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This #100DaysOfCode challenge was undertaken after completing the School of Code bootcamp and while looking for my first developer job.
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#100DaysOfCode Round 2, Day 1
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) September 19, 2022
Ok, here we officially go with Round 2 - hopefully "The One Where Simon Gets A Job". Spent time today updating my Github and LinkedIn profiles, and then continued with making my portfolio site CSS responsive.
#100DaysOfCode Round 2, Day 2
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) October 3, 2022
Been forgetting to post, but Friday was my first post-bootcamp Hackathon - great to get back to group-coding. We made my first npm package, which simplifies random num gen syntax and provides other randomization functionality! https://t.co/MnKT8Gni7Y
#100DaysOfCode Round 2, Day 3
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) October 12, 2022
Yesterday, @codedresser and I started a weekly codewars club (his great idea) - we’ll take turns suggesting a harder kata and then discuss our different solutions. A great way to get back into @codewars and tackle more complicated kata!
#100DaysOfCode Round 2, Day 4
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) October 12, 2022
Today I embarked on a redesign of my underwhelming (and unfinished) portfolio site. This to support an all-out assault on job applications I'll be embarking on for the coming weeks. Time to step it up! Recruiters beware! pic.twitter.com/cIKp4mLRqe
#100DaysOfCode Round 2, Days 5&6
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) October 14, 2022
Spent the last couple of days rejigging my portfolio site, particularly sorting out the responsiveness. Its been interesting getting to know another CSS library in Styled Components - found it enjoyable to use!
This #100DaysOfCode challenge was completed while attending the School of Code bootcamp
As I'm starting @theSchoolOfCode bootcamp on Monday, it's time to finally commit to my #100DaysOfCode
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) April 22, 2022
Day 1 is today - will report my progress later
Aaaand, it got late and I forgot to post 😬 - better late than never:
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) April 23, 2022
Day 1: Followed along with several youtube tutorials brushing up on the basics of Git, CSS, and JavaScript. #100DaysOfCode
Day 2: Went back through the basics on free Code Camp's JavaScript track. Wanted to make sure they're fresh in my mind for Monday's start @theSchoolOfCode #100daysofcode Rest day tomorrow
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) April 23, 2022
#100daysofcode Day 3
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) April 25, 2022
first day @theSchoolOfCode bootcamp. Eased us in by introducing the learning philosophy and what'll be happening over the coming weeks. Also completed two CSS practise games: CSS Diner and Flexbox Defense (https://t.co/Wh3c5JJmuZ)
#100daysofcode Day 4
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) April 26, 2022
Really good day @theSchoolOfCode - learned more about breaking down problems (websites) into smaller problems to tackle (elements). Also more practice with using Git, and a CSS challenge that eventually resulted in this koala pic.twitter.com/pUpnFGFuB0
#100daysofcode Day 5
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) April 27, 2022
Really enjoyed the intro to JavaScript @theSchoolOfCode Executed a bunch of JS exercises in Chrome console and VSCode that built upon each other, and explaining out loud to my partners helped cement things
#100daysofcode Day 6
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) April 28, 2022
Continued our intro to JavaScript @theSchoolOfCode
Gaining plenty more understanding of how to execute and utilise loops, objects and arrays. Also had a great session from a mindset development coach, v. helpful
#100daysofcode Day 7
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) April 29, 2022
Finished the first week @theSchoolOfCode with an all-day hackathon building a rock-paper-scissors game.
Pretty tired after a busy first week, but already feeling more confident and settled, and enjoying the challenges!
#100daysofcode Day 8
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 1, 2022
After a day off yesterday, I spent time today finishing this week's @theSchoolOfCode tasks, and extending our Rock-Paper-Scissors game from Friday's Hackathon to Lizard & Spock, incl. making the computer player cheat 🦾🤖
#100DaysOfCode Day 9
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 2, 2022
Completed some basic kata on @codewars to reach a 7kyu rating, and then watched a few videos of @TheMeahCat demoing how to approach these coding challenges. Def need to focus more on breaking down problems this week
#100DaysOfCode Day 10
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 3, 2022
Met some inspirational former @theSchoolOfCode bootcampers now working at @WiseSocial_ this morning.
Then introduced to interacting with the DOM using JS - practiced manipulating objects and creating event functions
#100DaysOfCode Day 11
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 4, 2022
Today @theSchoolOfCode introduced us to async functions and using them to interact with APIs. Had some practice fetching and manipulating data from a basic quotes api, and it seemed to work 🥳
#100DaysOfCode Day 12
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 5, 2022
Absolutely buzzing after a successful end to the day @theSchoolOfCode Made good progress with my partner on interacting with APIs and the DOM. Looking forward to tomorrow's Hackathon!
#100DaysOfCode Day 13
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 6, 2022
Another Friday, another hackathon @theSchoolOfCode
Really pleased with the little Pokemon guessing game my partner and I made. Still running into plenty of challenges, but really starting to get to groups with APIs, and enjoying it pic.twitter.com/G4yLMX2jab
#100DaysOfCode Day 14
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 8, 2022
Got down to this week's recap tasks from @theSchoolOfCode
They went well, but I concluded that I need to spend much more time with CSS - still pretty clueless
#100DaysOfCode Day 15 (yesterday)@theSchoolOfCode bootcamp took an unexpected turn away from coding this week, with an intro to UI/UX and Agile. Also enjoyed the frustrating https://t.co/KkppXxy7wr - effectively an eye test made by UX designers
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 10, 2022
#100DaysOfCode Day 16
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 10, 2022
Honestly had a frustrating day in our first delve into UX design thinking @theSchoolOfCode Brainstorming/ideas generation with time constraints is not my forte. Enjoyed capping off the day with a bit more CSS learning though
#100DaysOfCode Day 17
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 11, 2022
Fair to say I enjoyed digging into UI design much more than yesterday's UX brainstorming @theSchoolOfCode Miro and Figma are great tools. Also kept things up on the coding front with some further intro to CSS organisation
#100DaysOfCode Day 18
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 12, 2022
After a couple more great talks in the morning, we spent this afternoon @theSchoolOfCode looking at CSS flexbox and completing a UX challenge. All capped off with another great chat with my mentor @ProgrammerPiper
#100DaysOfCode Day 19
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 16, 2022
Friday's Hackathon @theSchoolOfCode had us making a landing page for a made-up business (ideation -> wireframes -> initial HTML/CSS). Really enjoyable process and got an impressive amount done.
#100DaysOfCode Day 20
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 16, 2022
Lacked time this wknd due to family celebration, but started applying Design Thinking to my own website yesterday. First two steps complete, and will now focus on Ideation and Prototyping before @theSchoolOfCode kicks off for another week today
#100DaysOfCode Day 21
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 16, 2022
100% back into coding @theSchoolOfCode today, with our first intro to back-end using Node.js. A few hiccups along the way, but got through the first workshop in one piece. Looking forward to a challenging week!
#100DaysOfCode Day 22
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 17, 2022
Got deeper into spinning up servers and interacting with them using node.js today @theSchoolOfCode Definitely required a lot of concentration, but having faith that all the pieces will come together as the week goes on.
#100DaysOfCode Day 23
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 18, 2022
Another intense day of backend basics @theSchoolOfCode incl. making routers and handling queries. It's definitely going in slowly. Credit to @codingbumblebee for her careful and patient explanations
#100DaysOfCode Day 24
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 19, 2022
Continued our intro to backend JS by looking at middleware in express, and using Postman to test post requests. Followed by a bit of research into HTTP and presentation practice. Exhausted! Great chat with @ProgrammerPiper to cap it all off tho
#100DaysOfCode Day 25
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 20, 2022
End of week 4 @theSchoolOfCode, and it's been a challenging one. Today's backend hackathon went great though, and I loved having the chance to help several other groups through it.
Massive thanks to @codedresser for being a great partner!
