Overview

A new year brings with it fresh opportunities and news goals to reach them. Here’s the plan for 2019:

Day to Day - these are goals that I can fit in during idle time, driving to and from work, walking my dog, etc.

• Reading: read 2 books a month and write a blog post about them
• Blogging: write and post 1 blog entry per week
• Listening: listen to podcasts to and from work and write about the highlights each quarter

Learning - these goals are for things that I’d like to learn or improve on

• Refresh JavaScript knowledge by completing Introduction to JavaScript, 30 Days of JavaScript, and ES6 for Everyone courses
• Learn Laravel and Vue by completing Laravel from Scratch, Learn Vue: Step by Step, Testing Laravel, and Testing Vue courses
• Learn React using Gatsby by completing the Gatsby tutorials and Pro Gatsby 2 course
• Learn Docker by completing the Docker for PHP Developers course

Build - these goals are to build some applications using what I’ve learnt

• Blog - React & Gatsby - Simple blog site to share my writing
• To Do Flow - Laravel & Vue - To Do list app that mirrors my current workflow
• Emoji Streak - Laravel & Vue - Web application to track streaks using emoji
• Containerize To Do Flow - Docker - Take an existing web application and get is working in Docker containers
• Holiday Meal Calendar - React - Web application to list holidays meals in Winnipeg on a calendar for easy printing and sharing

Stretch - these are goals to push me just a little further forward then I think I can for the year

• Become an expert at using VS Code - using VS Code as my editor of choice for all my coding goals so that I’m forced to becoming confident using it
• Learn the ins and outs of Azure DevOps - using Azure DevOps for CI/CD, work item tracking, and Git repos will put in me in the position to learn these tools in depth
• Learn Linux by building Lisnet highly available homelab with KVM, Katello and Puppet