• Node.js Broken Down

    Node.js - let’s break it down and answer a simple question, so what? We’ve all heard of it, tried it, maybe even actively used it, but do we really know what it is? Would you be able to explain it in plain and simple English?

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  • Examining JS Frameworks/Libraries - AngularJS

    This is part of a ‘series’ of sorts. My previous post focused on React and can be found here.

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  • Data Structures - Queues

    Earlier this week I wrote a post on a quick review of stacks. Data structures can be a bit scary, but if you break them down and take them on one step at a time, I promise, you can tackle them.

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  • 36 Hour MVP Project

    Aren’t sure how much you do or do not know? Give yourself 36 hours to build a full-stack web app from scratch. That was the challenge we were given last week.

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  • Data Structures - Stacks

    When I heard we would be learning data structures at HackReactor, what came to mind was the demagogan from ‘Stranger Things’. Data structures seemed like this incredibly complex, kinda intimidating topic that I knew I couldn’t ignore.

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  • Examining JS Frameworks/Libraries - React

    You’ve probably heard all these framework/library names thrown around and wondered where the heck to start. In the next couple posts I am going to explore a couple of these frameworks/libraries by building a simple weather app with each one.

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  • JavaScript Pseudoclassical Subclasses

    When we talk about classes and subclasses, what are we talking about usually? Inheritance! That is, the ability of one object to have access to the properties and methods of another object.

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  • JavaScript Fundamentals - 'this', .call, .apply, and .bind

    This (not ‘this’) is a continuation of my previous post on fundamentals.

    As I mention at the beginning of each of this series’ posts, JavaScript is a pretty unique and quite flexible language. As a result, it can sometimes feel magical - some things just work and you’re not quite sure why.

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  • JavaScript Fundamentals - Closure

    This is a continuation of my previous post on fundamentals.

    Like I mentioned in the previous post, JavaScript is a pretty unique and quite flexible language. As a result, it can sometimes feel magical - some things just work and you’re not quite sure why.

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  • JavaScript Fundamentals - Scope

    JavaScript is a pretty unique and quite flexible language. As a result, it can sometimes feel magical - some things just work and you’re not quite sure why. Or maybe what you thought should work doesn’t and you find yourself doing some brute force debugging.

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  • HackReactor-Eve

    Day one of HackReactor is hours away. The next three months will be intense and I look forward to the knowledge dump that is about to start. In an effort to quell my nerves (and appease the hypochondriac in me) after numerous google searches and WEB MD lookups, I’m officially diagnosing

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