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learning

A collection of 8 issues

Flexing My CSS Muscles by Adding A Bit of Panache

A case study on a trial by fire primer on CSS. Photo by Caspar Camille Rubin on Unsplash{% notice warning %} Well, this was a ride. But I came out on the other end. The following is a case study of my journey adding low highlights to headings and links to

CodePen for Quick and Dirty Prototypes for Learning CSS

You can do a lot on CodePen. Photo by Stanley Dai on Unsplash{% notice info %} I am going to be doing some blogging about my projects and what I am learning along the way. I said back in 2018 that I was switching things up, but as someone searching for

Course Duck for Learning JavaScript

CourseDuck reached out to me about their product. I am not reviewing it, just letting you know it exists.If you’re looking for yet, moar JavaScript content to level-up with, check out CourseDuck’s JavaScript courses. If you find something interesting, let me know.

Understanding Hoisting in JavaScript

With all this talk about ES6 and block scoping with let and const, I thought it would be a good idea to talk about hoisting in JavaScript. This won’t be a thorough exposition. You can find a great deal of information on GitHub. What I want to do is

Avoid JavaScript Fatigue: Make a Learning Map

There are a lot of tools at our disposal as web developers. JavaScript has been in the tech news recently, with developers complaining of “JavaScript fatigue”— with frameworks and libraries coming out everyday it seems, who can blame them? How do you avoid the never-ending rabbit hole of jumping from

New Routine or Do You Have the Hustle?

I don’t have enough time in the day. I don’t know anyone past the age of 25 who does. I am constantly lamenting about how I’d like to do all these things, fit all of these new learning ambitions, building apps and sites, while going to school,

New Post Idea: Daily, Bi-Daily Updates

If you aren’t reading my fellow Code Newbie Nick Queen’s blog you should. It’s great. Besides being great, the format has given me an idea. So I am thinking of stepping up my blogging game. I blog enough, sure, but as you can see, Nick posts everyday

FCC to Treehouse

Free Code Camp to TreehouseTreehouse is a GodsendLet me say first: I love Free Code Camp; I love what Quincy Larson is doing for busy people to learn how to code at their pace, on their time without needing to go to college to get a job. I love the