#aprilmayrambles

I managed to lose ALL of my projects because I'm a fucking idiot and wasn't paying attention to the tutorial to be able to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows, and so instead I replaced Windows with Ubuntu. And lost all of my project folders. And while none of my projects were complete or worthy enough of sharing that I was willing to put them on github (where they would have been safe from my mistake)... It's still a lot that they're gone. I've been learning to code for like a year and a half now. I'd put a lot of time and energy into them.. and now they're just gone. And, it's a lot. I'm still processing it, tbh.

This whole time I thought 'Fuck Moash' was about the assassination attempt. Which, okay yeah I get it but also that's a lot of hate for homeboy just wanting to avenge his family. And honestly I was just kinda 🤷🏽‍♀️ about it.

I'm just now reading Oathbringer and I WAS NOT FUCKING PREPARED.

02/08/2021

I fixed the bug! Turns out I was overcomplicating things. By a lot. I simplified the methods I used to create the random equation, and everything is running much smoother now.

For some reason, x and y would update, but the sum(x, y) function wasn’t taking the new values so it kept expecting the original answer. I’m guessing calling the function as a property of the plus object made it evaluate the sum once, and then from then on plus.function wasnt equal to the result of the function being called again, it was just equal to the result of the function being called the first time. At any rate, I understand why it was doing what it was doing, even if I don’t understand why that’s why it was doing it. (Does that make sense? I think it makes sense.)

Anyway, I’ve taken care of both that issue, and the sort issue, and I figured that one out on my own as well! It would sort 9 as being bigger than 10 because 9 is bigger than 1. I just needed to add some details to the sort function.

But seriously, this would only even come up if it’s subtraction AND the numbers are 9 and 10 and what are the odds that that specific equation comes up during one of my random times testing it? I swear, I never would have caught this issue, otherwise.

I think it’s just about finished as far as functionality goes. I want to add a streak counter to it, which I think will be fairly simple. And I tried “refactoring” but honestly I don’t know where to start. I added some comments to make it all easy to understand at a glance, but I’m not sure what would be the best way to rewrite it. So now all that’s left is the styling, and we’ll be in business :D

Day 28 Summary:

"You imagine women will laugh at us so you humiliate them first. You can't accept your own body, so you violate theirs."

January 9, 2021

A while back I started learning Javascript and was actually doing well before I sort of lost motivation. I was doing less and less until I eventually stopped coding completely for almost a year. When I tried to pick up where I left off, I realized that was going to be impossible. Some of my old projects made no sense to me whatsoever. So, I’m starting fresh. Sort of.

Before starting with JS, I’d gotten a ways through Free Code Camps Responsive Web Design section before getting bored (visual design is NOT for me apparently). But, I think it’s a good place to start and I was already halfway through it, so last week I got back into that. Once I finish this course, I’ll move onto the JS one again.

So, that’s where this rambling comes in. I’m (sort of) joining the #100daysofcode challenge. Sort of, because the challenge is officially on Twitter, and I don’t have a Twitter.

But, really it’s just for accountability. I’m going to code, or work on my freecodecamp lessons, for at least an hour every day, and then ramble about it here to keep track of what I’ve accomplished.

I’ll also be taking a step I hadn’t taken before, in using github. I signed up for it back when I started learning about coding but then I was like I cant share anything on here, it’s all incomplete projects and ugly blocky web pages. So I’d decided not to use it until I had actual polished, presentable work to share.

But the 100daysofcode challenge recommends sharing your progress on github as well and I think it’s time to just go for it. So, I’m going for it. 

River was born at 11:20a Wednesday. After an unexpected stay in the NICU (had some low blood sugars, but all is well now) I'm excited to say we're going home today.

Missed another day. It’s been a stressful few days here, had a lot going on. I’ve just been exhausted, I wait til the end of the night to try to do any coding, and then end up falling asleep at the laptop. I’ve decided to try for an hour each day, but cut back to 30 mins each day minimum. I’ll still do more on days I can, but this way I won’t feel so discouraged when I just can’t fit more time in, between everything else that’s going on.

I’m struggling with the regex again. It’s just not sticking. I keep having to look back at what each symbol means, I’m not really remembering it well. I’m hoping taking a break and coming back will give me more of a clear mind when trying to learn it.

Decided to work on an actual project instead of a new section of lessons, today. So far I haven’t written any code of my own, I just focused on following the tutorial. Tomorrow I’m gonna work more on seeing if I can apply my new HTML skills (remember? i’m so great with web design, guys 😅) to adding more style to the game.

Anyway, here’s notes from last night and this afternoon:

Day 19 Summary:

Project you are working on: Regex lessons Progress today: Got some more of the exercises done Challenges you faced: I'm really just struggling with like. Idk, maybe I'm just trying to do too much when I'm tired but I'm having trouble remembering what each symbol does like, as soon as I move on to the next challenge. Or mixing up what they do. I'm gonna take a break from the regex for a bit and work on something else tomorrow I think. Tasks for tomorrow: Start a different section

Day 20 Summary: