When I started my coding journey, one of the things that helped me was social media. I know, it sounds crazy, right? You are probably wondering how social media could help me in my journey to becoming a software engineer? Well, the same way it can help me in any…

There are two ways you can write components in React. You can either write a Class or Function component. The major difference between the two is that with the class component is stateful (can have state) and the functional component is not. As React State — W3Schools says, “the state…

During my time at bootcamp, I had a hard time understanding ActiveRecord and associations. I would end up thinking of real live scenarios and then confusing myself with multiple possibilities of what those object relationships could be. …

In the first part of this series we created a simple rails app. Now we will go over what MVC is. If you haven’t run into MVC prior to this blog, let be be the first to tell you what it stands for. Right before I do, let me explain…

There are a lot of different opinions on internet about software engineering bootcamps. Before I started bootcamp I heard people say how great they are and then I also heard the complete opposite. …

Whenever I need to create a new rails app I tend to forget the first few steps on how to get it started. Even the experts forget the basics, which inspired me to create this series called “The Basics”. This basic starter guide is ideal for someone who has some…

It’s your first day of boot camp, you’re so excited and also have no idea what you’ve just signed up for. But don’t worry, I can give you a few tips to make this process a lot easier. First and foremost, right before you start bootcamp get yourself accustomed to…