Jacob ShortinJavaScript in Plain EnglishRedux: Hook, Line, and SimpleThe React Redux guides are a bit verbose, to say the least, so I am hoping this quick start guide is simpler.3 min read·Jan 17, 2021----
Jacob ShortinJavaScript in Plain EnglishWhy Engineers Should Have Yearly ThemesTl;dr — Make a theme of how you want to grow for the foreseeable future. Something like ‘year of backend’ or ‘year of challenges’ if you…5 min read·Jan 13, 2021--1--1
Jacob ShortinJavaScript in Plain EnglishSetting Up Auth Guards with React RouterRendering certain routes or pages based on a user’s authentication is important and that’s why I was surprised to see that my googling…2 min read·Jan 5, 2021----
Jacob ShortHow I Learned to CodeI am going to share the journey of how I learned to code in a series and continue to share the journey once I get a job. One thing that is…5 min read·Dec 26, 2020----
Jacob ShortLearning Node.js After RailsI started learning Ruby and the rails in Flatiron Coding Bootcamp somewhere around October of 2020; which is approximately two vaccines…4 min read·Dec 6, 2020----
Jacob ShortinThe StartupRepresentational State Transfer (REST) Is a Convention That Is Simple and Much Needed in a…There are seven primary paths we use in Ruby on Rails. Get requests are pretty self-explanatory, they get data from a server. The naming…4 min read·Nov 5, 2020----
Jacob ShortArguments, should you have them, and when. In Ruby.In Ruby you can set default argument to your functions like in many languages and there seems to be a need for hash argument information.3 min read·Oct 17, 2020----