The resume building process

Blog Post #1

The more projects I work on, the more interesting they become. I first started off with a calculator using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS only. That process was fun and simple, but lead me to work with ReactJS. I learned very quickly that watching tutorials was not my favorite way to learn. Reading documentation for the React library along with step-by-step research of the project I was interested lead me to create a weather app using an API to fetch data. A very fun project to add to a resume!

Blog Post #2

I recently began working on my own personal portfolio website. I’m creating this website using ReactJS and TailWindCSS. I’ve noticed that actually building a project from scratch without any tutorial help is the best way to learn. I keep my code editor on the left and documentation on the right side of the screen. It’s taking me quite a while to build, however, I’m having a ton of fun and learning new information regarding mobile display view. Firefox developer edition contains “Responsive Design Mode” which allows you to view your site on different screen sizes. Very useful!

Blog Post #3

As our group progresses with our project, the UI is looking better and better. I’ve learned new things about ReactJS such as the use of context. Context allows you to share data as global throughout all the React components. This is the first time I’ve worked with context and the documentation on the react website is excellent. Link: https://reactjs.org/docs/context.html. Since our application will be using data throughout many components, context is perfect here.