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Invitations iyyaf arrived.

Unless they've changed you won't need to use any front end framework throughout bootcamp. Perhaps when you get admitted as a fellow.

chidimmajuliet:
its just so unfair that they are yet to contact anyone. I hope they have a plan of shifting the date.

Niggas are brilliant ouchea, but this evenly distributed brilliance doesn't come with the oppor.tu.nity to show it's worth. Andela fixes that.

Question is -
isBrilliant() ?
proveIt() ?
admit() : enrollNextCycle()
: enrollNextCycle()

Work hard to make proveIt() return true.

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Rise above the Hate.

DonPikko:
guente02 how is it going man?

One byte at a time. Thanks for checking.

If na like so person dey get credit alerts life for better na.
For a start that's awesome.

DonPikko:
oh, for the REST, I learnt how to build via a course on udemy, mosh hamedanni node Js course

Same as me.
The guy and brad na my go to guy for all things js.
You have his full nodejs course?

naijanoni:
I recommend http://www.javascript.info if you're just beginning to learn Java Script (like I was 3 months ago).
That site helped/is helping me understand the language very well. They break down everything to the simplest so even someone without any prior programming knowledge can understand.
There are also challenge questions at the end of every topic for practice.


The site is also included somewhere in the homestudy.

You're head is there. Cool and lightweight site with cool code snippets tgat are nicely formatted.

Lagosian29:
my MERN STACK Video by BRAD TRAVERSY is 8.73 Gb. Whose internet wud I use in uploading dat on Google drive even if u r to buy it.

Schedule a meeting around surulere, yaba & sabo so we cud do business.

How is it?

Solomon27:
Another way to use Ternary Operators;

var dare = 45;

alert( (dare%2 === 0) ? "it is an even number" : "it is an odd number" );



That will if a number is even or odd!

Zero (0) is a falsy value.

Truncating the strict comparison operator, the zero and parentheses would save few keystrokes las las.

alert( dare%2 ? "it is an even number" : "it is an odd number" );

Would return true if dare is even and otherwise(odd) if otherwise(false)...lol

Yours is more readable nonetheless.

DonPikko:
thanks bro, have you used it with react?, i'm having issues setting it up in react, but format code works nicely

Nope.

flashBang:
Damn i thought i applied for cycle 37. the deadline for the application was july 20, first test july 25 and second test aug 8. If that was cycle 36 then when did the application for cycle 37 started and ended? and it's the last.

I finished the coding test in 2hr 36mins with all the codes tested correctly by Qualified.io code checker.
Now this is the response i just got from andela.

{They saluted me for an act of courage and for taking that important step towards realizing my dream of becoming a world-class software developer blahblahblah!!! BUT Unfortunately, at this time, we can’t move forward with your application blahblahblah!!! }

Well maybe not perfect, but i work in a Bank morning till evening only applying my skill in financial analysis, risk management... Since i applied i sleep very late just to get a few hours of code learning every night, transition from accounting to programming isn't easy. Maybe I'm not good enough to deserve it but an interview at least would have been more appreciated than a damned salute.

Well to be candid, after all the knowledge of web development(HTML, CSS, JS + a bit of jQuery) accumulated in a little while, it felt really good to realise that one could still become a self made developer after navigating the wrong crowd for long. Andela rekindled that hope and i salute them back. I could move on from this point starting with automating most tasks for my couleagues.
Though i don't think any fresh coder would make it into andela with my experience now, there are probably some qualities the old fellas would possess... including more speed i suppose...

Success is too proud to fall on anyone, you gotta do a bit of wooing (stressful shiii) and it'd play hard to get for sure (another stressful shiii) so better have a contingency plan to that effect by getting really hands-on with the concepts, understanding the shit out of what you can and perhaps reaching out on here with your blockers.

I'm not giving up on this, you too shouldn't. I understand you've got limited time to practice because of work and all but broooos you've gotta really want it badly so put in the best of the time you've got and push the boundaries of your knowledge.

By merely thinking about what you know now and what you need to know, you'd be easily overwhelmed - sadly inevitable - but staying sane and pushing it one code (amidst the distractions) at a time works like magic.

Andela or not, we are all limitless but we just gotta put em pieces together and best believe las las we'd be fine.

