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…5 min read·Aug 18, 2017----
Malinna LeachinCode Like A GirlThe philosophy of ReactReact and me, sitting in a tree..6 min read·Feb 1, 2017--1--1
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…5 min read·Dec 3, 2016--1--1
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…3 min read·Nov 10, 2016--1--1
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…2 min read·Oct 27, 2016--2--2
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…6 min read·Oct 24, 2016--4--4
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…2 min read·Oct 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…2 min read·Oct 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…2 min read·Sep 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…4 min read·Sep 4, 2016----