Mari TaksaCreating a Custom Birthday Countdown Timer in ReactEvery few days, my son asks me how many days it is until his next birthday. Writing, decreasing, and re-writing the number on our…Sep 16, 2021Sep 16, 2021
Mari TaksaActiveRecord Showdown: find vs. find_byIf you’re learning how to build out a back-end server using Rails and ActiveRecord, you’ve certainly wondered whether you should use “find”…Sep 2, 2021Sep 2, 2021
Mari TaksaBuilding a Basic Web Scraper…or NotYou know, for whatever reason, I really wish I had a list of books about space available from Barnes & Noble. Let’s build a web scraper to…Aug 31, 2021Aug 31, 2021
Mari TaksaUnderstanding React Legacy Context for Programmers Learning in 2021As a new programmer just beginning her journey in 2021, I have been fortunate to learn React in the hooks era. But a core part of learning…Aug 12, 2021Aug 12, 2021
Mari TaksaThe Benefits of Writing Clean Code from the StartAs a new programmer barely getting her feet wet with Javascript, I often found myself Jackson Pollock-ing all over VSCode. This was done…Jul 18, 2021Jul 18, 2021