Deploying with Heroku is generally one of the easiest ways to get your project on the internet quickly and for free. This is especially great for developers that want a live link to showcase their projects and sample work to prospective employers and companies. The first step is to create an account on Heroku. Don’tContinue reading “Deploying a React app with Heroku”
Category Archives: Javascript
Jr Software Developer Project Lead
Huh? What’s that? The title makes no sense and it’s an oxymoron? Well normally you’d be correct and you’d never see a Jr Developer in a Project Lead role, but in the magical land of startups, anything is possible. Setting the Scene The story begins with when a couple of UX/UI designers and a softwareContinue reading “Jr Software Developer Project Lead”
Pawns: Back end analysis and thoughts
This week we dive into the back end code of my Flatiron Capstone project. Here we can see the choices that I made and I’ll also talk about the consequences of them. Furthermore, I also want to offer thoughts on how I would tackle them now, what I would change, and what actually wasn’t tooContinue reading “Pawns: Back end analysis and thoughts”
Pawns: My Flatiron Capstone, analysis, revisions, and moving forward.
In the next few blog posts, I will dive into my Flatiron Capstone, the Frontend and Backend. I’ll look into the appearance, the choices I made, and why I made them. Furthermore, I’ll also dive into what I would change and why I would change it. I’ll also discuss what I’ve learned and how IContinue reading “Pawns: My Flatiron Capstone, analysis, revisions, and moving forward.”
Javascript Number Methods
The mysteries and potentials of Javascript will always be numerous and expanding, but learning the fundamentals and core of options of the language will always remain invaluable tools. In this blog we will explore some of Javascript Number Methods and what they do. We will also describe how to use them by giving some codeContinue reading “Javascript Number Methods”
Live Sass Compiler – A VSCode extension for translating Scss to CSS
An guide to installing Live Sass Compiler and how to use it.
Using 3rd Party API’s (JS): the Weather Channel
In our last post I went into how AccuWeather offered their data through API’s. I went into the process of signing up for a developer account and managing their documentation to fetch the desired data. This blog post will be similar, with its focus on the Weather Channel, and it’s main purpose is to lookContinue reading “Using 3rd Party API’s (JS): the Weather Channel”
Using 3rd party API’s (JS): AccuWeather
Different companies have different API formats and different ways to access them. As developers, it is our job to figure out how to use them in efficient ways even though the formats may not always be set in the most efficient manner. Today we will explore AccuWeather’s setup, which is very detailed and fairly straightforward.Continue reading “Using 3rd party API’s (JS): AccuWeather”
React.js, proper hygienic file structure
When I first learned React, I didn’t learn a good way to organize my files and folders. At the time, I thought everything made sense and that my folder structure was straightforward, but the more I added to it and the larger my application grew, the more I started having a hard time searching forContinue reading “React.js, proper hygienic file structure”
SetTimeout and SetInterval (javascript)
Recently I re-came across these two javascript methods. They’re a real neat piece to use rather than trying to track a current time and updating elements accordingly. Instead, they’re a great, simple way to create continuous updates without a window change or refresh. The Basics setTimeout(f, t) takes two inputs, a function and a timeContinue reading “SetTimeout and SetInterval (javascript)”
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