AppWorks School - Week 1

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From design file, pay close attention to which containers are dynamic and which ones are fixed with viewport changes
An HTML structure is considered good if it can allow adding/changing elements in the future
Git merge vs rebase
- Merge shows all commit history of both branches and is ideal for collaboration
- Rebase integrate changes from the main branch into feature branch
- Don’t use rebase if you’re collaborating with other people, because you’ll accidentally change other people’s work

Git commands ⌨️

git checkout feature-branch -> git fetch origin? -> git rebase main
git checkout main -> git merge feature-branch (to see feature-branch work in main)

✅ What was working? Why?

Taking the time to visualize how you want to tackle the task and break into smaller to-do’s before actually diving into code.
Console logging a lot! Especially in and outside of code blocks to see what’s actually being run. Indicate what you’re logging out too, not just the item itself.
Giving ChatGPT very specific git branching scenarios to know with confidence which git commands to give and in what order to keep things up-to-date.

🙅🏻‍♀️ What didn’t work? Why?

Just throwing your blocks of code at ChatGPT to debug without thinking about what exactly you want it to check before
Being too fixated on a bug for more than 2 hours. Stand up and go take a breath of air. It’ll help reframe your perspective once you come back.
Don’t code when you’re too tired because you’ll make stupid mistakes.

Try to think ahead early on and plan for future implementations so you won’t have to refactor your logic drastically later to make it work
Edge cases like error messages matter for a smooth user experience
Make there aren’t redundant (don’t repeat yourself) or unnecessary code
Your commits should be concise and descriptive as to what you changed/added/refactored/deleted
Learned that PR’s should have test cases for what you want the reviewer to test out on their end manually!

Habits lead to consistency. Consistency leads to growth.

If you want to grow, then develop good habits 💪🏼
You’re here at the bootcamp for only 4 more months. Prioritize what’s important and what you want to get out of it

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