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The GOP-controlled Legislature passed a resolution ending the governor's declaration and argued Wolf had no power to block it. The court ruled the General Assembly couldn't act unilaterally.

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General Assembly Weeks 2 and 3

General Assembly Weeks 2 and 3

Weeks 2 and 3 were spent going over Javascript, and it’s relation to the DOM. At the start of week 3, we began our first front-end project.

Going into JavaScript, we started with OOP concepts. Which is a good first thing to learn in the context of how we will be using JS with full stack applications. The whole course is taught with the latest technologies so everything we will be writing is with the ES 6 syntax, again something I was already familiar with but going over the basics never hurts.

JavaScript:

We started with the simple data-types, the values JS can remember. Javascript has the following data types. the six primitive data types :

Boolean Null Undefined Number — integers, decimals, positive and negatives. String — a collection of characters Array — a collection of different datatypes in an order. And the Object data type. (For more information on these read the MDN docs here.)

After going over the datatypes, the next step is to learn how to declare and initialize them. In JavaScript, this is done one step. A string, for example, is initialized and declared this way:

let myString = ‘this is a string’;

in the first step, the string is initialized by ‘let’ and then declared to equal ‘this is a string’. You also write this another by declaring and initializing on different lines. let myString; myString = ‘this is a string’;

Flow Logic

Flow is the core of programming. What does what, and when. All programming can be broken down into simples steps of testing the ‘state’ of something and performing an action based on the test. It is a simple series of steps that code follows to output a desired(or undesired) result. If this is true then do this, If this is false do this and look something like this. In JavaScript this is handled with if else statement and looks like this. Let thisStatementIsFalse = false if (thisStatementISFalse === true){ >>console.log(true) }else { console.log(false)}; output: false

JS Loops

Then went through the different loops in javascript. For Loops, and while loops (I’ve written an article on the simplicity of the single line iterary statement for loops). Then came in the ‘switch’ statements which handle what would be long lists of if-else statements. You can write them in such a way that runs until the first condition is met or runs all the conditions that are met. like bellow switch(expression) { >>case n: >>>>code block >>>>break; >>case n: >>>>code block >>>>break; >>default: >>>>code block } After learning the JavaScripts basic we headed into Jquery. jQuery is a large library of code that gives the users special methods to manipulate the DOM with. It makes code read more like English and makes things that are very difficult in javascript to write less painful.

Finally, We prep for our first project. GA runs on agile and Scrum concepts. (Danny the instructor is actually a scrum master).

For the prep for our First Project, we learned to think out building a simple application. Starting with Users stories. I am familiar with users Stories from FCC(FreeCodeCamp)[https://www.freecodecamp.org/challenges/build-a-tribute-page]. We think about a user’s experience with our app. How they would interact with each aspect of the app.

Onto to project one.

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General Assembly Weeks 2 and 3

Weeks 2 and 3 were spent going over Javascript and its relation to the DOM and starting our first Front in Project.

We went over the ES 6 syntax, again something I was already familiar with but going over the basics never hurts.

We started with OOP concepts. Which is a good technique to learn in the context of how we will be using JS.

Simple stuff like the primitive six data types :

Boolean

Null

Undefined

Number

String

and then we went over the Object data type again. (For more information on these read the MDN docs here.) After going over what these are, then went through the ways to declare and initialize them.

Then went through the different loops in javascript. For Loops, and while loops (I've written an article on the simplicity of the single line iterary statement for loops).

Then came in the ‘switch’ statements which handle what would be long lists of if-else statements. You can write them in such a way that runs until the first condition is met or runs all the conditions that are met. like bellow

switch(expression) { >>case n: >>>>code block >>>>break; >>case n: >>>>code block >>>>break; >>default: >>>>code block }

Finally, We prep for our first project. GA runs on agile and Scrum concepts. (Danny the instructor is actually a scrum master).

On to Project One

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General Assembly Atlanta WDI week one

GA ATLANTA WDI FIRST WEEK

FORWARD The Bootcamp kicked off quickly and I intended to write a weekend review of that week, every Week. Even with my previous experience, it is a lot to take in. My recommendation for those who have previous experience is to use the first two weeks to find which style library you are most comfortable with and master it, this will add a lot of polish to your later projects. Addendum: I was also working for the first two weeks in the afternoons during the Bootcamp which completely exhausted me. I do not recommend doing this if you can avoid it The first week of the boot camp went smoothly. The class is taught by Professional Senior Developers. One of our instructors, Danny, actually transitioned to GA because he liked hiring GA grads at his previous employer. The class is very conveniently laid out. It's almost the same routine every day which makes things manageable with few surprises. They also push class collaboration and Pair Programming. Day schedule Standups Questions from last days homework Learning session Noon Break Class code along Lab Homework Overview Class End After class homework meet/ scheduling with tutoring by TA The week schedule went something like this. Monday: SETUP Tuesday: GIT and THINGS Wednesday: HTML and DOM Thursday: CSS/ Flexbox Friday: Bootstrap and JS

Monday SETUP Monday, Day One, was used to introducing us to GA’s culture, the class environment and set up our machines for the class. We installed useful thing like Slack, VSCODE, Homebrew with Cask. Tuesday — GIT, and THINGS Tuesday we learned the most important tool in our dev arsenal GIT. GIT is what manages our classroom docs, our professional Portfolio and so much more. I can't tell you how many times I have to return to the previous state of my code after breaking everything. Wednesday — HTML and DOM Finally, we get into the core of the camp, learning basic HTML and its relation to the DOM. All the usual things like DIVs, classes, tags, and attributes. These are all things I am already familiar with. Read my article ‘What is HTML?the DOM?’ Thursday — CSS/ Flexbox Thursday was the first day I was introduced to somethings I was unfamiliar with FLEXBOX, and I love it so much. It solves a lot of the problems with page alignment and the different screen sizes we all use to view web pages. Previously I used BootStrap Grids to solve this issue. BS GRid is just not flexible enough and you have to conform to its page styling whereas Flex offers so much more customization. Friday — Bootstrap, and JS Then Friday went into skimmed over Bootstrap and other CSS libraries and how they can help us polish our websites. and then we went into an overview of JScript and how it relates to WEb development and its history. WEEK REVIEW On StandUps —  StandsUps are short sessions at the start of every day where we split off into randomly assigned groups and each individual goes over what the are struggling with, what they are to doing well at (wins) and what actionable goal they want to achieve that day. Then the group as whole decides what their actionable items are. They are actually part of the SCRUM process which we learn later in the course. To be honest I was not comfortable with these until later in the course. (I'm bad at conveying my thoughts while speaking unless) and also bad at remembering names. (EX: I can remember what brand of shoe you wear every day before I learn your name) As the course went along these sessions are very useful for gauging where you are in the course and what other are struggling with and how they solved this issue. For those ITIL professional this is a Knowledge management strategy to ensure information is effectively spread in your organization. Overall I am impressed with the speed of the course and the depth of knowledge of the Instructors and TAs

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Published: Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 8:26 p.

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DALTON — When they meet this Wednesday, the members of the Dalton-Whitfield charter commission will start 10 months of work that could radically restructure local government.