And just realised that on the same day that I'm a quarter of the way through @theSchoolOfCode, I'm also a quarter of the way through my first #100DaysOfCode challenge! Pleasing 🤝
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 20, 2022
#100DaysOfCode Day 26
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 22, 2022
Put in a proper shift today with the @theSchoolOfCode weekend tasks. Even found time to add a basic front-end to interact with my back-end API. It still has some quirks (e.g. can't delete data that has been replaced), but pretty damn happy with it! pic.twitter.com/7yb7qstyOy
#100DaysOfCode Day 27
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 23, 2022
The start of week 5 @theSchoolOfCode saw us begin with the basics of SQL for database requests. But the highlight was a talk and Q&A from Kyle Simpson (Author of You Don't Know JS). Really pleased to get to ask him about good programming practices
#100DaysOfCode Day 28
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 24, 2022
Tackled further database queries head-on using PostgreSQL @theSchoolOfCode That certainly escalated quickly, but think I managed to keep up. Just a matter of getting used to this new syntax and not getting into too much of a twist during complex queries! pic.twitter.com/XrXk1I7qpk
#100DaysOfCode Day 29
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 25, 2022
Certainly a challenging day @theSchoolOfCode Backend ain't easy, and there's a lot to learn. BUT, it felt like things were starting to come together in this afternoon's workshop, connecting up our JS router/server with a SQL database for the first time.
#100DaysOfCode Day 30
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 26, 2022
Another day of getting into using postgreSQL to interact with a @heroku database with @theSchoolOfCode. It's all starting to come together a little more in my mind (I think). Tmrw's hackathon will no doubt test the veracity of that last sentence 😅
#100DaysOfCode Day 31
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 27, 2022
Hackathon #5 today @theSchoolOfCode and it was a handy recap and expansion of this week's new learning re: database setup, SQL requests, and cross-communication using node.js. I am truly pooped!
#100DaysOfCode Day 32
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 28, 2022
Made a start on our @theSchoolOfCode wknd PostgreSQL/Heroku recap tasks, but more importantly I just had a great chat with my mentor @ProgrammerPiper, who imparted great wisdom and was exceedingly generous with their time, as always!
#100DaysOfCode Day 32
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 28, 2022
Made a start on our @theSchoolOfCode wknd PostgreSQL/Heroku recap tasks, but more importantly I just had a great chat with my mentor @ProgrammerPiper, who imparted great wisdom and was exceedingly generous with their time, as always!
#100DaysOfCode Day 34
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 30, 2022
Week 6 begins @theSchoolOfCode and we were treated to a great talk and Q&A from @kiyanwang followed by an intro to using Jest for testing in JavaScript. Shaping up to be an interesting (albeit short) week
#100DaysOfCode Day 35
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) May 31, 2022
Further practice with testing using Jest today @theSchoolOfCode , with a focus on Test Driven Development. Followed by an in-person intro to Cypress from @JordanPowell88 and @howtocode_io, which was an unexpected treat!
#100DaysOfCode Day 36
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 1, 2022
Had our first chance to try end-to-end testing @theSchoolOfCode today using Cypress, which is a great tool. Further testing of API/database requests this afternoon, aided by Jest and SuperTest, brought this short but sweet school week to a close.
#100DaysOfCode Days 37 & 38
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 5, 2022
Took a break from Twitter this long wknd, but not from coding. Spent Friday testing an app front-end with Cypress, and today testing the back-end with jest/supertest. Finished the day prepping for React @theSchoolOfCode
#100DaysOfCode Day 39
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 6, 2022
Today @theSchoolOfCode introduced us to React, a popular JS library used to build interactive UIs. Already getting glimpses of how powerful it can be, but expecting this to be a deep old rabbit hole. Wish me luck pic.twitter.com/GvfUpUpej1
#100DaysOfCode Day 40
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 7, 2022
Second day of React @theSchoolOfCode, starting to put basic components together using JSX syntax. Think it'll take a little time to get used to this weird HTML/JS hybrid. Also had a go with Create React App, a convenient way to make single-page apps. pic.twitter.com/sy6oaERT4H
#100DaysOfCode Days 41-43
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 11, 2022
It's been all React this week @theSchoolOfCode, and the fact that I forgot to tweet for 3 days is probs indicative of how challenging it's been. But happy to find at this week's hackathon that I've managed to wrap my head around the key concepts 🥳🎉 pic.twitter.com/vsppP2Dswe
For posterity's sake, we learned about hooks, setting and changing state, passing props into functional components, and using array methods to make immutable changes. Doesn't sound like much when put like that, but bringing it all together successfully was mind-bending at points!
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 11, 2022
#100DaysOfCode Day 44
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 13, 2022
Enjoyed the React recap tasks from @theSchoolOfCode this wknd. Even went deep to try and get my files passing the built-in Jest tests. Took a lot of effort (and help from Christophe) but I got them passing in the end!
#100DaysOfCode Day 45
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 13, 2022
Started the day with some CSS flexbox practice, making some progress. Then learned about pure functions and useEffect @theSchoolOfCode. All finished off with our little southwest bootcampers Monday chat! Great day!
#100DaysOfCode Day 46
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 14, 2022
Had a fun day learning about finite state machines and the benefits of useReducer in React. Also took up a challenge from @a_skn_r to complete my first 5kyu kata on @codewars - the solution ain't pretty, but it sure works! Ranked up to 6kyu in the process! pic.twitter.com/U8RvfRgaXj
#100DaysOfCode Day 47
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 15, 2022
Today we learned about testing components in React @theSchoolOfCode, which went really well once we found our footing. Lovely guest speakers from Experian dropped in too. pic.twitter.com/vLPurPEvic
#100DaysOfCode Day 48
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 17, 2022
Had a multifaceted Thursday @theSchoolOfCode, including sessions on fostering a healthy team culture, Git branching, REST APIs, and group presentations on various Agile methodologies and processes. Comprehensive info on a hot day 🥵
#100DaysOfCode Day 49
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 17, 2022
Today @theSchoolOfCode was a Heatwave Hackathon!
We built React apps using fetch to interact with external APIs, and I was pretty happy with the result, despite getting muddled with some of the logic. Laptop needs an ice bath now. pic.twitter.com/MbPa0Cd4hd
#100DaysOfCode Day 50 (HALFWAY!!)
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 19, 2022
Continued messing around with Friday's Hackathon to get more comfortable with React, with a satisfying outcome - an app that suggests a random movie & cocktail for your night in. CSS is still a struggle, so ended up using a SASS template instead pic.twitter.com/97zzFJvNbS
#100DaysOfCode Day 51
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 20, 2022
Well today was knackering! The first of a 5-day project, and it was a day of research, discussion, and ideation. None are my strongest skills, but we had a really productive outcome I think. Looking forward to plan and start the app coding tmrw! pic.twitter.com/bLoor04O0O
#100DaysOfCode Days 52-54
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 23, 2022
Project week @theSchoolOfCode has been intense, but at the end of it we've done some great teamwork and finished up with an MVP to be proud of. Need to remember more that I had precisely none of these coding skills 8 weeks ago! Great job team mishMash! pic.twitter.com/g5Plpx81SC
#100DaysOfCode Day 55
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 24, 2022
This little app demo may not look like much, but it represents 4.5 days of real team effort. I’ve really enjoyed learning how to use agile methods, and carry out app design, planning, and coding as a cohesive team. Great week!! pic.twitter.com/UObtjhSeSj
#100DaysOfCode Day 56
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 27, 2022
Really loved today @theSchoolOfCode, where we had a retrospective on last week's project, and performed a code review on another team's work. Found both these processes really interesting and super beneficial! Glad I had the wknd to refresh first though pic.twitter.com/iAvdW76rJ8
#100DaysOfCode Day 57
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 28, 2022
The project week post-mortem continued today @theSchoolOfCode
Our team refactored our existing code and back-end tests to improve readability, and then tried our hand at writing accompanying documentation. pic.twitter.com/XWT04BF75v
#100DaysOfCode Day 58
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) June 29, 2022
I love tidying & organisation (weird I know), so this week @theSchoolOfCode has been great. We've wrapped our week 9 projects in nice documentation and testing bows, and learned much in the process.
Really pleased with the docs we've made (see video below) pic.twitter.com/TUnTdfed8Z
#100DaysOfCode Days 59 & 60
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 1, 2022
After wrapping up our docs and front-end testing, we learned how to use a user authorization platform, Auth0. We got pretty confused at several points, but battled through, aided by others, to get some authorization working on our full-stack app. Phew!
#100DaysOfCode Days 61-64
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 7, 2022
Took an accidental break from Twitter this week, but I've spent the last few days @theSchoolOfCode learning more about Auth0, full-stack deployment with Netlify/Heroku, and new React hooks (useContext and custom hooks). Unrelenting pace!
#100DaysOfCode Day 65
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 7, 2022
Today was mostly spent learning Couchbase, which I found quite hard to follow tbh. Then spent a couple of hours trying to hack a 4kyu kata on @codewars, but ended up having to throw in the towel. Just one of those days 💩
#100DaysOfCode Day 66
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 9, 2022
Yesterday @theSchoolOfCode was all about AWS, specifically getting to know Amplify. We installed, we deployed, we laughed, we cried! AWS is certainly an overwhelming and powerful range of tools for the uninitiated, but worth getting familiar with.
#100DaysOfCode Day 67
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 10, 2022
Been struggling for energy lately, but I spent time today reviewing and cementing work from the past few weeks. Want to find more energy for side projects and new learning, but getting in the right headspace for project month is also a priority now.
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— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 12, 2022
Yesterday @theSchoolOfCode was a good day! Came back rested from the wknd, had a great and uplifting talk from a former bootcamper, and then got stuck into playing with UI libraries. Chakra UI was a pleasure to use!
#100DaysOfCode Day 69 😉
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 12, 2022
Spent today working on my personal portfolio site, something I hadn't touch since wk 3 recap tasks. Looked for more inspiration online, created a mood board, and put together a high-fidelity wireframe. Now I just have to code the bastard 😅 pic.twitter.com/1VzSeUl5vu
#100DaysOfCode Day 70
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 13, 2022
Spent some time last night making the first sections of my personal website, and this morning deployed it with Netlify. Really pleased with the CSS bits so far, though all the functionality still needs to be added!
Try it at: https://t.co/7nn0GImw21 pic.twitter.com/7EKjIK3rFN
#100DaysOfCode Day 70 Part 2
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 13, 2022
Today @theSchoolOfCode we looked at the various type and operator quirks of vanilla JS, which led into our introduction to TypeScript - a tool which will no doubt take a little while to sink in! pic.twitter.com/uxmYwprGxZ
#100DaysOfCode Day 71
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 14, 2022
Today @theSchoolOfCode we learned a bit more about what will be expected of us in job interviews/applications. Later we used Typescript in React for the first time, and I actually managed to get my head around typing props 👍
#100DaysOfCode Day 72
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 18, 2022
Last Friday @theSchoolOfCode was a Typescript-React-athon. Admittedly TS caused a fair bit of confusion, in addition to my old nemesis - async fetching from an API. No coding this wknd, just took a break before the big project month and enjoyed the sun. pic.twitter.com/Qg3f8G9SjN
#100DaysOfCode Day 73
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 18, 2022
Welp, our final project @theSchoolOfCode was postponed until Weds to let the heat pass. Instead, I spent time learning about styled components and react router. Tmrw I'll be attempting to implement the former in my portfolio site - wish me luck🤞
#100DaysOfCode Day 74
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 20, 2022
Spent time yesterday building more of my portfolio site. Learned a lot more about CSS and styled-components in the process. Lots of wins, lots of problems still to solve, but a productive day. Final project begins today! 😬
#100DaysOfCode Day 75
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 21, 2022
Today I met my team mates for the @theSchoolOfCode final project. We made a good start with ideas generation - tricky with such an open brief. But we've selected a decent problem theme, now up to us to explore further and come up with a great app idea.
