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Nov 7, 2021

JWT Authentication with Node.js

In this weeks blog, I am going to go over how to utilize JWT tokens to authenticate a user in the backend, using Node.js. In order to utilize jwt, the package needs to be installed by running npm i jsonwebtoken. I will mostly be focusing to jwt, but these are…

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Oct 28, 2021

Non-Relational Databases Explained

I am currently halfway through a Udemy course about building a full MERN stack application. MERN stands for MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js. …

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Sep 15, 2021

Switching React Class Components to Functional Components using Hooks

Now that my final project is functioning and completed, I decided to take on the task of switching my class components to functional components using React Hooks to keep up with the latest technology. First, I will start by changing the name of the component from: class PostsList extends Component …

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Sep 5, 2021

Tech Networking App — React Project

For our fifth and final project at FlatIron, we were tasked with building a full stack, single page application using React and Redux as the frontend and a Rails API as the backend. My project idea was to create an app for people new to the tech community who want…

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Jul 1, 2021

Book Journey — JavaScript Project

For our fourth project at Flatiron, we were ask to build a single page application using JavaScript as the front end and a Rails API as the backend. My single page application idea was to have a page showing books people have recently read, as well as some recommendations if…

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Book Journey — JavaScript Project
Book Journey — JavaScript Project

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May 6, 2021

Rails Project — Running Races Tracker

For our third project at Flatiron, we were asked to build a fully functioning rails app. My project idea was to create an app to track races people have run. I am an avid runner myself, and I thought it would be handy to have all of your races in…

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Rails Project — Running Races Tracker
Rails Project — Running Races Tracker

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Mar 6, 2021

Board Game Collections — Sinatra Project

For our second project at Flatiron School, we had to build a content management website using Sinatra. My project idea was to create an application to keep track of a user’s collection of board games, as well as being able to view other user’s collections. This may seem silly to…

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Board Game Collections — Sinatra Project
Board Game Collections — Sinatra Project

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Jan 8, 2021

CLI Trivia

At Flatiron School, our first project was to code (in ruby) a CLI terminal application using external data. The API I chose to get data from was one that contained trivia questions from a variety of different categories. The way I envisioned my project functioning was for a user to…

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Nov 18, 2020

Why I chose software engineering

There’s not one simple answer as to why I chose to pursue software engineering . It’s something that’s been in the back of my mind for some time, and certain instances recently have pushed me to enroll in Flatiron School. I graduated in 2014 with a degree in Chemistry and…

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