For week nine and ten of Code Chrysalis the pace and focus have changed. I am now working on a final project with two of my classmates and we are using everything we learned in the course (and then some) to create an amazing web application which we will demo in two weeks. The experience has changed from an intensive learning environment and now feels more like going in to a job every day. A job that you really like.
Week eight at Code Chrysalis was a little different.
Until this week, Javascript was the language we used to learn software engineering. It was picked for several reasons, but there has always been the understanding that we are learning how to program, not how to program in JavaScript. At the beginning of last week we were asked to pick a programming language other than JavaScript and create something. Until the day we picked our language I thought I might explore a language like Rust or Go, mostly because I knew very little about them, but in the end I went with PHP.
During week seven of Code Chrysalis I added a new continent, Asia, and a new technology, JavaScript, to my presenting list of accomplishments. As always, there are things I could do to improve this talk, but several of the people who attended were engaged and using the code I wrote to explore their Facebook data. I’ll call that a win.
Halfway.
Week six of Code Chrysalis is over. The highlight of this week was going to Pivotal Labs in Tokyo and getting to learn their style of agile design called Lean XP.
In addition each student also created an MVP* of an application in two days. We started by brainstorming ideas and then each turned an idea into reality. If you are looking for a good book to read check out my MVP app, What The Heck Should I Read. Continue reading
Week five of Code Chrysalis has come to and end. We started the week by learning a new JavaScript framework, Vue, and and then formed small teams to work on a larger project together. The project was almost incidental, the real goal was to learn how to share and deploy our code without tripping over each other.
I have now been immersed in full stack software engineering for four weeks at Code Chrysalis. The amount of new information I’ve consumed in the last week is indescribable. I can now say that I am a full stack developer (with limited experience).
Three weeks of Code Chrysalis has also meant three weeks of doing ラジオ体操 (rajio taisō, literally, “radio exercises”). We start each morning going through these simple stretching exercises before we dive into coding. Continue reading
Last week at Code Chrysalis after an almost constant drum beat of JavaScript, JavaScript, JavaScript there was a switch to CSS and HTML.
Week two of the my Code Chrysalis Software Engineering Immersive has come to an end. The second week has included more sleep, more JavaScript, more new things to learn, and more Pair Programming. Continue reading
Last week when I entered theCode Chrysalis classroom for the first time I was greeted by a unicorn hanging out in rafters. I have noticed there is more than one unicorn at CC, but this is the first one I saw. And the weird thing is I have worked with this Unicorn before.
A Coding Journey 