Thanks @Lilyheart . I never used this chat system before, takes a little getting used to lol. Is there a standalone client you'd recommend or just use the web interface?
mac osx has a great gitter app. Windows not so much. I just use the web there. Android’s app is middling. Like to crash sometimes but is functional for the most part. I don’t know about iOS. Only “issue” with the mobile is if you have the web app open somewhere (like say you leave a browser window open while you are out and about) you won’t get notifications of messages.
@ScriptMonkey00 I’m not sure which webpage you are on. https://gitter.im/MontCode/GeneralChat is the direct page. But, http://chat.montcode.com gives some more information on how to use gitter in an info box. Includes a markdown cheatsheet and a link to a list of all the emoji :clap:
Thanks so much, @Lilyheart .. I'm running Windows at home, Linux laptop, and android phone so I might give the app a try there.
Awesome. @davidjcastner or @dcpking have you used the linux app? I haven’t yet… I’m curious about your feedback if any.
So is there a generally spoken about language you montcoders talk about most or just whatever comes up? :)
Mostly web development type languages, (lots of JavaScript), but we hit other topics as well. Git/GitHub commands and linux commands as they are nearly a language in their own right.
Might hear a bit of Java right now. Quite a few of us are in the same course at Montgomery County Community College and it is Java based.
The library meet-ups occasionally go over hardware type programming. Small boards, Arduino and the like.
Many members are going through the www.freecodecamp.com curriculum and supplementing with other websites as necessary.
gotcha :) I'm trying to self-teach myself java/android dev.. made my first simple app to solve a task I needed resolved, but I wouldn't say I'm anything of an expert.
self-teach myself... wow that's a really lousy phrase :)
Heading into lecture, not abandoning you xD
lol thanks :) and the windows client actually isn't that bad
I’m really enjoying codeacademy’s react tuts
much more coherent than treehouse this time
@Lilyheart I use the linux app for gitter it's decent, doesn't crash on me but I don't always get notifications if the window is closed
@lantech19446 Thanks! I'll give it a try next time I'm on my chromebook
Thanks Jon! I appreciate it! Sorry I didn’t tag you. I was rushin’ as class had already technically started, but lecture hasn’t actually begun yet.
it's all good, I haven't been around as much as I used too anyway
It’s a pain tagging people on mobile sometimes.
@ScriptMonkey00 I’ve done some android dev. More power to you :laughing: Not my cuppa :coffee: blah android studio
has anyone ever made a css style sheet that nothing works whatever you type into it?
No :/ Are you sure you have linked to it correctly? Check the console and see if you are getting an error.
Check your
<link> tag
it looks okay to me
what can go in the
rel?
is it the spaces
only certain values are allowed in
rel
it
Specifies the relationship between the current document and the linked document which means that rel tells the browser what kind of page you are linking to.
The only valid "rel" values are:
alternate
author
dns-prefetch
help
icon
license
next
pingback
preconnect
prefetch
preload
prerender
prev
search
stylesheet
alternate
author
dns-prefetch
help
icon
license
next
pingback
preconnect
prefetch
preload
prerender
prev
search
stylesheet
Change it to "stylesheet" and you should be good to go
source = w3 schools :)
I linked to that above @ScriptMonkey00
oh! lol, sorry.
so.. what she said? :)
:laughing:
I don't think I've ever used a rel that wasn't stylesheet..
xD In chat, we have more a teach not tell atmosphere. One of the most important things a programmer can learn is how to read documentation.
gotcha... that's actually one of the lines I use in interviews (conducting them)... Good developers don't know all the commands.. they know where to FIND the commands :)
Sorry to buck the trend :) I'll catch on
it worked okay i feel stupid at the moment
That means most of the time we will send you a link where to find the answer. Get ya pointed in the right direction xD
Like @ScriptMonkey00 said, Good developers don’t know all the commands! SO TRUE. Read Search Ask
right now the thing I'm trying to find out is the best suggestion for using an Arduino (Pi Zero) to control power to a MOLEX 4-pin connector..
(I want to remote-control the LED and cold-cathodes in my PC... no laughing :) )
I can’t. You haven’t heard about my automated house xD
@JBC944 Don't feel bad.. I've been in the field for... a while :) and I can tell you that the only reason I answered that question.. and likely Lily too, is that somewhere a while back, we ASKED it :)
@Lilyheart Is there a breadboard-style molex power controling... thing? :)
I use this code to control a huzzah board that has been soldered inside a cheap light from amazon https://github.com/rgrokett/ESP8266_aurora_master/blob/master/sketch/WiFiWebServer/WiFiWebServer.ino
might at least give you a starting point
Exactly what @ScriptMonkey00 said @JBC944 . Whenever a .css files doesn’t work, the first thing I look at is the link tag. Usually I type the file name wrong or reference the folder incorrectly :laughing:
code is perfect, thanks! :) but I still don't know how to get molex controlled by the arduino.. I'm hoping that I don't need to break out the pins... that would suck lol
I’ll ask my roommie when I get home if he has any suggestions
I’m more software, he’s more hardware.
