Briana BakerWorking at Facebook HQ with Girls Who CodeI was working on a new blog post for my series on testing in React when I got an email.Jun 16, 2018Jun 16, 2018
Briana BakerHow to Jest (testing in React)Writing tests is a crucial part of web development that some may overlook. Testing provides objective success criteria, allows you to build…May 26, 2018May 26, 2018
Briana BakerReturning to tech, and assessing commitmentThis is the story about why I decided to return to tech, and how my dedication to it was questioned by injury.May 20, 2018May 20, 2018
Briana BakerHow react-router worksMaking single page apps is a pain, but react-router makes routing so easy it almost feels like cheating. How does it work? How do web…Mar 8, 2018Mar 8, 2018
Briana BakerJavaScript’s sense of this (self)Ruby’s rule of convention over configuration made the switch to JavaScript difficult. The wild wild west of a language originally written…Feb 15, 2018Feb 15, 2018
Briana BakerRails Nested RoutesIn 2000, a man named Roy Fielding presented a dissertation on Representational state transfer, or REST, which is a high-level architectural…Jan 25, 2018Jan 25, 2018
Briana BakerDebugging with ‘pry’ in Ruby on RailsThe first time I encountered nested hashes, I could not figure them out. I stared blankly at my computer. I drew circles of circles within…Jan 4, 2018Jan 4, 2018