Recently, I had the opportunity to build two new WordPress sites for my current employer, Center Centre, using the latest content editing process: Gutenberg Blocks. What are Gutenberg Blocks? Well, I'm glad you asked. According to ChatGPT, Gutenberg Blocks are: "...individual content elements in the WordPress Gutenberg editor. They include various elements like text, images,... Continue Reading →
This week at my Web Dev Fellowship at Center Centre - UIE, I was given a task that tested my skills as a PHP developer. The Goal The ad banner at the bottom of a specific article needs to be different than the ad banner on all other articles. Dr. Leslie Jensen-Inman's "Yes. And..." article... Continue Reading →
As a teacher, I often had to track student behavior for a variety of reasons. Most of the tracking was logged on paper and, occasionally, an Excel spreadsheet. I hated these antiquated methods because they usually involved carrying a clipboard or laptop from lesson to lesson or room to room. I wished there was an... Continue Reading →
It has been a busy few weeks at my house with Thanksgiving and traveling to Virginia to be with family. I haven't posted in a while and a lot has been happening in my coding journey. Before Thanksgiving Break, I did a quick TypeScript course on Codecademy, which helped me better understand how TypeScript complies... Continue Reading →
After many months and many long days, my capstone for the MITxPro Coding Bootcamp is finally finished! I used my frontend Bad Bank website and added a backend and database to it. Specifically, I created the backend using ExpressJS and NodeJS, and incorporated a MongoDB database. I deployed my frontend and backend on Heroku and... Continue Reading →
This week, MITxPro introduced us to serverless services with Firebase. This platform was developed by Google and provides developers the ability to create mobile and web applications with services. It gives developers tools that they often would have to build themselves like fire storage, databases, authentication, and many more. For example, in today's challenge, I... Continue Reading →
## What It Is This is a Codecademy project in which I used React, Bootstrap, and a couple of APIs to create an app that provides the user with math facts, trivia, and practice. The purpose of the project was to utilize APIs and provide the user with 'messages'. ## How It Works When the... Continue Reading →
I am currently working on a Bad Bank Front End Application for the MITxPro coding bootcamp. I built it using Create-React-App and Reactstrap. This project is the second portfolio project for this bootcamp and will be the basis for our capstone project at the end of the cohort. Building this app has been challenging, but... Continue Reading →
This week we are focusing on React and simple components. We were tasked with creating a ATM machine app. The user is able to deposit money or take out a "cash" withdrawal. The app keeps track of the account balance and utilizes a drop-down menu that allows the user to choose "Deposit" or "Cash Back."... Continue Reading →
Hi, Friends! It's been a while. I spent a few weeks traveling with the family and had a Break Week from MITxPro. I continued to work on my Full Stack Codecademy Path during the break, but I didn't add any new projects to my GitHub since my portfolio. We are currently learning React in both... Continue Reading →
