Self Assessment
1- Overview
Technical Area:
- Learned about the installation process of Discourse in macOS
- Learned about using the command line
- Learned about different libraries used in the installation process
- Learned basic Ruby syntax
Tools:
- Youtube
- Discourse forum
- STEM-Away forum
- Stack Overflow
- Github
- Discourse
Soft Skills:
- Learned to troubleshoot and debug errors in the command line with the Discourse installation
- Learned about ways to solve problems (and where to find help) during installation processes
- Learned more about open-source code and help forums
2- Achievement Highlights
- Installed Discourse in local machine
- Learned basic Ruby syntax
- Learned about troubleshooting installation errors
3- Tasks Completed
- Installed Discourse on local machine. I had different errors with missing libraries and compatibility issues (I needed to change my Ruby version, for example), and I got help solving them by looking for similar situations and their respective solutions (Stack Overflow, Github, etc.) and asking questions in forums.
- Gained more understanding of Ruby syntax. I could understand more the purpose of Ruby and its syntax, and relate it to the concepts of programming (on Java) that I already had.