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From Ballet to Booleans

Why I chose to study software engineering — “You’re doing WHAT, now?” After concluding my career as a professional ballerina earlier this year, I traded in my pointe shoes for a keyboard and embarked on my next chapter. To the surprise of my former colleagues, I am now on the path to becoming a software engineer. …

Ballet

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From Ballet to Booleans
From Ballet to Booleans
Ballet

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Level Up Coding

·Mar 26, 2021

How to Prepare for and Succeed at a Coding Bootcamp

Hi there, my name is Rebecca Hickson. I’m a software engineer and a 2021 Flatiron graduate. If you’re about to start a coding bootcamp or are wondering whether that’s the right path for you, I hope you find these takeaways from my own experience helpful. Coding bootcamps are a great…

Coding Bootcamp Students

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How to Prepare for and Succeed at a Coding Bootcamp
How to Prepare for and Succeed at a Coding Bootcamp
Coding Bootcamp Students

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Level Up Coding

·Mar 20, 2021

Handling Nested Attributes with a Has Many Through Association with Rails API

Although it can be easy to get lost while exploring deeply nested objects, sometimes they’re the best route to take. Based on my own (often frustrating) experience with them, I’ve put together a map to get you on the right track. …

Nested Attributes

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Handling Nested Attributes with a Has Many Through Association with Rails API
Handling Nested Attributes with a Has Many Through Association with Rails API
Nested Attributes

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Level Up Coding

·Feb 21, 2021

Controlling User Input with JavaScript

As humans, we love the idea of unlimited choices, but we often don’t love the reality of it. If you’ve ever spent a frustrating evening playing “Where do you want to go for dinner?” (to which the only answer is “I don’t know, where do you want to go for…

JavaScript

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Controlling User Input with JavaScript
Controlling User Input with JavaScript
JavaScript

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Level Up Coding

·Jan 23, 2021

Rails Image Uploading 101

Imagine the internet without any graphics. You can’t go on Facebook to see your 2nd cousin’s best friend’s new baby, you can’t scroll through Instagram for the 46th time today, and memes? never heard of them! Images are integral to our enjoyment of websites and applications, so if you are…

Activesupport

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Rails Image Upload 101
Rails Image Upload 101
Activesupport

6 min read


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Better Programming

·Dec 11, 2020

Keeping Your HTML Forms in Top Form

Spice up your forms — Imagine using the internet today without signing into a single website — that means no social media, no email, and no online banking. Almost everything a user does on the internet now requires creating an account and interacting with a form, making them one of the most important elements of…

Programming

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Keeping Your HTML Forms in Top Form
Keeping Your HTML Forms in Top Form
Programming

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The Startup

·Nov 14, 2020

Removing Characters From a String

The best way to remove characters from a string with Ruby — Sometimes in life, you’ve got to take what you can get. This is certainly true when it comes to dealing with APIs — particularly if you are like me and many other fledgling developers who chose to use a freely available API for one of your first projects. I leveraged…

Ruby

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Removing Characters From a String
Removing Characters From a String
Ruby

4 min read

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