a unique game idea.
Disney Tour!
Tour of broadcasting and main campus.
Listen to a presentation on what Disney does, learned about their hiring direction and process. Saw how shows are broadcasted and had lunch at the cafe.
Feb 1HTML.
Coding begins.
We learned about HTML semantics and their benefits.
Git codealong portfolio page.
CSS.
Intro to CSS.
Link CSS file into HTML. Selectors and Pseudo-classes.
Feb 5Advance Design.
Design concepts and advance CSS.
We learn about design concepts. Hierarchy and Typography. Responsive design. CSS grid and animation.
Feb 6JavaScript.
Tools Setup.
We set up tools such as ESLint, snippets. We went over data structures and discussed Javascript in general.
Got some code practice with pair programming JS Cardio.
JavaScript cont.
Create Connect Four App.
We began creating a Connect Four application using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Feb 8Consulting 101
Met Julie.
We practice presentations. Learned about Storytelling and Professionalism. Learned some consulting terms as well.
Feb 11Time Management
Real world experience in time management.
We learned the importance of time management and asking questions through an exercise. We had to research one of four companies working in small groups to present to each other. The only guideline was that it was a 15-20min presentation to executives at the business and Talent Path. We had to include an overview, market segment, competition and opportunities for partnership.
Feb 12 - Feb 13The Genuent Team!
Met Candice and Mackeever.
We met the Genuent team that supports Talent Path. Candice works with corporate partners. Mackeever manages the region.
We practiced asking questions.
What is Agile?
Agile as SCRUM and Kanban.
We learned about the agile process. We were introduced to Github projects to implement Agile.
We also met Ryan Craig.
Finish Connect Four.
Modularity and Local Storage.
Click image to play Connect Four.
Built with HTML, CSS, JS and hosted on Netlify.
Web Components.
Getting React-y.
We learned about web components in vanilla JS which helps make code modular.
We did a codealong to create a WYSIWYG editor.
Learned Andrew ❤s Wes Bos.
Project Pitches.
Movie tinder?
Click image to see presentation on Venngage.
We continued pair coding web components.
Pitched our project ideas. I presented an idea for a movie matchmaker.
Team YaMovie!
Project work.
We met with our group and organized our projects on Github. Our team decided to rotate SCRUM master each week. Sam was appointed Github manager/documenter. Developed our branding.
Feb 21 - Feb 22Node and Asynchronous JS.
Callback, Promises, Async/Await.
We learned about callbacks, promises, and async/await by refactoring code. Callbacks are the old way to do things, promises are good but async/await is life-changing.
Feb 25 - Feb 26Express.
Restful API, HTTP verbs, CRUD.
Learned Express used with Node. We learned semantic API designs and how HTTP verbs correlate to a CRUD operation.
Feb 27Project Presentations.
First sprint completed.
We completed our first sprint working for a few hours each day. By this week, we had our branding: logo, color palette, and Lloyd. Our working application included the home, browse and about page.
Mar 1Consuming APIs.
Message board app.
We practiced consuming APIs with a message board application. We hosted the comments on Heroku to be consumed.
Mar 4React.
Postie codealong.
First day of React. We covered React basics, such as state, props, actions up/data down, and immutability.
Started Postie, a single page application with users and posts.
Pokemon Teambuilder.
Extreme programming.
Click image to check out the app on Netlify.
Created an application to build a pokemon team of 6. Using the PokeAPI hosted database on Firebase. React, Node and Express.
Routing.
Postie routes.
Implemented React router in our Postie applications. Created routes for all posts, a single post, and users.
Mar 11React cont.
PropTypes and Firebase.
We learned about PropTypes for React and benefits. PropTypes provide extra checks.
We also learned how to store our data on Google Firebase.
Blizzard Tour.
Main campus, StarCraft, and tools.
We had a presentation from the tools team on some of the application they created. We also got a look at what game teams do.
Mar 15Redux.
Trello World.
We created a Trello clone and implemented redux for state management.
Mar 20 - Mar 21Volunteering.
Food Bank.
We volunteered at the LA food bank. We assembled 2445 packages for children and the elderly.
Mar 22MongoDB.
Atlas, Compass and Mongoose.
We setup to use MongoDB with Atlas and Compass. Atlas is a cloud database and Compass provides us a way to interact with our database. Hooked up our application to Mongo database with Mongoose.
Mar 26MotorTrend.
First client presentation.
We created a commercial product pitch for MotorTrend. A c.A.R. Spotter app.
We met with MotorTrend and shared what we have been working on.
Authentication.
JSON web tokens.
We created user login in our message board app. We encrypted user passwords to be stored in our database. We used passport middleware to issue JSON tokens.
Apr 2Cornerstone on Demand.
Cornerstone visit.
We presented our application to Cornerstone on Demand and recieved feedback. They shared what other positions available besides software engineers such as project managers and designers.
Apr 3Sysco.
Sysco came out from Texas to visit.
We had a visit from Sysco and we were able to share our presentation. They provided feedback, told us about the company, shared their experiences and what it is like to work there.
Apr 8Interview Prep.
Code challenges and mock interviews.
We worked on various code challenges and mock interviews that covered computer science fundamentals.
We did one on one code reviews with Andrew.
Magenic.
Magenic visited.
We had a visitor from Magenic that shared what their company does. We shared our presentation and recieved feedback.
Apr 15Graduation.
Beta launch of YaMovie.
Click image to check out YaMovie.
Last day of training!
We presented full working version of our application we have been working on over the last few weeks.