While working on a react project a question kept coming up that I seem to not be able to put into words. Whats the difference between state and props? What do each do within react? Leaving me confused each time I was asked I decided to attempt to put it into words what are the main differences to help not only myself but someone else out there looking for the answer.
So what is Props? Props is short for properties, what props do is that they are passed into a component. You have information within them to be used into…
When completing my JavaScript project using pokemon and their trainers, I was really relieved on how it came out. I thought it looked pretty awesome for what one Junior Developer was capable of. But now I was tasked to now use that same JavaScript knowledge, incorporate React along with Redux and use Ruby on Rails API as my backend to hold all of my data. I thought to myself how hard could that be? Turns out I learned a lot more than I expected.
Let’s start off with the basics, what is React? What is Redux? What do they even…
When first approaching my first JavaScript project I felt uneasy, especially when I was asked to also create a back-end from what I learned in ruby to create a website where I can access objects from the back-end while only using buttons on the front-end. Seems like a lot, which it was for someone who is approaching this for the first time. I had the feeling of “what to do first…” when you have an empty text editor in front of you with such a task. This Is how I approached my project. Here we go!
So first thing that…
On my coding journey with Flatiron School, i’ve finally reached my Rails portfolio project. I was filled with excitement but, I was filled with a lot of nervous emotion; common thing that happens in the community is the imposter syndrome. Imposter Syndrome “is the persistent inability to believe that one’s success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one’s own efforts or skills” according to google. So I was getting those type of vibes mixed with excitement; I felt ready but, not. Weird right?
In the middle of my project, I lost all thought of what…
When coming across my second portfolio project I had ideas on what i’d like to create. I then thought about one of my passions. Which happened to be sneakers. Then I thought about an application that was already created which is StockX. I only took one part of the idea and wanted to create a sneaker portfolio for users who have sneakers.
So with that idea, I had fun creating and reminiscing all the sneakers i’ve own and all the ones that my friends have own the crazy stuff too. …
With recent events that have unfolded during my life while coding, I’ve been stuck in a loop where I do much less coding than I desired. I finally overcame many problems and sat down to think on how to make my original CLI code much better. I’ve received some ideas with load time and writing cleaner code. My Original code called “cli.rb” looked something this:
As you can already tell, it seems to be very cluttered, over 97 lines of code just for a few features and not so many dogs. It gets a little less large but more…
“Impostor syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon, impostorism, fraud syndrome or the impostor experience) is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a ‘fraud’”. Here’s more of a personal story about me and my coding adventure. Multiple times i’ve felt like I wasn’t good enough or if I’m like a fraud.
It started what I feel like was a little too early to started feeling this way, but, When I first though about joining a coding bootcamp instead of going back to college, I tried several free…
When creating a project and having a wide range of selection had me thinking. What would be something that would be cool and might be used by other people? I thought about my previous job being a dog walker and then it hit me, why not help spread a little more info on certain types of dogs as a project? Dogs just like most animals have many different species with a plethora amount of information about each one, on top of it, who doesn't love dogs?
Planning the CLI(Command line Interface) was tough. What did I want my MVP(Minimum Viable…
Why do people decide to become Software Developers? Is it because of the challenge? Is it because of job opportunities? Could it be because they’re unhappy with their job or what they’re currently studying in school? Theres a ton a reasons why people become Software Developers. Why I decided to pursue Software Development was because of everything that i’ve listed above. I was sitting in school thinking about becoming a business person and get a bachelors degree in Marketing. Me and my friends would joke about how when I finished school I would be wearing a suit and be on…
Rubber ducking, an experience I have forced myself to go through countless times when I was thinking about joining the Flatiron School boot camp. Never knew there was a word to describe what I do on a daily basis. I spent almost a year trying to understand the basics and some of the advance stuff of JavaScript. I struggled of course, finding out that JavaScript can be very difficult. I was always looking for definitions to help solve some of my problems, trying to figure out ‘what does what’, then trying to write it out on paper for myself. It…
