Hooks are special functions that allow us to use react features. useState is a Hook, that allows you to use state in function components. This Hook declares a state inside a function component. In a class component, we’d usually use this.state to work with our state, using useState we use…

Iteration is the repetition of a process to generate the desired outcome. The outcome of each iteration is the starting point of the following iteration. In JavaScript, there are iteration methods, which operate on the array and interacts with each individual element inside the array. let array = ["Apple", "Orange"…

Validations are method calls on a model class that prevents data from being saved if that data does not seem right. Active Record validates our data before it goes to the database so we don’t have data in our database. Why should we use validations? As said previously, validations ensure that only valid data goes…

I just finished the third module of the software engineering program at Flatiron School, which is about Ruby, and they introduced me to a tool named Pry. What is Pry? Pry is a debugging tool that Ruby developers use to debug their code. Pry stops your code at a specific line to help…

React is a javascript library that can be used to write single-page applications or mobile apps. React works by using components that can render HTML if necessary. These components can hold their own data in an object called ‘state’ or can receive data passed as ‘props’ from their parent component. What is state? …

Last year I was in my third year of college, and was felt like it was not for me. For years I struggled thinking whether college was the right choice for me or not. …