# Web Development Immersive

Welcome **WDI 10**!

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### Meet Your Instructors

* Dirk Dunn
* Britney Jo
* Mike Dang

**TA**

* Kollin Brandenburg

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> Britney Jo

### Class Culture

* Collaborative, not competitive
* **Learning to learn** vs. learning to memorize
* Self guided learning; take the initiative
* What you put into this course is what you get out of it
* Be good to your classmates, they're part of your network
* Participate! Public speaking and sharing your thoughts are a huge part of being a developer, practice now while you're in a safe environment with people who want to help you

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### The Emotional Cycle of Change

<img src="https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/204420/17086609/691e0e6a-51bc-11e6-9cb4-f16a424a861e.png" width="550" />

Don Kelley and Daryl Conner's model outlines the five emotional stages that most people go through during voluntary change.

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### Your Mindset

[Growth mindset](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn966v5INaI) vs. fixed mindset

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> Dirk

### Graduation Requirements

- Not absent more than 3 days
- Arriving late 4 times is counted as an absence
- 80% of homework completed

It's imperative that you're in class and on time; everything we do in the course builds on itself, so missing even a little bit sets you back in the future as well.

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### Messaging and Communication

- For informal communication that doesn't need to be private, use Slack - even if you think it's a silly question, someone else probably has the same question
- If you need to talk to the instructors privately, please Slack the instructors in your private channel or bring it up during 1-on-1's
- If you have a code question, make sure you've Googled the problem, you've tried to implement a couple of solutions, and you've asked another student; then, if it's not solved, come to the instructor with a well formed question

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### Tools Used 

- GitHub Class Repo 
  - In-class exercises
  - Starter code
  - Instructor notes
- Slack 
- Garnet

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BREAK

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### Project Schedule + Curriculum

- Unit 1: Front-end Development
- Unit 2: Back-end Development
  - Project Week (UXDI Collaboration)
  - **Project Presentation**
- Unit 3: Front-end Frameworks
  - Project Week
  - **Project Presentation**
- Unit 4: Python, SQL
  - Final Project Week 
  - **Project Presentation**

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### Daily Schedule 

- 9:00 - 9:45 Morning Exercise 
  - Outcomes on Wednesday mornings
- 9:45 - 10:00 Break
- 10:00 - 1:00 Morning Lesson
- 1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
- 2:00 - 5:00 Afternoon Lesson

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### Office Hours

Monday - Thursday

5:00pm - 5:30pm

> Excludes project weeks

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### Dates

February 27 - May 26

**Days Off**

- SXSW (March 13-17)

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## Let's get to know each other!

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### Meet Your Classmates

* Name
* What were you doing before this? 
* What do you hope to do with your new skills in 12 weeks? 
* Guilty pleasure

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### Icebreaker

Two Truths and a Lie

[Rules](http://www.group-games.com/ice-breakers/two-truths-and-a-lie.html)

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### Icebreaker

Rock Paper Scissors Extreme

[Rules](https://guideinc.org/2015/09/28/icebreaker-rock-paper-scissors-extreme/)

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## Installfest

https://github.com/GA-WDI/installfest