My greatest achievement of October was that I finally managed to finish the freeCodeCamp Responsive Web Design Certification, the Github repository is available here. It took a lot longer than I had originally anticipated, though towards the end I think I had got my workflows figured out. Next stop - the JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Certification.

I also bought a Raspberry Pi to do some coding on while I’m at work - mostly so I don’t have to lug my laptop around all of the time. I actually had one of these a number of years ago, I had the Pi 2 which I mainly used to emulate arcade games via MAME. However, I’m really impressed with the power of the new model - I think you could definitely run it as a main desktop computer. The screenshot below shows the Doc-o-matic running on Raspbian. I’ve also got a few projects planned specifically for the Raspberry Pi.

I read:

  • Python for Data Analysis (McKinney, 2017)
  • Principles of Data Wrangling: Practical Techniques for Data Preparation (Rattenbury, 2017)
  • Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction (Gowers, 2002)

I completed:

  • Technical Documentation Page (freeCodeCamp project)
  • Personal Portfolio Website Page (freeCodeCamp project)

I watched:

  • CS-50 Data Structures
  • CS-50 Python
  • CS-50 SQL

I started reading:

  • Make Your Own Neural Network (Rashid, 2016)

Doc-o-matic running on a Raspberry Pi-

Doc-o-matic on Raspberry Pi