Day 21

Red Belt Exam

I didn't finish the Red Belt Prep but I got most of everything working. There were some features that I just left out for the sake of simplicity; such as if the author is already added, just add him to a list of drop down menu that contains all the authors. But anyways felt pretty prepared for the exam.

I was pretty nervous and I didn't realize that when you enter the code to unlock the exam began. But I started my exam first. Just put on my earphones and got to work. We get 4 hours and 30 minutes to finish the exam. It seems like a long time but it actually goes by really fast. I did everything that I knew how to do first: set up my database, set up my HTMLs and setting up my routes using the RESTful method. I won't tell you the specific of my test since any future Dojo members might see this and it might give them an unfair advantage. Needless to say, it was much easier than the Red Belt Prep and most of the features on the tests were things we've done before with only one part a new feature. 

The exam was challenging but definitely manageable so I feel pretty good about being able to pass it the first time around. After the exam we were told to read up about AJAX and APIs as we're moving on from Pylot. Which again goes back to the point that we do not spend that much time on different technology...