DEV Community: Jamiu

My Mobile Dev Journey

Jamiu — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 11:19:34 +0000

Software development is a path I am most passionate about. When it comes to softwares, I have always been fascinated about how things work under the hood. This is the reason I chose this career path. I started my tech journey in web development. I learnt and used the MERN (MongoDB, ExpressJS, ReactJS, NodeJS) to create multiple fullstack web applications.
I realised at some point that I might enjoy mobile development. So I decided to give it a try and learnt Flutter. This was one of the best decisions I made as I got my first real software developer job as a mobile app developer. I currently work as the senior mobile application engineer of a fintech company using Flutter.

No Room for Complacency

If you are as passionate about softwares, this wouldn't come as a shocker to you. I am always looking to learning new things and upgrading my skills.
I decided to pick up Go language. Although I have little experience in backend development with NodeJS|ExpressJS and MongoDB, this was a while ago and I'm a little bit rusty. I decided to learn backend development in Go and PostgreSQL. I realised I have that same feeling I had when I decided to venture into mobile development with Flutter. I realised I enjoy backend development, especially in Go. This is my current stage now, as I am still learning; although I have built a mini project in this stack.

Interlude

I recently learnt about the HNG internship and I thought to myself, "this couldn't have come at a better time". I learnt the internship is for anyone and any developer at any role and with any level of experience. It is a platform to learn and collaborate with minds alike. It also offers exposures to job opportunities. I am genuinely grateful for this opportunity and I'm looking to making the most out of it.

EJS tags snippets on vscode

Jamiu — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 12:40:59 +0000

Visual studio code has been the favorite text editor or IDE for web developers in recent years, and for a good reason. It could make your life as a developer way easier if you know how to leverage it's power to customize it to your needs.
I recently started using ejs as my template engine in my node/express app. I got tired of the clunky syntax if I need to inject javascript in it. I installed a couple of extensions to help me with it but I still had the same issues. I found out about custom snippets on vscode and immediately started making my own snippets for ejs. It is surprisingly easy to make. I've been writing faster ejs code ever since. I figured this could be useful to other new developers like me who just started using ejs. This is how I did it:

STEPS

Open your vscode and hit the Ctrl + Shift + p
In the search box, type "snippets"
Click on "Preferences: Configure User Snippets"
Click on "New Global Snippets file"
Name the file whatever you want (but I named mine "ejs.code-snippets") and click the enter key on your keyboard
Clear the file, copy and paste the code below

   {
    "ejs=": {
        "prefix": "ej=",
        "body": "<%= $1 %>",
        "description": "evaluates ejs code"
    },

    "ej": {
        "prefix": "ej",
        "body": "<% $1 %>",
        "description": "'Scriptlet' tag, for control-flow, no output"
    },

    "ej-": {
        "prefix": "ej-",
        "body": "<%- $1 %>",
        "description": "Outputs the unescaped value into the template"
    },

    "ejfor": {
        "prefix": "ejfor",
        "body": [
          "<% for (let $1 of $2){ %>",
          " $3",
          "<% } %>"
        ],
        "description": "creates ejs for of loop"
    }
}

TEST

Create a new file and type "ej". You should see the snippets pop up. Click anyone of the ej snippets to see the use case.
Now you can type "ej=" and click enter and "<%= %>" will show up.

WRAPUP

I only made snippets for the most used ejs tags but feel free to add more to it or even customize it however you like.
Now you know how to create custom snippets

MADE MY FIRST HACKTOBERFEST PR

Jamiu — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:16:28 +0000

I just started my web development journey about 4 months ago and I heard about HACKTOBERFEST. I followed up on it and found out how essential it is to the community. I have since prepared for it and was eager to make my first pull request which i did. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or if you have never made a pull request, getting started is easy as it gets.
Here are a few tips i put together for beginners who want to make their first pull request:

First thing you need to do is to make a github account if you don't already have one.
There are tons of open source projects on github that you can contribute to. It does not have to be a big contribution. Just contribute in some way, for instance, you can update a readme file. NOTE:- There are some rules you need to follow regarding making pull requests. You can find them here.