Feb 3Git Your Feet WetStarting out with version control from the command line (I originally started/planned this Git intro guide post over a year ago, after a month into my first developer job. But it turned into an abandoned project, as projects do. Now, I’m helping to mentor intro students over at Code the…Codingbootcamp8 min readCodingbootcamp8 min read
Published inGeek Culture·Nov 13, 2021An Introvert’s Path to their First Tech Job (and Some Numbers)Another bootcamp graduate anecdote for the enormous pile. Spoiler: it has to do with a lot of luck and timing. After three months and ups and downs (mostly downs), I accepted a job offer after graduating coding bootcamp. Yay! … Okay, that was enough celebrating. (Also I’ve dawdled on this…Codingbootcamp5 min readCodingbootcamp5 min read
Aug 18, 2021Getting Started with the Canvas ElementAnd making basic graphics with JavaScript within this magical rectangle For my Phase 4 project at bootcamp, I wanted to make a drawing app, but had no idea where to start. Since it was going to be built with a React/JS frontend, I focused on looking at packages since it…HTML3 min readHTML3 min read
Aug 8, 2021Preventing Post Bootcamp BurnoutA pep talk for self-care and forgiveness while doing the job of finding a job After finishing your degree or bootcamp, or just really just anytime that you decide you are going to make a change, comes the job search. At best, it’s a busy and exciting time, but most…Codingbootcamp5 min readCodingbootcamp5 min read
Published inGeek Culture·Jun 30, 2021Bootcamp Advice for My Former SelfReflecting on 15 weeks of camaraderie and code About a month ago, I completed Flatiron School’s immersive software engineering bootcamp. Since COVID restrictions were still in place, all of it took place remotely over Zoom. I did my best to prepare myself for what I was getting into, the shock…Codingbootcamp7 min readCodingbootcamp7 min read
Published inNerd For Tech·May 28, 2021Unraveling the Mystery of the Multi-tasking Single ThreadHow JavaScript Imitates Concurrency and Makes Promises Around mid-bootcamp, we were introduced to fetch(), our first asynchronous method. I knew it involved something called a Promise, a chain ofthen() , which dealt with the return of promises, and it was all for the sake of allowing other JavaScript code to…JavaScript6 min readJavaScript6 min read
May 13, 2021Weaving an Accessible WebConsiderations for even the newest coders in HTML The web is for everybody. (And maybe some smart pets?) The UN has even decreed that the internet is a human right. If you are reading this article, you most likely use the internet on a daily, if not hourly or continuous…Web Accessibility6 min readWeb Accessibility6 min read
Published inJavaScript in Plain English·Apr 25, 2021A Beginner’s Cheatsheet to Understanding DOM ManipulationA short JavaScript primer for the overwhelmed front-end newbie. The structure of my Bootcamp had us learning a back-end in Ruby on Rails first, and then we popped right into JavaScript. …JavaScript5 min readJavaScript5 min read
Apr 17, 2021Mighty Polymorphic TablesUntangling the polymorphic association, and a teeny tiny bit about Active Storage One of the beautiful things about the Rails framework is the built-in relationships given to us by Active Record. Active Record is a gem that provides Rails’ Object-Relational-Mapping (ORM) functionality. This allows our different models to talk to…Coding6 min readCoding6 min read
Mar 26, 2021Wham Bam, Thanks, ParamsHow “params” is generated, used, and is stronger than a plain hash So you’ve gotten started with Ruby and you’re ready to bring your code to life with Rails! You’ve gotten the basics of a Model-View-Controller (MVC) design down, your RESTful routes are set, and the server’s up and running…Rails7 min readRails7 min read
