Tiffany R. White Blog

Blog of Tiffany White. Thoughts on React & web development. My stuff: /uses.

Q1 Goals Update: Some Meh, Mostly Good

Sometimes you just need to listen to your body.

Twitch, YouTube, Egghead, and Zoom: My New Projects and Setup

Something new.

Music Friday's Playlist: Dirty, Grungy, Sweaty Rock

Break out your flannel and ripped jeans, 90s teens.

Some Music I'm Vibing To This Spring

Sometimes you just want to chill before you get money.

Three Ways to Pass Props to Components Outside of Parent/Child Relationships

It's props all the way down.

Open Source and the Role of a Good README

Started from the bottom now...what?

Realizations & Breakthroughs

I have been working on my biggest project for almost 2 1/2 years. Now I'm ready to finish it. Here's what I learned along the way.

Setting Up a New Mac with a Shell Script

The concept of setting up a new Mac with a shell script in the programming community is not a new thing, and I found an article on automation by Kent C Dodds and it got me thinking about doing more of it.

My First Module: Lessons

Taking a script from Joel Hooks, I struggled with making it an npm module. Here are some mistakes and lessons learned.

What is the Difference Between a Function and a Method? Terminology Pt. 1

Functions, methods, passing a value all sound like jargon to new developers but these are key concepts to understand. What do they mean and what is the difference between them?

Bugfix: Spelunking in Someone Else's Code

Getting to know other people's code can be a fun exercise. But what if it is buggy?

End of Year Wrap-up and 2019 Goals

Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans.

Big O Notation

To determine what the the efficiency of some function is, first we have to clarify what we mean by efficient.

MVPs and Iterating Your Way to a Finished Product

I have long struggles with building the projects I set out to build and fill my GitHub with. This is due to a crippling penchant for perfectionism at all costs. This is dangerous for your mental health, productivity, and prospective employers.

My iTerm2 Setup

iTerm2 is an terminal emulator for macOS. It has a lot of features that don't come with the standard macOS terminal. Some people prefer the plain bash terminal, but I am not one of them, as aren't many other folks.

My VSCode Setup

Posts on editor setups are extremely popular. Here is mine.

Keeping Your Code Simple

One of the biggest lessons I am trying to learn as a mid-level dev is *keeping my code simple*.

What Are Components and Props?

In order to understand how React renders the UI, we need to understand two crucial elements to a React application *components* and *props*. Each of these elements allow you to reuse pieces of your application and think about each piece in isolation of the others.

Building a JavaScript CLI Tool

Using open source libraries to construct your own JavaScript CLI tool is a fun way to get familiar with a concept.

What Is React Reconciliation?

In order for React to be as fast as it is, it only needs to update the parts of the DOM that need it.

How to Bind this in React Without a Constructor

this in React is a reference to the current component.

Destructuring Objects in ES6

Destructuring is a way to extract values from nested arrays and objects.

The Last of the Journey

This post will the last of its kind.

2017 Wrap-up and 2018 Goals

Wrapping up a year is never one wants to do. At least I don't.

JavaScript Template Literals

In JavaScript, there wasn’t anything like string interpolation until ES6. Now, we have JavaScript Template Literals or Template Strings.

Use Cases for the Spread Operator

One of the coolest features of ES6 is the Spread Operator.

Things I Am Cooking Up

I am thinking of starting another podcast.

First Feature and Pull Request

I created my first PR. I can’t tell you how long I’ve waited to make a PR on a project I believed in. I got that chance and it went well.

The Simplicity of Ruby

When I first started this blog, I was learning Ruby and I loved it.

I Am Now Doing This Thing For Real

I have accepted an offer to join The Practical Dev as an apprentice software developer.

Update: Lots of Things Happening

I thought I’d post a short update about why I haven’t been blogging as much.

Finishing YelpCamp and Lessons Learned

So I have finished The Web Developer Bootcamp and the final project, YelpCamp, a full-stack Yelp clone built with Node, Express, Mongo, Mongoose, Passport.js, and Bootstrap.

My First Interview, A Love Story

Okay, so not really a love story, but a good one nevertheless.

ES6 Modules

ES6 modules allows us to have reusable code, in separate files. We do this to eliminate initially massive js files, like app.js in a Node and Express project. Modules allow us to spread code over relevant files.

