Flatiron School

Phase 2 has been quite a journey and a strong test to my resolve in regards to learning how to code. After facing a medical emergency in my immediate family and dealing with stress with a change of my living situation in relation to that emergency somehow I’m still here…

Even though I finished my project for phase 2 by getting all the deliverables done, I’m not completely satisfied. When I set out to do the project I had pretty big stretch goals I want to achieve that I couldn’t due to running out of time and emergencies in my…

The transition from being a middle/high school teacher to a part time software developer has been one of the most frustrating experiences in my life. On top of having a family to raise, and having another little one on the way, it seems like there is little to no time…

The goal of this project is to create a Sinatra API backend that uses Active Record to access and persist data in a database. This API is created for Repository for New Media Art, a React frontend application that I designed and built for digital artists and creators. As the…

Rails, is a server-side web application framework written in Ruby that cuts down on the work needed to build the back-end for applications. Ruby generators further simplify this process. Generators run scripts that can be used to generate many useful items needed in Rails. …

What are serializers in Ruby on Rails (ROR) and how will they help an application? In this post, I’ll discuss what a serializer is, how to create custom methods to pass as attributes, how to build a custom serializer to render an association, and how to access ‘deeply nested’ associations. Introduction …

I come from a design background. Working primarily in Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, etc. When I started to get interested in coding, I began just like most people, with HTML and CSS. Because HTML and CSS are client side code which is Front-End(design portion) of an application, it came fairly easy…

At Phase 4 of Flatiron school, I learned Ruby on Rails. Rails enabled us to create APIs and build out a full-stack application with Rails as a backend, and React as a frontend. It is essential to make sure that your API works as you expect when creating it. I…

So… hello everyone… this is my first of hopefully many blogging entries. My name is Paul, or PJ, and I am currently a 20 year classroom teacher. I love working with, and teaching kids mathematics, especially…. middle school ones. Yes, those kids… the ones who are awkward in both their…