two nights ago, i finally convinced myself that there’s nothing to be frightened about with the Responsive Web Design v9 Certification Exam. so i rolled up my sleeves, fired up the exam environment app, and jumped right in. and i have to say,
by about Question 15-16, i seriously thought to myself, “huh, well hey, maybe i’m not as stupid as i thought i was and have actually been retaining the information.” next thing i know, i’m clicking my answer for the final question. i look up at the clock, and i still have 1 hour 15 minutes left. so typical of me i begin to panic, worrying, convincing myself that this is a clear sign that i fucked up and need to meticulously recheck every single answer.
i have ocd, so this felt a little worse and dreadful than it sounds. but something inside of me for whatever reason told me, “you know what? if you finished in that amount of time, then you finished. so the next thing is to wait for your results.”
so i went to bed, and then the following morning when i booted up my macbook and checked the site…. 96%!!!! w00t w00t!!
it has been a WILD ride to get here frfr. back on May 11, i originally made a 16 week roadmap that would end with the exam. then a few weeks in, i was on shaky ground so i revamped to 24–week roadmap. and THEN i started gaining a liking to what i was endeavoring into, and repotted my plan to a 6 module playbook, one for each certification, and i would take the exams when i feel i am prepared, alleviating a lot of unnecessary stress i put on myself. the latest iteration you can find at Web Dev v3 Playbook — freeCodeCamp certs, module by module | guerz.lol
i DO want to say though, i completed the RWD curriculum months ago, but something felt off. i didn’t feel prepared; i didn’t feel like i could articulate what all i had been learning. so that sparked a crazy idea in my wacky mind: i would redo the curriculum and locally save EVERY workshop, lab, and certification project. and oh boy, it doesn’t stop there, no no no, i ALSO decided to add HTML and CSS notes in the code blocks to explain what is happening. this you can find in two places, well technically four:
- FCC Build Archive — freeCodeCamp RWD v9 builds | guerz.lol – this is showcased on my personal site
- https://builds.guerz.lol/ – this is the showcase of the GitHub repo where they all live: github.com/gitguerz/freecodecamp-responsive-web-design-v9
the one on my personal site i wanted the code blocks to be the initial, primary thing to see because that webpage was created for my own ongoing educational purposes. and you can click the tab to see the preview of what the code builds.
the second one, i figured i would display things a bit different like a card gallery where you still have the option to peep the code.
FAIR WARNING: it is an incomplete collection, i am still going through and promise to finish it. i am currently on the second lab for CSS Styling Forms. i thought it a good idea to continue with this as i also begin my journey taking the JavaScript Certification curriculum. this way, the HTML & CSS will remain actively fresh. oh, and btw, i’m also working through the builds for LEGACY RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN V8, cuz i’m crazy like that. you can find that section at the bottom after RWD V9 builds.
also along my journey, i had done The Odin Project – Foundations Curriculum, and the two builds for that can be found at the bottom of guerz.lol/sandbox. i didn’t fully complete TOP – Foundations Curriculum cuz the last bit touches on JavaScript Basics, so i’m planning on doing that as i crack open the fCC curriculum.
soooo yeah, short of the long, i’m sooooo fkn happy and proud of myself, first time in a long, LONG time! i really needed this in my life. i’m so glad this is an available resource for free, because it truly my severely depressed poverty butt some purpose after being a husk of a human for a decade-ish. big ups to Quincy Larson! you saved my life, real talk 🥹 finding and interest in this domino effected me and right now at this very moment i am enrolled in pursuit of a Bachelor’s Degree in Web Development, all online classes at an accelerated pace, so projected graduation is December 2028!
i canNOT wait for this journey to continue! JavaScript Basics, here i come!
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