I’ve been working for about nine months at Dexter as a software developer. I wrote a blog post about landing the job initially, as well as a technical post about a self positioning component I made in my first couple of months at the company. Getting a job was my…

A big thanks to Dexter engineering specifically Daniel Ilkovich and David Hu for letting me share this code and all of their help and support while building the user tutorial feature on our site. While React has ways to break the hatch and directly manipulate the DOM there are very…

Breaking into a new industry or role is difficult. Learning a new set of skills and getting a job using them is just that, difficult. You could even say it’s O(n)² difficult. Now try competing for that same role in a market saturated with other folks in your same shoes…

React forces you to think about data differently in general. I’ve made a couple of different small projects, but now it’s starting to click. I’m starting to understand how state works and what the advantages are to using it. Additionally Reacts lifecycle components further let you control your data and…

Yeah, this shit again. Javascript, you weirdo. What’s going on here? It’s taken me quite a bit of time to really understand the topic. This and this are both great blog posts relating to the subject. You Don’t Know JS by Kyle has really beaten the concept into my thick…

Hi There! I’m writing this partially to promote Coursera’s Angular 1.5.X course but really this more of a log to further cement what I’ve learned (and show it off a little too :D). Before I start, I’d highly recommend learning how to learn (which is also on Coursera). If there’s…

I guess the first question I usually get is why Angular 1? Isn’t that so 2015? What about Angular 2 and React? They’re super cool, right? Yes, they are! No doubts about it. The reason I’m learning Angular 1 is simply for two reasons. 1. that’s where all of the…