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
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.