In Bootcamp

On the final episode of In Bootcamp, Matthew Petschl finishes bootcamp! Group project is complete, graduation commences and upcoming plans are made.

On the last full week of In Bootcamp, Matt shares the final few days of Group Project 3 - contributions and timesinks, plus an insightful discovery, and a bit more about short and long term plans after bootcamp ends.

Matt finishes up Computer Science in bootcamp, and continues working on his mail server for Group Project 3, meanwhile the project itself is not going so well -- and a sudden surprise from HackerX.

The bootcamp begins a short Computer Science unit, discussing Sorting Algorithms, group project 3 continues, and allegedly next week the legendary HackerX returns to Minneapolis -- listen to Matt's plan!

Matt's group project 3 stutters, React is finished up, Java begins and essentially ends, and upon reflection, maybe this course changed course during its course.

Matt continues learning React and more important modern JavaScript concepts, chats with his TA and gains a new perspective on the portfolio.

Matt begins React week; with HTML in JavaScript - JSX, basic styles and component composition, plus Matt's professor tells him strange things!

Matt continues with MongoDB in class, and outside of class he attends his first conference - Open Source North - meets new friends and even gets his own invitation to the legendary HackerX.

Matt finishes Group Project 2 and learns a lot about scope, communications and capabilities, and continues learning Mongo and NoSQL.

Matt's second group project continues and the tasks begin building up; plus Matt gets his first unsolicited recruiter contact!

Matt's class takes a break from programming material, focuses on tools and tricks alongside the group project.

Matt has installed the latest Ubuntu on his laptop, gets sick, learns why MySQL is weird and what ORMs are.

Matt's class continues with MySQL and adds Express into the mix and begins serving dynamically created HTML content with Handlebars. Plus, Matt gets the OK to use Linux in class - against his earlier preconceived notions.

Matt continues learning SQL, experimenting with larger data sets, using JOINs and complex SELECTs, and he begins learning the Node API to create servers.

Matt finally reaches halfway in the Bootcamp, and kicks off MySQL with Workbench, using Mamp and Xampp, and later, Ryan shares a recent mini-job experience related to the bootcamp.

Matt continues learning Node, and practices new JavaScript techniques with Constructors.

Matt learns Node, reflects on Group Project 1 and follows up from Interview Day, a chat on Open Source North!

Matt's class has a break during the group project, then he tries the interview process for the first time and learns a lot about the process and himself.

Matt begins the first Group Project in bootcamp and learns ideation is the hardest part to start, recounts the first HackerX feedback and asks questions about "breaks" at work.

Matt learns more about APIs, cookies, local storage, prepares for the upcoming group project and attends the legendary HackerX event!

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".

Matt begins working on his brand statement, finds and fixes some bugs, and learns quirks of jQuery while Ryan finds out that while the Bootcamp class has "career services" they are optional.

Matt continues his journey into JavaScript: functions, objects, the DOM and even jQuery, plus Matt finds a way to include his favorite Pokemon into an assignment.

Matt and Ryan discuss week 3: a wrap up of CSS with bootstrap, the beginning of JavaScript with everyone's favorite project - Rock Paper Scissors!

MLK Day changes the class schedule up a little.

Matt begins bootcamp, meeting the professor, meeting his peers and finding his flow in class.

On the traditional zeroth episode, Matt and Ryan discuss Matt's entry in the University of Minnesota's coding bootcamp, and why he is going through with it and what he has done.