The newest version of React, React v.16.2.0, has been launched this week. The most prominent feature of this version is Fragments. For those of you who have been working on projects using React, you may be familiar with wrapping your child components using <div> or <span> in your render(): render(){…

Another concept of JavaScript that I often brush up on is this. Because this is not defined at assignment, it sometimes gets tricky to figure out exactly which scope this is referring to. Let’s dive into an example: this.holiday = "Thanksgiving"; console.log(window.holiday) // "Thanksgiving" console.log(holiday) // "Thanksgiving" In order to…

Whether you are just starting to learn JavaScript or have been an expert for a while, hoisting is a tricky (and one of my favorite) concept that’s worth mastering. As an active job seeker at the moment, I have been focusing on solidifying my JavaScript knowledge in preparation for technical…

Ever since I began learning about computer principles, I knew the existence of ‘binary’, composed of a bunch of 1’s and 0’s, and that it was somehow related to the machine I use called ‘computer.’ Somewhere along the way I was also told that these numbers represent bytes, but had…

This week, Sho and I gave a presentation on JavaScript’s concept of closure at Flatiron School Presents. While doing the research, we came across one disadvantage of using closures: memory leaks. A memory leak happens when a program requests for and takes up the memory, but doesn’t actually use it…

It is now Week 7 at Flatiron School, and it is hard to believe how much I have learned in the past two modules. Last week’s Ruby on Rails project was a success, thanks to my partner Luke. Nothing has felt more accomplishing than being able to apply all of…

Happy Friday! I refuse to believe this, but we’re already wrapping up Week 4. Time flies when you’re coding! I think it’s a good sign, that I’m immersed into learning and finding the overall experience at Flatiron School delightful. We have switched to the second module of the program, which…

Coding is sooo easy, I had 8 hours of sleep last night! Said no one ever. The truth is… Although learning to code has been quite a challenge for me, unconditional support from my cohort mates and staffs at Flatiron School has helped me gradually absorb various concepts and skills…