Productivity for Devs

While perusing The Practical Dev for new posts, I came across a post that intrigued me; Instant +100% command line productivity boost. Productivity for devs is something I’ve been meaning to write about. Now I have the impetus to do so.

Open Source Goals and the Year in Review

I was doing a little GitHub dumpster diving, scrolling through who I was following. Found a guy who I really wanted to keep an eye on who hadn’t posted in a while. I went through his repos and found a personal goals repo. It was a fork. I went directly to the source and found it was Una Kravets repo.

Map, Another Higher Order Function

Map is another higher order function that goes through an array and doesn’t discard it but instead transforms/mutates it. Here, I’d like to get an array of all the names of the animals.

Functional Programming in JavaScript? Yes Please.

One of the hot topics right now in the web development world is functional programming in the language of the web, JavaScript.

Mission DRY Accomplished

When working with multiple levels of conditionals, it helps to DRY things up a bit: not repeating yourself can give performance gains as well as make your code more readable and elegant.

DRY Code and Using IIFEs to Clean Up Code

Keep it DRY: Don’t Repeat Yourself As you may have seen in my last post, I have some *ridiculous* conditional statement blocks going on to show/hide the Skycons and for switching up the background photos based on your current weather conditions.

Background Image Hacks in CSS

Yesterday I found myself in a situation where the background image in my freeCodeCamp Weather App on mobile was cut off at the bottom. Needed some background image hacks in css to fix it.

Working With Chrome DevTools

After working with web dev technologies for the past two years, I am finally beginning to understand the virtues of developer tools, specifically Chrome DevTools

Tech Ladies and The Job Search

Gauging My Progress

Exploring Algorithms

JavaScript Resources for Learning

JavaScript vs Java Pass by Value and Reference

Objects and JSON

The Danger of Type Coercion in JavaScript

Working With Arrays, Part 1

Working With Arrays Part 2

The Execution Stack and Scope

The Web Developer Bootcamp

So I am still working on Check Yo Self, but, like I do, I jumped into another tutorial where you build stuff. I am so stuck on and afraid of the logic of Check Yo Self that I decided that I needed to shore up some knowledge of basic JavaScript so I bought, and have started working on The Web Developer Bootcamp by Colt Steele.

Event Handlers in Check Yo Self

Check Yo Self Update & Eliminating Dev Dependencies

I worked like a fiend over the weekend on Check Yo Self, reading documentation, implementing features, and taking sone away. Going over the write-good issues on GitHub to see how if it could parse extra characters.

Open Source and GitHub Stars

Making The Tedious Easy With MDL Templates

CRUD and My New App, Check Yo Self

Hacking on a Project and Getting Out of the Tutorial Loop

Concise, Modular JavaScript

OSS and Back to Basics

Hacking with Java Algorithms

Exploring Algorithms

Algorithms are simple; they are a set of instructions broken down into simple steps in order to complete a larger task.

On My First 100% on a Java Program

From Web Development to Software Engineering

Breaking Things

First Day of the Spring Semester 2017

Working on the Free Code Camp Weather App

Two Years of Code Newbie in Pittsburgh

UX Testing Results for The Lens Cap Mock E-Commerce Site

Search cues are important markers for effective UX.

Back into the Java Virtual Machine

100 Days of Code, Day 11

CSS Animations, Part 2

Let and Const for Block Scope

100 Days of Code Day 9

100 Days of Code Day 8

100 Days of Code Day 5

100 Days of Code Days 3 and 4

100 Days of Code Log, Day 2

CSS Animations, Part 1

Working on the E-commerce Site for Class

Understanding Hoisting in JavaScript

First Week of Class, Pitt 2016

Recruiting News

Function vs. Block Level Scoping with let and const

ES6 and Lambdas

Plan for Success

Leveling Up as a Programmer

Random Quote Generator Finale

Knowing Your Limits

Resolved to Be Better

Random Quote Generator Woes

FCC Random Quote Generator

Algorithm Solutions

Completing Algorithms

Algorithms…Again

Contacts App Update

Objects and JSON

Back to Pitt

Thinking Like a Programmer

Finishing OOP JavaScript at Treehouse

Digging Into OOP JavaScript

Restructured Learning: Trying Harder

Using Trello to Track Learning

Crawling Before You Walk

Hey Everybody! Let’s Shit on JS!

