Learned how to systematically write programs and how to think about program design. It was also my first exposure to designing data, and writing tests before writing the functions that prove those tests.
Certificate Final ProjectI learned how to use React, and how React works. Some of the things that I liked about this course is that it went pretty deep in it's exploration on hooks, which I think are the best thing since slice-bread. I also learned how to use a variety of libraries in the React ecosystem, such as react-transition-group, react-router, react-router-transitions, NextJS (for server-side-rendering) , and using Enzyme and Jest for testing.
CertificateLive, online 8 week workshop in Spanish. Learned to work with NodeJS to create the back-end of an application. Focused especially on creating APIs that communicate with MongoDB databases and secure encryption using the bcrypt library.
CertificateLive, online 8 week workshop in Spanish. Learned to program front-end applications using javascript. The course focused especially in using javascript for DOM manipulation and logic flow. The course delved into the construction of APIs, Web Services and Web Apps.
CertificateFairly complete 50+ hour course. Reviewed the basics of HTML, CSS and web design. Then dove into Javascript, and Node. It was my first exposure to React and to MongoDB. Became proficient creating RESTful APIs and implementing authentication with bcrypt and OAuth 2.0 (although I later learned how to use the OpenID standard for this, and leave OAuth 2.0 for authorization instead of authentication).
CertificateAnother fairly complete 50+ hour course. This is the course that I used to first learn JavaScript. It dives quite deeply into the basics, and then moves onto asynchronous JS (in this course I learned how to properly use promises and async/await). I learned how to use SVGs and the Canvas API with the MatterJS library. On the NodeJS side of the project, I learned how to create CLI tools using JavaScript. In this course I also learned some of the basics of database design, user authentication and testing. I learned how some testing frameworks are built by building a basic testing framework from scratch.
CertificateThis was a fantastic course. In it I learned a lot about how JS works behind the scenes, and some advanced JS concepts . I learned about how scope works in JS (both with the var keyword and the let and const keywords), how closures work. What prototypal inheritance is and how it works... I learned a lot. But I think the most important thing I learned was how to learn by reading the source code of well used frameworks and libraries.
CertificateIn this course I learned a lot of more advanced JS concepts. It's a great compliment to the "JavaScript: Understanding the Weird Parts" course. I reviewed what I knew about hoisting, execution context, lexical environment, the scope chain, etc. This course also introduced me to functional programming in JS, and how to do better error handling in asynchronous code.
CertificateThis was a fantastic course by James Moore. I fell in love with functional programming. I learned about the principles behind functional programming and how to apply them to JS. I learned about currying and partial application, and function composition. I also learned a lot of using the MVP pattern to structure small functional applications.
CertificateLearned how to use the console to display information in different ways and to do some quick debugging and testing of applications. No certificate of completion was offered for this course.
This is the course that I used to learn the basics of HTML and CSS. It was great to learn the basics. I also learned how to structure a basic project and do some CSS animations , but nothing ground-breaking.
CertificateThis course was my first introduction to Sass and CSS pre-processing in general. It was a great course in which I learned how to write SCSS code and how to structure projects using the 7-1 pattern.
CertificateFantastic course about the GNU/Linux command line. I learned how the bash shell works, the most useful commands for everyday work; the basics of shell scripting; and even the fundamentals of free software.
CertificateThis was a good short course that gave me more confidence in creating some basic designs for websites. Designing is not my strong-suite, and this course gave me the basics I needed in order to not have my websites looking like they were made in the 90's.
CertificateThis was a great course. It was my first introduction to what algorithms and data structures were. In this course I learned 6 sorting algorithms, different ways of solving problems , and how to write different data structures in JS using the "class" syntax. I also learned about Dijkstra's Shortest Path algorithm and how to write it in JS. But most importantly, I discovered the genius of Dijkstra and ignited my interest for reading more about him and other pioneers of computer science.
CertificateThis was a fairly good course. I didn't learn a lot of new things form it, but it helped me find different approaches to solving problems and writing data structures in JS. My biggest takeaway form the course was learning how to use the "two pointer" pattern for problem solving in novel ways (for example, to find the length of a linked list without having a reference of it's tail; or to figure out if the linked list is circular or not). This blew my mind.
CertificateIn this course I learned more about data structures and algorithms. I cemented my knowledge of data structures, particularly of hash tables, trees and graphs. I also learned more about using "Dynamic Programming" (caching, really) to optimize the execution of an algorithm.
CertificateIn this course I learned how to use the Vim editor. I fell in love with Vim, and I used it for many months as my code editor. Lately, I've switched back to using VSCode, but this time with Vim key bindings. The best of both worlds.
CertificateIn this course I learned enough design to be able to give my projects some consistency and general good taste. I don't intend on becoming a designer anytime soon. However, thanks to this course, I'm now able to apply basic design principles by myself, create desgins using Figma, and most importantly, be able to talk with designers and work together with them so that the design and development process are more intertwined and iterative.
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