JavaScript30, and Hello!
Hi there!
I am a little baby coder and I’m here to share and practice articulating my learning process… with all of you. Whoever you may be!
A teensy bit of backstory: I have a Bachelor of Music degree in music theater, and worked in that world for four years after my degree. ’Twas a good stint treading the boards. Post-performing, I worked in education and the mental/behavioral healthcare field. Now I’m learning to code with the intention of working as a front-end developer!
Thanks to the Ladybug Podcast (excellent pod for tech newbies like myself, I highly recommend!), I heard about a free learning project called JavaScript30. You follow along with a spunky Canadian named Wes Bos, as he walks you through the JavaScript components of web projects you simply don’t understand and struggle to imagine yourself ever comprehending!!! Ahem. Yet.
I am going to document my JavaScript30 challenge here in the following format: bits and blindspots.
Bits: little nuggets of information I’m taking away from the project that I want to commit to my long term memory.
Blindspots: what I know I don’t know at the end of each project.
My philosophy is that isolating and articulating both the bits and blindspots of each exercise will help me learn how to talk about JavaScript, as well as maintain a growth mindset as I live in “the power of yet”... all cred goes to you, Carol:
Logistics: I’m aiming for one project a day, Monday — Friday. I scream into the void: I am making a public commitment to this project!!!
Thanks for reading to the end, and if you made it this far without watching the TED Talk… it’s time for your lunch break, and I think you know what to do.
Warmly,
Clare
