Jesse Smith Byers

(she/her) Full Stack Web Developer with a background in science teaching, district administration, and curriculum.

New York Joined on Apr 28, 2020 https://jessesbyers.github.io/Jesse-Byers-Portfolio/

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Flatiron School

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Jesse Smith Byers

Sep 26 '20

Someone Stole My DEV Article! How To Build a Python Script to Detect Stolen Content

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Jul 11 '20

Tutorials for "Just-In-Time" Learning and Application

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Jesse Smith Byers

May 23 '20

React and D3: Dynamic COVID-19 Visualizations (Part 1: World Map)

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Apr 28 '20

How To...Rails: Complex Associations, Nested Forms, and Form Helpers

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Jesse Smith Byers

Mar 8 '21

Nevertheless, Jesse Coded

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Jan 13: DEV Daily Discovery

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Jan 14 '21

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Dec 11 '20

CS Ed Week! Block-Based Programming?

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Dec 9 '20

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Nov 24 '20

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Nov 20 '20

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Jesse Smith Byers

Jan 5 '21

Add Basic and Conditional Formatting to a Spreadsheet Using the Google Sheets API

#javascript #codenewbie #googlecloud

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Jan 3 '21

Create a Google Sheet and Write Data Using the Google Sheets API

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Dec 30 '20

Create a Google Sheet from a React Application With One Click

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Dec 30 '20

The Challenge: Create a Spreadsheet from a React Application?

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Dec 9 '20

CS Ed Week! Block-Based Programming?

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Dec 4 '20

D3 Building Blocks #4: SVG Groups

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Dec 1 '20

D3 Building Blocks #3: SVG Shapes and Attributes

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Nov 30 '20

D3 Building Blocks #2: Using D3 to Style Elements

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Nov 30 '20

D3 Building Blocks #1: Using D3 Methods to Manipulate the DOM

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Nov 2 '20

How To Update A Deployed App On Heroku

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Jesse Smith Byers

Sep 22 '20

Reflecting on a Year of Code

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Aug 20 '20

Data Sources For Social Justice Focused Projects: Health, Food and Nutrition

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Aug 18 '20

React and D3: COVID-19 Visualizations (Epilogue: When API Rate-Limiting Kills the Project)

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Aug 6 '20

Staircase Challenge Revisited: Python Version

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Jesse Smith Byers

Jul 23 '20

Create Custom Forecast Flower Icons with D3

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Jul 16 '20

Managing Frustration in Project-Based Learning

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Jesse Smith Byers

Jul 7 '20

React and D3: COVID-19 Visualizations (Part 3: Parsing Province and State-Level Data)

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Jul 3 '20

PlusMinus Challenge: Can you help me understand/explain this recursive solution?

#challenge #javascript #help

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Jun 23 '20

Redux or Recoil?

#discuss #react #redux #recoil

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Jesse Smith Byers

Jun 16 '20

Staircase Challenge Revisited: Ruby Version

#challenge #ruby #codenewbie

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Jun 7 '20

Staircase Challenges: Repeat, Iteration, and Recursion Strategies

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Jun 3 '20

Palindromes: Multiple Challenges, Strategies, and Solutions

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May 29 '20

React and D3: Dynamic COVID-19 Visualizations (Part 2: Country Comparison Dashboard)

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Jesse Smith Byers

May 16 '20

Project Update: COVID-19 World Tracker

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May 9 '20

Balancing COVID-19 HomeSchooling and Post-Bootcamp Goals

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Jesse Smith Byers

Apr 29 '20

How to Deploy a JavaScript-Rails App on Heroku and GitHub Pages

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Jesse Smith Byers

Apr 28 '20

How To...Rails: Validations

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Jesse Smith Byers

Apr 28 '20

How To...Rails: Basic CRUD, RESTful Routes, and Helper Methods

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Jesse Smith Byers

Apr 28 '20

React-Redux: How It Works

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Apr 28 '20

Climate Data Dashboard: React-Redux Project

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Jesse Smith Byers

Apr 28 '20

Watershed Monitor: JavaScript and Rails Project

#javascript #googlemaps #ruby #rails

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Jesse Smith Byers

Apr 28 '20

MyDIY: Rails Project

#ruby #rails #codenewbie

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Apr 28 '20

Bird Log: A Sinatra Project

#ruby #sinatra #codenewbie

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Jesse Smith Byers

Apr 28 '20

Climate Pattern Generator: Testing and Lessons Learned

#codenewbie #ruby

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Apr 28 '20

To Scrape, or Not to Scrape?

#codenewbie #ruby

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Apr 28 '20

The Beginning: Why Code?

#career #codenewbie

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