console.tools: /obsidian.md+webdev
Notes, and the organization of said notes is one of my favorite things in this world. I started using Obsidian.md it was for ttrpg (table-top role playing games, I play a bi-weekly game of Dungeons and Dragons with my roommates and our friends, I am also preparing to run a new system called Shadowdark RPG) purposes. It changed the game for my note-taking during sessions as well as my prep for the upcoming campaign! So I thought why not use it to assist me in learning WebDev?
what is obsidian?
Obsidian.md is a markdown style text editing software that stores your files in a "vault" (folder hosted either locally or through multiple forms of onlinle synching. I use google drive for this personally). It comes pretty bare bones, which is nice for getting to know the software and how it functions. Luckily there are a bunch of youtubers out there who use obsidian, which makes finding answers to questions so much easier! You can do a lot with obsidian, below is an image of my "home page" which I use daily to track my WebDev learning.
just a little after note, that progress bar nearly broke my brain with trying to learn "dataview" queries (maybe a post on that at another time)
what i do with it
- track all of my learning courses
- create unique notes based on templates i made
- track goals and progress of projects
- as a home for all of my resources and useful links for WebDev
- basically it's just my second brain
I have started using the zettelkasten method for taking atomic notes and this has helped my brain link concepts together while i study WebDev. Templater has been another one of those indispensible plugins for me. With it I am able to set up predefined templates that I can create unique notes from with autofilled fields based on specific imputs. It really is a crazy powerful tool to save time (there is some up-front time spent, but the overall time savings is absolutely worth it).
struggles
Oh look, it's another time! So the dataview plugin allows you to make advanced queries over your entire vault. I use this to see lists usually of open projects and zettels. I also use this for my vault index to show tables with all of my files organized neatly for me.
small wins
This week was a whirlwind of learning. I honestly am most proud of this blog. A week ago, if you told me I would be able to write the html and css for this, I would have laughed at you and asked which ai I was going to use. But here we are. Silly as it may sound, if I hadn't been using Obsidian to study, I don't think I would be able to do any of this!
what's next?
This week is more css and finalizing the "Web-Developoment Foundations" section of my learning path. Keep an eye on the blog for small functionality tweaks here and there. I initiated one with this post and I will be excited if someone can find it. I also may initiate a comment feature in the future, but that feels like it will be a further goal.