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Final Week!! Day 1 - The final week begins. We continued with our tickets, we were working on being able to click on a particular film title/image and being taken to a separate page where it displays a lot more information about the film. This took a while as I…

Final Project! Day 1 - A sense of disbelief had filled me on Sunday as I sat down to prepare for the following week. Time had dissipated quickly and final project weeks had arrived. It seemed strange; there was sense that it was long ago we watched the older cohorts’project…

I haven’t written a blog post in quite a while, and I completely apologise for that. …

A lot. In 2019 I became signed off from work for 2 months, during which time I found one of many 'how to make a game in Unity' tutorials. …

Week 8 - Facebook clone using the MERN stack and some pre-written code. MERN — MongoDB, Express, React and Node. We were familiar with Node.js and MongoDB was just a NoSQL database, but the other 2 technologies were new for most of us. Day 1 - Day 1 started with…

Javascript Web Frontend Applications The previous week of Javascript focused on using on our local machine-using node, this week we take it up a notch and start engaging with the frontend of a web app using JS. Day 1 - We began the day with our peer group session, discussing…

Today’s the third day of the full time course at makers, we’re learning about testing with RSpec, and TDD (test driven development). Meanwhile, I’m going to explain how I got here, so don’t worry if you’re reading this wanting some perspective and clarity on what you’re to expect. …

A short bullet point summary of my week 1 Makers experience Week 1 Summary — Four Pillars of the Golden Square Test Driven Development (TDD) Object-Oriented Design (OOD) Debugging Pairing Day One Met most of the cohort in person, felt like a unique experience as the usual makers office space was moving location. Everyone proved to be as friendly as anticipated and…

This is a re-post of a blog originally written by Makers Academy Tech recruitment has never been harder, which might come as little surprise since ‘software engineer’ is officially the world’s most in-demand profession. …