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+gem 'jemoji'
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-theme: jekyll-theme-hacker
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+theme: jekyll-theme-hacker
+
+title: COMP1231 - Web Programming
+email: jmorenstein@georgebrown.ca
+# description: >- # this means to ignore newlines until "baseurl:"
+#   Write an awesome description for your new site here. You can edit this
+#   line in _config.yml. It will appear in your document head meta (for
+#   Google search results) and in your feed.xml site description.
+#baseurl: "" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog
+#url: "" # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http://example.com
+# twitter_username: jekyllrb
+github_username:  jayoharedee
+
+# Build settings
+#theme: minima
+plugins:
+  - jemoji
+
+show_downloads: true
+logo: /assets/img/es6.jpeg
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 # COMP1231 Course Material
 
+:squirrel:
 > All exercises, test submissions and solutions can be found here. You can also find additional resources that align with the course material. Please reference the table below for an idea of how course material will appear week by week.
 
-> An announcement coming up or a deadline do? Get notified through GitHub about the occurence. For questions please contact me at jmorenstein@georgebrown.ca - I'm able to schedule one-on-one time outside of class or set up ad-hoc reviews, so please don't hesitate to reach out.
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+> An announcement coming up or a deadline do? Get notified through GitHub about the occurence. For questions please contact me at jmorenstein@georgebrown.ca - I'm able to schedule one-on-one time outside of class or set up ad-hoc reviews, so please don't hesitate to reach out.
+
+ the :squirrel: will always have some useful tips for you to read. So whenever you see one, make sure you take a look at what the squirrel has to say.
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