Preparing for Fundamentals

This private repo is where you do your work and you and your instructor can communicate about it.

Prep Skills

Fill in the blanks and mark off these as you do them by adding an x between the brackets:

• Create: Gmail.com Address

  • My Gmail address is ______.
  • My most important password of all is my ______ password.
  • I made sure to set my ______.

• Agree: Read, A Lot

  • The most important skill of a developer is ______.
  • I agree to ______.

• Join: Mailing List

  • I have ______ myself and my parents to ______.
  • Emails from the mailing list come to the ______ folder.
  • SkilStak newsletters are sent every ______.

• Complete: Markdown Tutorial

  • I have ______ the markdown tutorial.

• Attain: 24 WPM on TypingTest.com

  • The second most important skill of a developer is ______.
  • I type ______ words per minute.

• Show: How to Use Chrome Incognito

  • You should always use Incognito because ______.

• Explain: Core Offerings

  • Everyone starts SkilStak™ in ______.
  • To get into the Project course I have to ______.
  • To get into Pro I have to ______.
  • ______ is good socialization practice.
  • True or false, Yoga is a technical skill: ______
  • YouTube and blogging are taught in ______.
  • In which course could I learn Swift programming? ______
  • I understand ______ offerings.

• Pick: Technology Path

  • ______ leads to Engineering and Linux focus categories.
  • ______ leads to Web and Apps focus categories.
  • ______ lead to Data and Languages focus categories.
  • I declare my technology path to be ______.

• Join: Slack Chat Room

  • My Slack chat room web address is ______.
  • I will check ______ at least ______.

• Create: GitHub.com Account

  • My GitHub account is ______.
  • True or false, I can change my GitHub name anytime? ______.
  • My account name does not have ______ in it.

• Edit: File with GitHub

  • I put the ______ file into this work repo.

• Create: Individual Development Plan

  • I have completed by ______.
  • The most important quality of a good goal to me is ______.

• Create: First Github Issue

  • The name of my issue on this repo is ______.
  • Issues are a great way to ______.

• Create: Custom Issue Label

  • Custom labels are good because ______.
  • I created custom labels called ______, ______, ______.

• Sign: Student Pledge

  • I solemnly swear to ______.
  • If I break the pledge I can get a ______.

• Create: First Web Site

  • The URL to my first web site is ______.

• Create: CodeCombat.com Account(s)

  • The email for Python is ______.
  • The email for JavaScript is ______.
  • I need to get into the ______ to move out of Prep.
  • I need to get into the ______ to apply for Certification.

• Know: Your Web Sites

  • My location name is ______.
  • The web site for my location is ______.
  • The web site for SkilStak™ is ______.
  • I can lookup shortcuts from ______.
  • My personal web site address is ______.

• Remember: Passwords!

  • If I keep trying my GitHub password I risk ______.
  • The most important password to remember is ______.
  • My strategy for remember my password is ______.

• Explain: Communications

  • The phone number for my location is ______.
  • The email for my location is ______.
  • The street address for my location is ______.
  • The main SkilStak™ phone is ______.
  • My contact phone is ______ (not my own).
  • My contact email is ______ (not my own).
  • If I have an emergency I should ______.
  • If I want to schedule a makeup I should ______.
  • If I have a question about codecombat I should ______.
  • True or false, when I can’t come my parents should email? ______.
  • The best place to find videos and photos of my location is ______.

• Explain: Policies

  • Officially there are no ______.
  • My Mom and Dad can watch a class if ______.
  • If I refer a friend I get ______% off next semester’s cost.
  • I can get ______% off next semester for referring a friend.
  • I can get a strike for ______, ______, ______, or more.
  • True of false, SkilStak™ can stop me from coming to any SkilStak™ for any reason they deem necessary without a refund. ______
  • The most important factor in learning to code is ______.
  • I can only make up ______ missed classes in a row.
  • The minimum number of students to not cancel a course is ______.

• Explain: What is just-in-time learning?

  • Just in time learning is ______.

• Explain: What is coding?

  • Coding is ______.
  • Programming is ______.
  • Computer science is ______.
  • True or False: HTML is a programming language. ______
  • One language with code that is not programming is ______.

• Explain: What is organic learning?

  • Organic means ______.
  • Learning should be tailored to fit ______.

• Explain: Which computer should I get?

  • Microsoft lacks a ______.
  • Apple became preferred by developers when ______.
  • Linux is based on ______.

• Show: Screenshot

  • To make a screenshot of a region on Mac press ______.
  • To make animated GIFs on Mac use ______.

• Show: Drag a File into a Repo

  • I uploaded ______ to this repo using drag-n-drop.

• Show: Login with Mac Terminal

  • I can get the files to solarize my terminal from ______.
  • I can increase the font size of my terminal with ______.
  • I can full screen my terminal with ______.

• Show: Login with CodeAnywhere.com

  • CodeAnywhere is ______ blocked if ssh is blocked.
  • True or false: CodeAnywhere is great for professionals. ______
  • CodeAnywhere is ______ than terminal.

• Show: Bash and VIM Essentials

  • To make a new file without opening it use ______.
  • To make a file runnable use ______.
  • The first line of a Python file should be ______.
  • When I forgot a Bash command I should ______.

• Show: Basic Math

  • Programming came from ______.
  • x = 2y + 3 is an example of ______.
  • In programming x is ______ and y is ______.

• Attain: Forest in CodeCombat.com

  • Upload screenshots of each level to this repo.

• Configure: GitHub Keys

  • Keys are like ______.
  • The command to create new key pair is ______.
  • I can test connecting to GitHub with ______.

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