CS50X (Progress 86%)

Week 7 SQL

CS50X Week 7 Lecture Notes These are by far my most detailed notes I’ve taken in the course thus far. Instantly when I reached this lecture I felt jazzed up and ready to go!

I know data, and databases aren’t the flashiest part of programing and software development, but the moment David began to talk about IMDB I knew this was vital information I needed. Extrapolating out, I think this week’s lecture and course work might have taught me enough to implement my own data management for the software I’m planning. Developer Week 001

Fiftyville

The final problem for the week was to solve a mystery using clues from databases. It was highly engaging and really drilled in the repetitions needed to learn my way around SQL. I highly recommend taking a crack at it, as it was fun to solve.

Week 8 HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Learned a few new things about internet protocols and the barebones of JavaScript.

Trivia

This problem was straight forward and easy to setup. I used the CS50.ai to fix syntax issue I ran into, and had to look up a few JavaScript functions, but otherwise it was a breeze. Far less troubleshooting compared to earlier weeks.

Homepage

  • Integrated bootstrap to create a header and footer section.
  • Utilized JS and jQuery to load the footer for each page from it’s own separated html file.
  • Spent far too much time formatting text to make it look better.
  • Built a css stylesheet to make the site resemble this developer log.

Week 9 Flask

Watched the lecture CS50X Week 9 Lecture Notes and started the first assignment Birthdays.

Opensource Contribution

I’m in the process of scoping out a larger project I can jump into and offer assistance. My core reason for selecting a larger project is the network size. As I’m still new and unaccustomed to developing in a team, it seems prudent to select a larger project and ideally learn the best practices.

How to Write a Git Commit Message git commit I’m guilty of these comments.

Pro Git book added to my reading list.

Git / GitHub

I’ve been pushing my commits and synchs via VS Code’s source control. However, I ran into an issue where I committed a broke styles.scss, and broke the entire site.

After figuring out how to revert the offending commit I also learned, it’s best practice to use Git entirely from the command line, and ignore VS Code’s source control.

Git Docs Tutorial Alongside reading this, I’m going to take, HarvardX: Data Science: Productivity Tools before I begin my final project, just to ensure I can use Git properly, and brushing up on Linux can’t hurt. It’ll also be a good excuse to finalize my T430’s conversion.

  • Enrolled; course starts on October, 16th.