Coursework content

Apply Magic Sauce is an alternative machine interpretation of one’s personality based on the analysis of how a person writes a sentence in an email or the types of content they like on social media. This is great when it gets the personality traits 99% accurate. But what if it goes horribly wrong and ruins lives? Choose one thing that Apply Magic Sauce can do that you don’t like (or like the least). Describe what it is and say why you don’t like it in 250 words. Below are three scenarios for you to contemplate:

1. What if the software wrongfully judges and jeopardises a person’s career without their knowledge?
2. Are humans unable to think for themselves and do they have to rely on machines to form a non-holistic opinion?
3. Are civilians expected to be on guard at all times and be careful of what they say and how they comment a post or tweet in a censored cyber world where everything is traceable and nothing is ever really erased?

Estimated time in hours

1.5

What is the purpose of this assignment?

This assignment encourages you to critically think about machine interpretation and its potential implications.

How to submit

Share the link to your Google doc on your ticket on your coursework board.

Link to the coursework

https://github.com/CodeYourFuture/HTML-CSS-Module-Project

Why are we doing this?

Code review is an iterative process. Once you’ve got feedback, you need to implement changes based on this information.

Push your changes to the same pull request you got reviewed.

https://phauer.com/2018/code-review-guidelines/

Read more about code review, with some great advice about how to manage your feelings. At first, getting code review can feel bad, which is normal. Over time, you will find it more and more useful and motivating.

Maximum time in hours

2

How to get help

Come to the Code Review hangouts, where CYFers review code and trade tips on how to improve code literacy.

How to submit

Push your changes to the same pull request you got reviewed.

Link to the coursework

https://docs.codeyourfuture.io/leaders/running-the-course/assessment

Why are we doing this?

Read more about assessment and tech testing here.

Codility is one of your milestone factors. You will be sent an invitation by email. The invitation expires after 7 days, so if you ignore it you will fail the test.

Take the test! Taking the test is the test. The only way to fail is not to try.

Maximum time in hours

1

How to get help

You must take this test on your own. Next week, come to class and share your experience and strategies with each other. There will be lots of chances to practice these tests on the course.

Lots of employers use timed technical test to choose who to invite to interview, so it’s a good idea to get familiar with them.

How to submit

The test platform will record your test.

Link to the coursework

https://github.com/CodeYourFuture/Module-HTML-CSS/tree/main/MultiPage-Clone

Why are we doing this?

You’re recreating a design again, this time the designs are a lot more complicated. The deployed code on Wix won’t help you much, as the code is obfuscated and also really badly written. Gnarly! How will you handle this challenge?

Use all the skills you’ve built so far, especially in your Module Project.

Maximum time in hours

10

How to get help

Share your blockers in your class channel. Use the opportunity to refine your skill in Asking Questions like a developer.

How to submit

1. Fork to your Github account.
2. Make a branch for this project.
3. Make regular small commits in this branch with clear messages.
4. When you are ready, open a PR to the CYF repo, following the instructions in the PR template.

There are several projects in this repo. Make a new branch for each project.

How to review

1. Complete your PR template
2. Ask for review from a classmate or mentor
3. Make changes based on their feedback
4. Review and refactor again next week

Link to the coursework

https://www.frontendpractice.com/

Why are we doing this?

This useful site has a series of projects you can do to keep your front end skills in shape all the way through the course. Use all the skills you’ve developed in wireframing, decomposition (breaking down websites into components), testing and iteration to produce some great looks for your portfolio.

Maximum time in hours

0

How to get help

Share your blockers in your class channel. Use the opportunity to refine your skill in Asking Questions like a developer.

How to submit

No submission step. Put good ones in your portfolio.