Progress towards my learning goals

2018 Progress

Current Course: College Algebra and Problem Solving
Courses Completed: 1
Current Book:
Books Read: 10
Total Points earned: 4715

Date Finished	Activity	Points	Links
05 Jan 2018	Course: Learn to Code HTML & CSS	100	http://learn.shayhowe.com/html-css/
12 Jan 2018	Book: Finished reading Origin	100
16 Jan 2018	Basic Project: Updated Portfolio Website	100	http://mattleonard.io/
19 Jan 2018	Exercise: Weightlifting	10
20 Jan 2018	Exercise: Cycling	10
20 Jan 2018	Fine Art: Watercolor	10
23 Jan 2018	Book: Pragmatic Programmer	200
28 Jan 2018	Fine Art: Glass Blowing Class	10
6 Feb 2018	Basic Project: Vue Pomodoro	100	http://mattleonard.io/projects/vue-pomodoro/
6 Feb 2018	Blog Post: Voting App Project	15	http://mattleonard.io/blog/VotingApp/
6 Feb 2018	Exercise: Run - 3mi	10
6 Feb 2018	Blog Post: Nightlife Coordination App Project	15	http://mattleonard.io/blog/NightlifeCoordination/
7 Feb 2018	Blog Post: Stock Market Charting App Project	15	http://mattleonard.io/blog/StockTicker/
7 Feb 2018	Blog Post: Book Trader App Project	15	http://mattleonard.io/blog/BookTrader/
7 Feb 2018	Blog Post: Pinterest Clone Project	15	http://mattleonard.io/blog/PinterestClone/
7 Feb 2018	Blog Post: Survey Tool Project	15	http://mattleonard.io/blog/SurveyTool/
7 Feb 2018	Blog Post: Vue Pomodoro Project	15	http://mattleonard.io/blog/VuePomodoro/
7 Feb 2018	Exercise: Run - 2mi	10
8 Feb 2018	Blog Post: Websockets Talk	15	http://mattleonard.io/blog/WebsocketsTalk/
13 Feb 2018	Book: Cracking the Coding Interview	200
19 Feb 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
20 Feb 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
22 Feb 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
23 Feb 2018	10 HackerRank problems	50
26 Feb 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
28 Feb 2018	Book: A Temporary Change of Address	200
1 Mar 2018	PR on SurveyTool repo	10	matty22/SurveyTool#21
3 Mar 2018	PR on SurveyTool repo	10	matty22/SurveyTool#26
5 Mar 2018	PR on SurveyTool repo	10	matty22/SurveyTool#27
7 Mar 2018	PR on SurveyTool repo	10	matty22/SurveyTool#30
7 Mar 2018	PR on SurveyTool repo	10	matty22/SurveyTool#32
7 Mar 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
9 Mar 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
9 Mar 2018	Exercise: Hike - 4h	10
10 Mar 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
12 Mar 2018	PR on SurveyTool repo	10	matty22/SurveyTool#33
12 Mar 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
12 Mar 2018	PR on SurveyTool repo	10	matty22/SurveyTool#34
14 Mar 2018	PR on SurveyTool repo	10	matty22/SurveyTool#36
15 Mar 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
17 Mar 2018	PR on SurveyTool repo	10	https://github.com/matty22/SurveyTool/pull/38/files
18 Mar 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
18 Mar 2018	Fine Art: Acrylic Paints	10
19 Mar 2018	Book: The Mindful Diet	200
19 Mar 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
22 Mar 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
24 Mar 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
26 Mar 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
27 Mar 2018	Technical Talk: Angular Templating Basics	50
28 Mar 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
2 Apr 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
2 Apr 2018	Book: YDKJS: Async & Performance	200
5 Apr 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
12 Apr 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
14 Apr 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
15 Apr 2018	Book: On the Trail: A History of American Hiking	200
16 Apr 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
18 Apr 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
19 Apr 2018	7 PRs on personal project today	70
22 Apr 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
23 Apr 2018	2 PRs on personal project today	20
24 Apr 2018	Course: Learn to Code Advanced HTML & CSS	100
26 Apr 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
30 Apr 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
1 May 2018	Book: The Magicians	200
2 May 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
2 May 2018	PR on personal project	10
3 May 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
9 May 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
14 May 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
15 May 2018	Book: ES6 & Beyond	200
11 May 2018	Project: React Tribute Page	100	https://github.com/matty22/react-tributepage
12 May 2018	Project: React Portfolio	100	https://github.com/matty22/react-portfolio
15 May 2018	Project: React Random Quotes	100	https://github.com/matty22/react-randomquotes
15 May 2018	Project: React Local Weather	100	https://github.com/matty22/react-localweather
16 May 2018	Project: React Wikipedia Viewer	100	https://github.com/matty22/react-wikipedia
16 May 2018	Project: React TwitchTV Viewer	100	https://github.com/matty22/react-twitchtv
21 May 2018	Project: React Calculator	100	https://github.com/matty22/react-calculator
25 May 2018	Project: React Pomodoro	100	https://github.com/matty22/react-pomodoro
30 May 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
31 May 2018	Project: React Tic Tac Toe	100	https://github.com/matty22/react-tictactoe
1 Jun 2018	Project: React Email Parser	100	http://mattleonard.io/projects/ReactEmailParser/
5 Jun 2018	Book: The Magician King	200
12 Jun 2018	Book: Setting Up ES6	200
14 Jun 2018	Exercise: Yoga - 30m	10
16 Jun 2018	Exercise: Hiking - 14miles	140
20 Jun 2018	Course: Node, Express, Postgres	100
21 July 2018	Book: The God Delusion	200

