InJavaScript in Plain EnglishbyCathy D'Onofrio·Mar 6, 2021The Basics of Test Driven Development with Jest and EnzymeRecently, I started learning Test Driven Development, (TDD). True to its name, this means tests are written before any functional code is…
InJavaScript in Plain EnglishbyCathy D'Onofrio·Jan 12, 2021Creating a Financial App with the Plaid API, Node.js/Express, and ReactMy final project for Flatiron was a budgeting tool, where users can create budgets by category and month and analyze them against their…A response icon6A response icon6
Cathy D'Onofrio·Dec 21, 2020Refactoring a Promise-based Fetch Call to Async / AwaitWhen I was doing some research for a project I’m working on, I stumbled on the async/await syntax, which is a somewhat newer way or…
InThe StartupbyCathy D'Onofrio·Nov 30, 2020Ways to Use the Reduce Method in JavascriptUntil recently, I only knew how to use reduce for its most common purpose — to sum up all elements in an array. I knew it was capable of…
Cathy D'Onofrio·Sep 10, 2020Impostor Syndrome in a New Programming CareerWe’re currently winding down Mod4 at the Flatiron school, which means that our job search will start in a little over three weeks. Many of…
Cathy D'Onofrio·Aug 18, 2020Breaking Down FetchWhen we were first taught how to fetch in Javascript, I was a bit confused. I understood its overall concept, but I had trouble getting…
Cathy D'Onofrio·Jul 15, 2020Mapping Active Record Associations in RubyAssociations are connections between two Active Record models that are meant to make operations easier. There are many associations listed…
