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Optional discussion here about Shop Talk: Tom Dale (1.5 hours). Do you agree with Tom? What parts of his argument are compelling? What parts do you disagree with?

Discuss Sandi Metz's Rules for Developers here. Which of Sandi's rules do you feel like might be the hardest to follow—why?

Discuss Sandi Metz's Rules for Developers here. Which of Sandi's rules do you feel like might be the hardest to follow—why?

You'll be building a modified version of Jet Fuel.

Post a link to your repository here by Monday, 2/2.

The project itself is due Saturday, 2/7.

Simplicity Matters by Rich Hickey - As we move into working on larger and more sophisticated systems, some of the approaches that have worked on smaller projects may no longer be so effective. What does Rich Hickey say about the common pitfalls of Ruby and Rails applications?

Discuss Airbnb's JavaScript style guide here. In particular, when you glanced over the style guide, which aspects made you jump out of your chair and say "YES!" and which ones made you grumble in quiet, reserved discontent?

Discuss Mary Rose Cook's live coding here!

Real Software Engineering by Glenn Vanderburg - What does Glenn have to say about Software Engineering as a discipline? How does Software Engineering differ fundamentally from other Engineering disciplines? What can we as Software Engineers take away from other disciplines?

Read JavaScript Allongé by Reginald Braithwaite

Discuss questions and thoughts here. Feel free to talk about the book as you're reading it. I'll also answer any questions you have.

Some things to think about:

• What new approaches to JavaScript did you pick up while reading this book?
• What concepts from the book might have an impact on the way you write Ruby?

Submit the link to your lololodash assignments here.

Listen: Shop Talk: Tom Dale (1.5 hours)

• Do you agree with Tom?
• What parts of his argument are compelling?
• What parts do you disagree with?

Discuss Speaking JavaScript, especially following chapters here:

• Chapter 3: The Nature of JavaScript
• Chapter 15: Functions
• Chapter 16: Variables: Scopes, Environments, and Closures
• Chapter 17: Objects and Inheritance

Discuss Using Arel to Compose SQL Queries here.

Discuss Sandi Metz's Rules for Developers here. Which of Sandi's rules do you feel like might be the hardest to follow—why?

Optional discussion here about Shop Talk: Tom Dale (1.5 hours). Do you agree with Tom? What parts of his argument are compelling? What parts do you disagree with?

Read: Both of the following style guides (30 minutes)

• thoughtbot's style guide for Ruby.
• Airbnb's JavaScript style guide.

When you glanced over the style guides, which aspects made you jump out of your chair and say "YES!" and which ones made you grumble in quiet, reserved discontent?

Submit a gist here comparing JavaScript exercism exercises you've completed with five other submissions. Here is an example of what we expect.

Discuss Airbnb's JavaScript style guide here. In particular, when you glanced over the style guide, which aspects made you jump out of your chair and say "YES!" and which ones made you grumble in quiet, reserved discontent?

Submit links to your work/ask questions about jQuery fundamentals here.

Simplicity Matters by Rich Hickey

As we move into working on larger and more sophisticated systems, some of the approaches that have worked on smaller projects may no longer be so effective.

What does Rich Hickey say about the common pitfalls of Ruby and Rails applications?

Discuss JavaScript Garden here.

Discuss Sandi Metz's Rules for Developers here. Which of Sandi's rules do you feel like might be the hardest to follow—why?

Discuss thoughtbot's style guide for Ruby here. In particular, when you glanced over the style guide, which aspects made you jump out of your chair and say "YES!" and which ones made you grumble in quiet, reserved discontent?

Read: Sandi Metz' Rules For Developers (10 minutes)

• Which of Sandi's rules do you already follow?
• Which of Sandi's rules do you feel like might be the hardest to follow—why?

Bonus challenge: As you implement Jet Fuel this week (#1), see if you can follow Sandi's rules to the letter.

Please add the link to your repo in the comments

Discuss Mary Rose Cook's live coding here!

Optional discussion here about Shop Talk: Tom Dale (1.5 hours). Do you agree with Tom? What parts of his argument are compelling? What parts do you disagree with?

Submit the link to your javascripting exercise here.

Discuss Using Arel to Compose SQL Queries here.

Discuss thoughtbot's style guide for Ruby here. In particular, when you glanced over the style guide, which aspects made you jump out of your chair and say "YES!" and which ones made you grumble in quiet, reserved discontent?

Discuss Speaking JavaScript, especially following chapters here:

Chapter 3: The Nature of JavaScript
Chapter 15: Functions
Chapter 16: Variables: Scopes, Environments, and Closures
Chapter 17: Objects and Inheritance

Submit links to your lololodash exercises here.

Simplicity Matters by Rich Hickey - As we move into working on larger and more sophisticated systems, some of the approaches that have worked on smaller projects may no longer be so effective. What does Rich Hickey say about the common pitfalls of Ruby and Rails applications?

The Birth and Death of Javascript by Gary Bernhardt - This talk takes a tongue-in-cheek tone, but the concepts discussed are very topical. What does Bernhardt suggest about the role of Javascript in shaping the modern web?

Discuss Speaking JavaScript, especially following chapters here:

• Chapter 3: The Nature of JavaScript
• Chapter 15: Functions
• Chapter 16: Variables: Scopes, Environments, and Closures
• Chapter 17: Objects and Inheritance

Discuss JavaScript Garden here.

Read Speaking JavaScript by Dr. Axel Rauschmayer.

Discuss the book, topics or concepts you found interesting here.

I'll also answer any questions you might have along the way.

Optional discussion here about How I Start (Building a Ruby Gem) by Steve Klabnik.

You'll be building a modified version of Jet Fuel.

Post a link to your repository here by Monday, 3/23.

The project itself is due Monday, 3/30.

Optional discussion here about How I Start (Building a Ruby Gem) by Steve Klabnik

Submit the link to your Javascripting repo here.

Discuss thoughtbot's style guide for Ruby here. In particular, when you glanced over the style guide, which aspects made you jump out of your chair and say "YES!" and which ones made you grumble in quiet, reserved discontent?

Discuss Airbnb's JavaScript style guide here. In particular, when you glanced over the style guide, which aspects made you jump out of your chair and say "YES!" and which ones made you grumble in quiet, reserved discontent?

Execution in the Kingdom of Nouns by Steve Yegge - You've been doing object-oriented programming for almost 6 months now. What are some of the limitations imposed by this approach? How do Ruby and/or Javascript capture the benefits of OO while avoiding some of pitfalls?

Discuss Mary Rose Cook's live coding here!

Add any and all comments, questions, and other discussion for the jQuery Fundamentals course here.

Submit a gist here comparing JavaScript exercism exercises you've completed with five other submissions.

Here is an example of what we expect.