Posted on Sep 8th, 2020
This week, we’ll be focusing on going further with Django before we dive into REST APIs.
Today, we’ll be talking about deploying our Django apps to Heroku and using PostgreSQL.
Your project for the week will be Question Box. Today, you’ll start by getting this deployed to Heroku first thing.
Posted on Sep 6th, 2020
Welcome to Phase 3, everyone! I wanted to give you some notes this weekend to get ready.
This is your new classroom URL. You’ll use this for class throughout Phase 3.
If you are studying front-end development, you will meet with me 9:30-11:30 AM on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
If you are studying back-end development, you will meet with me 2:00-4:00 PM on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
This Wednesday, you will still meet, since we have a short week.
If you are studying front-end, we’ll be reviewing JavaScript on Tuesday. You might want to spend some time with Eloquent JavaScript this weekend, especially chapters 3-6.
If you are studying back-end, we’ll be digging more into the Django ORM on Tuesday. You might want to read this blog post this weekend and review Making queries from the Django documentation.
Posted on Aug 31st, 2020
Posted on Aug 31st, 2020
Today we’re not introducing anything new, but we will test our understanding and assumptions about django and do some live coding in class together. We’ll also practice reading errors, debugging, and getting back on track when it feels like you’re not making progress.
We’re going to live code together in class using a practice called mob programming. This is like pair programming, with more than two people but still only one computer. We produce code as a group and everyone participates in figuring out what the code should be.
Mob programming exercise and rules
Posted on Aug 27th, 2020