This story is an extension to my , where I spoke about the events which led to me coding. last story Stuyhacks Hackathon I constantly seek pathways to learn more about programming languages that interest me in order to expand my programming knowledge. Last year in 2016, I came across an invitation to a hackathon called “ ” hosted by Stuyvesant High School. Stuyhacks Before the invitation, I had never heard of hackathons, let alone attend one. Hackathon is an event where anyone can attend to innovate existing or invent new technology. In doing so, “hackers” or makers who attend this event learn about new things. Some take their invention or modification to the next level by building a brand. I wanted to attend this wonderful event. At home, I planned about creating a using . I began to gather all of the materials that I needed to construct the device. voice recognition assistant Raspberry Pi During the event, setting myself up to code gave me some challenge. At first, I needed to find a monitor to hook up to the Raspberry Pi in order to use it. Then I had trouble connecting the Raspberry Pi to the internet. Lastly, I ran the only to find out that my voice commands were not being recognized by Raspberry Pi. This is because Amazon’s script that I used, required me to use a button to initiate the recognition. Another factor was that my parents did not allow me to stay at the event for the full 24 hour time period. The area that I was in did not have any hardware stores close by. The closest store was 30 minutes away. However by this time, it was time for me to leave and make it home by 8pm. After stumbling upon many more blocks, the Raspberry Pi finally recognized my voice at home. After a couple of tries, it stopped recognizing my voice and did not output anything to the speakers. I realized that pursuing this project is not worth it. script Web Design Prior to starting the hackathon project, I was learning and to do web design in . While learning the languages, I found myself forgetting and looking up the syntaxes. , HTML some CSS JavaScript Codecademy Software Engineering Course I signed up for a at my school where I am learning the fundamental rules a programmer should follow. At first, I was really lost in the class because the curriculum and style of teaching is totally different when compared to the rest of my courses. At one point, I have realized that the core of this course lays upon me understanding the 5-steps, which I wrote about in my first story. When I finally grasped the basics of the 5-steps, the class became easier. I was able to comprehend programming and coding much better. software engineering course I figured out why I was having trouble learning At the core of solving every difficult issue is actually understanding the issue. The problem was that I babbled when learning those languages and never took my time to fully understand the logic behind every syntax. Success Slowly, I moved up the hill through designing and coding more applications. The first big project that I began working with was a . This company needed an updated and elegant website for their company. I have spent months to understand the code that lies beneath the web application and coding the website. I still volunteer to update their website to this day. website for Jhal NYC Another project that I was brave enough to accept was updating my . My school needed a more convenient to use website for its students and parents. As part of the website club in my school, me and my teammate have worked to come up with a solution. We outlined all of the pages and the layouts for the contents in the pages. We used a Bootstrap template and worked with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and JQuery to design the website. I had the opportunity to also present the website at my school’s science fair where I won first place. school’s website Android App Development Learning web design has been very interesting. Eventually, caught my attention when doing a market research project for my engineering class. android application development Unlike web apps, the front end of android apps are primarily coded using and . I have used Codecademy to learn basics of Java. XML Java I am now learning XML and various other components of android app development through Udacity. In the future, I want to continue developing my news app that I spoke about about in my . market research story Check out these resources: Find the next Stuyhacks event: http://stuyhacks.com/ See the script I used for voice recognition assistant: https://github.com/novaspirit/AlexaPi/ See the Jhal NYC website that I coded: https://tahfimul.github.io/JhalNYC/ See my school’s website that coded: https://tahfimul.github.io/hillcrest2.github.io/ Visit the 5-steps story: https://medium.com/@tb./5-simple-steps-to-solving-any-dilemma-230cd04ed697 Visit the market research story: https://medium.com/@tb./market-research-fcc2d4379ea5 Learn about web design: https://www.codecademy.com/learn/make-a-website Learn about android app development: https://www.udacity.com/course/android-basics-user-interface--ud834 Follow up with me Visit my portfolio website at: tahfimul.github.io/TP./

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