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…

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. …

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…

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…

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…

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…