Michael Rockett

Michael Rockett

Member Since December 29, 2014

543 Achievements

  • Becoming a Design Thinker
  • Fetching Data with Queries
  • Security in Practice
  • Getting Started with GraphQL
  • Common Attacks and Defenses
  • Hello Internet!
  • Responsive Layouts With the Bootstrap Grid
  • Going Further with Routing
  • Navigating, Nesting and Redirecting Routes
  • Getting Started with React Router
  • React Component Patterns
  • Stateful Components and Lifecycle Methods
  • Managing State and Data Flow
  • Build Modular Interfaces with Components
  • Stateful Components
  • Managing Committed Files
  • Introducing Props
  • Thinking in Components
  • First Steps in React
  • Becoming Acquainted with Your User
  • PHP Email Form Errors
  • Python: Inheritance
  • Python: Instant Objects
  • Iterating and Packing with Dictionaries
  • Introducing Dictionaries
  • Going Further with HTML
  • Images, Text and Links
  • Sequence Operations
  • Sequence Iterations
  • Packing and Unpacking
  • Getting Info In and Out of Functions
  • Introduction to Functions
  • Getting to Know Tuples
  • Build an Application
  • Using Lists
  • Meet Lists
  • All Together Now
  • Functions and Looping
  • Types and Branching
  • Meet Python
  • Structuring Your Content
  • Productivity
  • Presentation Skills
  • Getting to Know Bootstrap 4
  • Getting Started With HTML
  • The Internet
  • How Jenkins Works
  • Creating Content
  • Introduction to Blogging
  • Important Skills For Professional Success
  • Putting It All Together
  • Embracing the Process
  • Curating the Work
  • Portfolio Goals
  • Demystifying the Portfolio
  • Sass Grid System
  • SMACSS and Sass
  • Sass and BEM
  • Becoming a Design Thinker
  • Building a Flashcard App
  • Sweeping Vues: Loops, Methods, Directives
  • Flexbox Properties
  • Image Processing
  • Playing with Filters
  • PHP Email Forms
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Basics
  • PHP Inventory
  • Getting the REST You Need 2
  • PHPDB Stage 2: Querying the Database with PHP
  • PHPDB Stage 1: Databases and PHP
  • PHP Includes
  • What a Beautiful Vue!
  • Introducing Vue
  • Write Smart and Efficient CSS with Sass
  • PHP Loops
  • Improve Your Workflow with Sass
  • JavaScript is Everywhere
  • Persuasive Patterns
  • UI Patterns
  • Understanding Flexbox
  • Designing with Patterns
  • Pinching, Panning and Zooming
  • Browsing An Album
  • Taking Photos
  • Testing and Debugging
  • Improving Our Code
  • Basic Android Programming
  • Creating the Screen Layout
  • Getting Started with Android
  • Reflections
  • Global Illumination
  • Shadows
  • Lighting Basics
  • Camera Switching
  • Camera Movement
  • Image Effects
  • Camera Basics
  • Adding New Behavior
  • Thinking in Components
  • Organizing Code into Methods
  • Review
  • Interfaces
  • Inheritance
  • Perfect
  • Perform
  • Key Concepts in Unity
  • Debugging Games
  • Lights, Audio, and Animation
  • Assets and Game Objects
  • The 3D Views
  • Build and Share a Unity Game
  • Game Audio
  • Score, Enemies, and Game State
  • Pickups
  • Player Input and Cameras
  • The Unity Editor and Scene Setup
  • Introduction to Video Games
  • First Commits
  • Error Handling
  • Dynamic Keys and Inheritance
  • Parsing Different JSON Structures
  • Parsing to Non-Primitive Types
  • An Overview of Codable
  • PHP Arrays
  • Working with Classes in JavaScript
  • Object Basics
  • PHP Conditionals
  • Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
  • Building a Collection
  • PHP on the Web
  • Daily Exercise Program
  • Building the Recipe
  • Unit Converter
  • Understanding Classes
  • Why Object-Oriented Programming?
  • Compile Sass with Gulp
  • Next Steps
  • Gulp your JavaScript workflow!
  • Welcome to Gulp.js
  • Getting Started with Sass
  • Installing Programs
  • Environment and Redirection
  • Middleware
  • Deleting and Updating Data
  • Fetching Data Using Fetch Requests
  • Inserting and Saving Data Using a Context
  • Understanding the Core Data Stack
  • Deeper into Routing with Express
  • Stateful Components
  • Adding a New Web Page
  • Make It Beautiful with CSS
  • HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications
  • Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS
  • Finishing the Game
  • Thinking in Components
  • Introducing JavaScript
  • Adding Reviews and a Map
  • Retrieving Restaurant Details Using Operations
  • Simplifying Networking Code
  • Obtaining a Location Fix
  • Authorization with Third Party Libraries
  • Exploration
  • Discovery
  • Using Templates with Express
  • Downloading Album Artwork
  • Requesting Real Data
  • Enhancing the iTunes Endpoint
  • URLs and Parameter Encoding
  • Building the User Interface
  • Modeling iTunes Search Results
  • Getting Started with Express
  • Improving Our Tests
  • Behavior Driven Development with Mocha & Chai
  • Getting to Know PHP
  • Displaying Contact Data
  • A High Level Overview
  • Introducing Unit Testing
  • Trait Collections
  • Getting to Know Bootstrap 4
  • Completing and Testing the API
  • Communicating with Mongo Through Mongoose
  • Modeling Data for the API
  • Building API Routes in Express
  • Updating and Uninstalling Packages with npm
  • Installing Packages with npm
  • What is npm?
  • HTTP Methods and Headers
  • Creating a Basic Template Engine in Node.js
  • Handling Routes in Node.js
  • Creating a Command Line Weather Application
  • Handling Errors in Node
  • Inequalities, Content and Priorities
  • The Constraint Equation
  • A History Lesson
  • Getting Data From an API With Node
  • Introduction to Node.js
  • Classes
  • Objects and New Collection Types
  • Dark Sky API Client
  • Downloading JSON Data Asynchronously
  • Fetching Data From the Web
  • Modeling Forecast Data
  • Error Handling and Memory Management
  • Building Standard Library Functions
  • Closure Expressions
  • First Class Functions
  • Writing Great Swift
  • The Cooler Parts of ES2015
  • ES2015 Basics
  • Quiz Practice Project
  • Adding Sound Effects
  • Prototypal Inheritance
  • Personalizing The Story
  • Refactoring Our Code
  • Creating the User Interface Programmatically
  • Creating a Story
  • Navigating Through An Adventure
  • Using the Delegate Pattern in iOS
  • The Delegate Pattern
  • Access Control
  • Memory Management in Swift
  • Extensions and Protocols
  • Value Semantics, Type Methods and Inheritance
  • Object Initialization
  • Branches
  • Getting Started With Git
  • Why Version Control Matters
  • DOM Traversal
  • DOM Manipulation
  • Events
  • Properties
  • Simple Mobile Interface
  • Exporting Designs
  • Sketch Features
  • Introducing Sketch
  • Displaying Additional Views
  • Using the Vending Machine
  • Loading Data From a Resource
  • Modeling an Interface
  • Running Apps on a Device
  • Improving Our User Interface
  • Structs As Data Models
  • View Controllers and Views
  • Getting Started with iOS Development
  • Error Handling
  • Creating Flexible Objects Using Protocols
  • Protocol Basics
  • Objects and Optionals
  • Hello, jQuery!
  • First Steps in React
  • Introduction to Optionals
  • Introduction to Enumerations
  • Traversing the DOM
  • Differentiating Between Objects
  • Class Inheritance
  • Classes in Swift
  • Adding Power to Functions
  • Functions in Swift
  • Control Flow With Conditional Statements
  • Control Flow With Loops
  • Dictionaries in Swift
  • Introduction to Collections
  • Swift Operators
  • Swift Types
  • An Introduction to Swift Programming
  • Responding to User Interaction
  • Making Changes to the DOM
  • Building a REST Service
  • Express Middleware
  • Sessions and Cookies
  • User Registration and Login
  • What is Authentication?
