TECH WEBINARS
These project walkthroughs are intended for you to see how to approach a project and address any issues that may come up. Check our Home page or Announcements page for our upcoming live webinars. We'll add the recordings to this page for later reference. Find your track below to see all the webinars associated with it.
Front End Webinars
What: FEND Project 1: Build a Portfolio Site Webinar with Project Coach Ivan Bilas
When: June 7, 2018
Description: Project Coach Ivan takes you step by step through the rubric for Project 1: Build a Portfolio Site and show you how to use Bootstrap and cover responsive images and design.
What: FEND Project 2: Memory Game Webinar with Project Coach, Ryan Waite
When: June 5, 2018
Description: Project Coach Ryan walks through FEND Project 2: Memory Game and then takes student's presubmitted and live questions. See document in webinar description for question timestamps.
What: FEND EMEA Memory Game Webinar with Mike Wales, Udacity Content Developer.
When: May 23, 2018
Description: Udacity Content Developer Mike shows students how he approaches the FEND Memory Game project. Note: For EMEA students, Memory Game is Project 3.
What: FEND Breakfast Club Study Jam and Q&A Session for Projects 2 & 3 with Ryan Boris
When: August 11, 2018
Description: Watch the entire FEND Breakfast Club Study Jam session or skip forward to 2:51:02 for the start of the Q&A session for P2 and P3: Memory Game and Classic Arcade Game Clone
What: FEND P3: Classic Arcade Game Clone with Lloan
When: September 22, 2018
Description: Front End graduate Lloan Alas follows the rubric to show how to approach and construct Project 3, Classic Arcade Game Clone
What: FEND Project 3: Classic Arcade Game Clone - Core Concept review
When: June 16, 2018
Description: Project Coach Ryan Waite reviews the main concepts for P3: JavaScript, Objects & Object Types, OOP, Prototypes
What: FEND Project 3: Classic Arcade Game Clone with Ryan Boris (@RyanB)
When: July 14, 2018
Description: A walkthrough of the third project of the FEND curriculum, which is concerned with the design of a web-based arcade game with functionality based on the classic arcade game, Frogger.
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What: FEND Project 4: Feed Reader Testing with Lloan
When: September 22, 2018
Description: A complete and informative walkthrough of Project 6: Feed Read Testing with FEND Graduate and Student Guide, Lloan Alas
What: FEND Project 4: Feed Reader Testing with Ryan Boris
When: July 28, 2018
Description: FEND Scholarship student Ryan Boris walks through P4: Feed Reader Jasmine Unit Tests
What: FEND Project 5: Restaurant Reviews App, Stage 1 with Carlos (NEW!)
When: October 16, 2018
Description: FEND Graduate Carlos F does a quick run through of getting started with FEND Project 5 and takes questions in the end.
Resources mentioned in this webinar:
- Brad Traversy videos on YouTube.
What: FEND Project 5: Restaurant Reviews App, Stage 1
When: September 19, 2018
Description: Is the Restaurant Reviews App project giving you a run for your money? FEND & MWS Project Coach, Ryan Waite takes you through the Restaurant Reviews App, Stage 1. Ryan covers how to bundle node packages for the browsers like `idb` and goes through the rubric at the 40 minute mark.
See Ryan's list of Web Accessibility links here.
What: FEND Project 6: MyReads A Book Tracking App with Forrest
When: September 23, 2018
Description: A thorough walkthrough of P6 - My Reads: A Book Tracking App with FEND Graduate and Student Leader Forrest Walker
What: MyReads App, Part 1 with Kehinde
When: November 6, 2018
Description: FEND Graduate Kehinde walks through Project 6: MyReads and Developing a React Application
What: FEND Project 6: MyReads Zoom Study Session with Doug Brown
When: October 13, 2018
Description: This is a recorded study session with Project Coach Doug Brown. Doug reviews what is required for P6: My Reads and answers commonly asked questions about the project. Doug also answers live questions about the project.
What: FEND Project 6: My Reads - Going over Book API with Forrest
When: October 3, 2018
Description: Going over the basics of the API inside the my-reads project 6 in the Udacity Front-End Nano degree
What: FEND Project 6, MyReads: A Book Tracking App with Maeva
When: July 21, 2018
Description: A live stream to talk about the Project 6 (MyReads: A Book Tracking App) of the FEND program, and the step-by-step to be able to submit it! Maeva is with the EMEA Grow with Google Scholarship program
What: FEND Project 7: Neighborhood Map with Project Coach, Doug Brown (NEW!)
