Ruby on Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl

Finished chapter 2 of Ruby on Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl.

It's so hard to find time to concentrate uninterrupted, especially time at my computer, with working internet. For example, I can't do it while gulping my dinner in a taqueria. Or when there are chatty people around to whom I must not be too cold or rude.

I can read paper books, even when not at a quiet desk. I have scraps of time while waiting at the kid's orthodontist, eating breakfast, etc. But paper books are expensive.

Just finished this one: Introducing GitHub: A Non-Technical Guide. By Peter Bell, Brent Beer. O'Reilly Media.  Final Release Date: November 2014. It's humiliating to have to start with the "non-technical" one. And to still feel ignorant at the end. But, a little bit less so.

Ruby on Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl

Finished chapter 1 (of 12). Hard but fun.

Ruby on Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl

New baby GitHub account

Getting board/frustrated with the Unity book. (69% complete). Have I gotten what I needed to get from it (ie, some experience messing around in an a object-oriented environment), or should I persevere and finish, since I started? In a fit of restlessness, began the Railstutorial.org book before finishing the Unity one.

(Is it true I don't yet have a GitHub account? Didn't I create one at that Open Source event? Apparently not...) (Oo, Hartl tutorial has me setting up a Cloud9 IDE account too... pretty! At least I know what an IDE is now. Progess since this summer :P   )

Profoundly distracted by the Ferguson protests.

Code School "Try Git"

Completed today. Not super enlightening. Cat is cute tho.

Hour of Code - one year later

Hour of Code approacheth. One year later.

What has changed in one year?

I have completed introductory classes in: HTML/CSS/Javascript; Python (several); Unity Game Engine (63% as of today). I am itching to be done with the Unity course so I can tackle the Michael Hartl Ruby on Rails one.

Object Oriented Programming concepts are no longer totally alien.

I have moved from feeling proud of myself for sticking a toe in the water, to feeling very impatient and frustrated that I still don't really know how to just jump in and swim.

I have joined a lot of new email lists and have a different set of voices flowing across my screen: O'Reilly, Gamasutra, Women Who Code. I got my Hour of Code reminders from GeekMom this year. I learned about new holidays, like Ada Lovelace Day.

I thought about organizing an Hour of Code event at the kid's computer club place this year-- but did not.