  • Go Further With Mongo
  • Working With Collections
  • Understanding MongoDB
  • Getting Started with MongoDB
  • Doing More with Express
  • Serving Static Files in Express
  • Getting Data from a Database
  • Using Templates with Express
  • Data, Databases and SQL
  • The Request and Response Objects in Express
  • Developing Express Apps Like a Boss
  • Getting Started with Express
  • Creating a Simple Server in Node.js
  • Building a Command Line Application
  • Introduction to Node.js
  • Getting a Handle on the DOM
  • Complex Data Structures
  • The Browser Environment
  • Adding a Model Attribute
  • Using the Rails Console
  • Handling Rails Requests
  • Creating Rails Apps
  • Build a Bank Account Class
  • Ruby Variables and Methods
  • Ruby Objects and Classes
  • Build a Simple Contact List
  • Ruby Iteration
  • Ruby Loops
  • Build a Grocery List Program
  • Ruby Hashes
  • How WordPress Plugins Work
  • Ruby Arrays
  • Ruby Logical Operators
  • Ruby Control Structures
  • Ruby Operators
  • Ruby Methods
  • Ruby Numbers (Ruby Basics)
  • Ruby Strings (Ruby Basics)
  • How Ruby Works
  • An Overview of Hooks in WordPress
  • Custom Post Type Templates
  • Archive Templates in WordPress
  • Introduction to Video Games
  • What is Agile?
  • Loading Data From a Resource
  • Modeling An Interface
  • Harnessing the Power of Objects
  • Meet Objects
  • Perfecting the Prototype
  • Using your New Tools
  • Getting Started with Java
  • Using Angular's Built-in Directives
  • Controllers and Scope
  • Console I/O
  • Prepare and Plan
  • Managing Complexity
  • Interacting With Data From the Web
  • Simple Data Structures
  • Closures in iOS
  • Closures and Closure Expressions
  • Functions as First Class Citizens
  • Swift Operators
  • Swift Types
  • An Introduction to Swift Programming
  • Refactoring Our Code (Swift)
  • Building the Master and Detail Views (Swift)
  • Building a Music Library and Playlists (Swift)
  • Custom Homepage Templates in WordPress
  • Using a Navigation Controller With Segues (Swift)
  • Working With Multiple View Controllers (Swift)
  • Adding a Blog to a WordPress Theme
  • Deploying to a Device
  • Debugging Our App
  • Custom Post Type Templates
  • Improving Our User Interface
  • Using a Data Model
  • Views and View Controllers
  • Getting Started with Xcode
  • Swift Value vs Reference Types
  • Building Out WordPress Navigation
  • Building Page Templates in WordPress
  • The WordPress Loop
  • WordPress Header and Footer Templates
  • Working with CSS and JS in WordPress Themes
  • Swift Properties
  • Swift Inheritance
  • Swift Classes and Objects
  • Swift Structs and their Methods
  • Swift Structs
  • Swift Enums and their Methods
  • Swift Enums
  • Swift Optionals
  • Starting a WordPress Theme
  • More Advanced PHP for WordPress
  • Swift Parameters and Tuples
  • Swift Functions
  • Constructor Functions & Prototypes
  • Control Flow
  • Collections
  • Operators
  • Types
  • Variables and Constants
  • Introduction to Methods
  • Responsive Theory
  • Using a jQuery Carousel
  • Add a Sticky Navigation Bar
  • Introducing jQuery Plugins
  • Self-Assessment
  • JavaScript Objects
  • PHP Basics for WordPress
  • Introduction to PHP for WordPress
  • JavaScript Arrays
  • JavaScript Loops
  • JavaScript Functions
  • JavaScript Conditional Statements
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • JavaScript Variables
  • Introducing JavaScript
  • Local WordPress Development
  • WordPress Plugin Best Practices
  • Widgets and Custom Menus
  • Custom Post Types and Fields
  • Customizing WordPress Themes
  • Introduction to Data, Databases and SQL
  • WordPress Themes
  • Installing Wordpress
  • Slim and Templates
  • Dependency Management
  • PHP Inheritance & Interfaces
  • WordPress User Roles
  • The WordPress Codex
  • Owning a WordPress Site Long Term
  • WordPress Community Management
  • Working with Media in WordPress
  • Adding and Editing Content
  • HTML Email Basics
  • Getting a WordPress Site
  • Getting Started with WordPress
  • Advanced Sass Concepts
  • Speeding up Workflow With Sass
  • How To Test Our Code
  • Variables, Mixins, and Extending Selectors
  • Getting Started with Sass
  • Better SEO Through Tools
  • Better SEO Through Code
  • Prototyping With Bootstrap
  • Better SEO Through Content
  • Introduction to SEO
  • Moving Forward with UX
  • Tools UXers Use
  • How UXers Think
  • What Do User Experience Designers Do?