When: October 27, 2018
Description: MWS Project Coach, Doug Brown walks through FEND Project 7, Neighborhood Maps during the 10/27 study jam and answers these student questions at the end:
- Why are there double indexes on line 59 and 60?
- Can you show us again where .. when you do the filter that the map markers do not keep rebouncing again
- Hiding api keys. If we secure at top of map.js? What do we put in place where it is called in code?
What: FEND Project 7: Neighborhood Map (React) with Forrest
When: September 30, 2018
Description: FEND scholar and Student Leader, Forrest breaks down P7: Neighborhood Map (React) into shorter videos for:
- Setting up a basic React app
- Connecting Foursquare
- Adding Google Maps
- Adding Markers!
- Adding InfoWindows
- The Sidebar
What: FEND Project 7 - Walk Through & Complete Guide (LONG)
When: September 27, 2018
Description: Project Coach Ryan Waite provides a long walkthrough of Project 7: Neighborhood Map.
github: https://github.com/ryanwaite28/udacity-fend-p7
production: https://rmw-react-neighborhood-map.herokuapp.com/
What: React Webinar with Udacity's Andrew Wong (NEW!)
When: October 26, 2018
Description: Andrew Wong, Course Developer for the React Nanodegree hosts this live webinar covering key React concepts and demonstrates how to remove blockers by coding a similar project to what is in the Grow with Google Developer Scholarship Front-End Nanodegree.
What: Google Maps with React JS
When: October 16, 2018
Description: Project Coach Ryan Waite does a coding session of Google Maps With React JS and touches on other issues FEND students are experiencing
What: FEND Q&A with Scholarship Project Coach Ryan Waite
When: September 10, 2018
Description: During this 1 hour FEND Q&A session, Project Coach Ryan Waite answers questions from Grow with Google students. Questions such as:
- - I'm struggling to add the event listener to the card in the memory game. Any suggestions?
- - Do you map out a project on pen and paper before you start?
- - Since React is considered to just handle the "View" part of the MVC model, how are the model and controller parts typically handled? can you combine reach with a framework such as Angular or Vue?
- - Promises - any clarification, further explanation, resources or breakdowns of them would be helpful. I feel as though I'm getting nothing from the lessons thus far - not necessarily for lack of trying on either parties side - they are seemingly a foreign concept and making no sense!
- - How do I animate the markers when I click on my filtered list in the Neighborhood map?
What: FEND Q&A with Project Coach Ryan Waite
When: June 21, 2018
Description: Ryan answers Project 2: Memory Game questions having to do with the counter and time functions and explains how to get started with Project 3: Classic Arcade Game Clone. See full list of questions and timestamps of where they appear in video here .
What: Chrome Developer Debugging Techniques with Sachin
When: November 6, 2018
Description: FEND graduate @Sachin will be teaching debugging techniques using chrome developer console which helps to identify or troubleshoot the problem inside JavaScript code.
Mobile Web Webinars
What: MWS Project 1: Restaurant Reviews App, Stage 1 with Doug Brown
When: June 11, 2018
Description: Doug Brown, a MWS Nanodegree graduate and currently the UI Engineering Manager for Academy Sports + Outdoors, walks through the rubric for MWS Project 1: Restaurant Reviews App, Stage 1
What: MWS Project 2: Restaurant Review App, Stage 2 with Doug Brown
When: June 23, 2018
Description: Doug Brown takes you through MWS Project 2: Restaurant Reviews App, Stage 2
What: MWS Project 2: Restaurant Reviews App Stage 2 with Darren
When: July 14, 2018
Description: MWS Scholarship student @dseet shares his approach to his MWS P2: Restaurant Reviews App, Stage 2
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What: MWS Project 3: Restaurant Reviews App, Stage 3 with Doug Brown
When: August 26, 2018
Description: MWS Project Coach Doug Brown takes you through the final MWS project, Restaurant Reviews App, Stage 3.
