HB Week 3

Q:  What did the 0 say to the 8?

A:  Nice belt!

So, tomorrow starts week 3 of Hackbright Academy. We're going to leave Python behind and go over databases, java script and more. I'm looking forward to that. But, in the mean time, I'm going to freak out that I am having a hell of a time figuring out how to deal with the skills 2 exercises. I mean, it took forever for me to figure out the first one!

I don't know if I need more time to just write the code and get the muscle memory for dictionaries or I just don't get how to do it. Sometimes, I feel like I'm randomly adding square brackets or parentheses and praying one will work.

Oh, and in going over the skills exercises from week 1, I feel ok but I keep forgetting the basic things like... oh, calling the function so the script actually works.

Sigh...

Ok, here's a list of things I get:

for loops
the concept of Object Oriented Programming
the idea of classes
modularity

I'm not going to write a list of what I don't get as that would take way too much space. Plus, I'm not sure I even remember what I don't get.

On a positive note though, I got to see some code that a friend's husband is writing to help out his brother. The code was written in Python and I actually understood what was written there. Maybe not all the super long lines of code, but for the most part, I understood the structure. I also got to see some javascript. It looks similar but not. A lot of declaration of variables. I like that. That seems familiar.

Ok, I'm going to work on the exercises till 11pm and then go to sleep.

I am not going to panic. I am not going to freak out. I can do this!