Joanna Kalema

Written by Joanna Kalema a junior web developer learning code one line at a time.

  1. February 25, 2021

    I have been working on a few things over the last few days I am still trying to work on my practice side projects whilst also trying to…

  2. February 12, 2021

    Today I worked on kickstarting on my new project Specifically today I will be working on : Fixing my toggle button on my pricing project…

  3. February 11, 2021

    It has been a while since I have updated the blog! I have found I am somewhat coding less and trying to learn more unintentionally. In…

  4. February 03, 2021

    I have finally finished styling the pricing project now I am moving onto making the toggle fully functional. Here is how it currently looks…

  5. February 02, 2021

    I have still been working on my Pricing toggle built entirely with just HTML and CSS whilst utilising a toggle which I have never created…

  6. January 27, 2021

    I have been working on a new project Pricing toggle built entirely with just HTML and CSS whilst utilising a toggle. I have been slacking…

  7. January 23, 2021

    Despite the test, lockdown 3.0 has severly drained me on top of that coding challenge that increased my imposter syndrome! Nontheless I am…

  8. January 20, 2021

    This post is a few days late purely because I had been working on coding challenge which has shown me that despite I am dedicating myself to…

  9. January 17, 2021

    Officially the challenge is over but I am still learning everyday so I feel like it would be good to keep going with the challenge. Was…

  10. January 17, 2021

    Finally made it to day 100 I accquired the Responsive Web Design Certification! Still working on Javascript Algorithms and Data Structures…

  11. January 15, 2021

    I am still working on Javascript Algorithms and Data Structures Certification onfreecodecamp, as well as the Responsive Web Design…

  12. January 14, 2021

    Still taking a break with my Landing Page project and still been working on Javascript Algorithms and Data Structures Certification…

  13. January 13, 2021

    I took a break with my project and has just been working on Javascript Algorithms and Data Structures Certification onfreecodecamp, as well…

  14. January 12, 2021

    I started building my Intro component project where I am just adding the finishing stylistic changes and starting to build the form…

  15. January 11, 2021

    Its another week! and day 95 so 5 days until 100 days are officially up (even though I will keep coding regardless) Today I will be working…

  16. January 09, 2021

    Its the weekend so I wanted to take it easy as I have built 3 different projects this week and just stick with learning. I am dedicated to…

  17. January 08, 2021

    Its another day and arguably it could be said my project is complete because I have the validation in my project working. (Check out my…

  18. January 07, 2021

    This is currently how my project is looking : Preview Now that I have completed the styling of the project I am now moving onto the last…

  19. January 06, 2021

    Another day another project… I am about to start building a build out this coming soon page for a fake apparel brand. Still the same…

  20. January 05, 2021

    Day 90! 10 days til the 100 days of code is basically over! Back in coding mode! and working on another project from the 16 Frontend…

  21. January 04, 2021

    I took another few days off due to it being my birthday on the 3rd! Yes I am still working on this project just trying to really ensure the…

  22. January 01, 2021

    HAPPY NEW YEAR. Yes I am still working on this project just trying to add the finishing touches and potentially deploy it so it can be…

  23. December 31, 2020

    Yes its the last day of the year and I am still coding! I am still working on my four cards project as it did take longer than I thought but…

  24. December 30, 2020

    Using this 16 Frontend projects link to help me come up with some new things to build some ideas. Today I will be building a Four card…

  25. December 29, 2020

    Yesterday was challenging as I had taken some time off for the Christmas break but it was still challenging to get back into physically…

  26. December 28, 2020

    It has been a good four days of break, relaxing christmasing and so forth. But now I am back and ready to jump back into some code. I think…

  27. December 23, 2020

    Today I will be going over : React Testing Cookbook (which is quite fitting as I stumbled upon it yesterday) Add routing to React apps…

  28. December 22, 2020

    Today I will be going over : Share Logic Across Multiple React Components with Custom Hooks Advanced React Component Patterns I have never…

  29. December 21, 2020

    I have lost track of what week I am on haha but its a new week and I will be working on Getting Started with Redux Share Logic Across…

  30. December 20, 2020

    Still rebuilding my diary app available here : My Diary Updates: My links Medium LinkedIn Portfolio

  31. December 19, 2020

    Rebuilt my diary app and just working on that to make it functional Updates: My links Medium. LinkedIn Portfolio

  32. December 18, 2020

    Having gone over all the list I set out to look over at the beginning of this week, I really want to make sure I can finish and build my…

  33. December 17, 2020

    Today I will be focusing on Deploying to Netlify Deploying to an Apache Server Ejecting from create-react-app I have consisently been…

  34. December 16, 2020

    Today I will be focusing on Utilising authentication Building React for Production Deploying to Now I have never used Now so it will…

  35. December 15, 2020

    Today was a lazy coding day on my behalf and I spent the day trying to add some styling to my diary app as well as learning more about CSS…

