Jan 18, 2021Delving into DjangoIn the last week, I was thinking about what I considered my weaknesses were in web development and what I could do to improve in all aspects. This week I decided to put the design aspect on the backburner while I look towards data management as the next step. …Code Newbie2 min read
Jan 12, 2021Figma — Improving my planning processRecently I’ve been getting into a lot of different tech to use with what I already know and decided to start focusing on what I consider my weak spots. Usually, when I learn, I like to add it to a project I’m already working on. So far it has produced…Code Newbie2 min read
Jan 5, 2021Heading into 2021 — The key to focusing is breathingThe last chapter of 2020 closed with the world more or less the same going into 2021 with some rays of light within the chaos. Studying and job hunting has brought me to a point where I am in serious need of self-care when I’m forcing focus when it feels…1 min read
Dec 28, 2020How Typescript prepped me for a C++ Code TestSo a few weeks ago, I delved into Typescript’s benefits solely on improving my code in Javascript. I ranted and raved about how I was improving my debugging by strong typing my javascript to better find errors but ignored another big implication of picking up this practice. This strong typing…Code Newbie2 min read
Dec 22, 2020Webpack — Venture into BundlersThis week I decided to look into something that I’ve been finding on a lot of job listings. I figure, if this is found frequently, it must be pretty important. What I found was a category of tools known as bundler, which Webpack is part of. …Web Development2 min read
Dec 14, 2020Styled Components — React Style MagicI don’t know about you, but CSS just seems like wizardry at times. Maybe my style wasn’t working because I wasn’t specific enough with my selectors, or I named a class with a name that was already taken. …2 min read
Dec 7, 2020Demystifying TypescriptForeground: I am a couple of months out of Bootcamp during the pandemic and noticed a trend among the job postings I found online. Various employers were not only looking for developers with experience in React but also Typescript. At the time I was thinking “oh no, I have to…Typescript3 min read
Aug 12, 2020ASYNC/AWAIT and why it mattersSo recently in mod 3 of Flatiron, we started getting into using fetch and the problems that arise when handling promises. So what happens when you use fetch? The fetch takes in a URL and a request object that specifies the type of HTTP request is about to be made…2 min read
Jul 23, 2020One step backward, two steps forward…One week into Mod 2 of Flatiron School’s SE program and I’ve run into an interesting roadblock that has permeated all software developers in existence. Queue me working on a paired programming session where we are working with rails for the first time. The previous week, we were working with…3 min read
Jul 6, 2020Back to the BasicsI recently started my foray into the Flatiron Software Dev Bootcamp after a long hiatus from coding. Full disclosure is that I’ve been to a boot camp before but due to the hiatus, I had forgotten a lot of what I had learned before. …2 min read
