very opinionated thoughts on the web, by tiff

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Working on the Free Code Camp Weather App

I am working on the Free Code Camp weather app quite consistently. Understanding the difference between $getJSON() and $ajax() to parse the JSON response from your chosen weather API is key. You can technically use $getJSON but the $ajax API call syntax is much easier to understand, though is more

100 Days of Code, Day 12:

11 December 2016 Today’s Progress:I worked on the Free Code Camp weather app for a couple hours today. I am sifting through the Dark Sky API, Skycons, and Stack Overflow. It isn’t as hard as I am making it. I should have it done within the week.

Random Quote Generator Finale

So I am finally finished with the Free Code Camp Random Quote Generator. I can breathe a sigh of relief until next project. I finished it at 1 am yesterday morning. I wasn’t going to sleep until it was finished and I didn’t. I tweaked it well into

Knowing Your Limits

I had to give up on my Random Quote Generator design. It was far too difficult for my skill level. I didn’t want to admit this. I still want to build it. I still think I can, and maybe I can, but not right now. Hubris maybe a factor

Random Quote Generator Woes

I spent a lot of time looking over Chris Coyer’s magical looking Quotes on Design website. I’ve also spent a lot of time looking at its structure in Chrome Dev Tools. I’ve played around with it and I am sort of stuck. I even went back into

FCC Random Quote Generator

I finished the algorithm scripting at Free Code Camp on June 19th and started the Random Quote Generator on the 20th. I have been working diligently for a few days on it. Usually we are instructed to use the Bootstrap CSS framework. When I went searching for an API I

Free Code Camp Portfolio: Unlocked

So I started the portfolio project on March 10th and finished it today. I had help from the Gitter chat but not as much as last time. I took the example code and re-engineered it to fit what I wanted to do. I added an unordered list, a cover photo,