Makers Academy

#####This repository has been created to show a weekly breakdown of my 12 weeks at Makers Academy. The purpose is to have a single hub that links to all other repositories created whilst on the program for organisational benefit. All project Titles are clickable links.

Pre-Course

• Introduction

• Expectations

• Command Line

  - Walkthrough
  - Exercises
  

• Version Control (git)

  - Walkthrough
  - Exercises
  

• Ruby

  - Exercises from links
  - Makers' Pills
  - Makers' Quizlet/Memrise
  

• Student Directory

  - First Project
  

• Useful Links: - Try Git - Command Line Crash Course - Learn Ruby the Hard Way - Learn to Program - Code Academy - Ruby in 20 Mins - Try Ruby - Ruby Koans

Week 1

####Technologies Used:

• Ruby
• RSpec

####Projects:

• Introduction

• Boris Bikes (Weekday Challenge)

  - CRC
  - TDD
  - BDD
  - OOD
  - OOP
  - RSpec
  

• FAAST (Weekend Challenge)

  - Chicago Style Testing (Version 1)
  

• VAAST (Weekend Challenge)

  - London Style Testing (Version 2)
  

• Octocat Challenge (Friday Challenge)

  - Github Practice
  

Week 2

####Technologies Used:

• Ruby
• RSpec

####Projects:

• BattleShips (Weekday Challenge)

  - Team Working
  - Modelling Domain
  - The game engine
  - User Interface
  

• Take-Away (Weekend Challenge)

  - Twilio Gem
  

• Fizzbuzz

  - Simple Ruby Kata
  

• Decorator Pattern

  - Presentation for a SOLID principle
  

Week 3

####Technologies Used:

• Ruby
• RSpec
• Sinatra
• Cucumber
• Capybara
• HTML

####Projects:

• BattleShips Web (Weekday Challenge)

  - Sinatra
  - Cucumber
  - Capybara
  - Sessions
  - Params
  

• Rock Paper Scissors (Weekend Challenge)

  - Using knowledge from weekday challenge to create a version of RPS in the browser
  

• Inject Method

  - Opening up the Inject method to get a better understanding
  

• Sinatra Test

  - A test repository to understand Sinatra
  

• Cucumber Test

  - A test repository to understand Cucumber
  

Week 4

####Technologies Used:

• Ruby
• RSpec
• Sinatra
• Capybara
• PostgresQL
• HTML
• CSS

####Projects:

• Bookmark Manager (Weekday Challenge)

  - Learning how to use Databases
  

• Twitter Clone (Weekend Challenge)

  - Creating a twitter clone using Databases.
  

Week 5

####Technologies Used:

• Javascript
• Jasmine
• io
• HTML
• CSS
• Sinatra

####Projects:

• Pokemon Game

  - Re-creating a version of RPS using a different scenario
  

• Fizzbuzz io

  - Learnt how to use the programming language io by doing a simple kata
  

• Javabuzz

  - Learnt how to use the programming language javascript by doing a simple kata
  

Week 6

####Technologies Used:

• Javascript
• Jasmine
• HTML
• CSS
• APIs
• Sinatra
• JQuery

####Projects:

• Thermostat

  - Created a program to show current temperature and local weather report in a static location (London).
  

• Github Profiles API

  - Created a simple page to show the use of Github user profiles through the developer API
  

• Chitter(Weekend Challenge)

  - A Twitter clone using Javascript and your own API to display the tweets
  

Week 7

####Technologies Used:

• Javascript
• JQuery
• Node.js
• Socket.io
• CoffeeScript
• Mocha

####Projects:

• Chatter

  - A simple server using sockets to make a chat program
  

• CoffeeBuzz

  - A simple kata to understand the CoffeeScript language
  

Week 8

####Technologies Used:

• Ruby
• Rails
• JQuery
• HTML
• CSS
• Devise
• Omniauth

####Projects:

• Yelp Clone(weekday project)

  - A project to understand the fundamentals of Ruby on Rails
  

• TIMstagram(Weekend Challenge)

  - A weekend project to re-create [Instagram](http://www.instagram.com)
  

Week 9

####Technologies Used:

• Javasript
• JQuery
• Node.js
• Socket.io
• Github API
• HTML
• CSS

####Projects:

• GitRacer(Makeathon Week)

  - A program created to update live commit information of a users github profile.
  

Week 10

####Technologies Used:

• Ruby
• RSpec
• Javascript
• Node
• Express

####Projects:

• Sinatra Template Gem || Click Here for Gem

  - Created a gem for a simple Sinatra app Template complete with required CSS files and JQuery
  

• Testing Steve's "Make a Gem called"

  • Testing a gem creator by fellow maker HatStephens to be able to publish my own gem || Click Here for the 'Make me a Gem Called' Gem

• Sinatra Template

  - Simple sinatra template
  

• Node Server Template

  - Simple Node-Express server template
  

• Meta Programming

  - Learning how to use meta programming with Ruby
  

• Javascripting

  - Javascript practice
  

Final Project

Week 11

####Technologies Used:

• Ruby
• Rails
• RSpec
• HTML
• CSS
• jQuery

####Projects

• REWARDR

Week 12

• BADRGR

####Technologies Used:

• Phonegap
• Javascript
• HTML5
• CSS3