Web Dev with Computer Science

• Course: College Algebra
• Course: Precalculus
• Course: Learn to Code HTML & CSS
• Course: Introduction to Computer Science - CS50
• Course: Learn to Code Advanced HTML & CSS
• Course: Effective Thinking Through Mathematics
• Course: Getting Sassy with CSS
• Course: How to Code: Simple Data
• Course: How to Code: Complex Data
• Course: Software Construction: Data Abstraction
• Course: Software Construction: Object-Oriented Design
• Course: Software Engineering: Introduction
• Course: Programming for the Web with JavaScript on edX or M101JS: MongoDB for Node.js Developers on MongoDB University (or both, your choice)
• Course: Calculus One
• Course: Mathematics for Computer Science
• Course: Algorithms, Part I
• Course: Algorithms, Part II
• Course: Software Testing
• Course: Software Debugging
• Course: Calculus Two: Sequences and Series
• Course: Agile Software Development
• Course: Software Architecture & Design
• Course: Linear Algebra - Foundations to Frontiers
• Course: Computer Graphics
• Course: Artificial Intelligence
• Course: Machine Learning

Book Suggestions

• Book: You Don't Know JS: Up & Going
• Book: You Don't Know JS: Scope & Closures
• Book: You Don't Know JS: this & Object Prototypes
• Book: You Don't Know JS: Types & Grammar
• Book: You Don't Know JS: Async & Performance
• Book: You Don't Know JS: ES6 & Beyond
• Book: Setting Up ES6
• Book: JavaScript Allongé, the "Six" Edition
• Book: DOM Enlightenment
• Book: JavaScript Design Patterns
• Article: Read Project Specification Documents and get in the habit of including every bit of information it details that makes sense for a project in the README.md or other supporting documentation for your projects
• Article: Read Algorithms and Flowcharts and then familiarize yourself with Pencil ... start flowcharting complex portions of your code logic as part of your documentation
• Book: Open Data Structures
• Book: Professor Frisby's Mostly Adequate Guide to Functional Programming
• Book: Programming JavaScript Applications

Additional books can be found here

Project ideas

The items with checkboxes are from the WD-CS Guide, feel free to use them or any of the non-checkboxed ideas, or whatever you dream up yourself to build