  • What is User Experience (UX)?
  • Finalizing the Project
  • Case Studies and Examples
  • The Brand Identity Design Process
  • Introduction to Brand Identity
  • The Logo Sprint
  • Logo Design 101
  • Creating Home Page Assets
  • Applying Effects
  • Introduction to Front-End Frameworks
  • How to Draw in Illustrator
  • Establishing a Proper Workflow
  •  Adding Color and Type
  • Creating an Icon
  • Pricing and Project Proposals
  • Introduction to Illustrator
  • Workflow Basics
  • Finding Your First Project
  • Starting a Freelance Career
  • Slices & Save for Web
  • Vector Shapes
  • Type Tools
  • Understanding CSS Transitions and Transforms
  • Masks Basics
  • Understanding Flexbox and Multi-Column Layout
  • Layer Basics
  • Workspace Basics
  • Design Foundations Final
  • Becoming a Problem Solver
  • Understanding Aesthetics
  • Introduction to Design
  • Grid Layout
  • Flexbox Layout
  • Positioning Schemes
  • PHP Properties & Methods
  • PHP Objects and Classes
  • Float Layout
  • Display Modes
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes
  • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
  • Integrating With Paypal
  • Listing Inventory Items
  • Adding a Contact Form
  • Creating the Menu and Footer
  • Getting Started with PHP
  • PHP Internal Functions
  • PHP Returns & Closures
  • PHP Functions Basics
  • PHP Loops
  • PHP Conditionals
  • PHP Datatypes
  • PHP Data & Structure
  • PHP Getting Started
  • Forms
  • Tables
  • Objects
  • Links
  • Lists
  • Text
  • Introduction
  • Console Processes
  • Console Users and Permission
  • Website Basics
  • Moving Around in the Console
  • Chrome DevTools Basics
  • Web Apps
  • Websites
  • Introduction
  • AJAX and APIs
  • jQuery and AJAX
  • Programming AJAX
  • AJAX Concepts
  • Custom Media Players
  • Captioning Video
  • Media Basics
  • Structuring Tables
  • Table Basics
  • Creating a Simple Drawing Application
  • Creating a Password Confirmation Form
  • Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu
  • Creating a Simple Lightbox
  • Creating a Spoiler Revealer
  • Introduction to jQuery
  • Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript
  • Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript
  • JavaScript and the DOM
  • Choosing Options
  • Organizing Forms
  • Form Basics
  • JavaScript Objects
  • JavaScript Functions
  • JavaScript Arrays
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • JavaScript Strings
  • Introduction Variables
  • Functions
  • Objects and Arrays
  • Control Structures
  • Basics
  • Fundamental Concepts
  • Designing with the Latest Features
  • Basic Layout
  • The Box Model
  • Understanding Values and Units
  • Basic Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Debugging HTML and CSS Problems
  • Sharing a Website
  • Responsive Web Design and Testing
  • Adding Pages to a Website
  • Styling Web Pages and Navigation
  • Customizing Colors and Fonts
  • CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
  • Creating HTML Content
  • HTML First
  • Beginning HTML and CSS
  • Newbie