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April 16 — Daily CodeNewbie Check-in Thread

CodeNewbie Staff on April 16, 2020

You are encouraged to use this daily thread to: Ask for help (all questions encouraged) Explore topics you’re curious about Share something you’v...
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Sibusiso Dlamini

I think I finally understand how APIs work!!! 😄

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Peter Kim Frank

Awesome! What helped it click?

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Sibusiso Dlamini

I tried a project that involved using an API and as daunting as it was when I finally got it to work, it felt really simple.

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Mak

Kenyan here 🙋🏾‍♂️
Today, I discovered that taking extended breaks actually helps. You get to see your progress from a refreshing view each time.
It might be revolutionary😅 but hey...

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Ben Halpern

Absoluuuutely. This is universally true. 😄

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Vicente G. Reyes

Almost done with my local Covid-19 tracker side project which also uses contextualsearch's API to curate global news about the virus.

Tech stack is Django + Zurb Foundation + Vanila JS + Postgresql. Hosting is sponsored by Digital Ocean 😄

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Pandiyan Murugan

I got two messages from followers on twitter and they mentioned that I'm spreading good content and positivity in the dev community.

Happy to hear.

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Peter Kim Frank

That burst of positive encouragement can go such a long way 👍

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Pandiyan Murugan

Yeah very happy

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Kris

I've had too much coffee today 🤪

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David Ojeda

☕️++

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Ben Halpern

Same 😬

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David Ojeda

I just started exploring JavaScript testing with Jest. I've found it difficult to test async fetch/DOM manipulation interactions 😢

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Chris Ford

I'm diving into MySQL this weekend. I've never touched it before, but I'm hitting it hard and I hope to have a solid grasp on it by Monday!

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Ben Halpern

Good luck!!

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Carlos Chacin ☕👽