Paola DolcemascoloThinking about accessibilityI was recently part of a conversation centered around accessibility in software engineering; what does it mean for digital technology to be…Apr 26, 2021Apr 26, 2021
Paola DolcemascoloTesting with Jest…Jesting??So many entry level developers nowadays are coming from non-traditional backgrounds (like me!), i.e. coding bootcamps, self-taught…Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Paola DolcemascoloTesting, testing…Developers know that it’s important to test their code. There is a difference, though, between knowing a thing is important and actually…Apr 12, 2021Apr 12, 2021
Paola DolcemascoloRotate the Image!I grappled with a Leetcode problem a while ago where I was asked to rotate an image. The image was actually a 2D matrix, which is…Mar 22, 2021Mar 22, 2021
Paola DolcemascoloCan I interest you in a Set? The set vs. the array in JavascriptA while back, I solved a Leetcode problem with an absolutely horrendous run time, only beating roughly 9% of Javascript submissions. It…Mar 12, 2021Mar 12, 2021
Paola DolcemascoloThe mysterious useRef hook, how it’s different than createRef…and some bubbles.The goal of this exercise is to talk about a little known hook called useRef. This hook is similar to the ref system I spoke about in a…Mar 5, 20211Mar 5, 20211
Paola DolcemascoloScaling an AppI was recently asked a question about how to scale an app. When I work on my own personal React projects, I don’t really think about…Feb 26, 2021Feb 26, 2021
Paola DolcemascoloA closer look at UseEffect — Part 2In the first part of this two part series (link here), I started a deep dive into the useEffect hook. We built a search bar that called on…Feb 18, 2021Feb 18, 2021