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Sep 20, 2020

New UI approach and reveal!

Initially I was more concentrated on how to get the JavaScript right and making sure everything worked. Being in a place now where I feel comfortable with my capabilities and better understand the limitations of HTML, CSS, and JS, I am more comfortable focusing on the design. Original design:

Redesign

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Redesign results!
Redesign results!
Redesign

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Sep 2, 2020

To do project: Customizing the UI

One of my projects that allowed me to practice HTML, CSS, and JavaScript was building a to do list. I was able to do it, and it worked, but the design needed work. I had integrated Bootstrap for the first time, so that was exciting, but I didn’t really delve…

UI Design

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Improving usability with a redesign
Improving usability with a redesign
UI Design

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Aug 15, 2020

Adding a filter feature

After adding the form functionality, the next feature I implemented was a filter sidebar. This would allow for filtering by type of place once the search results appear. Goal: If a checkbox is checked and the array items’ “description” match when the Filter button is clicked, the items with the…

Learning To Code

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Adding a filter feature
Adding a filter feature
Learning To Code

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Jul 16, 2020

Forms.

Form formatting & validation My two main objectives with the MVP version of this form were to add form validation and to make the phone number field more usable. Form validation is no joke. First I boosted my input tags with attributes (Constraint Validation), using what was readily available to…

Learning To Code

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Forms.
Forms.
Learning To Code

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Jun 25, 2020

the never-ending hotdog search

Made some progress the other day on my current project! I was finally able to use search results across webpages using query parameters for the first time. It took a while to get right, but when it was finally working, I was pumped. On the outside, what this looked like…

Learning To Code

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the never-ending hotdog search
the never-ending hotdog search
Learning To Code

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Jun 24, 2020

Notes to self: for my current recurring mistakes

Check to see if your new code is running Just finish writing a block of code? Isn’t doing what you were hoping? Console log inside the block and outside of it. Are you treating the JQuery like JQuery? Or are you treating it like a combo of JQuery and JavaScript? Take note of your questions as you go. If you think to yourself, I’m not sure if that’s how this code works. Add a…

Learning To Code

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Learning To Code

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Jun 20, 2020

Iterating over arrays & console.logging every step of the way

I’ve worked on a few projects since I first started learning to code, and there’s still a lot I need experience with, particularly working with arrays. My current project has a search bar on every page, so I knew I had to make sure that what was typed into the…

Java Script

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Java Script

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Maria LaRocca

Maria LaRocca

Documenting my coding journey and thought process.

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