DonPikko:
it is one thing to code, it is another thing to write quality code, using eslint is cool and headache at the same time, but it makes one a better programmer, i'm loving it

Mix it with Prettier while using a style guide and you'd be well on your way to an extent writing clean code.
https://blog.echobind.com/integrating-prettier-eslint-airbnb-style-guide-in-vscode-47f07b5d7d6a?source=bookmarks---------10----------------

minions:
Can someone tell me what might be wrong with this?

You seem to be spelling length as lenght. Check that and reiterate through your logic. You're getting something wrong somewhere in there.

princesweetman2:
Guente02

I can't help here.

stevenakp:

Concentrate on your bootcamp.

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DonPikko:
mahhhnnn much thanks, an applicant really needs to know much before applying then, did you guys use React at all?

No. React wasn't used. Perhaps in the future.
Keep learning.

DonPikko:
hehe, how's it going man?, for the Bootcamp can you please describe the project that was given to you

It was pretty straightforward and INTENSE.
Cycle 34 boot campers were tasked with building a diary app called My diary.

Basically, it is an app that would help its users to save their stories, thoughts or whatever experiences they'd like to write about.
We were expected to come up with HTML, CSS templates, a few API endpoints for the app 2 weeks before the actual commencement of the boot camp.

We used express framework for server-side rendering and PostgreSQL as the database - with no ORM - to store these stories and experiences.
We implemented authentication with JSONwebtokens with strict adherence to REST standards and TDD practices (extremely important) leveraging on tools like mocha and jest and the likes.

Agile methodology was a major thing and tools like Pivotal Tracker was used.

We had lunch - the rice was wild - and had facilitation sessions that exposed us more to the nitty-gritty of Andela's core values also some Q n As and everything in-between (It was a mind-blowing, growth-inducing and career-redefining experience).

GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT - how the heck did I forget version control. Show yourself some love and learn GIT. Solid grasp of the basics like would go a long way and be informed that your LFA might suggest a template that you'd be expected to follow for commit messages and pull requests.

FEEDBACK - the word that induces the growth - is what you're going to hear a lot so brace-up.

Trust me this is not even all as there are details to everything but if we put in the required work and stay teachable, we'd be fine.

umavictor11:
please send me the link to your medium post

You heard the man. \/

DonPikko:
if you search deeper you'll find it

DonPikko:
if you search deeper you'll find it

Pikko the web crawler. Wehhh Done.

But what's happening here.
All these temperaments would not even allow some get selected.
Shouldn't we rather settle down and focus on the mission?
All these epistles of bigotry, unhealthy sarcasm and pettiness is pretty much not called for.
Time to discontinue the following of this thread is near.
Damnnnn!!!

floratutu:
Technical assessment.
The one on Qualified.io

You'd know you've qualified when you get a mail inviting you to an interview at epic tower. The interview has it's own very mini project too.

floratutu:
please after taking the test, is there a way to know if you passed or not?

like will you know immediately?

Which of the tests?
Home study or technical assessment?

DonPikko:
it's like documenting experience is compulsory for bootcampers, reading lots of experience on medium, quite interesting

You'd write about 4 blog posts on medium throughout the course of the bootcamp.

DonPikko:
are you going to be interviewed again?

I believe if I ace all the test leading to the interview (something I already have experience in) why not?

shimmer1:
Great piece....
Is it true that cycle 37 is the last cycle of this year?

Pretty much. Yes.

Software engineering would easily frustrate you. It's low key a rabbit hole something. You'd be lost and would experience bouts of insanity but for all its worth don't stop.
Bootcamp requires you have a little above knowledge of the basics - the reasons why they provided learning resources. And since you'd be tinkering with javascript(for the most part) throughout the Bootcamp, grab some growth mindset and give it a die-there attitude.
I've been bitten once and 2x twice shy so I'm staging a comeback - matter fact an EPIC one.

shimmer1:
Aww, are you reapplying or you are on the way already?

Reapplying.

Got a reject mail also.
Reached out to my LFA as why he he feels I'm not good for the next phase,he got back to me and i have since started working on it.
Just go on amd complete the project.

DonPikko:
you shouldn't enter boot camp with the mind set of failing

Failing is when you fall down and you don't use that as a growth and learning experience.

stephenkhalaf:
@guente02, please, i don't like that "nose-making" word that you used, is it a sin to post code on "andela forum"...if i should come online and start talking abt my babe,cars or how i mess a girl yesterday, i guess that should be called "noise-making"

Sorry.
I should have been more careful with my choice of words. I'll go on and edit the post to be less attacking and more to the point.
My sincere apologies.