Facebook Hackathon

  The Facebook hackathon was a very fun and interesting hackathon. As we learned many new aspects of Web Design/Coding. To start off with getting there was quite easy as finding the location was quite difficult. Once I arrived I was greeted and I signed my name to be registered into this hackathon. I did make a few friends while I was waiting since I got there an hour early. I got a shirt that they gave and soon saw friends from my school entering the building. As I , Leslie, and Veronica made a group to work together. We had mentors but my mentor wasn't that helpful. As I didn't know much about him and wasn't that social. So I decided to divide the jobs within the group. Our task was to create an application that would be designed on a smart phone. the task was to identify and solve a real world problem. Fairly easy as we decided to do Animal cruelty. As we split the work and I decided to do the wire-frames, logo, color schemes. Usually the designing and visual presentation. Leslie and Veronica did the writing part of it. But I did one of the pages using Html,CSS, and JavaScript. This was a difficult task and asked for help from my peers. It became easier as I got the hang of it.I then finished my work early and decided to work on the AP

CSP Essay, which was time consuming. Their were many questions and was difficult at times. One thing I would change is using my time wisely and having some coherent skills to socialize with others. I did make new friends and learned about designing and putting in JavaScript. Lastly, this hackathon was very helpful and interesting to be part of.

Lab 14

                 Our task for Lab 14 was to create a calculator using an X- and Y value. We then had to add tags that will make a few buttons that were needed. For example the addition, Subtraction, Division, and Multiplication button. This was needed to calculate the two values of x and y. Once done I tested it in a browser to make sure. It worked and was very amazing how coding functions. I found it interesting to see how you could input two values to get an output. Lab 14 was fairly easy and interesting to understand how to do it. I learned most of it from w3schools and my peers guided me through it. I will say that this task will help me in the future if I'm doing JavaScript variables. Lastly, Lab 14 was fairly easy and interesting to learn more about these variables and to see what they do.

Lab 13

                Lab 13 is was a very simple task but their were some issues that occurred along the way. As I tried starting this lab I felt good about it. I felt as if I will finish on time and it will be an easy task. But this wasn't the case since I tried the tags that my instructor gave me but they wouldn't work. I spent roughly more than a period trying to find out where is my problem at. I asked assistance from my peers and compared my tags to theirs. That's when I noticed I didn't capitalize the word. At that moment I knew that I should check my work grammatically. The problem is that JavaScript is so sensitive that if  you capitalize or misspell a word the whole page doesn't work. It was difficult since most of this was just because of capitalization. Our task was basically just to create a pop up window when we write our name. Easy task but was difficult if you misspelled a word grammatically.

Lab 12 My first JavaScript

This Lab was easy and I experienced a few issues. It was fairly easy to understand and keep track of my notes. Notes played a major part in finishing up this lab as we did multiple lessons of JavaScript. My teacher explained why JavaScript is needed and how it plays a major role in computer programming. The only problem was what JavaScript tag should I use. As I was confused on what tag I should use first.As my teacher wanted CSS also in this lab I decided to use tags that will be internally in the Lab. As I was actually supposed to create a separate CSS file it couldn't link with it. As I was short in time I decided to use an internal CSS tag in Html. As my points were deducted by this I should have  tried to the CSS file separately. Probably this is one of the things that I should improved on. But at least I have learned some JavaScript.

 

York College Trip

                 The York college trip was an alright trip which I learned some stuff. This trip was a STEM trip that had workshops. There were many workshops such as Code, Lead, Pitch, Race, Game, and Beat. All of which had consisted of STEM related. I was excited that was until I started learning about binary digits which I learned before the workshop. My workshop was Beat. Which was about seeing the invisible of cameras, ultrasound technology, X ray vision, etc. But was more of binary digits and learning how to decode them. It was a simple task and I have learned this already with my instructor. one's and zeroes its like a light switch. On or off. The food was great and the raffles were alright as their should have been more prizes. They were very nice so I would say that and I learned a few things such as the army has some careers in the workshop that I attended. And how the car could be used in a number of ways. Lastly, this was a fairly good trip but I expected a lot more.