Published inJavaScript in Plain EnglishIntegrating ActionCable with ReactAction Cable is a framework provided by Ruby on Rails that allows developers to utilize WebSockets in their applications.Jan 6, 20203Jan 6, 20203
Connect Your React Application to a Rails API Using Active Storage (part 2)In my last post we started to build out a simple React application that used a Rails API with Active Storage on the backend to store user…Sep 6, 20191Sep 6, 20191
Connect Your React Application to a Rails API Using Active Storage (part 1)Several weeks ago I set out to learn all about web sockets. If you’re thinking that something must have derailed me, because this blog…Sep 4, 20192Sep 4, 20192
Web Scraping with Ruby and NokogiriApplication Program Interfaces (or APIs) are amazing — with them, HUGE amounts of data can be shared across the web and used by…Jul 26, 20193Jul 26, 20193
Exploring JavaScript’s Reduce() Method (Part 2)I recently wrote a blog post about JavaScript’s reduce() method in which I laid out the basics for a fairly solid, foundational…Apr 23, 2019Apr 23, 2019
Exploring JavaScript’s reduce() Method (Part 1)According to current MDN documentation, there are 438 documented JavaScript methods. As JavaScript is the language of the web, I’m…Mar 19, 2019Mar 19, 2019
Published inQuick CodeConsidering Optimization and Time Complexity with JS AlgorithmsAfter having recently graduated from Flatiron’s Full Stack Immersive Program, I am now armed with a pretty impressive toolbox of languages…Feb 22, 20196Feb 22, 20196
Exploring Recursive Routes with ReactI’ve recently recovered from a big headache — my latest project required some nested routes. Basically, I had a big container that held…Feb 15, 2019Feb 15, 2019
UI Design Basics for Web ApplicationsA few months ago my sixteen year-old was taking an online course for Driver’s Ed (Yikes! — I know). The last lesson included a link to…Feb 15, 2019Feb 15, 2019
Keeping it Clean — Data Validation with Ruby on RailsValidation is super important. As my poor husband knows all too well, I often crave it. Who doesn’t need some affirmation every once in a…Feb 15, 20191Feb 15, 20191
