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 design perspective, it has opened a new series of data to pull and combine for future and current smaller learning projects that will (hopefully) pan…

This week I spent some time doing a “practice” hackathon and puzzling my way through algorithms. Now both of these buzz words were very intimating to me and were therefore a challenge I knew I would have to confront but was dreading it. As always in life, it ended up…

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 learn more and practice. It simply meant I had to keep in mind my strategies for imposter syndrome and a lot of time management. …

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. Sometimes it feels like you’re banging your head against the same wall attempting to program or solve a problem that is different than what you have…

This week, even though every day felt like a Monday… I have been working on creating the habit of writing out a code plan, including pseudo-code prior to tackling a problem. This week it included a series of post-it notes to really play through the game Towers of Hanoi to…

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). I have also been reading more into standards, this time more than just accessibility standards set by W3C. So here’s what I have to show for…

What am I learning or trying to incorporate in my daily coding? I am working on understanding how and when to ask questions with regards to vague prompts. In a professional setting, it will be imperative to ask for clarification because to break down a problem or solution into steps…

Self-Compassion is a loaded term and one that can have negative and positive connotations depending on who reads the phrase and their life experiences and world-view. For me, the phrase “self-compassion” was introduced by someone I dated who was actively helping me to overcome my imposter syndrome as I was…

Thinking back on my first day of class… I thought websites were built by brilliant teams of math geniuses, I mean really… Not exaggerating, this was why it has taken me so long to be less intimidated by even the idea of coding and programming. My brother and father have…