# Jhou - Full Stack (Level 2) Pathway **URL:** \ **Category:** Open Source Ruby Plugin (CA) 2021\ **Created:** [June 14, 2021, 6:44am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/jhou-full-stack-level-2-pathway/8145 "2021-06-14T06:44:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jhou](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/jhou/32/3457_2.png) [@jhou](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/jhou)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 6:44am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/jhou-full-stack-level-2-pathway/8145/1 "2021-06-14T06:44:05Z")
Overview: - Technical Areas: - Educated myself on the Discourse platform and how it’s built and made. - Brushed up on Git and GitHub skills and learned how they aid in open-source projects. - Command line - Ruby - Tools: - Discourse - GitHub - Soft Skills - Organization - had to get accustomed to the STEM-Away forums and layouts - Self learning methods - Time management Achievement Highlights - Was able to successfully install Discourse despite various problems with pre-existing installations on my PC, had to figure out a successful installation. - Learned more about how command line basics - Learned some Ruby basics and syntax Goals for upcoming week: - Continue to set up discourse and troubleshoot any further problems I may encounter - Complete Module 2 ---
**Author:** ![jhou](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/jhou/32/3457_2.png) [@jhou](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/jhou)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 8:25am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/jhou-full-stack-level-2-pathway/8145/2 "2021-06-22T08:25:29Z")
Overview: - Technical Areas: - Installed Discourse successfully - Read through the basics of the Ember guides. - Learned about SCSS and how it works with CSS - Tools - Discourse - Ember and SCSS guides - VSCode - Soft skills - Practicing and reading through the various guides and learning how they interact with each other - Running into installation errors and having to look up how to solve them Achievement Highlights - Understood the basics of Ember.js and how it helps in building modern web applications such as how it helps in routing and creating templates for pages. - Learned SCSS and how it aids in making CSS easier to write and more readable. Goals: - Gain more familiarity with Ember.js. I wasn’t able to get as in-depth with it as I wanted to and understand it completely so I’ll have to do more reading and practice with it. - Complete module 3. ---
**Author:** ![jhou](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/jhou/32/3457_2.png) [@jhou](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/jhou)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 6:27am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/jhou-full-stack-level-2-pathway/8145/3 "2021-06-30T06:27:29Z")
**Module 3** Overview: - Technical Areas: - Was able to create a simple theme using the Admin Settings UI in discourse. - Created a remote Discourse theme using the Dicourse Theme CLI, DOM inspector, and the online theme creator. - Used GitHub in creating the remote Discourse theme. - Tools - Discourse - Discourse Theme CLI - VSCode - Browser DOM inspector - Soft skills - Research - Trouble-shooting - Creativity Achievement Highlights - Was able to create a basic theme using the Admin Settings UI - Was able to create a remote Discourse Theme using the tools provided. Goals: - Learn how to use the plugin API along with my theme. - Brainstorm ideas. - Complete module 4. ---
**Author:** ![jhou](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/jhou/32/3457_2.png) [@jhou](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/jhou)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 3:39am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/jhou-full-stack-level-2-pathway/8145/4 "2021-07-08T03:39:36Z")
**Module 4** Overview: - Technical Areas: - Updated theme to make use of the plugin API - Learned how to create various themes using Discourse’s Theme CLI. - Used GitHub in creating the remote Discourse theme. - Tools - Discourse - Discourse Theme CLI - VSCode - DOM inspector - Soft skills - Research - Trouble-shooting - Brainstorming with the rest of my team. - Time management and learning a lot of new information in a short amount of time. Achievement Highlights - Learned about Handlebars and AJAX and how they work with Discourse - Was able to update my Discourse Theme using the tools and readings provided. Goals: - Get more familiar with the tools, since I wasn’t able to completely and comprehensively understand them this module - Work with team for final project. ---
**Author:** ![jhou](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/jhou/32/3457_2.png) [@jhou](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/jhou)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 2:23am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/jhou-full-stack-level-2-pathway/8145/5 "2021-07-15T02:23:22Z")
**Module 5** Overview: - Technical Areas: - Learned misc. things about how Discourse themes work - For example, settings, localizable strings, icons, and modifiers. - Furthered understanding of the plugin API and AJAX requests - Tools - Discourse - Discourse Theme CLI - VSCode - DOM inspector - Font Awesome - Soft skills - Research - Trouble-shooting - Design Skills - Time management and learning a lot of new information in a short amount of time. Achievement Highlights - Added a setting to my Discourse theme - Added a localizable string to my theme Goals: - More comprehensively develop my theme - Work with team for final project. ---
**Author:** ![jhou](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/jhou/32/3457_2.png) [@jhou](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/jhou)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 5:27am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/jhou-full-stack-level-2-pathway/8145/6 "2021-07-22T05:27:55Z")
**Week 6** Overview: - Technical Areas: - Further investigation in Ruby and how I can incorporate that into a polished theme or theme component - Minor tweaks on theme that I’ve been working on - Tools - Discourse - Discourse Theme CLI - VSCode - Discord and Zoom - Soft skills - Collaboration and Communication Achievement Highlights - Met with team regarding final project and worked on planned details on that final project Goals: - Pick a task to work on for the project - Further work on components and maybe plugins