Month in Review: May 2018

geoffrey on June 1, 2018

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Learning Development

freeCodeCamp

I continued working on the beta version of freeCodeCamp until they made some changes and it was no longer beta.  There was no option to update/add my email address to the account I was using with my old username, so I had to email them.  We’ll see what they say.

LinkedIn Learning

I worked on a couple HTML and JavaScript courses, but didn’t get them completed.

Projects I Worked On

Island of Aloha

URL:  http://orangeriverdev.com/

Purpose:  This is a new personal site for all things non-development, with a focus on Hawai’i and recipes.

Progress:  The site went live this month and I’ve moved about half the recipes over from the old site.

Mug Monday

URL:  http://orangeriverdev.com/plugins/mug-monday/
GitHub:  https://github.com/geoffreyshilling/mug-monday

Purpose:  A WordPress plugin that will allow me to easily share a new coffee mug every Monday.

Progress:  The initial “Mug Monday” custom post type has been created.  There are only a couple more adjustments to make and I’ll be able to start using the plugin.

Project Goals for The Month

  • Island of Aloha [Website].
    URL: http://orangeriverdev.com/
    • Finish transferring remaining posts from my Household Discoveries website to Island of Aloha.
    • The site officially launches on King Kamehameha Day, June 11.
  • Mug Monday [Plugin].
    URL: http://orangeriverdev.com/plugins/mug-monday/
    • The plugin is almost working.  It’s adding a “Mug Monday” category and “Coffee” tag to all posts, regardless of whether it is a Mug Monday post type.
    • I have a few other minor tweaks and this should be finished up.
  • PRT Tracker [Plugin].
    URL: http://orangeriverdev.com/plugins/prt-tracker/
    • The plugin will allow me to track my workouts that will help improve my Physical Readiness Test (PRT) score in the Navy Reserve.

Ongoing

  • Blogging. My initial goal is to start with one post every 2nd Tuesday of the month and see how that goes. Once I get a couple months out, I may bump that up to two posts per month.
  • WordPress.org Support Forums. I haven’t been able to spend much time providing support lately, but I hope to get back into that. I miss it. My goal is to spend at least 30 minutes each day in the forums.
  • freeCodeCamp. I had to email freeCodeCamp as I was unable to get my email address added/updated for the account I was using when I working on beta.freecodecamp.org. Hopefully it won’t take too long to get figured out (and I won’t have to start completely from scratch).  Once that gets sorted out, I’ll start working on freeCodeCamp again.
  • #100DaysOfCode. They say the best way to learn something is by doing. I had previously started the challenge – and did it most of May – but it wasn’t working out with my schedule. I’m going to make some adjustments so it works for me.
    I’m just about done with a separate post on this and I will be sharing it on Monday, June 4.