Steven KandowThe Circle of Component Life: The Life Cycle of a React ComponentOne of the key aspects of how React works is the component lifecycle. This process ensures that the DOM is being transformed only when and…Dec 9, 2020Dec 9, 2020
Steven KandowTesting in Jest: Building and Testing A Calculator in JavaScriptA couple weeks ago, I took a look at the process for building a basic calculator in Ruby and testing it using RSpec. This week, we’ll take…Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
Steven KandowThankful For Code: A Thanksgiving Reflection on This Year’s Journey Into CodingThree months ago, I completed Flatiron School’s Software Engineering bootcamp program. I learned much from the experience, and I’m excited…Nov 25, 2020Nov 25, 2020
Steven KandowTaking Baby Steps in Learning OOP Concepts: Exploring EncapsulationEncapsulation is a concept utilized frequently in Object Oriented Programming. Encapsulation allows us to keep variables and methods of one…Nov 18, 2020Nov 18, 2020
Steven KandowinThe StartupBasic Testing in Ruby: Using RSpec to Build a Simple CalculatorTest Driven Development is an essential component of the Software Development Life Cycle. As such, it’s helpful to know some basics…Nov 11, 20201Nov 11, 20201
Steven KandowCoding in the Abstract: Abstraction and Interface in JavaAbstraction is a concept that appears in several programming languages. It affords the ability to prevent users from seeing certain…Nov 4, 2020Nov 4, 2020
Steven KandowinThe StartupBarking Up a Different Tree: A Brief Explanation of PolymorphismPolymorphism is a concept that appears in object-oriented programming languages. It allows for methods to take on multiple levels of…Oct 28, 2020Oct 28, 2020
Steven KandowinThe StartupjavaScriptIsTheSameAsJava = false; Part 3: ArraysIn the first entry of this series, we began by taking a look at the structure of a basic output task, declaration and assignment of…Oct 21, 2020Oct 21, 2020
Steven KandowinThe StartupjavaScriptIsTheSameAsJava = false; Part 2: Comparisons and ConditionalsLast week, we began our basic comparison between Java and JavaScript, taking a look at the basic structure of completing a simple printing…Oct 14, 2020Oct 14, 2020
Steven KandowinThe StartupjavaScriptIsTheSameAsJava = false; Part 1: Variable Declaration and Mathematic OperationsAs a novice programmer, one of the first big mistakes in nomenclature that I made when starting to learn JavaScript was to tell a friend…Oct 7, 2020Oct 7, 2020