Joe Avila articles - 17 total
Smashing my first bug
Contribute to open source they said, it's a great way to break into tech they said. A lot...
React Router Hook => useParam() (now w/ Typescript)
While working on a project I needed to get some information out of the URL in the browser. Using the...
BDD Testing with Cucumber
Recently at work I got the opportunity to write Behavior Driven Development tests using Cucumber.js....
Object prototype property and Hunter x Hunter
Recently, I have been learning about inheritance and the prototype chain. If you have read my posts y...
What is this?
In javascript, you have access to this keyword at any time. Unless there are certain conditions met t...
Scoping Chain
Calling a function in Javascript creates a new execution context, and when that is created so is a sc...
Hoisting
Hoisting variables and function declarations in Javascript happens when the variable object is create...
What is the execution context in JS?
If you've written any code in Javascript, you've interacted with the execution context and execution...
Shuffle the Array (Javascript)
Algorithms are something I struggle with. A few of the interviews or screening processes for companie...
Max Consecutive Ones (Javascript)
Algorithms have been a struggle for me to learn. I don't particularly enjoy them (until I solve them)...
Validating a unique record
I'm building a stat tracking site for my local basketball league using a Rails API. I started with a...
Javascript Order of Operations
If you're from the US, you may be familiar with the old saying, Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally or P...
Creating a custom name for a foreign key
My local basketball league is currently using free software that has shortcomings and is littered wit...
The Importance of Personal Projects
I am in week 9 of a 15 week coding course. The past two months have been a flurry of labs, assignment...
Limit Your Scope
While I'm writing code, I have to constantly remind of scope. The scope of my variables, the scope of...
Forms and params{}
Recently I've been working with forms and Active Record a lot. I was struggling with associating an o...
Why I Chose Flatiron
My road to Flatiron began near the end of 2019. I applied in September, but enrollment didn't happen...