Alex Morton

Hey I'm Alex!

California native lost in France Joined on Dec 2, 2019 http://alexlsalt.github.io

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Work

Software Engineer @ Orbit

Ruby
Rails
JavaScript
React
HTML5/CSS3
Git/GitHub
Firebase (Firestore & Authentication)
Adobe Creative Suite (PhotoShop, Illustrator, inDesign)
Squarespace

184 posts published

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Alex Morton

Aug 27 '22

Setting Empty-String JSONB Values to Null When Sorting with Ransack

#ruby #rails #programming

5 min read

Alex Morton

Jan 30 '21

The Importance of Slowing (Way!) Down as a Junior Software Engineer

#devjournal #codenewbie #career #womenintech

2 min read

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Dec 21 '20

It's Official: I'm a Software Engineer!

#devjournal #codenewbie #career #webdev

1 min read

Alex Morton

Jul 29 '20

The True Secret to Learning How To Code

#devjournal #codenewbie #javascript #beginners

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Jul 23 '20

Being Utterly Fearless in Your Pursuit of Learning to Code with Alex Morton

#codeland #career

2 min read

Alex Morton

Aug 27 '22

Catch the Attention of Future Employers as an Early-Career Developer \\ Umbraco Codegarden 2021

#beginners #career #codenewbie

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Alex Morton

Apr 19 '21

10 Things I've Learned After 3 Months as a Junior Software Engineer

#codenewbie #firstyearincode #career #womenintech

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Apr 14 '21

Reuniting with an old friend over coding

#devjournal #codenewbie #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Apr 12 '21

Dreams about coding solutions?

#devjournal

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Alex Morton

Mar 29 '21

The Only Way Out is Through!

#devjournal #career #codenewbie #womenintech

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Mar 22 '21

Always Chipping Away at Finding that Balance

#devjournal #codenewbie #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Mar 15 '21

Got Myself into a Pickle Last Week!

#devjournal #codenewbie #womenintech #career

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Mar 11 '21

Two Months into Software Engineering!

#devjournal #codenewbie #career #womenintech

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Mar 6 '21

Collab Lab: Cohort 19 Recap (Winter 2021)

#collablab #juniordeveloper #webdev #beginners

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Alex Morton

Feb 26 '21

Debugging: What's the Simplest Explanation?

#devjournal #codenewbie #womenintech #webdev

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Alex Morton

Feb 22 '21

5 Tips for Getting Through a Tough Coding Issue

#webdev #codenewbie #womenintech #career

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Alex Morton

Feb 18 '21

"How can I communicate this as clearly as possible?"

#devjournal #codenewbie #career #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Feb 15 '21

The Recipe for Coming Up with Great Coding Solutions

#devjournal #codenewbie #womenintech #career

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Alex Morton

Feb 10 '21

Rails, Relaxing & Reading

#devjournal #rails #codenewbie #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Feb 9 '21

A Test-Driven Take on Learning

#devjournal #codenewbie #testing #ruby

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Alex Morton

Feb 4 '21

Digging in to Objects and Classes in Ruby

#devjournal #codenewbie #womenintech

1 min read

Alex Morton

Feb 2 '21

The Secret to a Successful Self-Taught Coding Journey

#devjournal #codenewbie #womenintech #beginners

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Alex Morton

Jan 28 '21

One Step at a Time, Always

#devjournal #codenewbie #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Jan 25 '21

First Impressions of Test Driven Development (TDD)

#devjournal #career #testing #codenewbie

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Alex Morton

Jan 22 '21

Keyboard Drama & More Setup Mayhem

#devjournal #codenewbie #career #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Jan 20 '21

Trying to Be a Good Friend to Myself as a Junior Developer

#devjournal #career #webdev #codenewbie

2 min read

Alex Morton

Jan 20 '21

Saving Creative Work for the Weekends

#devjournal #career #sideprojects #webde

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Alex Morton

Jan 15 '21

Prioritizing Work Tasks & Learning Ruby

#devjournal #career #womenintech #codenewbie

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Alex Morton

Jan 11 '21

6 Key Takeaways from My First Week as a Junior Software Engineer

#career #webdev #codenewbie #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Jan 8 '21

I Merged My First PRs at Work!

