Week 14 - Final Presentations

Final presentations of web projects and festivities


Last class - Thoughts on Web Programming...

The "needs improvment" section

  • Needs more diversity - more female and minority groups.
  • Cowboys & Ego.

Things to avoid

  • Avoid building a Conten Management Systems (CMS) from scratch.
  • Avoid people who build CMS's from scratch.
  • Delete/throw away job ads with the words ['ninja','guru','rockstar'].
  • Avoid working at a place where you are the smartest programmer.
  • Don't sit too much, get a standing desk.

The good parts

  • You won't meet too many unemployed programmers.
  • Pick your own path.
  • Telecommuting was probably created by a programmer.
  • "Waiting for permission" isn't always required on the Internet.

Languages

Databases

  • Parse (Database/storage cloud service)
  • MongoDB (it does a lot more than we were exploring)
  • Postgres (SQL)

Realtime Web

Mobile




Assignment

  • Take care of each other
  • Make meaningful things
  • Learn a new programming language each year
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