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Alicia Santiago
Alicia Santiago

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Oct 29, 2019

A React-Redux Trivia App

Goal: Use React-Redux to create a single-page trivia application. Building my trivia app was a long but rewarding process. I was tasked with creating two apps, essentially: a Rails API backend to handle data persistence and a React-Redux frontend. To me, it made the most sense to begin with the…

React

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A React-Redux Trivia App
A React-Redux Trivia App
React

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Jun 16, 2019

Updating a Rails App with JavaScript

User Experience will make or break a website (and the company behind it). Page taking too long to load? On to the next. Site too difficult to navigate? There goes your revenue. I am just wading into JavaScript, but I can already see its immense power and possibilities. For example…

Java Script

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Updating a Rails App with JavaScript
Updating a Rails App with JavaScript
Java Script

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·May 19, 2019

Using the Devise Gem to Handle Authentication in a Rails App

One of the most important features of any app is authentication. In its simplest form, you want your user to be able to sign up, log in, and log out securely. You could rely on Rails’ built in method has_secure_password to provide that functionality, but then you’re required to add…

Ruby On Rails

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Using the Devise Gem to Handle Authentication in a Rails App
Using the Devise Gem to Handle Authentication in a Rails App
Ruby On Rails

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Apr 14, 2019

Creating a CRUD, MVC App Using Sinatra: My Three Biggest Takeaways

To say this was a grueling undertaking would be an understatement. At times my RESTful routes had me feeling like I was in a maze with no maps, despite four controllers full of them. …

Ruby

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Creating a CRUD, MVC App Using Sinatra: My Three Biggest Takeaways
Creating a CRUD, MVC App Using Sinatra: My Three Biggest Takeaways
Ruby

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Mar 16, 2019

Brewing My First Ruby CLI Gem

A short guide to how I built and published a Ruby CLI Gem using Bundler and RubyGems.org Like the beginning of any project, staring at a blank slate was by far the scariest part. First, I had to decide what I wanted my gem to be able to do, so…

Ruby

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Brewing My First Ruby CLI Gem
Brewing My First Ruby CLI Gem
Ruby

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