#devjournal #womenintech #codenewbie #career

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Jan 8 '21

Local Set-Up: Check!

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Jan 5 '21

First Day as a Junior Developer

#devjournal #codenewbie #webdev #career

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Alex Morton

Jan 2 '21

Starting My Career as a Software Engineer & Feeling Magical!

#devjournal #career #webdev #codenewbie

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Dec 28 '20

Wrapping Up 2020

#devjournal #codenewbie #webdev

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Alex Morton

Dec 7 '20

Confession: I Don't Know Where to Even Begin with Testing My Code

#devjournal #testing #react #codenewbie

1 min read

Alex Morton

Dec 5 '20

A Beautiful Connection Between Coding and Embroidery

#devjournal #react #redux #codenewbie

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Alex Morton

Dec 4 '20

Slow and Steady with Redux

#devjournal #react #redux

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Alex Morton

Nov 23 '20

Spotify Project Idea Coming to Life in My Brain

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Alex Morton

Nov 20 '20

Redux, Rails, and A New Project Idea!

#devjournal #sideprojects #redux #react

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Alex Morton

Nov 13 '20

Job-Searchin' (and a New Mini-Project!)

#devjournal #career #sideprojects

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Alex Morton

Nov 9 '20

A Week Off From Coding Ft. Embroidery and Colored Pencils

#devjournal #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Oct 26 '20

So You Think You Can France is Pretty Much Done!

#devjournal #sideprojects #react

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Alex Morton

Oct 22 '20

A Little Break & Dream-Coding

#devjournal #womenintech #codenewbie #react

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Alex Morton

Oct 20 '20

React Rebuild, React Router and Git, Oh My!

#devjournal #react #git #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Oct 19 '20

Why Pivot When I Can Dive So Much Deeper?

#devjournal #react #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Oct 15 '20

Finishing Up Pure React and Musings on What's Next

#devjournal #react #computerscience

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Alex Morton

Oct 14 '20

A Couple of Sweet Victories Yesterday

#devjournal #codenewbie #womenintech #react

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Alex Morton

Oct 12 '20

Serverless Functions Saved My Life

#devjournal #codenewbie #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Oct 9 '20

How Can I Access Environment Variables in My Static Website?

#help #devjournal #javascript #node

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Alex Morton

Oct 8 '20

Almost Finished Working My Way Through Pure React!

#devjournal #codenewbie #womenintech #react

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Alex Morton

Oct 7 '20

Take That, Procrastination!

#devjournal #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Oct 6 '20

How Much State is Too Much State in React?

#devjournal #react #codenewbie #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Oct 1 '20

Pure React and Data Transfer (Still...)

#devjournal #react #codenewbie

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Alex Morton

Sep 30 '20

Just Gotta Keep Working at It!

#devjournal #react #womenintech #codenewbie

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Alex Morton

Sep 25 '20

Chipping Away to Eventually Get to Where I Want to Go!

#devjournal #react #codenewbie #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Sep 24 '20

React Hooks and Considering Different Ways to Store Data

#devjournal #react #codenewbie #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Sep 22 '20

Data Structures Micro-Course: Check!

#devjournal #codenewbie #womenintech

2 min read

Alex Morton

Sep 21 '20

'Do the Thing and You'll Have the Power'

#devjournal #codenewbie #womenintech

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Alex Morton

Sep 15 '20

Today's Work: Data Structures, Data Transferring, and React

#devjournal #react #womenintech #codenewbie

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Alex Morton

Sep 14 '20

Continuing with React & Starting My Latest Side Project!

#devjournal #react #womenintech #codenewbie

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Alex Morton

Sep 11 '20

The ~Magic~ of React Hooks: I May Now Be a Believer

#devjournal #codenewbie #womenintech #react

1 min read

Alex Morton

Sep 10 '20

Looking to Land Your First Dev Job? Set Yourself Apart

#devjournal #beginners #codenewbie #career

2 min read

Alex Morton

Sep 9 '20

Learning About APIs and Hooks in React

#devjournal #codenewbie #react

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Alex Morton

Sep 8 '20

Loving React & Ready to Start a Big New Project!

#devjournal #codenewbie #react #womenintech

3 min read

Alex Morton

Sep 4 '20

A Fun Friday Accomplishment!

#devjournal #womenintech

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