As I complete my final portfolio project, I’m amazed at all that I’ve learned. The first 2/3 of the curriculum that took so long to master, were such a quick and small part of my final project. When I started, individual React and Redux concepts swirled around in my head. But, after watching a full end-to-end build, attending some study groups, re-reading many of the lessons, and diving into my own project, the concepts started to come together into the cohesive whole.
There is a story in Buddhist mythology that throughout the Buddha’s life, he was tempted by the Demon God Mara. Whenever Mara arrived, the Buddha would acknowledge his presence, invite him in, and then let him go. This story illustrates the idea behind my Javascript Single Page Application, Mara. As our minds are tempted with worries, fears, unaswered questions, nagging to do’s or other unhelpful thoughts, we can acknowledge them, invite them in, and let them go.
I’m partway through my Rails Portfolio Project and even though I feel I have a decent grasp of Rails, I keep stalling out. Every time I sit down to work on my project, I spend more time trying to figure out my next steps than I do actually working on my project. So, today, I am going to attempt to define my own roadmap to follow. Buckle up.
Day 1 - Getting Started - October 23
After finishing up the student scraper, I was very excited to start on my CLI App. I read through the instructions from start to finish, decided what I would scrape, looked over the code from the Student Scraper project and the World’s Best Restaurant example and got started.