Learn To Code

Where are all the walkthroughs??

This blog is a little delayed, however two weeks ago Makers deviated from their original course syllabus (Angular introduction) to try an alternative approach, whereby they removed all walkthrough’s and solutions, instead setting us some broad brush objectives to see how…

Wellbeing, self induced pressure and stress

I am changing the format of how I write my blogs to focus on just one thought, or one idea for the day. The thought will be undetermined and will arise from what I am feeling that particular day, what we covered in class from a technical perspective, or…

Day 8. Makers Academy. Bank Holiday Monday!

Although Makers Academy was officially ‘stood down’ for the bank holiday, this didn’t stop the work and with predictable accuracy and timeliness, an email come through on Sunday night, detailing our pair partners for the following day.

Day 3. Makers Academy. RSpec Exception Issues.

OK, so today has been hard as I had to return to Bristol for a hospital appointment, and simply being away for just one day really effects what you can learn and I do not recommend anyone misses a day if they can help it! Although I can see…

Day 2. Makers Academy. Main Course. Feature Testing & Unit Testing.

I feel exhausted! I feel as though I have been away for almost a week and it is only day 2! It has been a long time since I have been challenged to this extent academically for a while now. Yes, PRINCE 2 and APMP…

Day 1 — Makers Academy Main Course. Introductions.

I arrived in London last night and settled into my accommodation near Regents Park. I didn’t get the best of sleeps due to it being unfamiliar, a nervousness about starting and a god damn awful bed!

Day 27. Pre-course. Learning Objectives. Final Study.

Day 14. Pre-course. End of week 2.

This week has been tough! I followed through the session 2 video tutorials from ruby-kickstart and read the course notes, however the challenges range from ‘show how to initialize an object’ to suddenly asking you to code an entire program. I do not feel as though the…