I'm as far along as Bon Jovi

Week 5 Recap

We're coming to a close on week 5 with the Iron Yard. This is half-way through the lecture portions of the course.
(I began typing this post on Friday, but forgot to finish and post it! whoops!

Coursework

I'm currently building a version of reddit. When I was told we'd be building this, I was astounded. ...but I've learned that reddit is a pretty simplistic website when you take a look at what is actually occurring 'under the hood', so-to-speak.

Reddit is a user-driven posting site where you can upvote or downvote the posts. ...and that's about it. Sure, there are sub-reddits and categories, but the basic premise remains the same.  For class, we're building a basic website structured the same way.

Currently, I've got a site pushed to the internet, accessible by anyone. I'll hold off on posting the link to it, as I want to get it further before I do so.

My version of Reddit is sure to get a rise out of a few people. ...I'm making "Breaddit". I'm hoping, when it's done, users will be able to register, login, post links to various things, upvote and downvote, etc. - all within a 'bread' theme. (I find more humor in this than I probably should.)

Available in pumpernickel, too!

At this point, I'm doing my best to make sure I fully understand the path the pages take from routing to model to controller to view to the scss file, and the paths that lead back or through this flow. It can get mixed up if I'm not paying attention, but I think I'm getting the hang of it.

Personal growth

As I've said before, the course with the Iron Yard is teaching me more than just code; it's teaching me how to be better about problem solving and how I learn as an individual. I've also said before - I plan on going on a full rant about this later, but it's important to note at this half-way that the most important thing I'm learning through this course is how to help myself best to move through errors and seeking best methods for getting things done. Chris is an amazing instructor, and is always available to assist, but I also want to make sure when I'm out of the course, I know how to go about getting the solutions with minimal assistance (if any - wouldn't that be great!)

Life outside the Iron Yard

I'm still in the process of moving out of 'moldy apartment land', but I'm happy to report my health has normalized itself and my eyes no longer make me look like I've been awake for 3 days fueled by cocaine. Yay!

"This code like a great big..."

In the midst of this, my car has had a few hiccups here and there, and I've held off from taking it in (mostly due to time or money constraints). I managed to get the car in this week, and was told my car is akin to a rolling time-bomb. I could continue to drive it as is, but I'd be running the risk of either blowing the engine, or blowing the tires. ...well, if it's raining, it's pouring, right?

So, today I spent a portion of my day going through the steps of buying a car. Which, by the way, for someone who's mother has been in the dealership/car world for years, I knew absolutely nothing about buying a car. SO grateful for her. (And she just happened to be in town for her birthday weekend. - Happy Birthday, mom!)

As for HopCat, I had to give up my shifts this week to deal with all the nonsense. I'm certainly not happy about it, as I'll likely have to make up for it over the coming weeks, but I also know it was pretty needed.