I'm a LOT more software... hence why I'm stuck LOL
thanks :)
I WANT to know hardware… but I LOVE software. And there are only so many hours in the day.
that's why I made up this lighting thing... it's fun, and simple, and not expensive, and I can dabble in hardware a little
thoughu I just got my pi to boot and the mouse was intermittant and the video was AWFUL so I think it might be bad adaptors, or a crapped pi :( :(
heh. I haven’t gotten a raspberry pi zero yet. I’ve used the larger raspberries (one controls my house.. his name is HAL9000, others are squeezeboxes). Arduinos… I’ve used huzzah and uno. I’m sitting on 30 mini pro’s for sensor nodes in my house, but I don’t have the time to do anything with them yet.
try a new SD card too. Those things can die out sooooo fast.
it's brand new and worked fine in my pc... booted, and when the mouse DID work, I got it to install raspbian fine from NOOBS so it seems good... then the mouse stopped working and I was kinda done... lol FYI my home PC is also named "HAL" :)
last one was Erwin
SD cards are so easy to kill in a raspberry. I have a backup stack xD I have a pi3 that HAL will transfer too once I get it so that the main “drive” is an SSD… I just have to figure out all that… in my spare time… :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
so can I ask.. are most people here careers, or dabblers, or a mix?
Mix
Careered techs, careered techs who want to shift to new tech, hobbyists, and people from other walks of life who want to get into tech careers.
I'm one of those religous line crossers.. I used to do hardware/networking.... then jumped to software dev.. which is funny because now when I tell someone "it's a hardware problem" they actually listen, because I can usually tell them what the problem was :)
ugh networking. I dislike networking. It’s just… so… ugh….
lol Networking makes so much more sense than JS though
I feel ya, @lantech19446
:)
xD I’m glad that works out for you that way xD Not so much for me.
I'm still doing networking now though, once you learn it it's easy
xD That’s how I feel about JS. Variety is the spice of life.
I’m glad networking makes sense to other people. That means they can do it, and not me.
lol now if only other people could do the JS for me lol
Lily can :)
yea lily or phy
I actually know some fairly decent Angular... then I heard they threw it all out when they made 2
we could start one heck of a business here though, you and I could build the servers lily can do the html/css let eric handle JS and Dave can jump in wherever needed
I heard they are very different but I don’t know the details.
@Lilyheart I heard yo pretty much can't reuse anything :(
Sounds good to me, @lantech19446 ... I love building rigs, it's fun :)
yep as much as I hated server theory I love working on them
Yay chat. What is everyone working on lately? Doesn't have to be web dev related
I've been working on being not sick and school work. Java class is startin' to get srs.
I'm working on procuring a banjo for free or very close to it
ooooooh that would be fun. I want a ukulele!
I can't even SPELL ukulele
:)
but... you ... just... did.......
that would be awesome, if we both get them lets find a bagpiper and start a really shitty irish punk band
nope, you did.. copy/paste :)
neither did I xD spellcheck.
@lantech19446 that would be funny
I used to be able to sing... I haven't in a long time tho...
there's no singing in punk rock lol
lol
Singing skills can be used in any genre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gUcnUjhRX0
lol an error occured
Death metal scales
lol found it, must share that with a friend of mine who has quite a bit of weird death metal from around the world
and now your post begins its travels around the world lol
heh. Well, it's travels started in Sweden as that is where I was the the first time I saw it.
this guy is actually really good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKS1WTM6fzg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKS1WTM6fzg
That is amazing.
yea that was the next video after yours and I was like holy crap
have we scared you off @ScriptMonkey00 ?
haha no, I was still working
but dinner just arrived.. tuesday evening is actually REALLY hectic for me, but I wanted to make friends before it started.. and I'll catch everyone tomorrow! :) have a great MEET tonight guys :)
Heh, we are in chat every day! See ya around!
have a great night, nice meeting you
so far no banjos on letgo or freecycle
@Lilyheart still working on react…probs will be through tomorrow
then comes angular 2, i think
not sure whether or not to learn angular first, or typescript...
I dunno if there is any advantage to learning one before the other. So, which one sounds like a more interesting project?
i think i’ll go angular first, since i need da $$s asap xD
typescript can wait
That sounds like some solid reasoning @SimplyPhy !
ugh. Been studying for 8 hours 15 minutes straight
totally burned out
need….break
kit kat bar?
ha yeah right
gym and a feast
i can work for long hours without too much hassle, but pumping knowledge into my brain for 8 hours, that’s a doozy
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you got it xD
yeah, gotta give the brain a chance to absorb.
you remember the things at the beginning and the end of sessions the most. So if you go long stretches with a break, you end up working twice as hard trying to remember it all. Gotta take breaks.
le sigh
meanwhile, i’ve got promises and service/web workers on the backburner
oh wells
Everything on my backburner could feed an army
:num num num:
heh
yet the front burner is leftover cold :pizza:
alrighty, gym time it is [ughh]..then feast [yay]
actually leftover pizza heated in an oven tends to be better than fresh imo xD
okay i’m leaving :P
i like it cold xD like my :heart:
eric's brain is high phydelitiy he remembers everything
That was amazing xD
xDD
okay really leaving
lies
you'll be back.
And after that nobody said a word ..... are you all waiting for @Lilyheart 's prediction to come true? :)
truths
I almost resemble a student who isn't behind in studying! yay!