frst project done without any extra features so far

[AndreMilota]

First project done without any extra features so far.

I have had a great deal of trouble with github. I have probably spent more time on it then on actually doing the project. Please let me know if it worked? This is the first time I have used Git for real having only done exercises with it in the past.

I will try to add some extra features. I was thinking of adding speech recording but don’t know if that is going to take me done the garden path and leave me without results by the 31st

@codepathreview and @codepath

[nidhi1608]

Andre,

The deadline to submit the prework was 8/24, and we're not processing any applications that were sent after that. I am happy to have you as a "remote self-paced observer" so you can participate in the program and learn at your pace. In the meantime, you should also check out the resources we provide here. Let me know if you'd like to be a remote observer.

[AndreMilota]

I applied on august 12 and you sent me a link that said the deadline was august

31. I am hart broken. I had it all working on the 22 less the github part :-(

Andre’

Thanks for applying to participate in our Android bootcamp! We can only accept a maximum of 25 people in each bootcamp cohort and given that we receive hundreds of applications from engineers around the bay area, there are a few more steps remaining in the application process.

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[AndreMilota]

I would like to try the remote thing.

I find that I can get lots of online videos, documents and tutorials and can follow them. However it seems like everything is out of date or different on the particular system I have. I get to step 15 of a 20 step tutorial in what should be a 30 minute exercise, and then something bad happens a non obvious error message a menu item does not exist, ext and then I am into the land of reverse engineering. 3 hours later I have a solution and with luck I can then finish the tutorial. Unfortunately this seems to be the norm with android rather than the exception. So I think the value of taking the class for me would not be so much the instruction or structure but the TA who can fix things. Someone who can instantly diagnose the small errors I may have made or deal with system issues. Any thoughts on how I can best get this kind of help. I am pretty good at finding things this is why it only takes me 3 hours to solve such problems rather than 3 days. The answers are out there but there is a lot of noise.

The materials you have seem to be quite up to date so I think I will try to follow along with them.

Thanks

Andre'

Ps do let me know, if the you will in fact honor the due date in the web site you initially sent me and I will shift adding features to my project back to the top of my priority queue.

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Nidhi Shah notifications@github.com wrote:

Andre,

The deadline to submit the prework was 8/24, and we're not processing any applications that were sent after that. I am happy to have you as a "remote self-paced observer" so you can participate in the program and learn at your pace. In the meantime, you should also check out the resources we provide here http://courses.codepath.com/snippets/intro_to_android/email_faq#heading-i-dont-have-much-or-any-professional-software-development-experience-how-can-codepath-help-me. Let me know if you'd like to be a remote observer.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/AndreMilota/SimpleTodo/issues/1#issuecomment-135077449 .

[nidhi1608]

Hi Andre’,

Sorry for the confusion there. After investigation I found out that there was a problem with our tools, which explains the Aug 31st deadline. We are processing applications on a first come first serve basis, but we'll consider your application and get in touch with you via email in the next few days.

[AndreMilota]

Thanks I am glad to see I am not the only one having problems with their tools.

Speaking of which did my attempt to use github to submit the project work?

Shall I drop everything and go back to adding features to better my chances?

Best,

Andre’

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Nidhi Shah notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi Andre’,

Sorry for the confusion there. After investigation I found out that there was a problem with our tools, which explains the Aug 31st deadline. We are processing applications on a first come first serve basis, but we'll consider your application and get in touch with you via email in the next few days.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/AndreMilota/SimpleTodo/issues/1#issuecomment-135850428 .

[nidhi1608]

It seems like you were able to add the repo successfully. There are a lot of new concepts to learn by working on the extensions. I would definitely work on adding more features.