Published inJavaScript in Plain EnglishThe 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…Mar 6, 2021Mar 6, 2021
Published inJavaScript in Plain EnglishCreating 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…Jan 12, 2021A response icon5Jan 12, 2021A response icon5
Refactoring 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…Dec 21, 2020Dec 21, 2020
Published inThe StartupWays 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…Nov 30, 2020Nov 30, 2020
Impostor 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…Sep 10, 2020Sep 10, 2020
Breaking 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…Aug 18, 2020Aug 18, 2020
Mapping Active Record Associations in RubyAssociations are connections between two Active Record models that are meant to make operations easier. There are many associations listed…Jul 15, 2020Jul 15, 2020
