Day — 6: Project 1: Rock. Paper. Scissors.

My brother-in-law, Matthew Dubroff, is the man. He knows Tai Chi. He made and continues to make a big impression on me. There’s even a Facebook group his students have started; it explains to some degree why he is an inspiration. Anyhow, there’s a lot to…

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Ron Kagan

Jul 22, 2018

Day 5 — Scope

Whoever wrote the instructions that go with this unit over at Codecademy either:
A) has a bit of the poet in him or herself;
or
B) the subject itself just lends itself to such poetry.
Although I suppose too it can be both. Seriously read this:

Ron Kagan

Jul 21, 2018

Day 4 — Functions

do not saw the air
too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently;

— Hamlet (3.2.4–5)

Being able to fathom alternate ways of doing things frustrates instructors and students alike. Case…

Ron Kagan

Jul 20, 2018

Day 3 — Continued

I Made a Magic Eight Ball!

What’s happening here?

You’re seeing Git Bash (for Windows) run a JavaScript file I’ve coded that works as a Magic Eight Ball.
The JavaScript file is below:

Ron Kagan

Jul 19, 2018

Day 3

The maddening-ness of required details continues, though, I am happy to report, they’ve not at all hindered what seems like a good deal of progress.

The instructions were to print to consolegoal not Goal…

Ron Kagan

Jul 15, 2018

Day 2

I made some mistakes that I’d like to tell you about because they’re embarrassing.

I wrote:

Console.log(IsInteger

Instead of:

Console.log(isInteger

Ron Kagan

Jul 15, 2018

Day 1

I am a classically trained actor who is now beginning to learn more about how to code in earnest. My workplace, Advisen, has agreed to underwrite my enrollment in Codecademy’s “Build Web APIs From Scratch”. It’s an awesome place to work. Check them out on Glassdoor.