ActiveRecord and bcrypt work together to protect user information by securing passwords. ActiveRecord’s ActiveModel::SecurePassword module gives us access to the has_secure_password class method - all you have to do is call the method in your model:
I decided to map out my object relationships as much as possible before I started to write any code for my Sinatra Project. Since I’m a beginner, this was really the first time I did all of my planning before writing any code. My goal was to create an app that allowed teachers to create courses that students could join or leave. It would have been possible to start setting up a database right away but I really wanted to think through all of my needs first. So, I wrote the following outline:
For my CLI Data Gem Project, I created an application that scrapes all upcoming New York Philharmonic concerts from this page.
For the last three and a half years, I worked at a non-profit arts organization and managed fundraising campaigns. I eventually realized that I don’t really like selling things and I miss making things. At the same time, a friend of mine was able to write a Java application that automated a part of my job. Even though I did not write a single line of code, it was still the most engaging project I had worked on all year. I later signed up to codecademy and after a month of learning the basics, I decided to join a coding bootcamp.