  36. December 14, 2020

    Its another week and I have decided to make the list of things I need to look over throughout the week much smaller to make it more…

  37. December 13, 2020

    The project is taking longer than I expected due to having to work throughout the week but I am adamant to keep building. The concept of…

  38. December 12, 2020

    I will just be trying to work with my diary app and implementing Authentication! My links Medium. LinkedIn Portfolio

  39. December 11, 2020

    Today I will be looking over : Component Validation with PropTypes Authentication The aim is to try and utilise everything I have been…

  40. December 10, 2020

    Day 70!!! 30 more days till I am done! Today I will be continuing to look over : Removing Items from State Animating React Components…

  41. December 09, 2020

    After several days I have realised that within this challenge I don’t need to rush through content and concepts. I can take as long as I…

  42. December 08, 2020

    Today I will be refoucusing and recircling on Updating our Order State Displaying Order State with JSX Persisting our State with Firebase…

  43. December 07, 2020

    Monday and its another week I am going to really try to go over the topics I was supposed to and by the end of the week try and build a…

  44. December 06, 2020

    Sunday is often my off day where I am either trying to relax my brain or just do some reading! I attended a Black girls in tech talk which…

  45. December 05, 2020

    Due to having to work today I was not able to really look over in depth some key concepts I was going to look over during this week or even…

  46. December 04, 2020

    Its been a hectic few days but I managed to get an hour of learning in to look over Order state as I have been struggling to really sit and…

  47. December 03, 2020

    Continuing to go over state but specifically order state and circling back with firebase Updating our Order State Displaying Order State…

  48. December 03, 2020

    Continuing to go over state and how it can be manipulated Loading data into state onClick Displaying State with JSX Follow me on here…

  49. December 02, 2020

    Continuing to go over Loading data into state onClick Displaying State with JSX Despite understanding state, I find it helpful to get a…

  50. December 01, 2020

    After that coding test, and me having to use state I thought it would be good to recap and go over these particular ideas and concepts…

  51. November 30, 2020

    Finally finished the frontend coding test! Regardless of the outcome of the test I have learnt a lot through this whole processs! Follow me…

  52. November 29, 2020

    I am still working on the coding test I was sent Follow me on here: Medium. LinkedIn Portfolio

  53. November 28, 2020

    I am still working on the coding test I was sent whilst working on and refreshing my memory about state and such alike Follow me on here…

  54. November 27, 2020

    I am still working on the coding test I was sent yesterday and it is proving to be difficult, despite I have managed to render the data on…

  55. November 26, 2020

    Funnily enough I was thinking about creating a project whereby I had to render state and I recieved a coding test whereby I had to render…

  56. November 25, 2020

    Working on understanding jquery Having watched a few videos on Jquery I understand that it is best not to use React and Jquery together…

  57. November 24, 2020

    Working on understanding jquery Follow me on here: Medium. LinkedIn Portfolio

  58. November 23, 2020

    Working on understanding jquery Follow me on here: Medium. LinkedIn Portfolio

  59. November 22, 2020

    I will still be working on my ongoing project to revamp my portfolio using React and potentially Bootstrap if styling allows. Follow me on…

  60. November 21, 2020

    I will be working on my ongoing project to revamp my portfolio using React and potentially Bootstrap if styling allows. Follow me on here…

  61. November 20, 2020

    Continuing to work on : Bootstrap jQuery PHP As well as working on my ongoing project utlising SASS and ensuring the web app is colour…

  62. November 19, 2020

    Following the list I have found yesterday regarding the skills a frontend developer should know I will be working on understanding…

  63. November 18, 2020

    Day 46! Which is nearly 50 days of code of straight learning(well nearly) Despite being nearly being at the halfway mark it is still…

  64. November 17, 2020

    No one has talks about how hard it is to really gain motivation during a pandemic to code and create new ideas. Nonetheless I keep going. I…

  65. November 16, 2020

    Today has been extremely hard to focus as a result I have just been following this Scrimba playlist on and off today. I always forget how…

  66. November 15, 2020

    As it is a Sunday, I am trying to take it easy with the code but still wanting to go over something so I don’t slack too much. Going over…

  67. November 14, 2020

    Taking a break from my trip advisor mock website and going back to my React native todo app. Pretty basic at the moment with limited styling…

  68. November 13, 2020

    I am continuing to build upon my tripadviser mock website Fly go feel free to take a look! It is currently going well and this is the part…

  69. November 12, 2020

    Taking a break from Redux and going back to building a fake travel style application, almost a dupe of Trip Advisor if you like and I will…

  70. November 11, 2020

    Continuing to look over Redux learning about flexbox Medium. LinkedIn Portfolio

  71. November 10, 2020

    Spent half of the day trying to fix some errors with one of the mocks up I created whilst trying to utilise flexbox (which is now live).Art…

  72. November 09, 2020

    Officially week 5! Taken a week hiatus due to illness, however not sure if that is cheating lol but will get back into coding again working…

  73. November 01, 2020

    Finally finished building the react native Todo App using the youtube series by Net Ninja. It was very informative and showed me the…

  74. October 31, 2020

    I am still focusing on building my React native Todo app : Todo App Medium. LinkedIn Portfolio

  75. October 30, 2020

    I am still focusing on building my React native Todo app : Todo App Medium. LinkedIn Portfolio

  76. October 30, 2020

    I am still focusing on building my React native Todo app : Todo App Medium. LinkedIn Portfolio

  77. October 29, 2020

    I am still focusing on understanding: React native Started a React native Todo app : Todo App Medium. LinkedIn Portfolio

  78. October 28, 2020

    I am still focusing on understanding: React native Start a react native build First React native build Medium. LinkedIn Portfolio

  79. October 27, 2020

    I am still focusing on understanding: React native Start a react native build First React native build Research more into Figma the web…

  80. October 26, 2020

    Today I will be working on focusing on understanding: React native Start a react native build First React native build Research more into…

  81. October 25, 2020

    Today I will be continuing on focusing on understanding: React native And working on my mockup: Github mock up Medium. LinkedIn Portfolio

  82. October 24, 2020

    Today I will be working on focusing on understanding: React native And working on my mockup: Github mock up Medium. LinkedIn Portfolio

  83. October 23, 2020

    Today I will be working on focusing on understanding: Giving Sibling Elements a Unique Key Attribute Use Array.filter() to Dynamically…

  84. October 22, 2020

    Today I will be working on focusing on understanding: Render Conditionally from Props Change Inline CSS Conditionally Based on Component…

  85. October 21, 2020

    Today I will be working on focusing on understanding: Watch this 1 hour video course Algorithims Algorithims are much harder than they may…

  86. October 20, 2020

    Today I will be working on focusing on understanding: Adding Event Listeners Managing Updates with Lifecycle Methods Optimizing Re-Renders…

  87. October 19, 2020

    Today I will be working on focusing on understanding: How to pass a Callback as Props Using the Lifecycle Method componentWillMount Using…

  88. October 18, 2020

    Today I will be trying to create the mini q&a app from scotch! Medium. LinkedIn Portfolio

  89. October 17, 2020

    Today I will be continuing to work on my mock tattoo website page where I am using different CSS techiniques whereby I had managed to embed…

  90. October 16, 2020

    Today I will be focusing on working on my mock tattoo website page where I am using different CSS techiniques whereby I had managed to…

  91. October 15, 2020

    Today I will be focusing on React and going over some basics : With the aim of looking over this things over the week and building a Q&A app…

  92. October 14, 2020

    Today I will be focusing on React and going over some basics : With the aim of looking over this things over the week and building a Q&A app…

  93. October 13, 2020

    Today I will be focusing on React and going over some basics : With the aim of looking over this things over the week and building a Q&A app…

  94. October 12, 2020

    It is the beginning of week 3! Today I will be focusing on React and going over some basics : With the aim of looking over this things over…

  95. October 11, 2020

    I am continuing working through the Javascript course on Codecademy: Javascript course Today I went through destructuring assignment…

  96. October 10, 2020

    I am continuing working through the Javascript course on Codecademy: Javascript course Also continuing to work on different frontend…

  97. October 09, 2020

    I am continuing working through the Javascript course on Codecademy: Javascript course Today I went through and some of the things learnt…

  98. October 08, 2020

    I am continuing working through the Javascript course on Codecademy: Javascript course Today I went through Advanced Objects and some of…

  99. October 07, 2020

    I am continuing working through the Javascript course on Codecademy: Javascript course Today I went through Objects and some of the things…

  100. October 06, 2020

    I am continuing working through the Javascript course on Codecademy: Javascript course which is allowing me to reaffirm the basics that I…

  101. October 05, 2020

    Having gone through one week already I think my approach may have to change. Despite there being so many potential projects out there that I…

  102. October 03, 2020

    These days were spent battling a mini netflix project by scotch: Mini project Which honestly I did not manage to build in 10 minutes and had…

  103. October 02, 2020

    A more relaxed day where I looked over Fetch(), again these first few days are refreshers on what I had learnt during the Bootcamp. Good to…

  104. October 01, 2020

    I did less however was still able to get my minimum of one hour of code where I had looked at the following topics: State New updates in…

  105. September 30, 2020

    Looked into more in-depth into creating more complex components, JSX, react routing, context API, the spread operator, create a react app…

  106. September 29, 2020

    This coding challenge is showing me that sometimes going over ‘basic’ concepts is very important. Today I was able to look over more things…

  107. September 28, 2020

    As I had learnt React during my time at the coding boot camp I was pretty aware of the basic functionality of what React was. For those who…