Published in Nerd For Tech·Dec 31, 2021What are Ruby Lambda functions?Introduction to Lambda’s and their first class status — If you searched for AWS Lambda functions, then you’re in the wrong place. Ruby Lambda functions are their own thing and even though they aren’t as flashy or well know as AWS Lambda’s I’d argue they’re equally important to understand as a Ruby developer. …Ruby4 min read
Published in Nerd For Tech·Nov 10, 2021cattr_accessor vs class_attribute in RailsA few weeks ago I stumbled across some code that used some rails “magic” I had never seen before. The code used something called a cattr_accessor . I wasn’t sure what it was or how it worked but knew I wanted to learn more. Turns out a cattr_accessor is really…Ruby4 min read
Published in JavaScript in Plain English·Aug 13, 2021Should You Load Scripts with Async or Defer?A crash course to loading JavaScript scripts in the browser — Anyone that has any web development experience knows the foundation of interactive websites is in JavaScript. We get access to our external JavaScript files by placing script tags in our HTML files that the browser then loads and executes when parsing the HTML. What some people may not know is…Java Script4 min read
Published in JavaScript in Plain English·Aug 9, 2021Getting Started with JestI recently wrote a blog post about how I’ve been learning to test my backend with RSpec. Well I wanted to continue learning and move my new found testing skills to the front end. There are a lot of test runners out there for the frontend but the one that…Jest4 min read
Published in JavaScript in Plain English·Jul 30, 2021Refactor React ImportsI’ve recently started going back and reviewing some of the first projects I created to practice my refactoring skills. And let me tell you, it’s not pretty. In fact, it’s overwhelming how much needs to be done, but it’s also interesting to reflect on how far I’ve come. For my…Java Script3 min read
Published in Nerd For Tech·Jul 26, 2021RSpec: Using Subject to Test ModelsI’ve been working on a new project the past few weeks and decided to learn how to use RSpec and write tests for my Rails backend. Turns out it is a lot easier than I thought, especially after I learned about RSpec’s Subject. The first tests I wrote centered around…Rspec3 min read
Published in Nerd For Tech·Jul 15, 2021Link Previews: OG Meta TagsI recently put together a small portfolio site as part of my job search. After finishing I was really excited to share it on LinkedIn and get all those cool interactions. So I dropped my url in a post on LinkedIn and this is what I saw.Open Graph5 min read
Published in Nerd For Tech·Jul 7, 2021Send Emails Direct from JavaScriptUPDATE 6.30.22 Don’t forget to test things! Spent some time working on my portfolio site to refresh some of my react skills and wound up stumbling into a weird problem. When I tried sending an email using the EmailJS service I set up below I got the following error: Gmail_API: Invalid grant…Email4 min read
Published in Nerd For Tech·Jul 2, 2021Custom Error Handling in JavaScriptWriting code that works under normal operating conditions is a good skill to have. Writing code that works even when something goes wrong is even better. In code, there are a lot of different ways things can go wrong. For example, when something is wrong with the code itself, maybe…Error Handling4 min read
Published in Nerd For Tech·Jun 25, 2021Using JavaScripts bind, call and applyPart 3 in a mini-series on introductory interview topics for JavaScript. My last post, JavaScript: this and Arrow Functions, explored how arrow functions use their lexical scope to determine the value of this. …Bind4 min read
