I am currently halfway through a Udemy course about building a full MERN stack application. MERN stands for MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js. During my time at Flatiron school, we worked only with relational databases such as SQLite and PostgreSQL, therefore this was my first exposure to using a non-relational…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…