Day 2 of #100DaysOfCode, google-clone flex layout
Tags: webdev, beginners, css, codenewbie
Published: 2021-12-18 20:05:30

##Introduction

it's me again with another report from the second day of 100 days of code challenge, i haven't posted yesterday, i know i know what's the point of this challenge if you can skip days, well to clarify, within the rules you can skip a day as long as you do skip just one day and not any longer, i had a pretty busy schedule yesterday but i'll try to sum it up below in the next section, i was pretty busy with school and couldn't squeeze any time for my challenge, merely because i had french classes and had to prepare for them and sleep before the time i'm used to, to attend the said classes.

##What i did yesterday

######preparing for the nodejs event
in the morning i had to read up a bit in the nodejs docs as i have mentioned in earlier posts, we're studying javascript and we are starting with server side first before moving back to the front end and study a bit on react and have hands on practice with both of them.

######the NodeJs event

in the evening the nodejs event started hosted by one of our classmates who is a 19 year old boy from a city not far away from mine, also happens to be experienced in javascript in the last 6 years, and merely self-taught, he was able to provide us the newbies with an introduction on nodeJs, how it works behind the scenes and how it came into existence, i was fascinated by the event loop that node uses and the libuv library that's provided along with most of the v8 engine utilites, i did read up about node before hand but having someone who has hands on experience with a subject provides you with some things that would take you forever to grasp going on the self-taught path, nevertheless this only motivated more as they say the more you know, the more you don't know.


##Today(Day2 of the challenge)

today aswell was just like day 1, all about flexbox, i did feel proud of myself going through the css exercises, it still is pretty frustrating when you feel like you hit a dead end after an hour or two has passed and i'm still not capable of completing the first few assignments, i might take a break or go for a walk, clear my mind and come back with a fresh perspective and try again but it's not quick it, couple breaks later, i hit the jackpot i was able to replicate a google like homepage, to be specific it's the flex layout exercise from the css exercises on the odin project, you can find the repo [here.](https://github.com/TheOdinProject/css-exercises) 

######my progress
i can't really determine or limit myself just yet, i do feel like i'm progressing but pretty slowly and due to the fact that i have school and on a busy schedule makes it a little tiny bit harder, but it gets easier, you just have to do it everyday, that's the hard part, but i will keep posting daily updates and try to stay on a streak everyday

######what else am i doing right now

i'm also taking up cs50 course to understand technology a little better, even though i have been around computers for most of my life, i still feel like there's a lot of levels of abstraction that i have to uncover, and i'm planning on doing that slowly but surely, i dont do much during my days, simply because school takes most of my time and the rest is either to gather more information or follow the the top curriculum, i'm satisfied with the results of the effort and time i put in lately.


##Conclusion

i do apologize for the delay, but i will try to be on time on most of the days of this challenge, and hopefully lookback and remember this journey,i wish you good luck wether you are at the beginning of your path, end, or somewhere in the middle, i've only been here a few days and noticed the great support from the community, i'm also excited to grow and give back in my own way, until the next read, thank you for taking time to ready this article, you can find me or contact me directly [here.](https://twitter.com/AdnaneBouthir) Happy Coding !