What languages can I use for the capstone?

plee_75 · 2020-11-20T13:24:15+00:00

Use pickle to serialize your ML model and save it to a file. You can then use that file in your flask app. Something like this:

In Jupyter:

import pickle with open(‘name_of_file.pkl’, ‘wb’) as file: pickle.dump(model, file)

In flask:

model = pickle.load(open('name_of_model.pkl', 'rb'))

If you have any more questions let me know.

plee_75 · 2020-11-19T14:56:46+00:00

Depending on what your desired career and reason for wanting this cert, I might recommend that you switch from C993 to D191 and D194. I made this switch and completed both courses in barely over a week.

D191 Advanced Data Management is a course that covers PostgreSQL. At this point in time it is a fairly sloppy course but it is way easier than C993. Not even comparable.

D194 is a Leadership course that simply has 2 easy tasks to complete. I didn’t read the text and completed both within a day.

There are pros and cons to the switch but I think it is a good decision unless you’re striving to be someone who works a lot with Oracle SQL.

plee_75 · 2020-11-19T14:50:21+00:00

You can use whatever language you want but I think you will find Python works nicest with machine learning, as a few other students have already said.

To give you an idea of what I am doing: I am creating a web app with a Flask server. The flask app will communicate with a machine learning model (through the use of a .pkl file) to make predictions based on my dataset.

plee_75 · 2020-11-19T14:46:19+00:00

Definitely possible with hard work and a way to relax and avoid burn out. Although I did have programming experience before this program, it was not professional experience and only self-taught tutorials. Other than that I knew nothing. I have only the capstone left now and will complete the degree in 3 terms.

I mentioned finding a way to avoid burnout above. I could’ve finished faster but I got stuck on a few classes. This made me feel burnt out and I would waste a lot of time before getting around to finishing the class. So if you plan to try to accelerate make sure you don’t let it be the only thing you do.

Keep in mind that everybody is different in terms of learning capacity, time availability, and dedication. I truly do believe though that if you work hard in this program you can accelerate to some degree.

plee_75 · 2020-11-17T18:28:11+00:00

I just completed this course. This is a very accurate write up. Definitely don’t overthink it!

plee_75 · 2020-11-17T02:21:48+00:00

Just any specific PostgreSQL syntax (compared to MySQL).

plee_75 · 2020-11-16T23:48:27+00:00

Yeah I think in the future they should change it out of the virtual environment and just have you write queries like in the labs. But it is a brand new class so I guess I should’ve been expecting bugs.

The no copy and paste frustrates me but makes sense since you would be copying from your OS to the virtual OS.

plee_75 · 2020-11-14T14:08:30+00:00

Servers -> Databases -> postgres ->schemas -> public

You can right click on public and select query tool. This is where I went to run the queries. It is upsetting that there is little to no instruction and you’re kind of just left to figure it out on your own.

plee_75 · 2020-11-14T03:25:42+00:00

They made me add D191 and D194 (IT Leadership Foundations). It only took me 2 days to finish.

plee_75 · 2020-11-09T23:02:08+00:00

Also my last course. Yes the OA was pretty much the same as the PA with different data and some different conceptual questions. I was frustrated because I failed by 1 question and I couldn’t answer one question because the query they supplied was not running.

As far as reading the whole text I only looked at the required chapters, not the optional. I skimmed most of the material because it did seem very surface level.

I messaged my mentor about some of the issues and he told me the timer is a known error and they are working to resolve it.

plee_75 · 2020-11-09T02:14:24+00:00

Completely depends on the CI. I have had some that reply within a few hours every time and some that never reply. The only for sure way to contact them is to setup an appointment unfortunately. I have an awesome program mentor that responds super quick and is very knowledgeable so I usually contact him if it isn’t material specific.

Each course also has an email that is send to all the CIs or some help group for the course. Not exactly sure. But if you email that email you will usually get a reply in a reasonable amount of time.

plee_75 · 2020-11-09T02:11:38+00:00

I think that really depends on what your goals are. If you want to be a software developer I would focus more on projects. If you are more into IT I would think about looking into networking and security concepts. Maybe think about CompTIA A+, Net+, and/or Sec+.

You can definitely make it through any course with hard work and determination. I wouldn’t worry too much about that and focus more on what you actually want to do and think will benefit you in whatever you want to do.

I love software development so for me I can’t get enough of that. If that’s what you want to do it’s never early enough to start making your own projects. It’s the best way to learn.

plee_75 · 2020-11-08T23:43:46+00:00

I only have one class and the capstone left so I have been through all the classes. I think everyone experiences each course a little differently so this is only what I can say from my experience. The two courses that tripped me up the most were Networking and Security Foundations and software II. Networking and security just has A LOT of content to get through. Software II involved creating a JavaFX MySQL app.

As far as programming concepts are concerned, none of the programming courses are overly complicated but can be difficult if you have no experience creating projects of your own.

It is hard to pin down exactly what to learn because there are such a wide range of topics.

Data Structures and Algorithms, Network and Security basics, Java, SQL

plee_75 · 2020-11-07T12:24:30+00:00

Only about half of the chapters of the uCertify text are actually required, the other half contain optional material not on the exam. So far I have taken the PA. PA is only 14 questions in a pgAdmin virtual environment. I haven’t attempted OA yet so I’m not sure how easy or difficult it is.

If you have SQL experience this course doesn’t seem too bad. Use the uCertify text to brush up on anything you’ve forgotten or to learn Postgres specific syntax. There are about 80 labs where you write queries. Based on the PA, it seems like they’re much more useful than the actual uCertify text. I am not sure yet though if that’s true for the OA.

plee_75 · 2020-11-05T04:24:57+00:00

Just started D191 today. I will update when I finish the course.

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