Coder Camps pre-work nearly complete! Just one section left. That said, that one section includes 18 subjects and 360 practice exercises. Still, hope to have it done this weekend; leaving Monday through Wednesday for independent study before the road trip to Houston Thursday.
The pre-work we've been assigned has included some of Khan Academy's Computer Science coursework and the ebook A Smarter Way to Learn Javascript by Mark Myers. I was worried that after Codecademy.com, TeamTreeHouse.com, and several other basic programming tutorials I've been through in the last few months this was going to be a lot of repetition.
Not the case! Khan Academy took a very different (and graphical) approach to teaching JavaScript basics compared to any of the other online resources I've used. And A Smarter Way to Learn Javascript is just fantastic. Each chapter is very short and very readable. But what really makes it work are the practice exercises . After each chapter (89 of them in all) you head over to the book's website and work through 20 problems related to that chapter. They are structured so that you really do learn the material, and quickly!
In other news:
The new laptop (The End of an 8 Year Relationship... With My Laptop.) arrived yesterday. Took about an hour to ghost and install the SSD. Man, that thing is fast! Windows updates (73 of them!) took much longer, but its ready to go now.
The car is also ready for the 2000+ mile trip ahead of it next week. Just took alignment, two new ties, and four new spark-plugs. It's running smoother than it has since I bought it.
This weekend will be very busy - two going away parties, plus visits to relatives, a visit to Oregon Wine Country (can't leave without one last date with my bride!), and all the last minute planing and packing for the trip.
I can't wait to get to camp. All the self-taught stuff I've been doing feels like its really coming together. Now I get to add expert instruction on top and really dive into full-stack development. Ten days 'till camp - I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve waiting for morning to come.
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