Hello! I'm BekahHW.

So You Want to Learn to Code

I get a lot of messages on social media asking me about coding, what it is, how to get started, whether or not to do a bootcamp, and where to get started. The truth is we are all the hero...

The Coder's Journey: Finding a Mentor

A couple of months ago I wrote about the Coder’s Journey, and one of the most important parts of any journey is finding a mentor. This might be the person who hands you the sword to defeat the dragon or...

Class and Instance methods, Momlife Style

Once you understand variables, you’re ready to dive into classes and objects. A class, in simple terms, is like a blueprint for objects. I like to think of it as an overall storage center for things of a same type....

Breaking Down Ruby Variable Scope

I’m building my way up to a personal project. But before I approach the project, I want to reinforce basic knowledge by going over what I’ve learned about Ruby and SQL so I can do what I want. For me,...

Project Walkthrough

For my first solo project with Flatiron School, I had to create a CLI Ruby Gem where I scraped data from a website and went at least one level deep. Because I’m still in this weird space where I feel...

Building a Library: Object Relationships

I’ve been trying to understand Ruby object relationships for a while now. And generally, I have a grasp on what that means, but I still spend a lot of time figuring out what belongs to who and who has many...