Ok, I’m being a little dramatic and entirely hyperbolic with the title, but I have my reasons. My life has not been ruined yet. But, can we please have a discussion about why we are still using var in 2019?
Since graduating from Flatiron School’s online software engineering program in August, I’ve been busier than I thought I would be. I sometimes dread the busy seasons, but this has all been good. Initially it was overwhelming to think of my next move and what I wanted to do with my “downtime”. Honestly, I have very little downtime as it is, what with running a household and making sure that my kids are always taken care of. However, being done with lessons and course required projects allowed me to really explore coding and all aspects of technology for myself and on my own terms.
We know that part of becoming a good coder is being detail-oriented. You have to train your eyes and your brain to look out for the most obscure mistakes. In my final React/Redux project I set up a few forms for the entry of information. Forms are pretty straight forward and innocuous, so what could possibly go wrong?
In this final Rails App with JavaScript project, having a fully working Rails application gave me a lot of confidence that the next project wouldn’t be so bad. Before I started this final project, I had somehow convinced myself that it would be easier than all other projects. For starters, I wasn’t starting something from scratch. I had what I thought to be a really good foundation in my Rails application. It is not a perfect project, but good enough that implementing some JavaScript functionality should not break my project… or my brain for that matter. Despite my inflated sense confidence, I struggled with organization and setting myself up for success.