Expanding and Diving Into Small Apps

Free Code Camp Portfolio: Unlocked

FCC Front-End Programming Project

New Years Goals Follow-up

Completed The First Front-End Project

Front-End Programming Project on Free Code Camp

The Danger of Type Coercion in JavaScript

Resuming Lessons at Free Code Camp

College vs Self-Learning

Primitive Data Types in Java

Variables in Java need to be declared before they can be used in Java because it is a *statically-typed* language. Because of this, you need to state the type of variable you are declaring.

Preparing for Free Code Camp Bonfires

Array Methods in JavaScript

Confidence Through Self-Talk

Thrown Into the Fire, or, The Blank IDE in CS 0401

Rainbow Explosion Hangman App

Upping My Game with Books On Algorithms

New Semester Excitement

New Years To-dos: Every Day is a New Day

Working With Arrays Part 2

You use an array to store data. You can initialize an empty array and then store data in it as well. But that is beyond the scope of this post. There are 4 types of arrays in JavaScript...

First Semester at Pitt. Not What I Wanted to End Up With

Thoughts on My First Computer Science Class and Great News

Working With Arrays, Part 1

This will be a series on working with arrays.

Bonfire Tears (Free Code Camp Edition)

Iterating Over an Array in Java and JavaScript

Free Code Camp Bonfires

New Routine or Do You Have the Hustle?

Getting Better at Being Productive with a Script from Marco Arment

Regaining My Footing as a Java Student

The Execution Stack and Scope

Scope for Beginners

Technical Posts?

have neglected this site, blog page for **forever**. The reason was because I was getting a bit tired of forcing things to GitHub everytime I wanted to *do* something.

Day 10: AJAX

Should You Be Copying That Code?

Day 9: Finishing Intermediate JavaScript on Treehouse Plus: New Contributor

NaNoWriMo? How About NaCoWriMo?

First Java Challenge and Getting to Know Variable Scope

Fifth Week of Class and Makin' Text Files

First Java Program and My Side Project

Moving Right Along in CS 0007, Intro to Programming in Java

Outdated Java Tech at Uni

First Week of Pitt, Learning Java, and My New Podcast Site

Starting the University of Pittsburgh

Day 7: Drawing App

Day 8: HTML Tables and The DOM

Day 6: Password Forms & Tooltips

This Developer’s Journey ep. 14

Day 5: Mobile Dropdown Menu

Day 4: Lightbox

Day 2: Rehashing jQuery Basics

Day 3: Event Handlers and Animations

Day 1- Java with Multiple Strings, Formatters, and Conditionals

New Post Idea- Daily, Bi-Daily Updates

This Developer's Journey ep.13

Treehouse is Some Kind of Special

FCC to Treehouse

This Developer's Journey ep.12

I Was Running on Heroku with my Woes

In a Rut..

This Developer’s Journey ep.11

Moving on Up While Feeling Stupid

I Need to Do Better

Yeoman and JavaScript, etc

This Developer's Journey ep.10

JavaScript, JavaScript, JavaScript

This Developer's Journey ep.9

Killing This Code... LIKE A BOSS

This Developer's Journey ep.8

Back and Forth I Go... All the Pretty Languages!

Kanban and My Love of Trello for Project Management

This Developer's Journey ep. 7

Making Good Habits, or Coding Regularly

This Developer's Journey ep. 6, An Interview with Mark Pearyer

Free Code Camp ROCKS

This Developer's Journey, ep. 5 PLUS I AM BUILD!

I Am Now a Pitt Panther

This Developer's Journey ep. 4

Off-Topic: Nerves, College Admissions, and More Nerves

Podcast! MCJep3

Opening Files in Python

Episode 3 Is Live-- With Some Oddness

Well, this episode is a tad off...

Argument Variables and ValueErrors in Python

Going through Python and Ruby with Zed Shaw

Python, Python, and More Python-- ep.2 Is Live

Finding ONE (Well, TWO) Tutorial Sites and Sticking to Them

Pitt and Computer Science

First Episode Is Live!

CSS and Stack Overflow

Responsive Grid System

Alice First Look

Alice