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Oct 5, 2021

One of the First Mistakes I Made| Straight out of Bootcamp

One of the First Mistakes I Made| Straight out of Bootcamp Before joining a Bootcamp to learn Software Engineering, I took to the internet to read blogs, watch videos, and take in as much knowledge that I could in order to prepare me for what was to come. One of…

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Sep 28, 2021

My First Weeks as a Software Engineering Bootcamp Student

Beginning my software engineering experience was something that I highly anticipated. At that time, I decided that enrolling in a bootcamp would be the best option for me to learn everything needed in order to be job ready. …

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Sep 13, 2021

Why use the Command Line Interface?

Before I began studying Software Engineering and Computer Science, I always associated the Command Line Interface (CLI) with scenes from computer hackers in movies or extremely difficult computer software that only computer wizards knew how to use. The CLI was one of the very first things that I became familiar…

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Aug 25, 2021

A Walkthrough of Hoop Town

Hoop Town is a web application that I created which allows basketball players and coaches find or create tournaments in their area. Below I have highlighted my favorite aspects of this application and attached a video walkthrough. Home Page My pride and joy from this entire application thus far is the home…

Ruby

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Jun 7, 2021

How I Added Different User Types to my Application

To set the scene, I was building a Basketball themed app designed for coaches and players who belong to any team. …

Ruby On Rails

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How I Added Different User Types to my Application
How I Added Different User Types to my Application

May 20, 2021

The Many Ways “this” changed within my Code, with the Help of Debugger and Console.log.

Within the snippet below, I have singled out two instance methods that are included within my web application. (Side note: the commented out ellipses (//…) can be ignored, as they only serve to show that there are other things within the code that I have omitted in this article because…

This

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May 9, 2021

Upgrade your Cursor to go from Common to Creative.

There are over one billion websites in the world! With that being said, it can be difficult for web developers to create a unique and captivating website that still has proper functionality to get the job done. …

Custom

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Upgrade your Cursor to go from Common to Creative.
Upgrade your Cursor to go from Common to Creative.

Apr 5, 2021

The Importance of Validations

In the process of creating a web application there are many moving parts. In order to save and persist data to be able to make a more dynamic user experience, databases are very important. Without databases, information can not be saved to be retrieved and used at a later time…

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Mar 8, 2021

Helper Methods: How they were able to ‘DRY’ my code.

As a current Software Engineering student at the Flatiron School, not only am I enjoying the hard work that goes into learning how to build amazing applications, I am amazed at how much I’ve learned in a mere two months. From completing a CLI application to now having the knowledge…

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Feb 8, 2021

The Makings of the What’s the Word? CLI Application

Working on my first project was an amazing experience. I was excited to finally build something from scratch that was my own concept. This was a huge transition from simply completing lab assignments that already decided what my code needed to be, to deciding the layout of my own creation…

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