Mar 1Six MonthsHello friend. It’s been a while hasn’t it? The last couple of months have been interesting with everything that’s going on in the world. I remember starting this journey at the very beginning of the pandemic. I left my first job out of college to pursue a career that fits…Software Development3 min read
Sep 21, 2021Third Week as a Frontend DevIt’s been almost a year since I started blogging about my transition into software engineering and it’s been an awesome journey. I just started my third week at my new job so let’s get after my experience during week 2. So far, it has been a very humbling experience. The…Junior Developer2 min read
Sep 11, 2021First Week at the New JobHello friends, it’s been a while hasn’t it? While I’ve been working on myself, I hope you’ve also been working on your glow up haha! This week, I have a life update for you. I’ve left my previous role as a technical associate for my first software engineering role. Shoutout…Software Engineering3 min read
Aug 5, 2021Geolocation APIOkay, I’m not sure how people build projects while they have a full time job. I’m talking fullstack projects with full CRUD backend services and JWT authentication. How do you find the time after work!? What I’ve been doing is building very small components just to keep fresh on my…Software Development2 min read
Jul 27, 2021The Elephant in the Tech RoomIt’s really no secret that getting into the tech world is a hard task. When I graduated from the coding bootcamp, I thought that I would land a job within 3 months at a great company doing fullstack web development. While that wasn’t the case, I do now have experience…Technology3 min read
Apr 29, 2021Selenium with JavaThese past few day, I’ve been getting familiar with Selenium; a web testing tool that uses scripts to run tests directly inside a browser. During my training, I’ve had some challenges because of connectivity issues to the companies servers or some kind of admin requirement that I don’t have access…Selenium Webdriver3 min read
Mar 24, 2021public String javaBlog(String blog){ return blog}It has marked just over a year since I’ve picked up a keyboard to transition into the magical world of software engineering and it’s been a humbling experience so far. This year, I’ve started a job with a company that uses Java which forces me to learn it. Here is…Java3 min read
Feb 15, 2021Testing with Async JestBefore you read this blog, I highly recommend reading ‘Testing with Jest’ as this is a follow up! These are the last steps before I complete my Task Manager App! In the previous blog, we started testing some example problems for the app but now we need to make sure…Jest5 min read
Feb 8, 2021Testing with JestRecently, I’ve completed working on an API using Node, Express, and MongoDB. Testing would require me to open up Postman to test that my users can login, see their information, upload their photos, and it all just felt very manual. …Software Development3 min read
Feb 2, 2021Mongoose: Sorting, Pagination, and FiltertingOne things that I’ve always thought about as I scroll through my Instagram feed is, how is this information so endless. As I build out my own application, I realized that this isn’t a new feature. It’s been there since the beginning. …Software4 min read