These posts document my journey from graphic designer to full stack designer + developer. Many Ruby on Rails posts were written during my time at Actualize Coding Bootcamp.
Learn the essential Ruby concepts that tripped me up (and then clicked) during coding bootcamp! This beginner-friendly post covers interpolation, conditional logic, nesting, and string concatenation—with clear examples and real explanations that helped me understand how Ruby actually works.
Wondering how Ruby loops really work? This beginner-friendly post covers loop blocks, infinite loops, and how to stop them with break. Clear examples and pro tips from my Bootcamp notes!
New to Ruby? This beginner-friendly guide answers five common questions I had during coding Bootcamp—including how break works in loops, what == really means, how to name variables, and the difference between puts, print, and p. Clear explanations, helpful examples, and links to more in-depth learning.
One of the many Ruby notes I wrote during my coding Bootcamp! This quick explainer covers comparison and logic operators—symbols like == and &&—and how they help Ruby make decisions.
This post references a simple javascript snippet that loops through your site's links and makes external links open in a new tab.
Tips and how-to for creating a full-functioning GoDaddy forwarding solution.
This post demonstrates three ways to change the template of your WordPress blog post to display the last modified date instead of the original published date.
I'm building my 2nd Statamic V3 website using the Peak Starter Kit. This is where I capture tips I'm learning along the way. The developer of Peak and the Discord channel members are very responsive!
Whether you're learning or teaching CSS or Javascript, there are many fun, free, browser-based games to practice and perfect your skills.
This post discusses why, as a graphic designer and web designer, I signed up for a coding bootcamp and how it's helped me professionally.