Prework - Level 2 - 11+ Hours

Command Line - 2-3 Hours

In lesson 1 you started learning a bit about the command line. Now it's time to learn some more about the command line and how to navigate around. To learn more, work through the CodeCademy Command Line course:

• https://www.codecademy.com/en/courses/learn-the-command-line

HTML & CSS - 2-3 Hours

In lesson 1 you started working on the CodeCademy course for HTML & CSS. This will continue to be the foundation of your time as a Front End Engineer. To continue learning HTML & CSS finish the CodeCademy course for HTML & CSS:

• https://www.codecademy.com/en/skills/make-a-website

Javascript - 4+ Hours

You have started learning some Javascript and have worked through some of the basics. Now you are ready to learn a bit more of the basics by completing the Newline (The Iron Yard's online teaching platform) JS mini-course. This will go through syntax and

Javascript - 7+ Hours

Javascript is an incredibly important part of Front-End Engineering and development. Take some time to continue learning and practicing Javascript with the CodeCademy Javascript class.

• https://www.codecademy.com/tracks/javascript

The first jQuery lesson has a lot of Regular Expressions which will likely seem different to you.

Git - 1-2 Hours

You have started to get used to git, now you need to get used to some more of the available commands. Start by reading from the official git documentation Chapter 2:

• https://git-scm.com/book/en/v1/Git-Basics

Typing - ~10 Mins Per Day

Typing standard articles and prose is very different from code and things do tend to flow a bit different. In Level 1 you started to enforce touch typing, now put those skills to use by getting used to typing code. Using the free plan on typing.io practice some of the Javascript lessons:

• http://typing.io
• https://typing.io/lesson/javascript/jquery/traversing.js/1

Github - 20 Mins

Github is important to understand and we'll be using it to turn in assignments. So let's get started by turning in your first assignment. But, before you get started, check out this video from github on how to create new issues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJlYiMp8FuY NOTE Some of the UI for filtering has moved from the left hand side to above the issues list but most of the issue creation process has been left the same.

Go to the assignment repo for this class and do the following:

• https://github.com/tiy-nashville/fee-gitbook

• Add a bookmark to the assignment repo in your bookmark bar

• Click on the issues link to the right
• Make a new issue titled - 00 - Introduction

In your issue, include:

• Your Name
• Your Github Username

• Answers to the below questions:

• What difficulties do you predict that you will encounter during our course? How have you reacted to similar situations in the past? How do you plan on reacting to these situations during the class?

• Which part of the prework did you like the MOST? Which part of the prework did you like the LEAST? If you found any of the prework confusing, please explain.

Notice that Github uses a note taking language called Markdown that compiles into HTML (it's actually the same format I use to make this Gitbook too). You should read up on these two articles from Team Treehouse and Github and use some markdown formatting in your issue.

A Quick Video

In our lives (especially during busy times), we are bombarded with choices that can use a lot of our energy without even knowing it! But, we can combat this if we are aware of it. Here is a video from TED that talks about the Paradox of Choice and what it means for our lives.

https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice