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Let's See Your Terminal
Also where I've been lurking
Can I use RSpec without Rails?
📸 Photo by Joshua Fuller on Unsplash I am working on a static site generator using just Ruby and a...
What is meant by a "shape" in programming
Devs like to talk about imagining the shape of the code or data and when people say that, all I can...
How Do You Pass a Method to gsub in Ruby?
Building off Ben's static site generator by DRY'ing it up a bit
Flexing My CSS Muscles by Adding A Bit of Panache
A case study on a trial by fire primer on CSS.
Real Artists Ship: Portfolio Finished
Real artists ship so that's what I vow to do from here on in.
A LinkedIn Learning Playlist for Corporate Newcomers
If you're over 30 and have just made your way up from some place like Target as a cashier to having a...
A Simple Terminal Website with CSS and Typewriter.js
Just recently, I was searching for how to create a terminal-esque website, much like Jeremy Wagner's...
The JavaScript Developer's Reading List
A list of hand-picked books and articles for JavaScript developers
Independent Contractor Taxes Self-Employment HALP
Looking on taking an internship and this internship pays as an independent contractor. I have no clue...
What is the Difference Between a Function and a Method in JavaScript?
Functions, methods, passing a value all sound like jargon to new developers but these are key concepts to understand. What do they mean and what is the difference between them?
Bugfix: Spelunking in Someone Else's Code
Getting to know other people's code can be a fun exercise. But what if it is buggy?
How TF Does XSS Work?
I tweeted this just 5 minutes ago: My aim here is to fix a vulnerability of a core React...
MVPs and Iterating Your Way to a Finished Product
Getting a project out the door is the most important thing you can do.
My VSCode Setup
Posts on editor setups are extremely popular. Here is mine.
Keeping Your Code Simple
Sometimes dumb code is the code you need even if you don't want to write it.
What Is Business Logic?
I have a hard time understanding what business logic is compared to other logic in a codebase. Can...
What is a Design Pattern?
I see the words “design pattern” and “pattern” when describing a certain code convention. What makes...
How to Bind 'this' in React Without a Constructor
React doesn't auto-bind this to custom methods. Usually you would use a constructor function to accomplish this. But do you need one?
One Month of a Remote Internship: Lessons and Observations
Being an intern is fun and rewarding. Being a remote intern is great but presents some challenges.
JavaScript Template Literals
In JavaScript, there wasn’t anything like string interpolation until ES6. Now, we have JavaScript Template Literals or template strings.
Changelog: Dev.to Now Searchable in Chrome Omnibox
You can now search dev.to directly from Chrome's Omnibox.
Changelog: CodePen Liquid Tags Now Live
You can now embed CodePen
Explain Service Workers Like I'm 5
I want to get a sweet offline page like the ones popping up all over the web.
The Simplicity of Ruby
When I first started this blog, I was learning Ruby and I loved it. This was bef...
Finishing YelpCamp and Lessons Learned
So I have finished The Web Developer Bootcamp and the final project, YelpCamp, a ...
ES6 Modules
ES6 modules allows us to have reusable code, in separate files. We do this to eliminate initially...
Productivity for Devs
While perusing The Practical Dev for new posts, I came across a post that intrigued me: ...
Open Source Goals and the Year in Review
Una Kravets is one of my favorite designers/developers even though I just discove...
Map: Another Higher Order Function
I discussed filter in my last post. Now, we discuss map.