Allison HillAnatomy of a Basic React ComponentDespite almost 3 months of nonstop coding in React, I always find myself stuck on remembering the template of a blank React component when…May 27, 2022May 27, 2022
Allison HillBuilding a Messaging Feature in Rails & ReactFirst things first, this tutorial assumes you already have a Rails API backend and a React frontend. If you don’t, you can refer to…May 27, 2022May 27, 2022
Allison HillA Beginner’s Guide to Rails ConventionsOne of the central strengths of Rails is the “convention over configuration” approach to maintaining consistency (and readability) across…May 6, 2022May 6, 2022
Allison HillDeploying a React App on Github Pages With a Custom URLBuilding and deploying a website from scratch is a lot of work. You have to make dozens of design decisions to make about how to optimize…Apr 22, 2022Apr 22, 2022
Allison HillObject-Oriented Programming: Classes vs Instances (in Ruby)One of the core themes of object-oriented programming is the idea of structuring code by the relationships of components rather than the…Apr 8, 2022Apr 8, 2022
Allison HillA Love Letter to Debugger from a Software Engineer in TrainingWe’ve all been there. You’re churning your way through deliverables on a project and suddenly it appears: a little nuisance of a bug. Maybe…Mar 18, 2022Mar 18, 2022