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I want to start by saying that if you took the initiative to start learning to code, you should pat yourself on the back. No matter what you’re doing, just taking the first step and improving 1% daily is better than all those people sitting on the couch. Many people fear starting something new, thinking it will be too hard, and never giving themselves a chance to succeed. Yes, we all learn through mistakes, but to help you ease in on your journey, I want to outline some roadblocks people face when starting to learn to code and actionable steps on how to avoid them....

Recently, I was asked how to get rid of the HTML prefix from a URL on a website hosted on Netlify. It’s pretty straightforward, but I thought it would be helpful to walk you through the process. If you don’t know what I’m talking about here, it’s when you visit a website and the URL looks something like this — example.com/about.html. Specifically, the .html part is the problem here as most people would prefer to see example....

There’s no sugarcoating the fact that changing careers is challenging. It’s much easier to move from one job to another within the same industry or field than to change careers altogether. It takes courage to move forward with such a significant change. But it doesn’t stop at courage; to be successful with a career change, one must craft a compelling career story. Your story is one of the most important things you should focus on when transitioning to a new career....

MongoDB is an open source NoSQL database management program. NoSQL databases are quite useful for working with large sets of distributed data. We can store information in this database, manage it and then retrieve it and display it to people who view our app. Now, to connect to a Mongo database from a Node.js server, you can either use: Mongo, official driver npm package Mongoose, elegant object modeling tool for mongo in nodejs Most online tutorials teach how to set up a Node/Express app with MongoDB using mongoose, which isn’t very helpful for beginners....

If you’ve been using CSS and creating websites for some time, there’s a strong probability that you’ve had the following thought: How do I do that again? What’s that code snippet? There has got to be an easier or faster way to do this… I know I wrote that code before… Where did I find that CSS tool? To make it easy to find them, I’ve gathered all the tools I’ve bookmarked, organized them by function and use case, and shared them with you here!...

MongoDB 6.0.0 was just released yesterday and is now available for download! This version has improvements to existing features, also new products have been introduced to empower you to build faster, troubleshoot less, and removes complexity from your workflows. Here are some of the latest features recently added: Time Series Time series data is a sequence of measurements over some time with standard metadata. Managing time series workloads is required across a variety of industries....

The internet is a place with endless possibilities to make money. You just need to know where to look for it. I’ve put together a list of websites that pay technical writers a good amount of money. This list is just a starting point. There are so many other websites that will pay for freelance writing. Brands and businesses need content like guest posts and are actively searching for freelancers who can write articles for them....

I believe everyone should spend some time working in the service industry at some point in their lives. The experience could very well change your outlook on life and the world we live in by teaching you about yourself and how you relate to others. I’d like to share some of the lessons I learned while waiting tables that are transferable to many careers. If you’ve ever worked in a restaurant, you’ll know what I am talking about....

If you really want something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t you’ll find an excuse. Working and studying at the same time CAN be done. Despite the challenges, it’s possible to stay sane and avoid burnout. I’m here to share how I do it and what works for me. Plan your week/find what works for you When it comes to balancing work, life, and study, having a structure is critical....

Here’s a link to the Codewars Kata: codewars.com/kata/57ee4a67108d3fd9eb0000e7/.. The goal of this exercise is to get back an array without some specific elements in it (elements that are specified in the geese array). Start the function Here we’ll create a function called gooseFilter that accepts a parameter named birds of type Array. function gooseFilter(birds) {//function body} Return the string with methods applied to it return str We start with a return statement because we already want the result of the function right off the bat....