@TomMirfin

Northcoders Weeks 12 & 13 - The Last Dance

Jan 14, 2024 · 2 min read · Here we are! I sit here proudly typing that I am a Northcoders graduate. It has been thirteen weeks of blood, sweat and imposter syndrome but it feels amazing to be over the finish line. The last two weeks have been focused on building a final projec...

Northcoders Week11 - Final Project Begins

Dec 29, 2023 · 4 min read · Hello all, I hope you're having a lovely Christmas time. This, and my final two blogs will be set out differently to normal as we are now into the project phase of the course. I am now split into a group of five where we plan and create our final pro...

Northcoders Week 10 - Front End Project

Dec 17, 2023 · 9 min read · Note: my project is currently on the free tier of render.com and if it has been inactive for a while it may to a while to load! Font End Project Link - https://tommirfinnews.netlify.app/ Stack: React, React Router, Axios Here we go, I finally have a ...

Northcoders Week 9 - A Deeper Look At React

Dec 13, 2023 · 5 min read · Now that we had covered the basics of React - components, state, props it was time to move on to the essential stuff, being able to take data from the backend APIs and display them for the user! This was a huge step for me, I was excited to finally s...

Northcoders Week8 -intro to Front End

Dec 4, 2023 · 5 min read · Here we go! Away from Databases and into the DOM! and then... finally. Play dramatic music 🥁 Into React! Front-end development is building on everything that we had worked on the back end. For the user, this means how a website functions, what you c...