Grimm Outlook for the Week
Tags: react, reactnative, career, elixir
Published: 2019-06-11 22:57:30

Here's a roundup of what I'll be working on for the next week, plus other miscellaneous items of interest.  Brought to you from my back patio on a perfect 80&#8457; day in Baltimore, while sipping a Goose Island IPA.

### Code Stuff:

- I'm starting to learn Elixir.  Some resources to help me get up to speed before the next Baltimore Elixir Meetup on June 26th, plus a tutorial to build a project:

    - [Elixir School](https://elixirschool.com/en "the premier destination for people looking to learn and master the Elixir programming language") - First 7 sections of the Basics to get a feel for the language.
    - [Elixir Koans](https://github.com/elixirkoans/elixir-koans "a fun way to get started with Elixir") - First 7 sections to practice coding/making tests pass.
    - This dev.to article on Pattern Matching from [Kate Travers](https://dev.to/kttravers), which I understand is a key feature in Elixir: [Pattern Matching in Elixir](https://dev.to/flatironschool/pattern-matching-in-elixir-33m1)
    - I began this 10-part tutorial from Brain Emory [Elixir Phoenix: Creating An App With Tests](https://medium.brianemory.com/elixir-phoenix-creating-an-app-with-tests-updated-for-phoenix-1-4-f44c66b690f) last week and have finished with setup and the first 3 parts.  I hope to finish the next 4 parts.  It uses the Phoenix framework, the YouTube API, and the [TailwindCSS](https://tailwindcss.com/) framework for design & layout.

- To keep up on my React & CSS skills, I plan to finish my [wedding website](https://www.erin-dave.com/).  I feel like I'm 75% finished.  Images are tough, but I just found this [tool](https://responsivebreakpoints.com/) that I hope will help out.

- I recently downloaded ["The Road to React with Firebase"](https://roadtoreact.com/course-details?courseId=THE_ROAD_TO_REACT_WITH_FIREBASE) from [Robin Wieruch](https://dev.to/rwieruch), who has an excellent [blog](https://www.robinwieruch.de/), for a modest Patreon donation.  I'm interested in learning Firebase, so I'm eager to start this.  I plan to get through the first 50 pages, which would bring me to the end of the Firebase Authentication API section.

- I want to set up a React Native project using [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYN0Rn0BhQI) from [Spencer Carli](https://dev.to/spencercarli) at Handlebar Labs.  My idea for a mobile app is one where you would take a photo of a cocktail menu, and it would parse out the name and ingredients, which you could save as a favorite and add to a database for every user to pull from.

- I'm still in search of a job - had 2 interviews this past week, with one coming up this week.  Some articles I recommend for a refresher and to prepare for interviews:
    - [Learn Enough React for the Interview](https://medium.com/bb-tutorials-and-thoughts/learn-enough-react-for-the-interview-f460a2fa3aeb)
    - [JavaScript Engines: How Do They Work?](https://www.valentinog.com/blog/engines/)
    - [React Redux Tutorial for Beginners: The Definitive Guide (2019)](https://www.valentinog.com/blog/redux/)
    - [JavaScript Prototypes, A Pocket Reference](https://medium.com/@ajmeyghani/javascript-prototypes-a-pocket-reference-d88f550ffce3)
    - [Frequently asked: Node JS Interview Questions and Answers](https://medium.com/@vigowebs/frequently-asked-node-js-interview-questions-and-answers-b74fa1f20678)

### From the Twitters

- [document.designMode](https://twitter.com/IMAC2/status/1135875294156480512) - did not know this was a thing!
- I hate when 'foo' and 'bar' are used for variables!  Good advice [here](https://twitter.com/ThePracticalDev/status/1138452324848979976) to eliminate that practice.
- [CSS Grid Generator tool](https://twitter.com/sarah_edo/status/1133369255104094208)

### Interesting Non-Coding Stuff

- Fascinating article about [The World's Greatest Art Thief](https://www.gq.com/story/secrets-of-the-worlds-greatest-art-thief)
- Community Solutions' [Built for Zero](https://www.community.solutions/what-we-do/built-for-zero) initiative helping to end homelessness is highlighted in [this article](https://medium.com/fast-company/3-cities-in-the-u-s-have-ended-chronic-homelessness-heres-how-they-did-it-a8267b285f81)
- Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals is tomorrow.  [Here's an oral history](https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/26579959/dominik-hasek-70-save-playoff-shutout-oral-history-25-years-later) of the best goaltending performance in playoff history from Dominic Hasek 25 years ago.  The rookie in the other net wasn't too bad either!
- [Airless car tires!](https://www.autoblog.com/2019/06/04/michelin-uptis-2024-chevy-bolt-airless-tire-test/)
- Ahead of this week's US Open at Pebble Beach, a few links:
    - Retrospective on Tiger's dominant, record-breaking 2000 win (from [The Golf Channel](https://www.golfchannel.com/news/tiger-tales-dozen-memories-majors-biggest-win-ever))
    - A year earlier, one of the best US Open finishes was turned in by Payne Stewart, 4 months before he died in a plane crash.  [An interview](http://www.morningread.com/features/2c6dc3b6-5c8a-4eea-bffa-7068505e7fb9) with the author of a book about Stewart.

That's it for this week!  I hope to make this a weekly series.