Day 50 of 100 Days of Code & Scrum: Seventh Week Retrospective (Halfway There!)
Tags: 100daysofcode, beginners, javascript, productivity
Published: 2021-11-28 01:52:16

Happy weekend, everyone!

Wow, I didn't notice it already is the 50th day.

This week has been fairly productive, which is a nice change of pace from the past two weeks. My Internet coming back helped a lot in restoring my motivation and workflow. I made a lot of progress with my company website, and it is almost ready for deployment (just a few validation fixes on my contact form left).

Let's move on to my weekly retrospective!

## Weekly Sprint Goals

- finish the Rammina Web Development website's homepage (and avoid getting distracted by more interesting projects).
- continue to learn Next.js and Typescript by using concepts as I build my website.
- continue studying for Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) certification.
- continue networking, but allocate less time to this (coding is more important).

## Weekly Review

Here are the things I've managed to do:

- I finished most of the home page skeleton, styling, and responsive layout.
- almost completed a functional contact form that uses AWS SES, Lambda, and API Gateway (just need to improve error handling and validation).
- learned plenty about Next.js and AWS.
- continue my studies for PSM I (not by much).
- expanded my network more (but this one took a backseat).

## Weekly Retrospective

Moving on, let's tackle what I've managed to do well, what my shortcomings are, and what I could do better next time.

### What Went Great

- I pretty much finished my first prototype homepage for the Rammina Web Development website.
- continued to hone my expertise on AWS, particularly AWS SES, Lambda, and API Gateway.
- learned more Next.js.
- studied Scrum as well as Kanban.
- expanded my network a little bit more.

### Some Mistakes I've Made

- I pretty much neglected a lot of things that had little to nothing to do with my website.
- learned almost nothing new about Typescript this week.
- barely learned new things about Next.js.
- didn't study Scrum enough.
- got distracted at times and couldn't focus much.

### Things I Could Improve On

- should probably do just a little bit more of activities related to my secondary goals.
- make a schedule to do my daily learnings, so I don't have to think about it too much.
- prioritize tasks that are more likely to help me meet my weekly goals.
- I should DEFINITELY install something that blocks me from checking certain sites at a specific time.

### Resources/Recommended Readings

- [Using AWS Lambda with Amazon API Gateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/services-apigateway.html)
- [Troubleshooting issues with HTTP API Lambda integrations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/http-api-troubleshooting-lambda.html)
- [Official Next.js tutorial](https://nextjs.org/learn/basics/create-nextjs-app?utm_source=next-site&utm_medium=nav-cta&utm_campaign=next-website)
- [The Typescript Handbook](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/intro.html)
- [The 2020 Scrum Guide](https://scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html)
- [Mikhail Lapshin's Scrum Quizzes](https://mlapshin.com/index.php/scrum-quizzes/)

Thank you once again, everyone! Have a great weekend!

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### DISCLAIMER

**This is not a guide**, it is just me sharing my experiences and learnings. This post only expresses my thoughts and opinions (based on my limited knowledge) and is in no way a substitute for actual references. If I ever make a mistake or if you disagree, I would appreciate corrections in the comments!

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