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Feb 13, 2021

What an interesting adventure this has been

The class part of this boot camp is over. All that remains is this blog post, my capstone, the job prep course, and graduation. It’s been a very interesting set of challenges. I hope I have picked up enough along the way to make a real go at this. In…

Austin Coding Academy

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Austin Coding Academy

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Feb 13, 2021

The light at the end of the tunnel is just another, brighter tunnel.

This week marks the end of 411. It’s been an interesting journey to get here. I’ve learned quite a bit along the way and made some new friends. But this truly marks the beginning of a long adventure into something new and uncharted. I finally get going on my capstone…

Austin Coding Academy

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Austin Coding Academy

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Feb 9, 2021

I think I thunk of a good idea

The ‘thunk’ package was introduced this week. Thunk introduces a very useful solution to asynchronous functions for React. Especially since react doesn’t have one. By default, everything in React is synchronous and follows the typical event loop. But by adding Thunk to a project, asynchronous middleware can be called into…

Austin Coding Academy

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Austin Coding Academy

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Feb 9, 2021

State management isn’t just for the government.

Ok. That title is a stretch but it’s not easy to come up with a good pun about state management without making fun of Florida. Redux’s ability to manage a global state and dispatch actions to affect and update them is a pretty useful package for React. The way everything…

Austin Coding Academy

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Austin Coding Academy

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Feb 1, 2021

Is it pronounced route or route? I think it’s the first one.

This week introduced the React Router. And although I’ve worked a little with other routers through APIs this feels like another thing with a familiar feel. The React Router allows for the development of single page dynamic sites. It creates routes that can be linked like different pages and return…

Austin Coding Academy

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Austin Coding Academy

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Jan 27, 2021

Even Carrot Top didn’t have this many props

This week has delved deeper into React and all that goes with it. Through experimentation and classwork, I found a very useful way to pass props. Typically, props are passed down to child elements. But there are ways to pass props and other information back up to parent elements. This…

Austin Coding Academy

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Austin Coding Academy

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Jan 24, 2021

Let’s dig a little deeper

React is growing on me. It’s been a little slow to get there. But now I’m able to see and put together how it create dynamic elements. Although I feel like there is still a long road to being completely comfortable with it. One of the important things I learned…

Austin Coding Academy

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Austin Coding Academy

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Jan 24, 2021

The final frontier… for now.

This week starts the final section of this bootcamp. It’s exciting and scary at the same time. Even though I’m almost done learning what Austin Coding Academy has to teach me, there is still no end the learning that can, and probably will, happen. …

Austin Coding Academy

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Austin Coding Academy

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Jan 10, 2021

HTTP GET out of town!

This week brings about the end of 311 and our short break before 411. It’s been an interesting section. And I’ve learned quite a bit about creating express servers and making use of cloud storage systems. Little by littler, we’re getting closer to the end. …

Austin Coding Academy

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Austin Coding Academy

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Jan 5, 2021

Trying not to over-React

At first glance, I don’t get react. Yet. The little bit we’ve done I’ve just followed along with a tutorial and enter in what I’m supposed to enter. But there is still a lot to understand about what I’m doing. The next section of class will shed more light. But…

Austin Coding Academy

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Austin Coding Academy

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