What: MWS Webinar with Project Coach Ryan Waite
When: May 17, 2018
Description: Ryan answers your specific MWS project questions and provides insight into the technical interview process
Android Basics Webinars
What: ABND Project 4: Musical Structure App with Matthew Bailey (@TheBaileyBrew)
Included Concepts:
- RecyclerView
- List Adapter
- Custom: Object, ArrayList, ClickListener
- Intent PutExtra / GetExtra
When: August 13, 2018
Description: Matthew walks through the rubric for ABND Project 4: Musical Structure App
What: ABND Project 5: Tour Guide App Walkthrough with Criss Rodriguez
When: August 11, 2018
Description: ABND scholar, Criss Rodriguez walks through the rubric for Project 5: Tour Guide App. This webinar took place during Breakfast Club Study Jam on Saturday, August 11, 2018
What: ABND Project 6: News App Stage 1 with Matthew
When: July 28, 2018
Description: ABND Scholarship student Matthew Bailey takes you through Project 6, News App Stage 1 and shares his project tips.
What: ABND Project 7: News App Stage Walkthrough w/ Jaime Ramirez
When: August 18, 2018
Description: ABND student Jaime Ramirez walks through the rubric of ABND P7. He goes over the steps necessary to finish the project.
What: ABND Project 8: Inventory App Stage 1 with Marc G.
When: November 1, 2018
Description: ABND Scholarship student Marc G. takes you through Project 8, Inventory App Stage 1 and shares his project tips.
What: ABND Project 9: Inventory App, Stage 2 with Project Coach Matthew Bailey
When: September 18, 2018
Description: Walkthrough of some of Matthew's project code for the Inventory App, Stage 2 project in Udacity's Android Basic Nanodegree
Android Developer Webinars
What: AND Project 2: Popular Movies, Stage 1 with Gil
When: July 21, 2018
Description: AND scholar, Gil walks through Android Developer project 2 (Popular Movies Stage 1) during this live webinar.
What: AND Proejct 2 & Project 3: Popular Movies Stage, 1 and Popular Movies Stage, 2 with Bob
When: August 5, 2018
Description: Bob Basmaji takes you on a walkthrough and QA of Projects 2 and 3 from the Android Developer Nanodegree Stage 1 and Popular Movies Stage 2
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What: AND Project 3: Popular Movies, Stage 2 Walkthrough with Jeriel Ng
When: August 11, 2018
Description: Join GwG Scholarship student, Jeriel Ng as he takes you through [AND] Project 3: Popular Movies, Stage 2 held during Breakfast Club Study Jam on August 11, 2018
What: AND Project 8: Capstone Project, Stage 2 Walkthrough with Jeriel Ng
Description: Join GwG Scholarship student, Jeriel Ng as he takes you through [AND] Project 8: Capstone Project, Stage 2
Other Technical Webinars
What: Udacity Alumni Network Presents: Developer Relations @ Google
When: October 16, 2018
Description: The Udacity Alumni Network is thrilled to invite you to learn more about U.S.-based opportunities on the Developer Relations Engineering team at Google, hearing directly from two recruiters as they share a peek behind the curtain. Key Takeaways: Learn about the purpose, mission, and role of Developer Relations at Google and their unique position within Google Discover roles available within Developer Relations at Google for the remainder of 2018 and into 2019 Get an overview of the Hiring Process at Google Have your questions answered directly from recruiters on the team
What: GitHub Overview with Project Coach Mikias
When: June 11, 2018
Description: Project Coach Mikias demonstrates how to start GitHub from scratch, how to clone, how to fork, how to edit, save, and push to GitHub window.
What: Android Basics Webinar with Jose Nieto, Udacity Content Developer
When: May 18, 2018
Description: Jose answers general and project ABND questions and offers Android career advice. See the video description field for the doc containing timestamps of all the questions
What: Advanced Android Webinar with Jose Nieto, Udacity Content Developer
When: May 18, 2018
Description: Jose answers your AND questions and offers more Android career advice. See the video description field for the doc containing timestamps of all the questions
What: GwG Phase 2 Orientation
When: April 24, 2018
Orientation agenda:
- Nanodegree Overview with Kelly Howard, Product Lead at Udacity
- Mentors & Project Reviews with Chelsea Pettigrew, Community Manager, Mentorships
- Nanodegree Resources with your Scholarships Team
- Slack Structure & Norms with your Scholarships Team
- Additional Phase 2 Programs with your Scholarships Team
- A personal message from Ryan, Udacity Student and Nanodegree Graduate working on his 6th Nanodegree
- Live Q&A
Access the Orientation slides here.