The simplest of all stacks? Introduction After first learning React, I wanted to learn another in-demand framework to add to my resume, and after watching the JavaScript World Conference, I decided I would learn Svelte. After working with it for about a week, I must say that it is truly…

Solution to LeetCode Problem 538 Background I recently interviewed for a junior developer position and wanted to share the solution to one of the interview problems I had. The problem is called Convert BST to Greater Tree, and it happens to be on LeetCode. Intro The basis of the problem…

Coding a generator can be a lot of work. There are a ton of factors that you need to consider. Here’s how I did it using vanilla JavaScript. What is Sudoku? Before I begin explaining how to generate unique Sudoku puzzles, it is important to review the rules of Sudoku. Sudoku is played…

The problem I solve in my project implements similar functionality like a shopping cart. Background While creating a React app for my final project at Flatiron, I ran into a problem where I needed to be able to associate aspects of my app with different users, but did not need to…

An overview of JavaScript Classes, this keyword, and explicit function binding Background After first learning Ruby in Flatiron’s Software Engineering Bootcamp, JavaScript was at times a bit difficult to understand. When working with Ruby, and it’s popular framework Ruby on Rails, you write code that is encapsulated almost exclusively in…

Improve user experience by beautifying your checkboxes Background Default checkboxes in forms can be monotonous, which is fine when you’re signing away your rights, or claiming to have read through terms and agreements, but not when you need users to constantly interact with a form. Take Snapchat for example. When…

Three things to know before starting a project with Sinatra. Background Sinatra is a Ruby web application framework. It is more lightweight than other web frameworks, and is often used without the standard Model-View-Controller(MVC) pattern you would find in a Ruby on Rails application. However, if you were to…

An introduction to algorithms with a common interview problem Introduction Perhaps you are familiar with the 3Sum problem or a derivative of it. The problem is as follows: Given an array of n integers, find elements a, b, and c such that a + b + c = 0. Return…

Growing up in a small suburb of New Haven, CT, I had little exposure to the world of coding. We all did. California and its tech revolution — a land of entrepreneurial opportunity, kaleidoscopic documents, data tabulations, bean bag chairs, tremendous glass windows covered with dry-erase computations, and red bricks…