Anyone who uses the internet, in some form or another, has utilized Javascript. Things like the Amazon search bar, refreshing a Twitter feed, an embedded video on your favorite news site — the sheer amount of interactivity is pretty much limitless. …

One of my bigger challenges while learning Rails was remembering how exactly ActiveRecord Associations work. It should be simple right? If a User has_many posts, the posts should belongs_to a user, etc. But throw in a has_many :through and other circumstances, suddenly the lines aren’t so clear. …

Rails has probably become my favorite language to date, what with its ‘magical’ properties and abundance of methods and gems. If you’re looking to spice up your project with the ability to add photos, here’s where Active Storage comes in! Step 1: Setting up Active Storage This is of course, assuming you’ve already set up your…

For phase two of my Flatiron course, our focus shifted to Sinatra and understanding the Web. As a daily web user, I admittedly never thought twice about the words and numbers at the end of the URL, trusting that the magic that was the Internet would take me to where…

As I move on from the first phase of my course and prepare to take on the 2nd, I felt it was appropriate to harp on a few things I was still struggling to grasp. A big part of Object Oriented Ruby is the object part. When creating a program…

So, you’ve reached the point that you have to do your first project. Congratulations! This may be daunting and a little bit unnerving, but don’t fear! You’ll get through it, you’ll do great, and you’ll learn. There’s probably hundreds of guides and videos on what you should look out for…

“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.” -Jane Austen, “Pride and Prejudice” It’s easy to get lost in a world with…