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First solo

Project Overview

List out the tools you used:

  1. I used Mentors and Rocks a lot. Probably too much. I got confused between the different code each was helping me with. But it is always a helpful tool for me to watch how it's done in order to deconstruct and then reconstruct (either in my head or literally starting a new project) the things we've gone over.

  2. I was able to begin to use pry. Still not well or proficient, but I can see how once I can utilize it more for what it is, it will be very helpful. I am confused on when you put it in rspec opposed to the Class file.

  3. I don't know that RSpec was a tool for me as much as it was another thing to figure out. I'm hoping to understand all this more because I want to write and can utilize Rspec properly in order to test my code.
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Write a 1-2 sentence synopsis of what this project does:

This LinkedList project assigns data to nodes which when appended to the LinkedList and ran through the terminal, the collection creates a sound that mimics a beat box.

Reflection Questions:

1. How do you approach solving something when you don’t have all the information?

  1. In this project in particular, I went back to utilize the past code from flash cards. It was a helpful starting place to use as a framework to connect dots on both RSpec and the Class file.

  2. As I mentioned in the section about tools, I utilized mentors a lot. Videos that cohorts shared were quite helpful and I'd like to get better versed at looking those up myself. One hold-up I'm recognizing is that if I don't see my exact code I'm looking for in the resources I find, I think it won't help. I'm learning to really look at the logic of things even if the syntax isn't exactly what I need at the moment. Unfortunately I learned this from some of the warmups and exercises more that I did in the project.

2. What was your most effective strategy for getting through blockers during this project? How did this help your process?
I do take breaks. Honestly I haven't found a most effective strategy to get through as much as I've gotten away from the blocks. A lot of this might be mental and perhaps I just need to believe I can solve the problem so I dig in to get through it instead of taking a break to get away from it. When I do the latter I come back just as stuck (or worse) than before.

3. Tell us about a time that you found yourself in an unproductive struggle, how did you get out of it?
I hate to admit that I didn't do well here. The append method really stumped me. I asked for help several times from several people and watching them did not help very much as I didn't really ever understand it fully. The terms are familiar, but the detailed understanding is not there.

4. What was the benefit of using TDD while building out this project?
While I struggled a lot with TDD, It is helpful once it's set up to be able to test the code. Once Spec is built out you can focus on the code.