React Hooks — UseState After spending the past 10 months in the Flatiron School’s part time Software Engineering program, it seems strange not to have required reading or labs to complete. Now, it’s time to be accountable and continue my programming education. I was fortunate during my time at Flatiron to obtain some great…

I cannot believe I am at this point in the Flatiron curriculum already! 10 months have flown by and I am submitting my final project and writing my final, required, blog post (I’ll continue blogging after graduation). During our orientation, the class was warned that we will go through a…

Wow! I made it to the end of the Flatiron School bootcamp program. Phase 5 introduced us to React and Redux, two libraries which work in conjunction with JavaScript. With any new programming language or library, there’s always a learning curve and this was no different. React and Redux make…

Phase 4, JavaScript. When I first heard those words, I was excited, nervous and interested to see how the front end differs from the back end. We had spent the better part of 6 months learning Ruby, then Rails and really getting a handle on how that works. For the…

We’ve passed the point of no return! If you would have told me in February that by the summer I would be able to build a fully functioning app, I would’ve been on the ground in a fit of laughter. Phase 3 — Rails, marks the crossing of the halfway…

As I had mentioned in my previous blog posts, I am still very new to the programming world. Having completed a CLI project about 6 weeks ago, I am now ready to complete my second project with the Flatiron School, which included using Sinatra to create a fully functional web…

For my first project at the Flatiron School, I needed to create a working CLI gem. I decided to create an NHL rosters CLI that will display all 31 teams and allow the user to select the team of their choice and display the current (present day) NHL roster. Here’s…

Before I begin to dive into the “how” and “why” I wanted to become a software engineer, I think it’s important to talk about the actions and decisions leading up to my career change. MY PREVIOUS LIFE For the past 8 years, my life and career revolved around the fashion…