Michael MottolaRefactoring My CodeAs part of a side project I’ve been building centered around sports news and sports betting, I wanted to include a MLB Standings table. I…Sep 11, 2020Sep 11, 2020
Michael MottolaWhy Did My Heroku App Fall Asleep!?If you’re like me and have recently deployed the backend of your project to Heroku and the frontend to Netlify, but noticed that your app…Aug 10, 2020Aug 10, 2020
Michael MottolaHow I Deployed My ProjectMy final project at Flatiron School had a Ruby on Rails backend and a React frontend. I had experience using Netlify to deploy a frontend…Jul 15, 2020Jul 15, 2020
Michael MottolaData Structures & Algorithms: String ReversalAs part of my preparing for technical interviews, I purchased the Udemy course, The Coding Interview Bootcamp: Algorithms + Data…Jul 3, 2020Jul 3, 2020
Michael MottolaWhat Are Closures And Why Should I Use Them?A closure is the combination of a function bundled together (enclosed) with references to its surrounding state (the lexical environment)…Jun 25, 2020Jun 25, 2020
Michael MottolainDev GeniusLetter To My Younger SelfMy Journey Through Flatiron School’s Software Engineering BootcampJun 17, 2020Jun 17, 2020
Michael MottolaUpdating An Old ProjectWhen I was in the second module of Flatiron School, we learned how to build a web app using Sinatra. This was my first experience using…Jun 9, 2020Jun 9, 2020
Michael MottolaHow I Built A Search Bar In ReactFor my final project at Flatiron School, I built an app using a Ruby on Rails backend as an API for my frontend which was built in React…Jun 2, 2020Jun 2, 2020
Michael MottolaSeeding My Database With A CSV FileFor my final project at Flatiron School I built an app where I used MLB Showdown Card data from my Rails backend and created cards on the…May 26, 2020May 26, 2020
Michael MottolaWord Of The Day App: UpdatesIf you read my previous post, you’d know that as a side project I am putting together a Word Of The Day App. The app is being built using…May 19, 2020May 19, 2020