Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

Former Classics professor turned software developer. Competence + Joy. Problem solver (in code, convos, etc.) -- but keeping the human equation at the center. St. Louis Joined November 2021

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

3 years ago

I did it! Two years ago I was a weary, nervous Classics professor whose dept was being eliminated. But I had a plan. Today I work at Boeing and am now a certified AWS Solutions Architect! credly.com/badges/a097b3c…

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

3 years ago

My 5 yr old discovered a new favorite Christmas song this past Christmas season. @Sia you have a new fan! He even got the hair on the album cover right.

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

In my training course for Docker, I've been listening to my (very good) instructor yammer away for the past 30 minutes on Docker Compose and Swarm, and I literally have virtually no idea of what I'm hearing. I assume he's speaking English, and yet I understand nothing!

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

#100DaysOfCode - #25 I busted my rear today to finish the final touches - including a cool accordion feature on the app user landing page (thanks Bootstrap 5!) - on the MVP version of my Java gift and wish list tracker web app. Finished!!! #neverreallyfinished

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

#100DaysOfCode - #24 Had fun today learning about JShell (how have I been studying Java for like 5 months now and never heard of it until today???) and using Bootstrap to add an accordion effect to the wish list app so that each list can expand to show the items inside. Cool!

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

#100DaysOfCode - #23 Spent almost the whole day working on several small features in the Java / Thymeleaf app. Today's hard-earned lesson: don't be overconfident that the correct method is .getName() when it's actually .getFirstName(). #doublecheckit

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

#100DaysOfCode - #22 I spent a ton of time today (Jan 31) coding and debugging the "leave group" feature. After parts of 3 days hammering away unsuccessfully, I finally asked for help from another group member, and within 15 min had it figured out. It's okay to ask for help! :-)

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

#100DaysOfCode - #21 More fun with pseudo-elements in CSS and a bit of time trying to debug an error in my wish list app where it won't properly save an updated wish list. #debugginglife

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

#100DaysOfCode - #20 --> 20% of the way! <-- Studied pseudo-elements in CSS (Jan 29). I knew about ::before and ::after but had not really practiced use cases for them, and I like ::first-letter and ::first-line. What are your favorite pseudo-elements?

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

#100DaysOfCode - Day #19 More work on the Java app and more practice with absolute vs relative position in CSS. Seriously, CSS preys on the weak. I apparently need more practice! :-)

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

#100DaysOfCode - Day #18 Busy day today (= Jan 27th, I'm behind!) practicing the Swing library in Java, absolute vs relative positioning in CSS, and working on group functionality in my Java gift wish list tracking app.

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

#100DaysOfCode - Day #17 I dove deep into the Java models and controllers for my Spring Boot project, and managed to fix a sticky problem I kept having. Now all the groups that a user has joined will display on the user landing page. Hooray! #victoryincoding

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

#100DaysOfCode - Day #16 I dipped my toes into using JFrame in Java and worked more on user account routing in my group project controllers. Huzzah!

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

I maxed out my CS knowledge in the Git category in #LearnToCodeRPG. Play the game here: freecodecamp.org/news/learn-to-…

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

#100DaysOfCode - Day #15 I did work on various small projects today as well as dive deep into setting up user login routing with username path variables in the controller classes of my big Java group project. Intimidating but quite fun!

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

#100DaysOfCode - Day #14 Today I mostly reviewed the code of another person in my group project, but I did do some better documenting of my code in an older project. Always room to improve.

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

#100DaysOfCode - Day #13 I started working on my next mini JavaScript project, a simple picture carousel of Roman coins that also displays basic information about the coins and the Roman emperor. Fun times!

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

#100DaysOfCode - Day #12 I practiced some CSS challenges in current Udemy course and reviewed a pull request from a group Java project.

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Mark Thorne @ClassicalCoder

4 years ago

#100DaysOfCode - Day #11 Still on a Bootstrap 5 kick -- figured out how to code form groups and implement modals today. Bootstrap doesn't solve all problems, but it sure is fun. #divs4evah