Matteo A RicciDistinguishing Access Modifiers in C#I must confess that my foray into programming was with the languages of JavaScript and Ruby. And this was a very gentle journey into…Aug 9, 2020Aug 9, 2020
Matteo A RicciWhat is Gatsby JS?Gatsby is a React-based, GraphQL powered, static site generator. That’s what’s stated on the official Gatsby Website, and when I first…Aug 2, 2020Aug 2, 2020
Matteo A RicciA Medium Deep Dive into JS HoistingEarly on in my education of JavaScript I was told to avoid using var for variable declaration/assignment because it is deprecated. A small…Jul 26, 2020Jul 26, 2020
Matteo A RicciGenerating Quads for LÖVE2DFor personal, and not financial gain.Jul 17, 2020Jul 17, 2020
Matteo A RicciData Visualization Through VictoryOn June 27th, 2020 three of my friends and I participated in the Data Day Grind hackathon with MLH. The theme of the event was data, which…Jul 6, 2020Jul 6, 2020
Matteo A RicciSo You’re Quarantined in Your House and Now You Desire to Make 3D Low-Poly Animal ModelsMost of the programming I have done so far has existed solely in two dimensions: x and y. The one exception is a brief stint where a…Apr 15, 2020Apr 15, 2020
Matteo A RicciCollision Detection, Oh How ElusiveCollision detection is still a significant issue in programming even to this day. Initially it may seem straightforward: if two objects…Mar 26, 2020Mar 26, 2020
Matteo A RicciModeling Pokemon in RubyThe structure of a Pokemon game lends itself pretty well to modeling in ruby. Almost none of the actual pokemon data exists in the…Feb 12, 2020Feb 12, 2020