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Apr 4, 2021

This Week in Coding: CSS Animations

So what are CSS animations and how do they work? CSS animations allow transitions from one CSS style configuration to another. …

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This Week in Coding: CSS Animations
This Week in Coding: CSS Animations

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Mar 28, 2021

This Week in Coding: Media Queries

During project weeks at Flatiron I always knew I would be strapped for time when it came down to styling. I would lean towards using frameworks such as bootstrap or material ui. …

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This Week in Coding: Media Queries
This Week in Coding: Media Queries

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Mar 21, 2021

This Week in Coding: BST

As I continue my journey with algorithms and data structures I thought it would be a good idea to get a better understanding of binary search trees. But, what is a tree? …

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This Week in Coding: BST
This Week in Coding: BST

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Mar 13, 2021

This Week in Coding: React useEffect

Last time we touched on React Hooks we looked at using the State Hook. This week let’s take a look at using the Effect Hook. As we know, data fetching and manually changing the DOM in React components are examples of “side effects.” The useEffect Hook is combining the componentDidMount…

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This Week in Coding: React useEffect
This Week in Coding: React useEffect

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Mar 7, 2021

This Week in Coding: Merge Sort

Last week I dove into a few sorting algorithms. The problem with sorting algorithms like bubble sort and selection sort is that they do not scale well. Let’s jump into implementing Merge sort. First we should implement a function that will be responsible for merging two sorted arrays. When given…

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This Week in Coding: Merge Sort
This Week in Coding: Merge Sort

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Mar 1, 2021

This Week in Coding: Selection Sort

This week I decided to spend more time with algorithms and data structures. I decided I would take a look at sorting algorithms, so let’s jump in with selection sort. …

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This Week in Coding: Selection Sort
This Week in Coding: Selection Sort

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Feb 21, 2021

This Week in Coding: React Hooks

When I jumped into learning React I was introduced to using class components in order to use state. Once I had finished a few small projects I found out that Hooks were added in React 16.8 and my mind was blown. Now I understood that I needed to learn the…

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This Week in Coding: React Hooks
This Week in Coding: React Hooks

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Feb 13, 2021

This Week in Coding: Linked List

This week I decided to dive into data structures and I thought I start out with linked list. There are a few different types of Linked List such as Singly linked list, Doubly linked list and Circular linked list. For the scope of this blog we will focus on Singly…

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This Week in Coding: Linked List
This Week in Coding: Linked List

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Feb 8, 2021

Flexbox CSS

I recently decided to brush up on my css skills. In the past, I have mostly used frameworks like bootstrap and semantic ui for my last few projects as we were on a time crunch. This week let’s take a look at Flexbox and how it works. What is Flexbox…

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Flexbox CSS
Flexbox CSS

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Jan 30, 2021

JavaScript Array Methods: ForEach, Filter, Map & Reduce

As I continue to grow as a software engineer, I am working to become more comfortable working through algorithms. I find it useful to have knowledge of multiple array methods “in my back pocket.” …

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