Malinna LeachinCode Like A GirlReact to Angular — a beginner’s perspectiveI am now a Developer. In many ways, I always was. But now it’s my job title, and someone is even paying me to do it. I am living the dream…Aug 18, 2017Aug 18, 2017
Malinna LeachinCode Like A GirlThe philosophy of ReactReact and me, sitting in a tree..Feb 1, 20171Feb 1, 20171
Malinna LeachinMakersTesting React — a beginners guideIn a recent project week during my course at Makers Academy, my 4-person team decided that we were up for a challenge. Our plan was to…Dec 3, 20161Dec 3, 20161
Malinna LeachinCode Like A GirlSo, umm, when do we get to hack into the Matrix?I have to fess up, I’m a very recent coding convert. I had barely written a line of code before I decided I wanted to take the plunge with…Nov 10, 20161Nov 10, 20161
Malinna LeachinMakersRuby, it’s complicated…It’s week 5 in the Makers Academy course, which can mean only one thing. A new language called Javascript has walked into my life, and I’m…Oct 27, 20162Oct 27, 20162
Malinna LeachinCode Like A GirlScope WarsThis is my attempt to untangle the scope and use of the different variable types in Ruby. Because there’s no topic that can’t be explained…Oct 24, 20164Oct 24, 20164
Malinna LeachinMakersThis Mum codesThismumcodes is both my new Mumsnet username and my new way of life. Makers Academy is renowned for being both life changing and not for…Oct 7, 2016Oct 7, 2016
Malinna LeachOooh-be-doo, I wanna pair with you, hoo hooIt’s the end of week 1 of the Maker’s Academy course, and we’ve been spending the week getting used to pair programming. Pair programming…Oct 2, 2016Oct 2, 2016
Malinna LeachRecursion is not a monsterRecursion is a method that calls itself. It just doesn’t sound right, does it? It brings to mind those pictures of never ending staircases…Sep 10, 2016Sep 10, 2016
Malinna LeachMakers Academy: The pre-pre-courseThis is it — I have signed up to turn my life upside down, meet some amazing people and have loads of fun. Oh yeah, and I’ll also be…Sep 4, 2016Sep 4, 2016