Notes and Projects while finally sitting down and learning React for real instead of just bumbling around a codebase copying recognizeable code patterns until something works
This repo is home to various project files filled with raw, unedited notes and comments to myself as I learn how to actually use React among other things.
I'm currently working through ui.dev's React Course. I'm also working through SuperHi's JavaScript for Designers but this repo doesn't contain any of that work (as of now anyway) since it's self contained on their site.
React Courses:
JS Courses:
Misc:
I'm just a product designer who realized she'd rather be a developer.
I've be working as a designer who's more than comfortable jumping into the front of the front-end since my first co-op at Northeastern. Being Type A af, I always wanted the most control over how designs were implemented so it just made sense for me to work HTML + CSS into my roles. But then I got to the point where the thought of opening Sketch to make pixel adjustments across dozens of screens made me want to commit a crime and that I honestly could not care less about arguing over how small or large a button's border radius should be and I said "I guess I'm a ~ fRoNt EnD dEVeLoPeR ~ now".
Except I wasn't? I mean, I was am. But I really "wasn't" and still don't feel like I am sometimes because I don't have a CS degree and I really couldn't tell you what is the difference between object-oriented and functional programming. I honestly try not to care anymore because the main thing I still care about is making easy to use (and easy on the eyes) tools on the internet for people to use.
My existing front-end knowledge (years of HTML + CSS of all flavors, working in Rails codebases, working in React codebases, eventually getting a handle of components and props) carried me really far, but I'm at the point where I just need to sit down and actually learn what the hell a Context is in React and maybe finally understand what .map(), .filter(), and anything array related actually means.
This is my attempt to learn out in the open. This might turn into a blog at some point. No promises.