#100DaysOfCode Day 76
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 22, 2022
Yesterday our project team created user stories/personas and a questionnaire to get a better understanding of our problem. Tricky afternoon tho, as we got a bit of cold feet based on the feedback, so a quick revisit to the drawing board tomorrow
#100DaysOfCode Days 77-83
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 31, 2022
The final team project @theSchoolOfCode was intensely busy last week, so this guy forgot to tweet, of course! So here's a quick rundown of everything we got done:
1) Finalised our problem and app idea, then went through a full Disney Ideation-type process to narrow down all the features we wanted in our app. Also made incremental improvements to our team communication as we went along - classic Agile stuff
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 31, 2022
2) We then split into backend and frontend teams. The former dug through APIs to see what data was available to help achieve our app's goals. The latter researched similar apps, created a user journey diagram, and then mocked-up low-fi wireframes of the app.
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 31, 2022
3) We next created a mood board of colours, fonts and images, which facilitated the translation of our low-fi wireframes into their high-fi counterparts. We also finalised our tech stack to include Next.js, Chakra UI, and Tailwind CSS as new technologies.
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 31, 2022
4) From there we put a component tree together and started making our first coding tickets. A very timely and informative visit from @kiyanwang (Thanks!) was a huge help and improved our code planning for the project, among other things.
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 31, 2022
6) These tweets don't begin to do justice to the mega effort put in by our team, and the great way we've been working together and adjusting/improving our processes on a daily basis. This intense project work is a massive, tiring, incredibly satisfying learning experience!
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 31, 2022
6) These tweets don't begin to do justice to the mega effort put in by our team, and the great way we've been working together and adjusting/improving our processes on a daily basis. This intense project work is a massive, tiring, incredibly satisfying learning experience!
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) July 31, 2022
#100DaysOfCode Days 84-86
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) August 3, 2022
A busy and tricky few days on my team project @theSchoolOfCode
Ran into problems with our APIs and had to massively refactor how we're going to approach our back-end, but the team did a great job of keeping together and making a new plan.
But the front-end is coming along great, looking professional, and now fully responsive. Still plenty more to figure out, but it feels like we might just reach most of our goals for the app!
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) August 3, 2022
Thanks again to @kiyanwang for kindly donating his time to solving our issues and offering invaluable advice on best practises regarding incorporating external API usage with additional filtering in our own back-end server.
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) August 3, 2022
#100DaysOfCode Days 87-89
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) August 8, 2022
The last three days of our team project @theSchoolOfCode involved finishing our front-end MVP and making more progress on our backend. The start of this week will be spent connecting the two and adding a couple of stretch goal features.
This final official day @theSchoolOfCode bootcamp seems as good a time as any to return to Twitter and catch up with my #100DaysOfCode challenge: Days 90-95 were spent finishing off my final team project - here's what was involved:
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) August 24, 2022
1/ Finished installation of Auth0 on front end and hooked up the final pieces of frontend functionality with their respective backend routes.
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) August 24, 2022
2/ We completed the "favourites" saving functionality, which was our final stretch goal and a feature only available to logged in users.
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) August 24, 2022
3/ We ran into reliability problems with our external API, and had to perform an emergency redesign of our backend to rely less heavily on this previously stable resource. A great, if slightly panicky, last minute lesson. Thanks to @kiyanwang for his advice here (yet again!)
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) August 24, 2022
4/ We then wrapped up the project with a few days of backend unit testing, presentation preparation and recording, and documentation writing. The project is now ready to shine in our portfolios.
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) August 24, 2022
#100DaysOfCode Days 96-100 🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉
— Simon Partridge (@simonisworking) September 14, 2022
I may not have kept up with the tweeting, but over the last few weeks of codewars, frontend learning, and portfolio site building, I've easily crossed the finish line for my first 100 days of code! Time to recommit to my second 100.