In this blog, we will be going through a key concept in computer science. Yes, you’ve guessed it — recursion! What is recursion? 🤔 Recursion helps us solve intricate problems in a more simple way. The basis of recursion is a function calling itself. Take a look at this function below for an example: …

The React Team revealed new features that would be coming to React in React 18 and in this blog, we will explore these features and how they can help you in the near future! Strict Mode 🧑🏽‍🏫 Strict Mode has a few additions such as a new behaviour called “strict effects”. This allows…

When creating web pages, I always work on the navbar first. This is to make sure that I can deal with any potential routes and design the page from top to bottom. In this blog, I’ll be going through a neat way you can have a more modern NavBar design…

JavaScript classes are a type of function that are declared using the Class keyword. Classes can have instances, which is the ability to create copies of itself and each class can contain unique properties, often set when the instance is created. Though we can use the new function to create…

In this blog, we will be looking at how to implement a carousel slider in React. I recreated a website for a tech start-up that provides its products for many enterprise businesses and proudly displays those brand logos on its website. When recreating the site, I decided to display the…

My final project at Flatiron involved working with React and Redux on the front end. At first glance, Redux seemed to be confusing but I got to grips with it quite quick and what a great tool it is! What is Redux? 🤔 When building a large React application, state can become more spread…

In this blog, I will be breaking down how we identify which category an algorithm is placed, under Big O Notation. If you aren’t familiar with the Big O then you can read one of my previous blogs here, that explains each category of Big O. We know that Big…

In your coding journey, you will come across the term — Greedy Algorithms. Sounds strange right? In this blog, we will be diving into what they are and where you will find yourself using them. What makes an algorithm greedy? 🤔 Firstly, we will define this term and break it down further to get a better…

If you’re haven’t come across the Big O during your programming journey, you surely will at some point. When I first stumbled upon it, I was completely dumbfounded! However, reading more into it and working with examples, it was a major face palm moment. In this blog, I’ll be discussing…