In JavaScript, the this keyword references a specific JavaScript element and depends on how a function that uses this is being called. In this blog I will go over the functional and method contexts of this. The value of this when defined inside of a function depends on how the…

Through most of my projects during my time at Flatiron School I have been using a fetch request to get information from an API and display it on a frontend application. Now, having gone through the course work on React, I have an understanding on how to not only fetch…

After a short time learning JavaScript I embarked on development of my first application utilizing the language. For my phase 4 project with Flatiron School I had to create an application that used a Rails API backend and a JavaScript frontend. …

While building my first Ruby on Rails project I became very familiar with validations. Validations are very powerful tools that come through a gem provided by Rails called Active Record. These tools are used to ensure no bad data is being submitted to your database. For this, assume you have…

Using Sinatra to create a social media page was both interesting and frustrating at times. From previous work I was familiar with the Ruby code that would go into the application, but the database management, HTML, and CSS code became the main focus of improvement for this project. …

I was excited to start working on my first CLI project, but coming into it after just a few months of learning Ruby made me a bit nervous. I’m a big Star Wars fan so I instantly started brainstorming ideas on how to incorporate my favorite movie franchise into my…

I have always been interested in different coding languages, but growing up in southern Virginia I was not exposed to these avenues when I was young. I mostly grew up thinking that I would go to law school after college and become a lawyer. About half way through my college career, I came to the conclusion that law school was not for me and decided to focus on my political science studies without a clear plan on how I would use them in the job market. After graduation, I got a contracting job with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs as a technical writer without a technical background. A few of my co-workers knew how to code and showed me some basics in our spare time. This re-sparked my interest in code and my passion in learning new things.