# Rykwong - Full Stack (Level 2) Pathway **URL:** \ **Category:** Open Source Ruby Plugin (CA) 2021\ **Created:** [June 15, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/rykwong-full-stack-level-2-pathway/8208 "2021-06-15T18:32:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rykwong](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/rykwong/32/3743_2.png) [@rykwong](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/rykwong)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/rykwong-full-stack-level-2-pathway/8208/1 "2021-06-15T18:32:41Z")
**Module 1 - Getting Started** **1. Overview** **Technical Area** - Learned about the Discourse platform and its codebase - Practiced Git and GitHub skills and how they work with open-source projects - Reviewed command line commands - Learned Ruby syntax both from the videos provided and Linkedin Learning **Tools** - GitHub - Discourse **Soft Skills** - Communication - Worked on establishing communication with team leads to find information needed for the program - Time Management - Worked out a schedule between tasks for stem-away and other program that I am doing. **2. Three Achievement Highlights** - Gained a fair understanding of Ruby syntax - Reviewed Github and command line skills that I haven’t used in a while - Attended all team meetings and started talking with other team members **3. Goals for Upcoming Weeks** - Install Discourse developer environment - Learn about Ember JS and SCSS and how they work within Discourse - Continue learning Ruby, specifically Ruby on Rails ---
**Author:** ![rykwong](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/rykwong/32/3743_2.png) [@rykwong](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/rykwong)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/rykwong-full-stack-level-2-pathway/8208/2 "2021-06-22T18:29:30Z")
**Module 2 - Dev Environment Setup** **1. Overview** **Technical Area** - Installed Discourse locally - Learned Ember.js - Learned SCSS and how it relates to CSS **Tools** - Discourse **Soft Skills** - Reading Documentation - Worked on how best to go over documentation of a new language - Debugging - Worked on searching through forums on specific errors I was getting during installation **2. Three Achievement Highlights** - Gained a fair understanding of Ember.js and SCSS and how it works within a tech stack - Installed Discourse developer environment **3. Goals for Upcoming Weeks** - Continue learning Ember.js and SCSS - Brush up on HTML/CSS/JS in preparation for developing themes - Create a basic theme and start brainstorming ideas for potential capstone projects ---
**Author:** ![rykwong](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/rykwong/32/3743_2.png) [@rykwong](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/rykwong)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 4:48am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/rykwong-full-stack-level-2-pathway/8208/3 "2021-06-30T04:48:52Z")
**Module 3 - Developing Discourse Themes** **1. Overview** **Technical Area** - Learned about how Discourse themes and components worked - Learned how to use the Discourse theme-creator to test out themes - Learned how HTML and SCSS are used to create themes in Discourse **Tools** - Discourse - Github/Git - VSCode - DOM inspector **Soft Skills** - Reading Documentation - Worked on how to follow a guide on learning a new skill and how to find related content that might be useful. **2. Three Achievement Highlights** - Developed a simple theme for Discourse - Learned how the DOM inspector can be used for front-end design - Brainstormed a few ideas for the final project **3. Goals for Upcoming Weeks** - Update basic theme to use more complex compents - Go over the different styles in the style guide that can be potentially used - Go into more detail on brainstormed ideas ---
**Author:** ![rykwong](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/rykwong/32/3743_2.png) [@rykwong](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/rykwong)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/rykwong-full-stack-level-2-pathway/8208/4 "2021-08-20T16:36:32Z")
**Module 4 - Advanced Discourse Themes** **1. Overview** **Technical Area** - Learned about handlebars templates and how they can be used in themes - Learned how to use a remote theme from Github **Tools** - Discourse - Github/Git - VSCode - DOM inspector **Soft Skills** - Brainstorming ideas for plugin project **2. Three Achievement Highlights** - Updated previous theme with new material learned this module - Learned how AJAX requests can be used. **3. Goals for Upcoming Weeks** - Come to meeting with fleshed out ideas for plugin - Continue testing things in theme and see if they can be used in the final project. ---
**Author:** ![rykwong](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/rykwong/32/3743_2.png) [@rykwong](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/rykwong)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/rykwong-full-stack-level-2-pathway/8208/5 "2021-08-20T20:01:17Z")
**Module 5 - Discourse Plugin Development** **1. Overview** **Technical Area** - Learned about to create a discourse plugin - Learned how to use plugin generator to create file structure **Tools** - Discourse - Github/Git - VSCode - DOM inspector **Soft Skills** - Communication with team on ideas for plugin project **2. Three Achievement Highlights** - Created a basic plugin that toggled an image - Presented potential ideas to team **3. Goals for Upcoming Weeks** - Make a more complex plugin that utilizes multiple application layers - Continue on plugin guides ---
**Author:** ![rykwong](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/rykwong/32/3743_2.png) [@rykwong](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/rykwong)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 12:36am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/rykwong-full-stack-level-2-pathway/8208/6 "2021-08-21T00:36:51Z")
**Module 6 - Plugin Development Continued** **1. Overview** **Technical Area** - Learned how backend interacts with frontend in Discourse - Learned how to use Discourse’s PluginStore to store data **Tools** - Discourse - Github/Git - VSCode - DOM inspector - Ruby - PluginStore **Soft Skills** - Planning - Selecting a project idea and seeing which tasks are needed to complete it **2. Three Achievement Highlights** - Completed the notebook sample project - Agreed on project idea to go forward with **3. Goals for Upcoming Weeks** - Start thinking about task I want to work on - Start researching how to complete assigned task ---
**Author:** ![rykwong](https://d3rzmptxz7fqzy.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging.stemaway.com/rykwong/32/3743_2.png) [@rykwong](http://staging.stemaway.com/u/rykwong)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 12:44am UTC](http://staging.stemaway.com/t/rykwong-full-stack-level-2-pathway/8208/7 "2021-08-21T00:44:07Z")
**Module 7/8 - Putting It All Together** **1. Overview** **Technical Area** - Learned how to use Ruby to create functions for PluginStore - Learned how backend controller works with PluginStore to retrieve/send data - Learned how to format AJAX requests to match up with established routes **Tools** - Discourse - Github/Git - VSCode - Ruby - PluginStore **Soft Skills** - Communication - Had to communicate with backend team to figure out how to design database and how data should be formatted. **2. Three Achievement Highlights** - Designed database to store needed data - Created functions for backend controller to use to update, remove, and retrieve data from database - Created functions for frontend controller to send AJAX requests to retrieve/send data to backend **3. Goals for Upcoming Weeks** - Finalize code and ensure that plugin is working as intended