A step-by-step guide to creating a full-stack web application using a Rails backend and React frontend. Part 1: Planning & setting up Github repositories Planning Once you have determined your app idea you must begin to plan for the instruments you will use to complete your MVP: User Stories: What features…

Components A React application usually consists of several dynamic React components combined together, where each component has a separation of concerns & child components are nested within parent components. We Declare a new class that extends React’s Component class, which provides us with built in methods & attributes. class <ComponentName> extends…

Models: The logic of a web application where data is accessed & manipulated via a database Views: The frontend, user-facing part of a web application — this is the only part of the app that the user interacts with directly. Consist of HTML, CSS & Javascript Controllers: The middle man…

If you are a programming newbie you have probably had the overwhelming encounter with the beast that is git. I myself have had to tackle this beast & I have come out on the other side with a few simple steps to help you manoeuvre GitHub collaboration confidently. Topics…

Having jumped full force into classes in Ruby, I was surprised at the huge advancement in my programming skills that 2 weeks of non-stop coding delivered. Did I think I had the ability to create a CLI app from scratch? No. Read on to find out how I tackled imposter…