Please note — this is a BRIEF explanation, meant for 2–3 minute interview answers. Please use the resources after the article for a deeper understanding on each topic. For this lesson we’re going to use Lucy, my childhood wiener dog, in each example! Lucy was a wild dog at first…

I was going to write a part 3 on JS Interview Help (check out part 1 and part 2 if you’d like) this week. However, after advancing to the next interview round with a company in Chicago, I decided to write about my experience with their coding assessment…

Please note — this is a BRIEF explanation, meant for 2–3 minute interview answers. Please use the resources after the article for a deeper understanding on each topic. Hoisting When a piece of JS code is executed, the JS engine makes a global execution context, which has two phases: creation and…

Please note — this is a BRIEF explanation, meant for 2–3 minute interview answers. Please use the resources below for a deeper understanding on each topic. Prototypes When a new Object is formed, the JS engine adds a __proto__ property to the new object. This points to the prototype object of…

Phew! This is it — the final project for Flatiron! I can’t believe I’m at the finish line for such an incredible, challenging bootcamp. For my final project, I wanted to create something that is definitely in line with the theme of other projects I’ve made, as well as make…

Today I officially finished my fourth project for the Flatiron School’s Software Engineering Program, woohoo! The idea for this project came from personal experience of mine. Three weeks ago, my wife and I took a camping trip to the Guadalupe Mountains and Lincoln National Forest, which are both located near…

While completing the Module 4 JavaScript/Rails project (blog link), I also had a wonderful opportunity to create a professional website! Roughly a week and half ago, my wife and I were hanging out with some friends from our church who own a Roofing business. They’ve been in business for roughly…

When thinking about what to base this Rails project on, I thought about how Covid-19 has affected so many areas of our lives. For many dog owners, dog parks have officially shut down in most major cities. With this app, users are able to add new Parks, new Playdates, and…

This was such a fun project, and it was a joy to actually create a web APP! After years of learning basic HTML and CSS, I have crafted web sites, and the idea of creating a dynamic web app terrified me! …