the #app
it is going to be totes open-source, of course. it isn't going to be anything too revolutionary (the #code, that is). I am going to keep it as minimal and clean as possible bc i am A) a writer, and B) tedious about shit like that. So i am going to keep all of the code as minimal a possible just like the layout for the site will be as minimal as possible, just like how everything in my life is as minimal as possible.
How's Studying Going?
Very well!
I am ½ hour into Lecture 1 (which is actually L 2) and i understand everything just fine. I toyed around a bit w/ the terminal interface that the class is going to be using for #writing #code (which the URL i won't mention bc idk if i should), and i pre-downloaded all of the lectures (the “shorts”) ahead of time and have them filed away. A bit of this i have mentioned already.
But also, looking ahead towards the Final Project: I have a good amt of it mapped out in the “app notes” or whatever folder in TextEdit. I have a big section highlighted in bold for what the whole thing is going to look like, but not exactly what it is going to be doing “behind the scenes”, as it were. I will try to keep the code as minimal as possible just like i am going to be keeping the app as simple as possible, just like i am going to keep the directions on how to use the #app as simple as possible. #Simplicity is key!
Now, what i will be making for #CS50x is not going to be the final product necessarily. Definitely won't be. Because i really want to host this differently, and do a bunch of different shit w/ it that wouldn't necessarily match up to the standards of CS50x coursework. But it is all good.
Gonna be fun!
Be back in a bit!
Looking At Old Bloggies
I wish I new proper CSS so I could make oleary.xyz LOOK nice, but I am not in that world right now (the #design world). Instead, I am learning legit #code and always #writing shit constantly so I have no time to figure out basic HTML commands (I mean they can be looked up in three seconds, but, it props isn't worth it).
Saved DigitalOcean to my Bookmarks List On Safari
I suppose that is the platform for which I would host the #app that I am building (should it be a Web app (probably won't be)). The goal (longterm) is to make a #mobile app and the deets I have mentioned in a #blog post somewhere on here before, but, I didn't go into much detail (& still won't) only because this is a fairly original, authentic concept and though others have done shit in the same vein, it is not what I am thinking of. If that makes sense? ..................................
Break in the #blog post because I had to get my ideas down on paper (TextEdit) because like many many many people have said before and I will repeat – until you have genuine ideas/plans down on paper, they are just thoughts!
So I am glad I got that all taken care of.
Also took a tip from (many) programmers I have seen in the past who rants and rave about Sublime Text for #writing #code and I am going to use that for my appy app ;)
So this is good. Drawing a lot of inspo, ideas from a lot of diff people around the WWW and I see myself making all of this happen in the months to come. I will be making a legit planner (like the one I have sitting next to me) with clear goals in mind and what I want to accomplish before January 2019. Then maybe I can set a badass NY Resolution with what I have done? idk.
Gotta get my goals down :D
I am Better At...
... coming up with an idea for a #business than I am at coming up with an idea for a Sprite animation. I am not going to rack my brain and drive myself crazy trying to think of one. I am going to use the examples on the Scratch 2 program (which was recommended by the prof of the CS50x course) and go from there. I will try to be as original as possible. In fact, I most certainly will be or I will not get any credit. LOL! But I am p sure I am just going to make a simple Pong game (which is gonna be incredible). Two+ sprites must be coded, at least three scripts, must use one loop, one condition, and one variable (total? per sprite? idk), at least one sound, and needs to have a few dozen “puzzle” pieces overall (bc this is Scratch and the #code comes in puzzle pieces).
So
I don't think I will have a problem with any of this criteria. Gonna be a blast but I mean, damn – I am gonna need a full day to build it because I have never done it before, but....yeah. It'll be friggin' awesome!
Anywayssssssss...........