Noah Krell // CodeBlog

Recently got this question in a technical interview for a junior dev position. It's a pretty straightforward algorithm... still fumbled through it a lil bit to start (nerves). They also asked me to do it in Javascript specifically, which I'm still getting comfortable with (Ruby was language #1 for me). Anyway, check it out below. I'll talk through what I like/dislike about the solution, and I'll include a Ruby solution at the end too.

The most buzzwordy of buzzwords in job descriptions across the nation. Let's explore some ReactJS basics.

Quick post on the Javascript Ternary Operator and how it works.

What is the spread operator and how does it work?

Warming up is a good thing. Here's a basic one to start with.

Hiya folks. I'm starting a little blog. My story so far (for context): I'm not a professional software developer, but last year I decided I wanted to become one. I don't have an undergraduate computer science degree (I studied business/marketing), and before last year I had never written a single line of code in my life. I worked for a few years after graduating -- A couple in marketing / market research / brand-strategy, and then a couple as a semi-technical career coach at a big tech company. I say 'semi-technical' because I was career-coaching software engineers (i.e. I knew the lingo, and I knew the keywords). But I didn't code, nor did I really know what I was talking about when I asked a software engineer if they 'focused more on frontend or backend,' what 'frameworks' they had experience with, if they had experience 'implementing APIs,' etc., etc. But I wanted to know what I was talking about. So I started doing little onli...