Grant HeskethMore Hook Fun!Last time I was looking at React hooks we went over the useState hook. Its a super useful hook and can make code cleaner and more uniform…1 min read·Jun 18, 2021----
Grant HeskethComparing Ruby to PythonI recently completed a skills assessment for my job search and ran into a bit of a wall. I had to solve an algorithm, pretty standard…2 min read·Jun 12, 2021----
Grant HeskethWhat even are Hooks?React to me is a great framework for building seamless single page web applications. It has many built in features that allow developers to…2 min read·Jun 4, 2021----
Grant HeskethThe Magic of Scaffolding in RailsRails is an awesome web framework that has all kinds of magic sprinkled into it. Built on Ruby, rails allows you to create RESTful API’s…2 min read·May 28, 2021----
Grant HeskethRecapping my Flatiron School ExperienceWow. Here we are. The end of my bootcamp experience with Flatiron School. It been a long 15 weeks (actually a couple extra due to the…2 min read·Apr 1, 2021----
Grant HeskethMaking Cards in React NativeIterating over data to create identical elements with different data is paramount to software development. Luckily it’s not too hard to do…2 min read·Apr 1, 2021----
Grant HeskethUsing a Background image in React NativeWell hello again. As i’ve been learning the wonderful world of React and React Native, i’ve found myself wanting to spice things up a bit…2 min read·Mar 30, 2021----
Grant HeskethManipulating the DOM for dummies like meOne of the first things we covered when starting to learn Javascript at Flatiron was the DOM. Who is he? What does he do? Is he more…2 min read·Mar 4, 2021----
Grant HeskethChanging CareersFor the last 7 years or so i’ve spent my time traveling to remote parts of the country to work in the oilfield. Those places are most…3 min read·Dec 18, 2020----