PinnedValerie FosterinLevel Up CodingGetting Started With Vue.jsDesigning things for the web nowadays requires that sites be interactive and react quickly. There have been many studies done about how…4 min read·Oct 30, 2020----
PinnedValerie FosterinThe StartupScraping with RubyThere will be a number of times when you will want to get data from the internet for a program you are writing. APIs are a great resource…4 min read·Mar 29, 2020----
PinnedValerie FosterinThe StartupIntro to Testing With RailsMany developers will rely on interacting with an app to prove it works the way they want. But this is not the most efficient way to do…5 min read·Aug 29, 2020----
PinnedValerie FosterinThe StartupIntro to JavaScript Testing With MochaWith my last few blog posts, I spent time talking about the importance of testing with software development, and I gave an intro to…4 min read·Sep 25, 2020----
Valerie FosterMy Take on React NativeBy this point, I have learned to make and design websites a few different ways with a few different frameworks. But the thing I don’t have…4 min read·Jan 15, 2021----
Valerie FosterMy Opinion on React vs. VueWhen building applications for the web, considering the front-end and how it will look to the users is becoming more and more important…3 min read·Jan 9, 2021----
Valerie FosterinJavaScript in Plain EnglishRouting in Vue with Vue RouterAs I mentioned in my previous post on Routing in React, a lot of frontend frameworks are single page applications. This means that, since…5 min read·Jan 1, 2021----
Valerie FosterinThe StartupGit Commands I’ve Learned to Use Part 2Last week I talked about some of the basic Git commands that a programmer should know to work on projects on their own. I talked about…5 min read·Dec 25, 2020----
Valerie FosterGit Commands I’ve Learned to UseI got interested in software engineering after taking a few college classes in Computer Science, and I learned more by attending a coding…5 min read·Dec 18, 2020----
Valerie FosterinThe StartupStyling an App With CCS FlexboxThe coding bootcamp I attended taught us full-stack programming, both front-end and back-end. Something I didn’t expect was that, when it…5 min read·Dec 12, 2020----