TIY-Durham/2016-SPRING-FEE

00--Byron Wall

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byrondevonwall commented
  • 1. Learning about Learning
  • 2. GitHub-ing to Know You
  • 3. You've Got Issues
    • Created a new WIP Issue
    • Named it 00 -- YOUR NAME (where YOUR NAME is your name)
    • Made this checklist the description of your WIP Issue
    • Started checking off boxes... 😲
    • 3a. Answered all those many questions in comments
  • 4. INSTALLFEST!
  • 4b. Prezto Change-oh!
    • Found and forked the Prezto project on GitHub
    • Cloned your fork of Prezto into your home directory
    • Linked all the dotfiles into your home directory
    • Confirmed operation!
    • Edited .zpreztorc to add modules
    • Added a screenshot to your WIP Issue
byrondevonwall commented
  • What is the best way to ask a question?

Directly. Email, slack, in class.

  • How can you explicitly schedule time with your instructor to review a problem?

Ask them. Calendly(?).

  • Are there any other times that we're available?

Lab. Scheduled office hours. Outside of lab when previously scheduled.

  • What are the three possible grades applied to every assignment? What do they mean?

Red: work is 'difficult or impossible to evaluate' because it was not turned in correctly.
Orange: Conceptually or functionally incomplete. Doesn't meet learning objectives.
Green: "Your work was submitted correctly, includes all the expected pieces, and demonstrates satisfactory understanding of the key concepts and learning objectives."

  • What is the link to your GitHub profile? Your profile image?

https://github.com/byrondevonwall
https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/16740082?v=3&s=96

  • In what week do we plan to review material?

Week 6

  • At what time does class begin? Is attendance mandatory?

9AM. Attendance is mandatory.

  • After what amount of time are you counted late?

No specific amount of time was enumerated in the student bulletin, so I assume 'any time after nine without having contacted the instructor previously'.

  • When are you counted absent? Does that matter?

If you do not show up to a lecture or are tardy more than twice in one week. More than 4 absences means that you are unable to continue on the program.

  • What is the most common kind of mistake in programming?

Overall: not defining scope properly
Day-to-day: syntax errors.

  • What are some strategies you can use to work through a difficult problem?

Take some time and get back to it. Research different aspects of the problem. Cut the problem into smaller pieces and then solve those pieces discretely.

  • What exactly is the ⌥ key, anyway?

option

  • What do you think will be the biggest barrier to your success in this class?

Becoming overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information I will be required to ingest, or at least feeling that I've mastered that knowledge.

  • How can you identify with the Growth and Fixed Mindsets? In what areas do you feel fixed? Where do you see the most potential for growth?

I like to think of myself as generally in a 'growth' mindset, but can definitely see some 'fixed' patterns in my life.

  • Do you consider yourself a top-down or bottom-up thinker and why?

Both.

  • What do you think about your "learning style" and the debate about their validity? Which would you categorize yourself as and why?

I think that learning styles are an interesting way to approach teaching certain subjects, but that ultimately everyone incorporates each learning style into their personal epistemological practice. If I had to choose one particular style that helps me make knowledge 'stick', it would have to be the reading/writing style.

byrondevonwall commented

app store screenshots:
atom copy
chrome copy
dash copy
slack copy
sourcetree copy

byrondevonwall commented

brew screenshot:
brew list copy

@al-the-x @kellymurray during the git configuration stages, executing
"git config --global core.editor "atom -w"
returned an error "atom -w: atom: command not found".
This was resolved by not including the '-w' flag.
Also, the prezto instructions seem to be incomplete.

byrondevonwall commented

prezto screenshot:
prezto copy

al-the-x commented

during the git configuration stages, executing
"git config --global core.editor "atom -w"
returned an error "atom -w: atom: command not found".

Can you include the output of the command which atom in a comment, please?

byrondevonwall commented

which atom copy

Hey, while I'm at it...saving work in codepen. Ive finished the codecademy javascript course. How much of the work from that course do you want saved? Each individual step? Each end of chapter exercise? The final exercise? Thanks!

al-the-x commented

Maybe it's the use of quotes? The command should appear as follows:

git config core.editor "atom -w"

Note my use of quotations. Try that?

al-the-x commented

Sorry for accidentally closing this, BTW. Fat fingers.

byrondevonwall commented

Perhaps it was the quotes. I just ran

git config --global core.editor "atom -w"

with no problem.

I don't have the input or output for my original issue, so I'll just settle for it working now. Thanks for the help/attention!