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Mar 12, 2021

Refresher Time: Javascript

crash course on the fundamentals — Javascript is a programming language allows you to implement complex features on a webpage. Think of a car for instance. You have the make, parts and colors of the car (HTML & CSS) but what good is it if the car doesn’t have any cool functionality. …

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Mar 11, 2021

Refresher Time: CSS & HTML

crash course on the building blocks of the web — HTML: HyperText Markup Language HTML is the content of our websites. It’s not a programming language but a markup language: a description of how a document is structured whereas a programming language like Javascript describes what something does. (I will not be covering JS since the scope is too wide for one blog!) …

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Mar 8, 2021

Diving into Selenium

Selenium — A free (open source) automated testing suite for web applications across different browsers & platforms. It consists of a set of software tools that facilitate testing. Selenium can be coded in multiple programming languages & it supports any operating system. What are some reasons why a programmer would…

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Jan 12, 2021

How to approach an algorithm

Udemy Course: JS Algorithms & Data Structures Masterclass — So what exactly is an algorithm? It’s a series of step by step instructions that are followed to solve a problem. I came to find out that there are different types of algorithm problems since different types of problems require different types of algorithmic-techniques to be solved in the most optimized manner. …

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Nov 12, 2020

Intro to Bootstrap Grid

keeping it simple & explaining it like you’re 5. — Bootstrap’s grid system uses a series of containers, rows, and columns to layout and align content. It allows up to 12 columns across the page. Here is an example of a simple grid using Bootstrap: <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col"> </div> </div> </div> Let’s break down what’s happening above: …

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Oct 22, 2020

intro to localStorage Javascript

localStorage: maintains a separate storage and it persists even when the browser is closed and reopened. Stores data with no expiration date Gets cleared until overwritten, removed with removeItem, or if the user clears their local data no need for a web server or backend database stores up to 5–10MB…

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Oct 1, 2020

Basics of Whiteboarding

What is whiteboarding? — Back when I used to work in recruiting, our team would review the candidate’s resume and undergo a brief screening but it was mostly during the technical interview where our software engineers decided whether to place the candidate on their team or not. That technical interview consisted of reviewing the…

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