The latest articles on DEV Community by Scott Harvey-Whittle (@scottstem). https://dev.to/scottstem https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F2632801%2F5bf381b6-1fdb-4ed7-9499-ed718e8f9cf4.png https://dev.to/scottstem en Scott Harvey-Whittle Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:22:56 +0000 https://dev.to/scottstem/what-a-life-changer-61m https://dev.to/scottstem/what-a-life-changer-61m <p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/newyear">2025 New Year Writing challenge</a>: Retro’ing and Debugging 2024.</em></p> <h1> A Life Changer </h1> <p>Well at the end of 2023, I was pretty much living my life as a couch bum. Not doing anything with my life and taking narcotics. </p> <blockquote> <p>Wow what a change I have made since then</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Here's Why</strong></p> <p>I applied to The Open University to study the BSc (Honours) degree Computing and IT. </p> <p>As well as the other stuff like learning the history of computing and IT style Mathematics. The main programming language I am currently learning (do we ever stop learning in programming languages) the language of Python. </p> <p>I remember the first program I wrote in Python:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>from turtle import * square = for sides in range(0,5): forward 100 right(90) print(square) </code></pre> </div> <p>Well 2024 has been a little tough with struggling with university coursework and also not forgetting addictions but Every day I feel that I am bettering myself so I can get a job at the end of it as a developer. </p> devchallenge newyearchallenge career Scott Harvey-Whittle Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:22:56 +0000 https://dev.to/scottstem/what-a-life-changer-4nl3 https://dev.to/scottstem/what-a-life-changer-4nl3 <p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/newyear">2025 New Year Writing challenge</a>: Retro’ing and Debugging 2024.</em></p> <h1> A Life Changer </h1> <p>Well at the end of 2023, I was pretty much living my life as a couch bum. Not doing anything with my life and taking narcotics. </p> <blockquote> <p>Wow what a change I have made since then</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Here's Why</strong></p> <p>I applied to The Open University to study the BSc (Honours) degree Computing and IT. </p> <p>As well as the other stuff like learning the history of computing and IT style Mathematics. The main programming language I am currently learning (do we ever stop learning in programming languages) the language of Python. </p> <p>I remember the first program I wrote in Python:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>from turtle import * square = for sides in range(0,5): forward 100 right(90) print(square) </code></pre> </div> <p>Well 2024 has been a little tough with struggling with university coursework and also not forgetting addictions but Every day I feel that I am bettering myself so I can get a job at the end of it as a developer. </p> devchallenge newyearchallenge career Scott Harvey-Whittle Thu, 02 Jan 2025 04:32:30 +0000 https://dev.to/scottstem/help-please-webapp-1pnl https://dev.to/scottstem/help-please-webapp-1pnl <h2> Issues with the webapp </h2> <p>I have put my files in a repo so you can access them here:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="">OpenSU-Spotify-Web-App</a></p> </blockquote> <h2> Errors I am getting </h2> <p><code>Authorization code missing</code></p> <p>I have tried with different versions of the JS and HTML but I am now stuck. Also I have included a folder on the repo that says final so you can have a look at how I would like the app to function. </p> <p><em>If you need any clarification on anything, please comment below and I will try and answer the best I Can</em></p> webdev javascript beginners help