HELLO FRIENDS!
Hope your weekend was splendid. This is a little later than usual because, well... let's be real, I started playing
the new Zelda game and it consumed my entire weekend and I regret nothing. Â Anyway. Â Let's go.
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Web links of the week
React/Redux Links
A Love Letter to CSS
Pure CSS 3D Solar System
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JavaScript Basics
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Something that interested me this week
Two major media things made my week amazing.
The first was
Wonder Woman. I finally got to see the movie, and I admit I teared up multiple times. Not out of sadness, but out of this odd sense of... awe. For the first time in a LONG time, I was getting goosebumps and this feeling of, "I want to be a part of that." I felt like I was a kid watching what I wanted to be when I grew up. And that feeling was overwhelming, because girls today have such amazing movies (WW, Hidden Figures, even Moana) that they can relate to and be empowered by, and this will inspire a whole new generation of women in the future. And of course, the feeling isn't limited to women. It's just one of very few women-centric movies in the genre that did such an amazing job, and I loved the movie. Highly recommend it if you haven't seen it (whether you're a woman or not).
The second thing wasÂ
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. So, going into it, I knew that Zelda games are amazing, and that this one is very "open world" (like Minecraft or something). I had no idea what was in store for me. This game has an element of polished freedom that I genuinely think
will change how games are developed in the future. It's open, and doesn't have a very linear timeline, and yet you still have quests and objectives you can complete (or not). It's limiting in all the right ways, and freeing in the best ways possible. My giddiest moment was when a bunch of monsters were chasing me, and I realized that I was only chased because I was on the same path as them, so I just jumped off the cliff next to the road and climbed around the mountain. It's so flawlessly executed that you feel a total immersion as you explore the way you want to, not the way the game guides you. 10/10, would also recommend.
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Interview question of the week
Write two classes, one for a Card and one for a Deck of Cards. Write a function newDeck that populates a Deck with cards and shuffleDeck that randomizes the order of Cards.
Note: Be sure that your Card class includes suits AND numbers!
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Cool things from around the internet
How to burn a balloon without melting it
This work setup
Suprematism & Constructivism by RoomCR6
Kid gets crushed by a brain freeze during Icee challenge
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Joke
I burned 2000 calories today.
That's the last time I leave cookies in the oven while I nap.
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Alright fam, it's been real. Be safe this week, make good choices, and eat some cookies.
cassidoo
