On the last full week of In Bootcamp, Matt shares the final few days of Group Project 3 - contributions and timesinks, plus an insightful discovery, and a bit more about short and long term plans after bootcamp ends.

In Bootcamp #24: Mail Server

Jul 11th, 2019 24m 47s

Matt finishes up Computer Science in bootcamp, and continues working on his mail server for Group Project 3, meanwhile the project itself is not going so well -- and a sudden surprise from HackerX.

In Bootcamp #23: Computer Science

Jul 7th, 2019 23m 31s

The bootcamp begins a short Computer Science unit, discussing Sorting Algorithms, group project 3 continues, and allegedly next week the legendary HackerX returns to Minneapolis -- listen to Matt's plan!

In Bootcamp #22: Java

Jun 29th, 2019 22m 21s

Matt's group project 3 stutters, React is finished up, Java begins and essentially ends, and upon reflection, maybe this course changed course during its course.

In Bootcamp #21: Prime Digital

Jun 20th, 2019 24m 10s

Matt continues learning React and more important modern JavaScript concepts, chats with his TA and gains a new perspective on the portfolio.

In Bootcamp #20: React

Jun 13th, 2019 20m 58s

Matt begins React week; with HTML in JavaScript - JSX, basic styles and component composition, plus Matt's professor tells him strange things!

In Bootcamp #19: Open Source North

Jun 8th, 2019 34m 13s

Matt continues with MongoDB in class, and outside of class he attends his first conference - Open Source North - meets new friends and even gets his own invitation to the legendary HackerX.

In Bootcamp #18: Mongo

May 30th, 2019 31m 53s

Matt finishes Group Project 2 and learns a lot about scope, communications and capabilities, and continues learning Mongo and NoSQL.

In Bootcamp #17: Maximum Development Efficiency

May 24th, 2019 28m 57s

Matt's second group project continues and the tasks begin building up; plus Matt gets his first unsolicited recruiter contact!

In Bootcamp #16: Tools and Tricks

May 16th, 2019 28m 30s

Matt's class takes a break from programming material, focuses on tools and tricks alongside the group project.

In Bootcamp #15: Sequelize

May 9th, 2019 28m 12s

Matt has installed the latest Ubuntu on his laptop, gets sick, learns why MySQL is weird and what ORMs are.

In Bootcamp #14: Handlebars

May 2nd, 2019 26m 1s

Matt's class continues with MySQL and adds Express into the mix and begins serving dynamically created HTML content with Handlebars. Plus, Matt gets the OK to use Linux in class - against his earlier preconceived notions.

In Bootcamp #13: So SQL

Apr 24th, 2019 17m 6s

Matt continues learning SQL, experimenting with larger data sets, using JOINs and complex SELECTs, and he begins learning the Node API to create servers.

In Bootcamp #12: Half Way

Apr 18th, 2019 28m 44s

Matt finally reaches halfway in the Bootcamp, and kicks off MySQL with Workbench, using Mamp and Xampp, and later, Ryan shares a recent mini-job experience related to the bootcamp.

In Bootcamp #11: Node Continued

Apr 10th, 2019 22m 41s

Matt continues learning Node, and practices new JavaScript techniques with Constructors.

In Bootcamp #10: Beginning Node

Apr 4th, 2019 35m 6s

Matt learns Node, reflects on Group Project 1 and follows up from Interview Day, a chat on Open Source North!

In Bootcamp #9: Interview Day

Mar 28th, 2019 27m

Matt's class has a break during the group project, then he tries the interview process for the first time and learns a lot about the process and himself.

In Bootcamp #8: Group Project 1

Mar 20th, 2019 26m 46s

Matt begins the first Group Project in bootcamp and learns ideation is the hardest part to start, recounts the first HackerX feedback and asks questions about "breaks" at work.

In Bootcamp #7: HackerX

Mar 14th, 2019 40m 31s

Matt learns more about APIs, cookies, local storage, prepares for the upcoming group project and attends the legendary HackerX event!

In Bootcamp #6: AJAX and APIs

Mar 7th, 2019

Matt feels the bootcamp picking up speed by learning AJAX and using his first APIs, plus Ryan explains the secret to a cleaner GitHub and finally Matt works on his "brand".

In Bootcamp #5: Brand Statement

Mar 3rd, 2019 23m 49s

Matt begins working on his brand statement, finds and fixes some bugs, and learns quirks of jQuery while Ryan finds out that while the Bootcamp class has "career services" they are optional.

In Bootcamp #4: Catch Em All

Feb 26th, 2019 24m 18s

Matt continues his journey into JavaScript: functions, objects, the DOM and even jQuery, plus Matt finds a way to include his favorite Pokemon into an assignment.