This article is outdated and based on ES5. For an updated version using ES6, checkout out this great article by Gisselle Pombar. It’s funny that when I mention using Firebase (a Google Cloud Platform product) to host my React apps, APIs, and databases, some developers or tech professionals scoff. But…

As someone that teaches Node and Express, I know few people that create APIs from scratch as often as I do. So for me, it has become second-nature — I can literally write every line of code from memory. But for most, this is a task that isn’t completed as…

The problem (the why): Your React Log in form takes in plain text for the password, and we are sending the password OTA (Over the Air) Scenario: Let's say you are in a Starbucks or using public wifi, and you log in to your app, and it so happens that…

Updated 2022 Background: So you finished on your awesome React Webapp but now you are ready to publish it for the world to use it. You could publish your React Web Application on many services like: Google Firebase Hosting — Checkout a medium on this here https://jonathans199.medium.com/publish-your-react-app-to-free-firebase-hosting-c4aa38b84a5e Netlify — good…

I recently met with a longtime entrepreneur who has been rethinking his workflow. He’s been feeling overwhelmed by the sea of information taking up his headspace: unread emails, notes, messages, files, and the like. We’ve all been there and are probably still dealing with it. The Debilitating Challenge of Knowledge Work More than a third of…

Companies are moving to South Florida in droves. We all see it. We’ve all read about it. And a few months ago it reached a tipping point when national media began reporting on it. According to our latest tech talent report, there are approximately 5.1 …

Ok, I am going to come right out and say it: women and men are not equal. On average, men tend to be physically stronger than women. We also tend to have more rods in our eyes, so we are able to see better at night. Women, on the other-hand…

When we set out to launch Boca Code over a year ago, we had a vision of what it could become and where it might be by this time. Now that we’ve graduated our first cohort (see above), I wanted to take a moment to reflect on where we are…

If you are looking for a great career, then there’s a good chance that you have heard about the massive opportunities available in the field of technology. Career growth opportunities in tech are unparalleled. …