Zach DurrWhat is an API?Recently during a job interview I was asked to define what an API was and I found myself giving an answer that wasn’t very substantial. In…Feb 15, 2022Feb 15, 2022
Zach DurrCSS Font Family ExplainedOne thing that I always wondered when declaring font-families using CSS is why do I need so many options? There’s a simple explanation for…Feb 8, 2022Feb 8, 2022
Zach DurrUsing Hooks vs. Class Components in ReactI recently graduated from Flatiron School’s Software Engineering bootcamp in November of 2021. Upon graduation I found myself looking for…Feb 1, 2022Feb 1, 2022
Zach DurrUsing Flexbox Froggy To Sharpen CSS SkillsRecently I’ve been implementing more CSS in my projects in order to practice my front-end skills. Most of my apps before learning React…Jan 25, 2022Jan 25, 2022
Zach DurrWhen to use useEffect in React?useEffect is a Hook provided by react that lets you perform side effects in your function components. According to the React documentation…Jan 17, 2022Jan 17, 2022
Zach DurrDisplaying Data from an API and hiding your API key in a React AppI’ve been trying to build my portfolio and one of the ways I’ve been doing this is by using RapidAPI’s database of APIs to show some…Jan 10, 2022Jan 10, 2022