An Eventful Week!

Greetings Everyone! 😃

So, I didn’t mean to go so long without writing an entry, but time got away from me and the next thing I know: it’s Sunday night! 😂 I really hope that everyone had a great week, a wonderful weekend and that you’re ready to get a great start to Monday!! Let’s do a little recap with the highlights of the week:

Networking/Career Fair Event

On Wednesday, I attended a networking/career fair event that was pretty interesting. The company opened their doors to prospective talent and interested candidates to learn more about the culture and get first-hand knowledge of life in the industry. It was a really laid back event, that provided beer, food, and the opportunity to pick the brains of different employees. I received great information from employees with expertise in areas such as Database, Dev Ops, and Software Development.

The major takeaway for me was that I need to keep coding and build programs. Pretty much, have enough projects to discuss and hold a conversation about. Nothing that I hadn’t heard before, but something that really resonated with me, while there. Hence, this blog will be a part of the arsenal…

Vanilla JavaScript

I was looking around on LinkedIn and came across a free course on Vanilla JavaScript with Sasha Vodnik. If you’re interested to view the course, you can access it here:

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/learning-app-building-with-vanilla-javascript/welcome

Some highlights are the following:

Replacement of jQuery & React.js code
- Vanilla JavaScript provides the functionality of both a library & framework
Event listeners and animations
String templates
Spread Operator
Browser compatibility
Coding in pure JavaScript!

I believe it’s close to 2 hours, but it’s very engaging and even allows you the opportunity to code right along with him! He recommends having a code editor (Visual Studio Code), JavaScript transpiler (Babel), and node.js & http-server to see your website in action. This will all be covered in the course, but just wanted to give a heads up 😉.

Well, here’s to a great week ahead! Enjoy the last few hours of the weekend and have a great night! 😁 Oh, by the way, be sure to pay your taxes: the deadline is tomorrow, April 15, 2019!!

Aerie

News

Cashless stores may not be ready to thrive in the U.S. and it seems like Amazon has noticed, considering that they’re going to accept cash at their “cashless” stores. Read about it here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/10/tech/amazon-go-cashless-stores/index.html.

The biggest airplane, Stratolaunch, has taken flight! https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/stratolaunch-the-worlds-biggest-airplane-takes-flight/

Happy Monday! 😊

Greetings!

I hope that everyone had a great weekend! I can say that mine was pretty enjoyable. There was a Software Development workshop that I was able to attend and I can say that we covered some pretty interesting information. Those things included the following:

Downloading Visual Studio Code
Creating .html, .js, and .css files
Creating folders, using CLI (Command Line Interface)
Exploring .NET and C# in VS Code

Such useful information and 4 hours well-spent!

Looking forward to a great week and hoping the same, for you! As always, have a wonderful day! 😊

Competitions

IBM has an interesting competition taking place, Call For Code 2019, where a challenge is issued to developers to create applications that will positively impact global issues, ranging from wildfires to basic health care. If you feel up to the challenge, or just curious to learn more, feel free to start here. If you really need an incentive, the top prize is $200,000 USD! (Other great prizes accompany this, as well 😉).

Fun Fact/News

Blockchain is pretty fascinating to me. Often, it’s associated with the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, but it has many uses. I thought that this article was worth sharing, to get a better understanding of Blockchain: