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Rachel McTavish

Reading Docs, Challenging Myself and a Little Interview Prep

This week, I’m rounding out my JavaScript 211 course and have hit some good milestones in my learning to program journey. Yes, I continue…

2 min readApr 19, 2021

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Rachel McTavish

APIs and breaking down AJAX

This week I spent a fair amount of time working through using fetch() and get fun API data was an interesting challenge. From an app…

5 min readApr 12, 2021

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Nerd For Tech

Hackathon Practice and Algorithms: breaking down some intimidating parts of coding

This week I spent some time doing a “practice” hackathon and puzzling my way through algorithms. Now both of these buzz words were very…

7 min readApr 5, 2021

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Geek Culture

Small Steps Towards Object-Oriented Programming in JavaScript

This week was filled with “life” getting in the way of my coding journey. But that does not mean I slacked off from pushing myself to…

3 min readMar 29, 2021

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Nerd For Tech

Learning to Code and Keeping a Growth Mindset: how tough weeks mean you’re making progress

Some weeks, it is more than hitting a wall, taking time out and then re-focusing to figure out the solution with a fresh perspective…

5 min readMar 22, 2021

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Rachel McTavish

Learning More Advanced Code: Leveling up my JavaScript

This week, even though every day felt like a Monday…

3 min readMar 15, 2021

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Learning More Advanced Code: Leveling up my JavaScript

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Rachel McTavish

JavaScript Unit Testing, Standards and Maintainability

This week has been an exciting journey into unit testing, this time starting to write my own (with guidance and a lot of trouble-shooting)…

5 min readMar 8, 2021

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JavaScript Unit Testing, Standards and Maintainability

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Rachel McTavish

Tips & Tricks: Brief Overview of JavaScript 211

Describe one thing you are learning in class today.

8 min readMar 1, 2021

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Level Up Coding

Incorporating Self-Compassion while Learning to Code

Self-Compassion is a loaded term and one that can have negative and positive connotations depending on who reads the phrase and their life…

6 min readFeb 23, 2021

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Nerd For Tech

Reflections on Learning: ¼ way Through My Bootcamp Coding Journey

Thinking back on my first day of class…

8 min readFeb 14, 2021

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Rachel McTavish

Rachel McTavish

I am an avid adventurer taking readers on my latest journey in learning to code. Let’s get started from 0 experience to programmer!

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