#CNC2021 "Write More" Mission 1 Submission Thread

I wanna thank the CodeNewbie Team for the great list of considerations in terms of both good and bad reasons whether an idea should be eliminated. ✨ If not for that, I would have eliminated a lot more ideas because of how there's already existing articles on the same topics I was keen to write on 😆

Here are my top 3 writing ideas out of the 10:

1. Explainer: Introduction to Event Driven Architecture
   • this was something requested by my work buddy for me to learn and share my findings!
2. Explainer: VueJS concepts for React developers
   • I had no prior experience in VueJS but I got onboarded to a project with it. It was initially scary but I noticed that there were many concepts that React has taught us in web dev that are still applicable to this framework.
3. Project: TDD with custom React hook - how I tried to add useSkeleton logic
   • this will be a follow up to my TIL article on Skeleton Loading

My three writing ideas:

1. Ways to Place Variables in Python Strings - Shows a couple ways you place variables in Python strings. Also names the pros/cons of each way.
2. 5 Cool JS Web APIs - Lists 5 different JavaScript Web APIs, explaining what each one does and an example on what you could do with it.
3. How to create bash terminal shortcuts - A tutorial on creating terminal shortcuts on a bash terminal.

Here are my three writing ideas:

1. Explainer: How I used cherry-pick to solve a Git issue with Forking workflow

   Something that I recently worked on. I want to write it down so that it could be useful to others.

2. Explainer: What are Node.js Streams?

   I feel Node.js streams are something people rarely talk about. And it's a mystery for most. I want to share whatever information I have gained about them.

3. Project: Integrating a payment-gateway in an e-commerce website (Focus on Backend part)

   For a long time, I've worked with payment gateways. I want to create a project that people can used as a reference by people who might be new to e-commerce.

These are the things that I'd like to write about:

• how to use array.splice()

I recently faced a challenge where I struggled with using splice in a for loop. It's actually a very simple mistake but for any beginners out there, I think it would be useful to know ahead of time.

• building a simple portfolio

I'm planning on building a simple portfolio website to show everything I worked on so far and I would like to document the journey.

• Introduction to OOP principles

I've been studying OOP for a while and I read a lot of books on it. I think writing an article on simplified OOP principles would both be useful for me and anyone else looking for a simple explanation on the topic.

First mission
My top three writing ideas:

-EXPLAINER: UNDERSTANDING THE KEYWORD THIS IN JAVASCRIPT
I have a very good understanding of the ‘this’ keyword and its applications and people seem to have problems with it. Although I get it wrong sometimes, I generally fair better with it.
-EXPLAINER: CSS GRID VS CSS FLEXBOX
I enjoy using either of these two in my css rather than css frameworks and they seem to be easier to manage
-TUTORIAL: LEARN REACT HOOKS
Hooks in react are everything, and they make life easy for me

My three writing ideas:

1. Tutorial: How to use higher order functions in JavaScript🤓

I think higher order functions are essential and very powerful for simplifying problems and solve them. I think it will also help me consolidate my Knowledge of those functions as I try to explain them to other people.

1. Explainer: Basics of Solidity language😁.

I am thinking of writing an article on the basics of Solidity language since I have a lot of interest in blockchain. I was excited to learn about it because it operates at the intersection of software development, data science/data management, cyberSecurity and Economics. I also think it will have a substantial amount of impact on different aspects of our lives in the future. So I think it is a great opportunity for me to learn and deepen my knowledge on the topic by writing about it.

1. Project: Challenges and Lesson learned from building my portfolio page🧐

I recently finished building my portfolio page. You can check it out here: wolde.dev/#/ . I experienced several challenges and there's definitely a lot of lessons I learned from it. I want to share those challenges, how I overcome them and what I learned from those experiences. I also want to get more feedback if possible for my portfolio page. I realized it can be difficult to get feedback from people for different reasons but by constructively criticizing my work, I might interest more people to give feedback. And that can be helpful to all of us.

I had no trouble coming up with ideas, but narrowing down the list was way harder! So here are the three I'm considering:

1. Explainer - this References
   • This was a pain-point for me when I started learning JS, and I've heard it from other people too. I didn't really get it until I studied Java and OOP, so I want to see if I can break down the concept.
2. Tutorial - Customizing/Optimizing VS Code
   • VS Code users know there are new features being added all the time, but it took me a long time to get comfortable with some of the best ones, like mulit-cursor and rich-language editing, and things like setting the default language for folders. Mainly I want to up my game while bringing some other people with me!
3. Project - Creating a WordPress blog on AWS
   • Been procrastinating on this for a while. I recently got my Cloud Practitioner cert and want to put my knowledge to practical use. And I can show the free tier options on AWS, so everyone knows you can easily host a website or blog there free for a year!

Hi everyone 😃 !

I am continuing on the same trend as last week, by publishing an article about this challenge Mission in the following post 🙂
Unlike the article I have made about the Pre-Mission which was more an opportunity to introduce myself to the CodeNewbie community, this article talks more about the process I followed during this mission, heavily based on the instructions given by CodeNewbie for our homework.
It is a more personal article as it is very subjective and it will help me, at the end of the challenge, to look back on the steps I followed and see my progression.
Moreover, if you have any advice about how I could have made my post better, or if you only want to say "Hi", feel free to post a comment on it ! 🙂

To come back to the purpose of this mission, here are 5 ideas I have found, with the first 3 being the one that I will most likely pick for the rest of the Challenge:

1. Tutorial - Adding a logo to a Chocolatey package 👍
   • Since I maintain several Chocolatey package and that this is an issue I have encountered very recently, it would be nice to share this knowledge with other, and i will be able to easily come back to it if necessary 😉
2. Explainer - Time Management - Pomodoro 🍅
   • This is a time management technique that I use and enjoy on a regular basis, and would like to talk about with other member of the community
3. Explainer - The benefits of Blogging 🖊️
   • I like this idea a lot as it synergize very well with this challenge, and I want people to give people the desire to write about what they like
4. Technical - Interacting with GitHub from the command line 💻
   • This article could be an entertaining introduction to the tool gh which can be used to interact easily with GitHub from a terminal
5. Explainer - GitHub Actions basics 🔗
   • This article would be an introduction to GitHub Actions features and a way to introduce CI/CD concepts

If you want more details about those ideas, and how I came up with them, I have logged everything in this article, which will probably help me a lot for the next mission 😄

Finally, I want to thank CodeNewbie Team, as I really appreciate the work that has been done for each of the mail I received so far, and I really enjoy the application (Plant Nanny) that you highlighted ! ❤️

Thank you all for reading this relatively long comment,
Have a splendid day 🙂

Hello, Hello 👋

I was able to narrow down my list to the following three ideas:

• Project Progress: Save the Bees! A “project” blog that is a series of updates on a website I’m creating to promote information and ways to conserve the natural honey bee population.
• A Responsive Navbar in 3 Styles A “tutorial” blog to show readers how to make a navigation bar in a few different ways for a mobile viewport that’s UI friendly.
• Is College Worth It? An “explainer” blog to discuss my experience and recall other’s experience with going to college for web design or development versus other means of learning code in today’s world of knowledge and resources.

My three ideas are;
1) explainer:
Event handling in react.
2)Tutorial:react hooks and making custom hooks
3)explainer:Debounce in react and compare debounce in functional and class component