• Project: Clone this online resume template
• Project: Portfolio from the frontend section of FCC
• Project: Build an online Towers of Hanoi solver that accepts a tower height between 5 and 10, and then displays a graphical (animated) solution, iteratively moving each piece until the puzzle is solved
• Project: Pick a template from here and create a new template with it as your inspiration (do not use its assets)
• Project: Simon Game from the frontend section of FCC
• Project: Read up on Gulp - try to incorporate it into your workflow if you aren't using it regularly already
• Project: Read up on Mocha - try to use it to test your JavaScript, every chance you get
• The FCC Backend Certification - all projects, ignore the tutorials and just read the official docs if you want.
• Project: Clone this landing page
• Project: Build the Pomodoro project from the FCC frontend curriculum
• Project: Clone the front page of this website modifying it to highlight a different product or industry. Make special note of the secondary navigation bar at the top. Implementing that is the highlight of this project.
• Project: Complete all Classic Puzzles - Easy on CodinGame in JavaScript
• Project: Complete all challenges from the Code Jam Qualification Round 2015
• Project: Pick a template from here and create a new template with it as your inspiration (do not use its assets) Additional books can be found here
• Project: Complete all Classic Puzzles - Medium on CodinGame in JavaScript
• Project: Clone this blog template - note that there are multiple pages
• Visit the Angular, React and Vue web pages, work through their tutorials, and get a sense of how they differ and which you prefer. From here on out, try to use one of them on each frontend where it makes sense to do it as a single page app. Lean towards your favorite on most projects, but use each of the other two in at least one project before finishing the guide.
• Project: Pick a template from here and create a new template with it as your inspiration (do not use its assets)
• Project: Clone Twitter - yes, all the functionality
• Project: Clone Reddit
• Project: Complete all ES6 Katas here
• Project: Complete all Classic Puzzles - Hard on CodinGame in JavaScript
• Project: Clone this Admin template
• Project: Pick a template from here and create a new template with it as your inspiration (do not use its assets)
• Project: Clone the Netflix interface- pulling data from the Movie DB API or an API in a backend you create yourself.
• Project: Write the CSS Necessary to create your own 12 column based grid layout - see here for an example
• Project: Pick a template from here and create a new template with it as your inspiration (do not use its assets)
• Project: Clone FaceBook - yes, all the functionality. See here for a list of requirements you should fullfill.
• Project: Read up on Travis CI - try to incorporate it into any project in active development or which you intend to keep running on the web
• Project: Design, implement, test, and deploy a game that is playable on the web, using the technologies of your choice. The only criteria are that it be playable online, and that it inculde a substantial AI component.
• Project: Complete all Classic Puzzles - Very Hard on CodinGame in JavaScript
• Project: Create a node module that will convert markdown to properly formatted html
• Project: Create an npm module that bootstraps a fullstack application, with Node.js on the backend, and the SPA library/framework of your choice on the frontend. Include a full test suite and comprehensive build processes. Publish it to NPM.
• Project: Complete all problems from all rounds of the Google Code Jam 2016 - scroll down to the appropriate section
• Project: Extend your CSS grid framework to include the CSS and JavaScript required to implement 5 to 10 material design components
• Project: Clone Learn Harmony
• Project: Clone Slack - the functionality should be complete to the point that one user can create a room, invite other users, and all users of that room can real-time chat. The room should be secure and inaccessible to anyone but those invited.
• Pick a template from [here], [here], or [here] and implement the frontend of a website with it as your inspiration (do not use its assets)
• Complete any 5 projects from 100 Days of CSS.
• Select an API from Todd Motto's API List and build a frontend-only application powered by data fetched from the API you chose.
• Complete a CSS theme for CSS Zen Garden
• Clone your favorite non-trivial website such as: Medium, Twitter, Slack, Netflix, Reddit.
• Clone a video game such as: Breakout, Tetris, Pacman, Super Mario Bros, Zelda, Final Fantasy.
• Complete any project on The Odin Project or FreeCodeCamp.
• Clone your favorite browser extension, or create one you wish existed.
• Clone your favorite mobile app, or create one you wish existed.
• Any project you want to build - the above are all just ideas for if you're stuck for an idea - really, just build what you want!

Bonus List

Activity	Points for completing	Activity type
Basic Project	100	project
Substantial Project	200	project
Large Project	300	project
Gigantic Project	400	project
PR that closes issue on personal project	10	commits
Duolingo or MosaLingua (1 level)	100	foundation
Book	200	foundation
Tutorial site (Udemy/Pluralsight/Egghead/Treehouse/etc) course	100	foundation
University level course (Coursera/edX/MITOCW/etc)	500	foundation
Physical Activity (30 minutes)	10	foundation
Fine Art practice (30 minutes)	10	foundation
Khan Academy (30 minutes)	10	foundation
Blog Post on any topic	15	communication
Blog Post Tutorial	40	communication
Video Tutorial	50	communication
Technical Talk	50	communication
Open Source PR	50	communication
Module to npm	200	communication
Team Up for a project	100	communication
CodeWars (10 problems)	50	algorithms
CodinGame (1 Tier)	100	algorithms
CodinGame (1 Bot Competition)	20	algorithms
HackerRank (10 problems)	50	algorithms
Google Code Jam (1 round from past contest)	100	algorithms
Get a new job	500	career