Dilip_Kumar - Full Stack (Level 2) Pathway

Certificates Summer 2021 Certificates Open Source Ruby Plugin (CA) 2021
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Self Assessment - Level 1 - Module 1

Week 1 : Getting Started

Overview

Technical Area:

  • Learned basics of the command line, how to traverse through files, and understand shell.
  • Learned about Git version control system, difference between Git and GitHub.
  • Learned how open-source software works. Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Tools:

  • STEM-Away forum
  • Command Line
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • YouTube

Soft Skills:

  • Self-assessment
  • Self learning methods
  • Time-management
  • Learned how to ask questions via STEM-Away forum and send private messages to ask for help

Achievement Highlights

  • Learned command line basics
  • Learned about Git & GitHub
  • Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Tasks Done / Challenges

  • Learned more commands related to Linux

  • Refreshed my knowledge about Version Control with Git and GitHub

  • Gained an understanding of open-source software, open-source code, and help forums

Goals for upcoming week

  • Complete readings/videos of module 2, FS level 2
  • Install Discourse locally
  • Stabilize working schedule and communicate with team members (plan on meetings)
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Week 2 - Dev Environment Setup

Overview

  • Technical Area: Learned basics of Bootstrap, basics of SCSS, Learned about installing Discourse in local machine, Learned basics of Ruby on Rails, the Discourse codebase and how it is composed and developed.
  • Tools: STEM-Away, technical support forums (Stack Overflow, etc.), YouTube tutorials, documentation of Ruby on Rails.
  • Soft Skills: Self-assessment, Task-management, and to work in my time management studying the resources from the module 2.

Achievement highlights .

  • Learned basic Ruby Syntax and Rails Framework.
  • Watched several supplemental resources.
  • Installed Discourse in local machine, and got a better understanding of the libraries required by it.

Tasks done / Challenges

  • Installed Discourse in local machine.
  • Gained an understanding of basic Ruby syntax and Rails Framework.
  • Got a better understanding of the Discourse codebase.

Goals for upcoming week

  • Start working and complete the module 3.
  • Keep in touch with team members & share my progress.
  • Get a better understanding and start learning about developing Discourse themes.
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Week 3

Module 3: Developing Discourse Themes

Overview

  • Technical Area:

    • Introduction to developing/designing themes
    • Previewing themes
    • Theme files and folders
    • Learned about installing/creating Discourse themes and components .

  • Tools:

    • Command line
    • Git/GitHub
    • YouTube
    • STEM-Away platform
    • Slack
    • Discourse forums
    • Discourse admin interface
    • Discourse Theme CLI: new, watch, download function

  • Soft Skills:

    • Learned to communicate through the STEM-Away Discourse
    • Get support from mentors in that platform
    • Flexibility with various tools

  • Achievement highlights

    • Created a basic theme
    • Created theme in local machine using the Admin Settings UI in Discourse, and adding some HTML/CSS/JavaScript to customize it.
    • Created a remote theme in GitHub, and imported it to my local machine. Got a better understanding of the required files and the required structure for a remote theme.
    • Got introduced to browser developer tools, and starting learning about it

  • Goals for upcoming week

    • Learn Handlebars syntax
    • Learn how widgets work in Discourse
    • Learn more about creating themes in Discourse
    • Learn more about APIs and their uses on Discourse

Statement of Tasks Completed

  • Installed and created my first themes in Discourse using different methods (direct installation, installation from remote repository, etc.)
  • Followed the “Developer’s Guide to Discourse Themes” to create my first local and remote theme
    • Used HTML/CSS to add a banner below the Discourse header
    • Used JavaScript to create an alert
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Week 4

Module 4 : Advanced Discourse Themes

Overview

Technical Area: Learned how widgets / plugins are used in Discourse use handlebars templates and pluginAPIs in Discourse Discourse plugin API.

Tools: Atom, Discourse forums, STEM-Away forum, Command Line / Terminal, Git/GitHub, YouTube

Soft Skills: Self-assessment, Time-management, Troubleshooting, Virtual-collaboration , Try to figure out unknown and complex material from module 4

Achievement highlights

  • Read all the required readings and some of the supplemental resources
  • Used developer tools to find different classes for elements in Discourse website, and used those classes for theme development.
  • Got introduced to handlebars syntax and plugins in Discourse.

Goals for upcoming week

  • Keep learning about handlebars templates and plugins in Discourse
  • Learn to use font awesome icons in Discourse
  • Read and try to implement virtual DOM
  • Explore what kind of widgets, plugins, theme modifiers are used in the Discourse community

Tasks done

  • Created a Discourse theme with help of developer tools.
  • Started working with handlebars templates.
  • Read and studied some material from the module 4
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Week 5

Module 5 : Discourse Plugin Development

Overview

  • Technical Area : JavaScript, Ember.js, Discourse plugin API, Yami, Handlebars, Ruby, Ruby on Rails

  • Tools : command line, GitHub, YouTube, STEM-Away platform, documentation pages, VS code.

  • Soft Skills : Self-assessment, Active-learning, Task-management, Troubleshooting, Virtual-collaboration

Achievement highlights

  • Created a custom Discourse plugin and looked around the file structures of it
  • Got introduced to create plugins in Discourse
  • Read all the required readings and some supplemental resources

Goals for upcoming week

  • Start to create Discourse plugins
  • Try my best to complete level 2 module 6 by the end of this week to follow up with team members
  • Join next weeks team meetings and session 2 kick-off meeting

Tasks done

  • created my own Discourse plugin after reading all the required readings, mentioned in module 4
  • Learn more about how to create a plugin article to understand the process of plugin creation in Discourse
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Week 6

Module 6 : Plugin Development Continued

Overview

  • Technical Area : JavaScript, Ember.js, Discourse plugin API, Yami, Handlebars, Ruby, Ruby on Rails

  • Tools : command line, GitHub, YouTube, STEM-Away platform, documentation pages, VS code.

  • Soft Skills : Self-assessment, Active-learning, Task-management, Troubleshooting, Virtual-collaboration

2. Achievement Highlights

  • Got more familiar with ember.js and ruby on rails.
  • Created a plugin in Discourse in local machine
  • Read all the required readings and some supplemental resources

3. Tasks Done / Challenges

  • Wrap up and combine all the things learned in previous weeks
  • I also read some supplemental resources such as how to create a plugin article to understand the process of plugin creation in Discourse, and GitHub commit conventions.

4. Goals for Upcoming Week

  • Start working with team in final project, creating a plugin for Discourse
  • Wrap up and combine all the things learned in previous weeks
  • Decide and tell the leads whether I want to work on the front-end side or the back-end side for the team project