So, I'm in week 1 of a software development course, Myself and 20 others are here in Edinburgh at a facility called Code Clan. We are here on a software development boot camp, and in a fairly short space of time (16 weeks) we will (hopefully) gain a Professional Development Award (PDA) in Software Development.
Day 3 - We started again with an Agile Scrum at 9 and went through the previous day's work. Then back into the classroom for more Ruby (Arrays and Hashes) and some exercises which included the hulks superpowers. Apparently, he has a smash power of 100.
Day 4 - I'm getting into the agile scrum thing now. It's a great way to start the day. Morning is spent in class exploring better use of text editors and also applying debug methods to making your code work. The afternoon is spent in labs going through examples and putting into practice what we have learned. we were split into pairs which helped with speed and let you bat ideas between you. This is a Thursday which means social evening and Cohort 6 have laid on a pub quiz night.
Day 5 - Friday, I've made it to the end of the week... Go me! So Friday there are no lessons and an opportunity to go through anything you have not quite understood from the week before. and... you get your weekend homework.
So top marks for Code Clan, the teaching methods, the instructors, and fellow students!!!
Roll on the next 15 weeks...