Day 43: Socket.io and Mongo

I spent most of the day finishing up the sockets lecture. The first assignment of the day was a simple count app which is reminiscent of the count app we did with CodeIgniter. I finished it in about an hour. This app though was way cooler than its predecessor because of the inclusion of sockets, which allows us to see the numbers change on multiple screens. I felt like I was working with sessions again and my confidence grew for MEAN.

AD had a birthday today and RS brought in a cake to celebrate. I got to love the camaraderie that comes in this place.

We also planned on heading out for drinks in the evening.

After cake I got started on the next and final assignment of the socket chapter, which was to design a chat room. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be and I spent the entire afternoon setting it up with no success. The instructor had told us that by now we should be finished with sockets and mongo and should be on our way to completing Mongoose so we can be ready to deal with the Angular introduction that is set for tomorrow. VT frequently reminded me to pick up the pace and if I can't solve a problem just drop it and move on. I hate leaving things unattended but with the pressures of moving forward looming behind me I had to make the hard choice of forgoing the rest of the chatroom to move onto the next chapter, which I finally began in the late afternoon. I didn't get that far on account that we headed out to celebrate.

Coding Dojo is located in the industrial area of San Jose, forcing us to drive to the nearest bars and restaurants. However one of our classmates told us of a sports bar just walking distance from where we are. It is kinda hard to notice but there it is wedged between two office buildings. We hung out there for a couple of hours eating, drinking, and playing games. I struck up a conversation with a real estate owner who encouraged me to purchase up land as soon as I can, although I had a hard time understanding his reasonings.

We got back late and most of us took of for the evening. I stayed behind to work on the installation of the Mongo. By the time I got it up and running my brain hit a road block and I called it a night. I was still feeling a little tipsy from drinking so I passed the time by watching an episode of "Twin Peaks" on Hulu. Such a great show. Now it's time to get home and catch some sleep for tomorrow.