Weeks 11-13, What I’ve Learned

I really appreciated the break we had during week 12, it was a nice pause from the rigor of academia. During Week 11, I worked with the class to build the Sacramento Writer’s Group website. It was a good practice to reinforce what I have learned about media queries.

During Spring Break, I studied Java, as it has been something on my to-do list for quite some time. For my learning material, I used Sams Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours (ISBN 0672337940 ). I wish I could have learned it in 24 hrs, but realistically, I got to maybe chapter 15 (aka ‘hour 15’) of chapter 24. But I do feel I learned a lot, especially with my overall understanding of programming in general. I feel it will help me with my web-related work or design, and if it doesn’t, it was a nice way to satisfy my need for a challenge.

During Week 13, we finally (finally!☺) got around to learning how to use Git and GitHub. I think it’s amazing that GitHub will save your work in case you make a mistake, so that you are able to go back to it, and restore lost work.

Week 10 – Journal Entry

I got to learn 2 new things this week, GitHub and designing with angles. I’ve been wondering how to design a website with angles displayed in the background. I’ve been trying to figure it out on my own but wasn’t haven’t much luck. Thankfully several other people in class wanted to know how to do it was well, so Bill graciously throw that assignment into weekly assignment. Now I know how to design with angels! =)

Another cool thing I learned this week was GitHub. I have heard of the name GitHub before but had no idea what they did. I didn’t realize that it was a repository for websites so that multiple users could work on the same website. I never gave it much thought but it totally makes sense to have that available. Now I can say that I know how to use GitHub too! Learning so much from this class! =)