Learned:
- Techincal
- Learned how to code in Ruby and connect with the database using PostgreSQL.
- Learned how to use AWS
- Design the database and restAPI with Java
- Tools
- Asana, used for task assignments and workflow
- Discourse
- GSuite
- Slack, used to communicate
- Soft Skills
- Project Management–Asana
- Team Collaboration and Communication
- Solution Seeking, finding resources to complete tasks at hand
- Planning for group activities
Achievements:
- Completed all tasks assigned to me
- Plan a thorough list of activities to help get people familiar with the task
- Learned how to work well and help others in the group
List of meetings/trainings attended
- Meeting 1 - Orientation
- Meeting 2
- Meeting 3
- Meeting 6
- Meeting 7 - SCRUM
- Discourse Demo
- AWS Webinar
- Meeting with an Industry mentor
- Industry Skills Webinar
- UX and FS Team Alignment Meetings
Tasks done
- Learn Ruby on Rails
- Install Discourse Plug-ins into local discourse instance
- Hurdles faced and overcome: figure out how to solve my own problems when installing Discourse
- Sub-team tasks
- Get familiar with discourse code
- Hurdles faced and overcome: not previously familiar with rails, solved through tutorials and self-learning
- Think about how to lower the time complexity of the plug-in algorithm
- Get familiar with discourse code