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December 12, 2017

Proficiency in unfamiliar, non-trivial technologies

Thursday, December 12th, 2017 Add a feature and fix a bug in an unfamiliar environmentFor this example I will use my swift unfamiliar repohttps://github.com/prdesignwork/swift-unfamiliar-environmentIn the objectives […]
December 11, 2017

Defend technical choices in a project to a non-technical

Monday, December 11th, 2017 React Native will rock your mobile world!Are you considering a cross-platform mobile app?Do you have an idea, you’re ready to get going […]
December 7, 2017

Applying Agile Principles

Thursday, December 7th, 2017 Applying Agile Principles to RoofstopsDuring quarter 3 projects, my group created Roofstops.We valued everyones input, and split the app by user stories […]
December 4, 2017

Model data for an application using ERDs

Monday, December 4th, 2017 Use the Yelp API rooftop bar data, or build your own API, that was the question?The Yelp Fusion API was a big […]
November 30, 2017

Participate in code reviews

Friday, November 30th, 2017 Participate in code reviewsFor this Mastery, I reviewed Andy’s Angular InboxURL: https://andfwas-ng-mail-f11e1.firebaseapp.com/REPO: https://github.com/andfwas/ng-mail and he reviewed my Angular InboxURL: https://ang-inbox.firebaseapp.com/REPO: https://github.com/prdesignwork/ng-inboxIt was very interesting to review […]
November 21, 2017

Discuss MVC and related Architectural Patterns

Tuesday, November 21st, 2017 Classical MVCModel, View, ControllerIt is an application architectural pattern splitting the Model, the View (what the user sees), and controller into individual […]
November 17, 2017

Identify and use libraries for software projects

Friday, November 17th, 2017 Identify and use libraries for software projectsFor this example we will be looking at Kelsey’s Galvanize Games, she used express, path, serve-favicon, […]
November 10, 2017

Serve data to clients from a server

Friday, November 10th, 2017 Given data, return it to a client.For this example we will be looking at my Galvanize Reads.URL: https://tech-books.herokuapp.com/REPO: https://github.com/prdesignwork/galvanize-readsAfter looking at the needed inputs […]
November 9, 2017

Manage a database with migrations and seeds

Thursday, November 9th, 2017 Given some data and an ERD, write the migrations and seeds to execute it.For this example, I will use my Galvanize Brewshttps://github.com/prdesignwork/galvanize-brewsWe […]
November 1, 2017

Set complex goals

Wednesday, November 1st, 2017Set a month-long goal, create sub goals, write a reflection of the process. Main Goal:Meditate for a minimum of 15 minutes, every morning. […]
October 31, 2017

Build a SPA that uses templates

Tuesday, October 31st, 2017 Build a SPA that uses templatesFor this example I will be using the Clique app.URL: https://ourclique.herokuapp.com/Repo: https://github.com/CLIQUEg64/CLIQUE Adding it to projectIn this example we […]
October 17, 2017

Issue pull-requests for open source software

Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 Github to Infinity, and beyondToday has been all Git with Teams, and avoiding Merge Conflicts.Taking things a bit further, and contributing to […]