In Bootcamp

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In Bootcamp podcast is about Matthew Petschl's experience at a local coding bootcamp and journey to software engineer, featuring Ryan Rampersad with industry commentary.... more

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In Bootcamp episodes:

March 13, 2019In Bootcamp #7: HackerX
Class topics
JavaScript, more on APIs

Weather API; API keys

Cookies

Local storage

Instructor was a troll
The data was not stored anywhere

Preparing for groups
Acknowledging those that are doing well seemingly

Guidance on what to do with those that don’t participate

SCRUM
Early standup

Demo

Trying your hardest
Either not hard at all

Or committed despite the odds

Helping others in class
Connecting the dots
Almost handed the answer and the connection is a google-a-way but the dots don’t connect

HackerX
Business cards

Resume

Elevator pitch

Event
Did you feel prepared?

What was most overwhelming?

Who did you talk to?

How did it go?

What did you learn?
Attributions
~aether theories~
Copyright
In Bootcamp is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to http://thenexus.tv/ib7.
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41min
March 07, 2019In Bootcamp #6: AJAX and APIs
Matt feels the bootcamp picking up speed by learning AJAX and using his first APIs, plus Ryan explains the secret to a cleaner GitHub and finally Matt works on his "brand".
Homework
Value in a tag
https://mattpetschl.github.io/unit-4-game/
Api
Ajax
Avg function
GitHub cleanup
Working on business cards, resume and linkedin
Attributions
~aether theories~
Copyright
In Bootcamp is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to https://thenexus.tv/ib6.
This episode of In Bootcamp has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #523: IB #6 — Assign a valuable!
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March 06, 2019In Bootcamp #6: AJAX and APIs
Homework
Value in a tag

https://mattpetschl.github.io/unit-4-game/

Api

Ajax

Avg function

GitHub cleanup

Working on business cards, resume and linkedin
Attributions
~aether theories~
Copyright
In Bootcamp is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to http://thenexus.tv/ib6.
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30min
March 03, 2019In Bootcamp #5: Brand Statement
Turned in the Pokemon Game

Bootstrap

jQuery

Thursday - Review day
Waste of time

Talk to your neighbors until they know JavaScript...?

Beginning to start working on your brand?
Working on the resume and

Planning for interviewing
Attributions
~aether theories~
Copyright
In Bootcamp is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to http://thenexus.tv/ib5.
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24min
February 26, 2019In Bootcamp #4: Catch Em All
No class this week because of awful weather or snow
JavaScript
Last week: ifs and loops

Functions and objects

And Dom manipulation and jQuery

jQuery is it an industry standard in 2019 and beyond

Weird expectations? Learn nothing new...

Struggled with the homework, still got an A

Development tools in chrome

Pokemon hangman game!
Attributions
~aether theories~
Copyright
In Bootcamp is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to http://thenexus.tv/ib4.
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25min
February 21, 2019In Bootcamp #3: Rock Paper Scissors
It’s cold here in Minnesota

End of week 3

CSS Media Queries

Bootstrap

JavaScript
Starting with Boolean, strings and numbers

Syntax error : write a for loop

jQuery
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Copyright
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22min
February 13, 2019In Bootcamp #2: Off the Grid
Episode Summary
Martin Luther King day; no class to keep in sync with the other section missing their class
The professor has been making enquiries about our plans
Others were taking the course to get better employment options directly,
On the first night, I said just for fun, so... what’s up with the questions?
Bootstrap
Using Bootstrap 4 and learning Flexbox with bootstrap grids
CSS
Nth selector
Not
Focus
Learning about accessibility
Digital Accessibility | JavaScript MN
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22min
February 07, 2019In Bootcamp #1: The First Week
Matt begins bootcamp, meeting the professor, meeting his peers and finding his flow in class.

Episode Summary
Day 1 and 2
30 students in the class
Classmates – generally not computer savvy
Little to no pre work done on average
Not an actual professor
Does this for fun
Works with React
Windows was not needed at all
Industry misconceptions
“Java isn’t used much now”
No work ahead work
3 group projects
Weekend Class
Couldn’t settle down; was thinking about work the whole time
Plenty of time on Tuesday/Thursday to unwind before the class
60 people in the Saturday class!
Class lectures are broken up with little exercises; keeps you engaged
Some of these were refreshers
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Attributions
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Copyright
In Bootcamp is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to https://thenexus.tv/ib1.
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29min
February 06, 2019In Bootcamp #1: The First Week
Episode Summary
Day 1 and 2
30 students in the class

Classmates - generally not computer savvy

Little to no pre work done on average

Not an actual professor
Does this for fun

Works with React
Windows was not needed at all

Industry misconceptions
“Java isn’t used much now”
No work ahead work

3 group projects
Weekend Class
Couldn’t settle down; was thinking about work the whole time
Plenty of time on Tuesday/Thursday to unwind before the class

60 people in the Saturday class!

Class lectures are broken up with little exercises; keeps you engaged
Some of these were refreshers
Connect With The Nexus
Discuss this episode on our Subreddit

Become a Patron
Attributions
~aether theories~
Copyright
In Bootcamp is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to http://thenexus.tv/ib1.
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29min
January 30, 2019In Bootcamp #0: The Week Before
Episode Summary
You can read about the University of Minnesota's coding bootcamp here.
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23min

FAQs about In Bootcamp:

How many episodes does In Bootcamp have?

The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.