Jan 28, 2022Making it ThroughI have to say, when I ended my Flatiron School software engineering course, I naively thought that I had been through the hard part. Even though I had taken the part-time course, it was a grueling ten months wherein I pushed myself mentally and emotionally. Everyday meant hours of not…2 min read2 min read
Jan 21, 2022Solving Problem 771 on LeetcodeThis problem is called “Jewels and Stones” and the description is as follows: “You’re given strings jewels representing the types of stones that are jewels, and stones representing the stones you have. Each character in stones is a type of stone you have. …2 min read2 min read
Nov 16, 2021Taking the TimeA survival guide for a software engineering boot camp. I am at the end of my software engineering course with Flatiron School, and it has been a challenging ten months. Software engineering, coding, or even using a computer for something other than research or streaming services was such a strange…Flatiron School3 min readFlatiron School3 min read
Oct 31, 2021Recognizing Patterns in React-ReduxFor the last phase of my software engineering course, we were introduced to ReactJs. Things like scaffolding for my Rails API and the very helpful create-react-app command made the beginning of this project feel like a breeze! But once I got into creating my project I realized how unsure of…3 min read3 min read
Aug 29, 2021JavaScript: The Wild WestSo far in my coding journey, things have felt very neat and tidy. Ruby has lovely conventions and fairly regular patterns that I felt I could get a hold of quite easily. JavaScript has felt like a free-for-all of element creation and event listeners and a seemingly endless way of…3 min read3 min read
Jul 4, 2021Discovering Ruby on RailsAs I progressed through my time in Flatiron, I was beginning to feel like I had a grasp on the work! I understand a lot of how Ruby works, the syntax, and other elements, so I thought that using a heavyweight framework like Rails would be easier than our previous…3 min read3 min read
Apr 30, 2021First Make a BicycleRight now, in my software engineering course, we’re creating our second project. This project deals with Sinatra and Active Record to create a dynamic website. Sinatra is a lightweight web framework which makes it easy to create websites. Essentially, it takes the headache out of website development. …3 min read3 min read
Mar 5, 2021In Avoidance of Errors: Using TTY-Prompt for my First Command Line InterfaceMy first task as a new programmer was to create a Command Line Interface(CLI) project that would pull information from an online resource. We had the choice to import data from an API or scrape data from a website, and I chose to use an API. To be specific, I…3 min read3 min read
Jan 18, 2021A Love of Language“I would love to spend my career learning languages from anywhere in the world.” When I was very young, I wanted so badly to be a marine biologist. I actually shared this passion with a friend at the time and some twenty-odd years later, she is a bonified shark doctor…Software Engineering3 min readSoftware Engineering3 min read
