My journey definitely took a turn, maybe not where you or I thought it would go, but here I am getting back on the wagon in 2022. Fighting against myself and my image of myself. I was ready to lock in that dream job after Flatiron School, but it didn’t…

As Redux Toolkit becomes more popular and I dig deeper into it. I’ve learned to keep my mind open and that it’s not for every situation. Hearing some great new perspectives from other great developers keeps my mind more open than before, so read on if you will. So let’s…

Today I am taking the leap to compare TypeScript with JavaScript and see what this hot commodity is. Let’s start with the basics — What the heck is TypeScript? TypeScript is a superset of the JavaScript language that has a single open-source compiler and is developed mainly by Microsoft. TS…

Well here I am, 5 months later and I’m about to pass my final assessment and graduate from the Software Engineering Program at Flatiron School. I proved it to myself that I could do it, especially with my husband being deployed all through it. Tackling 60–80 hour weeks with a…

Need to know more about how to use the ternary operator — great, so do I! First things first… What is a ternary operator? Let’s talk some JavaScript Conditionals! MDN docs provides us with: The conditional (ternary) operator is the only JavaScript operator that takes three operands: a condition followed…

Going into week one of the final phase in the Flatiron Program, I had lots of JavaScript on my mind. I didn’t have my JS project assessment quite done — it was scheduled for that Friday. For the end of week on of React — I couldn’t quite focus on…

I am currently in phase 4 at flatiron School — JavaScript. Let me tell you, this is something that I struggled with through and through every week. JavaScript is not an easy language to learn, and if it comes naturally to you that's great but to completely understand JavaScript on…

Well you guessed it — it’s Friday night and where am I with my Flatiron Project you might ask? Well, let’s see…. NOT DONE. Do I understand what my problem is, YES but do I know how to fix it no. This Rails project has definitely kicked my butt in…

Welcome! Today, I’m going to tell you a little about the next thing I accomplished as a student at Flatiron and my struggles I had to overcome to get where I am today. The goal of this project was to build a Sinatra web app that met the following requirements: …