Reading Notes

The “Growth Mindset”

A growth mindset is a manner of thinking that beckons the thinker to continuously self-improve, through hard work and dedication, regardless of the thinker’s level of proficiency on a subject. The growth mindset is in direct contrast to a fixed mindset, in which an individual believes he/she/they are at the peak of his/her/their abilities and intelligence on a particular subject.

The growth mindset enables the thinker to always search for new and innovative ways to solve problems, rather than relying on an archaic, “This is how it has always been done” mentality. This fixed mindset thinking can cripple a person or organization’s innovation, ingenuity, and ultimately, their growth.

Three reminders to keep a growth mindset

• Embrace Challenges: A problem may be solved today, but may evolve tomorrow so stay open-minded and ready for a challenge.

  Never run from a challenge

• Hard Work and Effort: Maintaining a growth mindset cannot be achieved without putting in effort.

  Put in the work

• Failures Are Lessons: Do not let failure prevent you from attempting difficult tasks.

  You only fail when you quit

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Code 102 - Intro to Software Development

1. Learning Markdown
2. The Coder’s Computer
3. Revisions In The Cloud
4. Structure Web Pages With HTML
5. Design Web Pages With CSS
6. Activate Web Pages With JavaScript
7. Programming With JavaScript
8. Operators and Loops

Code 201 - Foundations of Software Development

1. Class 01 - Setup Developer Tool-belt
2. Class 02 - Introduction To Web Development
3. Class 03 - Lists, The Box Model, and Loops
4. Class 04 - Links, Layouts, and Functions
5. Class 05 - Images, Color, Text, and More Work With Functions
6. Class 06 - Domain Modeling, Intro to the DOM, and Object Literal Notation
7. Class 07 - HTML Tables and JS Constructor Functions
8. Class 08 - Layout with CSS
9. Class 09 - Forms and Events
10. Class 10 - Debugging and Error Handling
11. Class 11 - Audio and Video in HTML; Domain Modeling Revisited
12. Class 12 - Canvas and ChartJS
13. Class 13 - Introduction to Persistence with Local Storage
14. Class 14 - Documentation, Project Selection, & Team Workflow
15. Class 15 - Course Recap & 301 Preview

Code 301 - Intermediate Software Development

1. Class 01 - Introduction to React and Components
2. Class 02 - State and Props
3. Class 03 - Passing Functions as Props
4. Class 04 - React and Forms
5. Class 15 - Authentication

Code 401 - Advanced Software Development

• Prep: Growth Mindset
• Prep: SQL Practice
• Prep: The Command Line
• Prep: Data Structures and Algorithms
• Prep: Engineering Readings

1. Class 01 - Topic
2. Class 02 - Testing and Modules
3. Class 03 - FileIO & Exceptions
4. Class 04 - Recursion
5. Class 05
6. Class 06 - Ten Thousand Game 1
7. Class 07 - Ten Thousand 2
8. Class 08 - Ten Thousand 3
9. Class 09 - Ten Thousand 4
10. Class 10
11. Class 11 - Data Analysis
12. Class 12 - Pandas
13. Class 13 - Linear Regressions
14. Class 14 - Data Visualization
15. Class 15
16. Class 16 - Serverless Functions
17. Class 17 - Web Scraping
18. Class 18 - Cryptography
19. Class 19 - Automation
20. Class 20
21. Class 21
22. Class 22
23. Class 23
24. Class 24
25. Class 25
26. Class 26 - Intro to Django
27. Class 27 - Django Models
28. Class 28 - Django CRUD and Forms
29. Class 29 - Django Custom User
30. Class 30 - Hash Tables
31. Class 31 - Django REST Framework & Docker
32. Class 32 - Permissions & Postgresql
33. Class 33 - Authentication & Production Server
34. Class 34 - API Deployment
35. Class 35 - Graphs
36. Class 36 - DSA Review
37. Class 37 - React 1
38. Class 38 - React 2
39. Class 39 - React 3
40. Class 40
41. Class 41 - React 4
42. Class 42 - Pythonisms
43. Class 43 - OSS Contributions