JC Smiley

Front End Developer with a focus on React (web) and React Native (mobile), Code Connector national team Online Content Manager and a leader for the Memphis chapter, Gardner, and Outdoor Enthusiast

Memphis, TN Joined on Jan 22, 2019 https://www.jcsmileyjr.com/

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Jan 10 '21

Building a mental health crisis app, Final Day.

#dohackathon #codepen #mentalhealth

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Sep 23 '20

Tips for Writing a Great Resume

#interview #career #codenewbie #motivation

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Jul 29 '20

What steps do you need to take as an aspiring web developer in order to increase your chances of landing a job?

#career #developer #codenewbie #webdev

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Feb 5

Day 1: Building a multi-family meal planning web service

#codenewbie #webdev #devjournal #beginners

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Node Js for beginners + First Node Js program

Awesome write up

Dec 30 '21

Takeaways from the "My Journey into Tech" meetup

This 100% great advise. This builds a stronger connection tha...

Dec 29 '21

Frontend Challenge #3, Three Column Card Component

Thank you!!!

Nov 7 '21

7 useful HTML attributes you may not know

Great list

Sep 25 '21

Remember what got you here!

Truly Powerful. Thank you

Sep 18 '21

100 Programming Projects Just for You

Awesome list

Jun 10 '21

How to organize a project from start to finish.

I should have stated that the article is primary for beginner...

Apr 2 '21

Lessons learned during my journey of becoming a Web Developer

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Mar 2 '21

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JC Smiley

Jan 15

Frontend Challenge #12, Time Tracking Dashboard

#challenge #devjournal #webdev #codepen

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Jan 9

Frontend Challenge #11, Intro Sign Up Form

#challenge #devjournal #webdev #codepen

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Dec 26 '21

Takeaways from the "My Journey into Tech" meetup

#devjournal #codenewbie #beginners

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Dec 22 '21

Frontend Challenge #10, Four card feature

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Dec 20 '21

Frontend Challenge #9, Base Apparel Component

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Dec 14 '21

Frontend Challenge #8, NFT Preview Component

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Dec 10 '21

Frontend Challenge #7, Article Preview Component

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Nov 22 '21

Frontend Challenge #6, Social Proof Component

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Nov 20 '21

Frontend Challenge #5, FAQ Accordion

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Nov 7 '21

Frontend Challenge #4, Profile card component

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Nov 6 '21

Frontend Challenge #3, Three Column Card Component

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Nov 6 '21

Frontend Mentor Challenge #2

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Oct 11 '21

10 takeaways from 7 speakers on starting the journey into tech

#beginners #codenewbie #motivation

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Oct 7 '21

Job Hunting tips for Graduates

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Sep 22 '21

Traps that Aspiring Developers have to be careful of

#codenewbie #motivation #beginners

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Aug 27 '21

Tips on tending your career like it’s a garden

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Jul 9 '21

Paper, Rock, Scissors Game Planning Guide

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Jul 5 '21

Todo project Planning Guide

#codenewbie #webdev #dev #tutorial

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Jun 13 '21

7 Reflections of what it takes for Boot Campers to Thrive

#career #beginners #motivation #codenewbie

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Jun 5 '21

Getting Up after a Recruiter told me I wasn't Good Enough

#motivation #career #devjournal #codenewbie

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Jun 3 '21

Resiliency: 5 Tips to Learning How to Code and Surviving Tech Boot Camps

#motivation #beginners #codenewbie

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May 19 '21

Whiteboarding Advice

#beginners #motivation #codenewbie

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Apr 22 '21

How to create User Stories and Wireframes

#beginners #motivation #codenewbie

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Apr 14 '21

7 Tips on Telling Your Story in an Interview

#beginners #motivation #codenewbie

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Apr 12 '21

4 Tips to Level Up by Working with Others

#beginners #codenewbie #motivation

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Apr 11 '21

5 Tips to Immerse yourself into the Tech World

#beginners #motivation #codenewbie

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Apr 5 '21

Cycling and Talking Tech, How I built this landing page

#beginners #tutorial #programming #codenewbie

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Apr 2 '21

How to organize a project from start to finish.

#motivation #productivity #beginners

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Feb 15 '21

How can we use Adversity to shape our tech careers?

#codenewbie #motivation #beginners

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Feb 8 '21

Difference in Java Abstract Classes vs Interfaces

#java #codenewbie

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Feb 1 '21

Building a reputation as an developer

#codenewbie #beginners #motivation

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Jan 25 '21

How to find a Mentor

#beginners #codenewbie #motivation #mentor

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Jan 23 '21

How Java's classes and main method work?

#beginners #codenewbie #java

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Jan 18 '21

Don’t worry about looking good — worry instead about achieving your goals

#codenewbie #motivation #beginners #codeconnector

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Jan 2 '21

Building a mental health crisis app, Day 8: Building the messages & connections pages

#dohackathon #codenewbie #mentalhealth

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Jan 1 '21

Building a mental health crisis app, Day 7: Building the first communications/content page

#dohackathon #codenewbie #mentalhealth

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Dec 31 '20

Building a mental health crisis app, Day 6: Styling a background Image in Angular

#dohackathon #mentalhealth #codenewbie

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Dec 30 '20

Building a mental health crisis app, Day 5: Routing between pages

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Dec 29 '20

Building a mental health crisis app, Day 4: Setup User Account Pages

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Dec 28 '20

Building a mental health crisis app, Day 3: Login Page part 2

#dohackathon #mentalhealth #codenewbie #digitalocean

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Dec 27 '20

Building a mental health crisis app, Day 2: Log-in Page

#dohackathon #mentalhealth #codenewbie #digitalocean

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Dec 26 '20

Help Me, a mental health crisis app

#codenewbie #dohackathon #mentalhealth #digitalocean

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Nov 20 '20

"Do it Afraid", Tips to Overcome Fear while Learning to Code

#watercooler #codenewbie #motivation #beginners

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Nov 18 '20

Analogy between Running a Race and Learning to Code

#watercooler #beginners #motivation #codenewbie

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Nov 16 '20

8 Tips for Learning to Code Deliberately & Increasing the Code Quality

#beginners #motivation #codenewbie #tips

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Nov 12 '20

Transforming Goals into Problems into Accomplishments

#watercooler #beginners #motivation

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Nov 11 '20

15 Important tips about Mentorship

#mentorship #motivation #codenewbie #beginners

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Nov 4 '20

Me and my Impostor Syndrome

#beginners #motivation #codenewbie #devjournal

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Nov 3 '20

4 Takeaways from a Boot Camp Homework Assignment

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Nov 1 '20

8 Tips on Problem Solving for Aspiring Developers

#beginners #codenewbie #motivation

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Oct 19 '20

3 Tips on asking for Help while learning how to code

#codenewbie #beginners

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Sep 25 '20

Positive Thinking while Learning to Code

#watercooler #motivation #codenewbie

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Sep 14 '20

How to have a growth mindset?

#motivation #career #tips #codenewbie

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Sep 14 '20

Instead of putting out today's fires, create tomorrow's fireproof doors

#motivation #tips #codenewbie #career

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Sep 13 '20

One door closing is another door opening

#motivation #codenewbie #tips #beginners

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Sep 8 '20

Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do

#motivation #codenewbie #tips

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Sep 8 '20

Know Thy Code

#bestpractices #coding #learn #motivation

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Aug 30 '20

Should you compare yourself to others?

#motivation #codenewbie #tips

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Aug 29 '20

"I don't know", when and why you should say this in the tech industry

#codenewbie #motivation #learning #tips

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