Instant messaging is one of the most important functionalities we use everyday. With only JavaScript and the help of socket.io, learn how to build a simple chat web application with me! Table of Contents Introduction Steps 2a. Server Bonus! CORS 2b. Client Bonus! Utilizing UserId Conclusion Want more? Other resources to check out! Introduction 🧑‍🍳 …

Using Namecheap and Netlify, this is a step by step walkthrough of setting up two domains for your website. — Table of Contents Introduction Let’s do this! 2a. General Steps 2b. Troubleshooting Conclusion Want more? Check out these other resources! Introduction 👋 Not often will you need more than one domain for a website. In my case, I decided to change the domain for my portfolio a few months after I started using my original…

What is a package manager and which one should you use? — Table of Contents What is a package manager? NPM vs Yarn 2a. Similarities and Differences Conclusion Want more? Other resources to check out! What is a package manager? 📭 An important web development tool is a package manager, which helps you manage your project’s dependencies. To be more specific, they provide you with methods to seamlessly install, uninstall, and…

Early in your web development learning and interested in client-side rendering and server-side rendering? Look no further! We’ll even take a look at static rendering and compare all of them 😉 — Table of Contents Introduction Quick Review 2a. Bonus! Client, server, frontend, backend, oh my! Client-Side Rendering vs Server-Side Rendering Bonus! Static Rendering/Generator Conclusion & Takeaways Want more? Check out these other resources!

After hours of working on a take home assignment for a company, these are 4 things you can do to stand out before you submit. — Table of Contents Introduction Checklist 2a. Navigating & Reading 2b. README 2c. Comments 2d. Refactoring Conclusion Want more? Other resources to check out! Introduction The interview process to break into tech is… hard and complicated to say the least. …

Graduating from bootcamp isn’t the end, it’s only the beginning. — Table of Contents Preface Introduction Post-Bootcamp 3a. Networking 3b. Continuing technical knowledge/skills 3c. Writing a README and doing a video demo for projects Job Searching 4a. Focus on what you want from a role/company 4b. Know your value Interviewing 5a. Asking questions 5b. Believe in yourself Conclusion Want more? …

Dedicated to anyone who struggles with or needs a refresher on asynchronous JavaScript, Promises, and the different ways to consume them with Promise chaining vs. async/await and try/catch (…🙋) — Table of Contents Introduction Asynchronous JavaScript What is a Promise? Promise Lifecycle Consuming Promises 5a. Promise Chaining with .then, .catch, and .finally 5b. async/await 5c. try/catch 5d. Bonus! Manually Handling Errors

Interested in testing but don’t know where to start? Let’s start by understanding tests and then take a closer look at unit testing with Jest. — Table of Contents Introduction Quick Review 2a. Bonus! What’s a test case vs test suite? Pros and Cons of Testing Getting Started 4a. Bonus! Debugging Jest Tests Practice with me Conclusion Want more? Other resources to check out! Introduction 🥼 Once you have some practice and a basic understanding of a programming language and/or framework…

Did you know that there are methods you can use on both JavaScript strings and arrays? Let’s take a look at these methods and see the similarities and differences between them! — Introduction While it’s impossible to know every single method in JavaScript, it’s also nice to know that there are some methods that can be used on more than one data type. Specifically for strings and arrays, these methods are concat, indexOf, and slice. In this article, we will understand what each…