I am still on my Backend Development study track. I was working through the API development section from The Odin Project’s Node.js course.

I went back and took some notes on the CURL command found in most shells as a default installation. I started writing more notes on how to use it with the -X flag and different HTTP request methods. I had originally written some vary basic notes on the CLI program last year when I started the “MIT Missing Semester” course. I did not plan on using it much but now that I am working with APIs it is pretty useful.

The most interesting takeaway is that the CURL command can be combined with other commands or automation processes through shell scripts. I have previously worked on automation scripts for CI/CD pipelines and having accesses to a tool that can pull back data seems pretty useful. I have not found an immediate use for it in my development process yet but it is something I will be keeping in my back pocket for when I need.

I need to wrap up the rest of my API studies so that I can move on. I have definitely been struggling during these last 10 days. I have lost a lot of focus. I need to try and get that back.

TLDR;

Okay, so here are the highlights of what I did:

• Backend -> Continued going through the material on API development with Node.js from The Odin Project’s backend development course. Continued through the API tutorial. Wrote notes on the CURL command and some of it’s most important flags.

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Goal For Round 8 of the #100DaysofCode Challenge

This is my eighth round of the “#100daysofcode” challenge. I will be continuing my work from round five, six, and seven into round eight. I was working through the book “Cracking the Coding Interview” by Gayle Laakmann McDowell. My goal was to become more familiar with algorithms and data structures. This goal was derived from my goal to better understand operating systems and key programs that I use in the terminal regularly e.g. Git. This goal was in turn derived from my desire to better understand the fundamental tools used for coding outside of popular GUIs. This in turn was derived from my desire to be a better back-end developer.

I am currently putting a pause on the algorithm work to build some backend/full stack projects. I primarily want to improve my skills with the back-end from an implementation perspective. I have improved tremendously in terminal and CLI skills but I lost focus due to how abstract the algorithm concepts got. I wanted to work on things that were more tangible until I can get to a position where I could directly benefit from improving my algorithm skills and theoretical knowledge. So that’s the focus right now. Build my backend skills and prove my full stack capabilities by building some dope projects.

Again, I still have no idea if my path is correct but I am walking down this road anyways. Worst case scenario I learn a whole bunch of stuff that will help me out on my own personal projects. Best case scenario I actually become one of those unicorn developers that go on to start a billion dollar company… You never know LOL.