[Launch School] Community Update - June 26th, 2024

Duh, duh, duh-DUH, duh na-NA-NA, Duh, duh, duh-DUH, duh na-NA-NA, Duh, duh, duh-DUH, duh na-NA-NA, DUH na-na-na, DUH na-na-na, duh na-na-na, DUH NAAAA "Wow, Brandi's really lost her marbles this time..." I know, I know. I can explain. I cajoled ChatGPT into writing "Pomp and Circumstance" in word form. I spared you all but the first verse. Sure, but why "Pomp and Circumstance"? Because 🎓 I finished the core curriculum! 🎓 It's awesome to think back to RB101 Brandi, flummoxed by a bug where I'm accidentally mutating an array I'm iterating over, to me now, working on personal projects, flummoxed by a bug where I'm accidentally mutating an array I'm iterating over. Wait, what?! 🙈 On a more serious note, I came to LS as a bit of a skeptic. For a long time, I wasn't sure I'd be able to do anything real. In hindsight, I can say with certainty that the Core Curriculum gives you a bucketful of fundamentals that open up a lot of windows. I don't know a ton, or maybe even a lot (at least when you step back to admire the enormity of the field of software), but I know how to find the tools I want to use, dig into them using my fundamentals, and make cool stuff. I hope that you'll stick with it through the tricky bits to see what I mean. Sheesh, the community updates really bring out my sentimental side, aye? Onto Launch School news! 🚀 --------------------------------------------------------------- 📕 New Book Alert! We have a brand new book on the Open Book Shelf, [Object Oriented Programming with JavaScript](. OO JS can be a bit of a doozy, so I, for one, am very excited that there's a new resource breaking it down chapter by chapter, with oodles of examples to practice with along the way. If you're wondering how this might affect your studies or assessments, check out [this post from Pete](. 👩🏼‍💻 Workshops are Back It's been a while, but we're back with a revamped workshop schedule. New to the docket are brand-new introductory Python workshops hosted by our very own Clare. Aside from Python, we have other technical and non-technical topics like HTML, CSS, Study Tips, Soft Skills, and more! To get you started, here's the next few coming up: The Internet for Programmers Thursday, June 27th at 6 pm Eastern, Trevor will run you through the concepts required to build web-based applications. Take some of the mystery out of browsers. [Register Here](. Functions and Variable Scope Friday, June 28th at 5pm US Eastern, Clare will be sharing all-things-functions in Python. Learn about the ever-elusive fundamental concept of 🔬 scope 🔬. [Register Here](. How to Take Notes at Launch School Tuesday, July 2nd, 6 pm US Eastern, JD will share the time-tested study approaches used to take you from "in one ear, and out the other," to dreaming of code! [Register Here]( Those are just the next three, with more on the way! Keep an eye on your email and check out [The Workshops Page]( for the full agenda. 🎙️ New Podcast Episode We've got another student spotlight episode, this time with Sherece Bledsoe. This episode is all about growth. Sherece started Launch School with very low confidence and plenty of self-doubt to go around. Her story of transformation is genuinely inspiring. Now in JS230 and on the move, I'm excited to see where she goes. This is a great episode for everyone, especially if you're feeling intimidated to start the core curriculum or dealing with low confidence. Thanks for sharing your story so openly, Sherece. 🙂 - 👀 [Watch on YouTube]( - 🎧 [Listen in your browser]( - 🔎 ...or search for 'Launch School Podcast' on your favorite podcast app --------------------------------------------------------------- Business as Usual 📆 Launch School Women's Group The Women's group is having their regularly scheduled meetup for a Q&A with Core Grad Mandy Cheang, a software engineer at Mozilla. Exciting! - When: Sunday, July 14th 3pm PT/6pm ET - Where: GatherTown 😎 Join the [#ls-womens-group]( channel to stay in the loop. Rumor has it there may be a book club in the works. 👩🏻‍🏫 📝 Student articles Joshua Hall has shared insight into being technically ready for an assessment yet being held back by his non-technical performance. [Read here](michael.joshua.hall/how-i-passed-the-launch-school-rb109-assessments-1702830ff7f5) for some hard-earned wisdom on a common issue new students face at Launch School. Thanks, Joshua! 🤝 Meetups [#regional-new-york]( had a good turn out! There's no food or bev in sight, but I'm hopeful this was just a matter of "take the picture before we forget." [New York Meetup] [#regional-portland]( had a lovely afternoon meetup featuring core students, Capstone members, and our very own Pete. [Portland Meetup] KJ and Patrick had a small, but undocumented meetup, but I imagine it went something like this -> 👩🏼☕️☕️👱🏼‍♂️ -- Join them in the [#regional-cleveland](, it looks a bit lonely there! There was another small meetup with the [#regional-seattle]( channel. Where are the rest of our Seattlites? If "Most populous meetups in the NorthWest" is a competition, Portland is winning! 💬 In the Works [#regional-michigan]( is actively putting together plans for the next meetup in early July. Join them to cast your vote for dates and times. That's all I know for meetings on the docket. Join (or start!) a regional channel for your area and turn your virtual study buddies into real-life acquaintances! By the way; we're slowly changing the channel names for the regional channels so they all start with #regional-. This should make them easier to find! --------------------------------------------------------------- Welp, that's a wrap. Keep up the hard work, try to have a bit of fun while you do it, and if all else fails, go on a walk and find a whole family of hungry cats to feed. It always puts the wind back in my sails. ⛵️ Bye now! [Kitties!] --------------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to stop receiving emails from us, you can use the one-click link below to unsubscribe. [Unsubscribe From All Email]( [Unsubscribe From Weekly Summaries](