Javascript – Synchronous vs. Asyncronous

I’ve always been confused by the terms synchronous vs. asynchrous in Javascript, as they seem to mean just the opposite of what they would mean in the real world.  I always thought that synchronous meant multiple things could happen at once, and asynchrous means only one thing can happen at a time. According to dictionary.com, […]

WordCamp LAX 2018

The Dating Game: Understanding Price Anchoring by Nathan Allotey nathanallotey.com/wclax || freelance jumpstart podcast Nathan talked about spending too much time with the client but not closing.  He came to realize that, rather than giving people a yes/no option of using his services, he would use Price Anchoring to give them a few options to choose […]

Migraine Tracker – Create Backend

I have long suffered with migraines.  Currently I track my daily migraines on an Excel spreadsheet, but I am going to create my own app to track them using the MERN stack Node, Express, MongoDB and Mongoose on the server.  I will develop the client in React. npm init -y to create my package.json file […]

_.map – Javascript Problem

This is an exercise taken from the Javascript: From Fundamentals to Functional course by Bianca Gandolfo on FrontEnd Masters.  The characters are taken from a game of Clue – a murder whodunit… Here I have recreated a map() method in a slightly different way.  Instead of attaching it to the array prototype, I created it […]

_.forEach – Javascript Problem

This is an exercise taken from the Javascript: From Fundamentals to Functional course by Bianca Gandolfo on FrontEnd Masters.  The characters are taken from a game of Clue – a murder whodunit… Here I have recreated a forEach() method in a slightly different way.  Instead of attaching it to the array prototype, I created it […]

Crypto-Tracker Project v. 2.0

I have just finished v. 2.0 of CryptoTracker.  I have the backend server done, and putting the finishing touches on the front-end.  Most of the functionality is there, but I’m still working on formatting. On the home page, I have a chart and graphs that rely on an api call to cryptocompare.com.  Crypto price charting […]