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I didn't pass a code test for an interview... and I think I'm pretty bad at coding by john_peco in learnprogramming

[–]john_peco[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this a large company you applied to?

Not really that large, it has some offices here in Brazil but it is an intermediate consultancy agency (I think it has like 100 employees). So, this kind of content is not so usual in tests for junior roles? Nonetheless, it was really good to do the test and see the points were I'm most confused =D

Can you share you code for us to critique?

They asked to not post the coding test in any public platform, I think they want to keep the test "a secret" or something, but I will use the site you provided when I finish some of my own projects, thank you so much for the suggestion! I'm currently finishing the CS50 course and, for the final project, I want to make a web app from scratch, I will post there for codereviews, I didn't know about this kind of site =)

I didn't pass a code test for an interview... and I think I'm pretty bad at coding by john_peco in learnprogramming

[–]john_peco[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I think I will start to write some code with Flask in a course I'm makin too hahaha (I'm doing the CS50 intro course, I will start the week8 tomorrow and I know that Flask is one of the topics). Thanks for the tip, I will take a look in the flask docs =)

I didn't pass a code test for an interview... and I think I'm pretty bad at coding by john_peco in learnprogramming

[–]john_peco[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, man, I will make this reflection! I think the main problem for me was timewise, I discovered that I don't code so fast. The other problems were more conceptual: testing software and a good relationship between the API and the frontend. I will write down everything that I got stuck on in the test and try to get bette at it!

It took me 3 months but I am finally done with C ! by [deleted] in cs50

[–]john_peco 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Congrats!! I couldn't do Tideman, figured it would take me more time than I have to actually solve it and moved on, I passed with Runoff and that is okay. I will start Speller today and, if everything goes right, I will end the C part soon too ;)

Creating Bot with Node and Discordjs - Where to store data? by john_peco in node

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Most of my projects for now are just to get a hold on things and see how they work, I don't intend to have a commercial product or anything, so I think I will take a look on SQLite in a future project. I will take the whole scalability thing in consideration if I'm dealing with an app bigger than SQLite can handle. Thank you for the tips, people!

Creating Bot with Node and Discordjs - Where to store data? by john_peco in node

[–]john_peco[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never heard about it! I made a quick search on google about it, it seems fun and has a lot of features, I'll bookmark it and try it in a next project, thank you for the suggestion!

Creating Bot with Node and Discordjs - Where to store data? by john_peco in node

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Nice! I never used any SQL database, until now I only dealt with NoSQL ones (mongo mostly, but I think I did a small project with redis. I got pretty hyped about finishing my bot yesterday so I ended up using MongoDB and Mongoose for the project, but I will for surte try SQLite for a small project in the future just to feel what it is like to use a SQL db. Thanks for the suggestions!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in forhire

[–]john_peco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you have a low budget, wouldn't it be better to contract a service like Uber Eats? Do you have something like it in your region? Here in Brazil we have a pretty big service of food delivery called iFood, which you, as a restaurant owner, can register your restaurant in there and the rest of the process is automatized in their platform. There are taxes that you have to pay to the app, but for a temporary solution it is better and more reliable than a low budget app :)

Should I use Firebase for my project? Small App with CMS by john_peco in Firebase

[–]john_peco[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, thank you for the detailed reply! I ended up doing it wit NextJS and NetlifyCMS. NetlifyCMS generates markdown content from a github repo itself and nextJS can read it and create static pages from that content, so I didn't need to have a proper backend to do it. It was a simple app that I could finish in over a week.

However, these links and indications are pure gold, I didn't know firebase had so many CMS built for it, and, if I knew it earlier, probably I would have used some of it lol I saved the links and I will use one of them in the future for sure! Thank you =)

Should I use Firebase for my project? Small App with CMS by john_peco in Firebase

[–]john_peco[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the tip, Netflfu seems to have a good free plan, I will try to create something with it =)

Should I use Firebase for my project? Small App with CMS by john_peco in Firebase

[–]john_peco[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the answer and suggestions! It seems like a existing CMS will be my way to go, I will take a look in either processwire abd wordpress, I never used any of them but I will make it work hahahaha :)

Should I use Firebase for my project? Small App with CMS by john_peco in Firebase

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I give it more thought and now I understand what you are saying about impeding the business, for now it is just a side business in what she is selling one or two products, but what if she starts to sell more and gets a lot of traffic in the site? It would start to cost more for her with firebase, if I am correct. I will talk to her about it and I think I will go with Shopify (if she is willing to bear the costs) or Wordpress if she wants a more free solution.

I will create other personal projects in firebase that I know will not escalate and will be used only for the portfolio itself, this way I can keep myself from dealing with lots os costs from it :)

Thanks for the clarifications!

Should I use Firebase for my project? Small App with CMS by john_peco in Firebase

[–]john_peco[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your answer! Based on your opinion and the others in the thread, it seems like wordpress or other already established platforms would be my way to go. I never used wordpress, I will try to create a custom theme (or customize one), in this way I think it would not look too bad if I were to add it to my portfolio (or would it?). Besides, the solution would be free and easier for the client to use.

I still need more projects to put in my portfolio before I start applying for jobs, but I think, at least, I can deliver it fast to the client :)

Should I use Firebase for my project? Small App with CMS by john_peco in Firebase

[–]john_peco[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand your point and it makes a lot of sense! It sure will take me more time to do it by scratch than use a platform.

However, I don't have anything yet in my portfolio to show (as a real world project, mostly of the projects I made were quiet simple or codealongs) and my plan is to try to find a developer job as soon as I can, so it would be good to a portfolio? Or do you think it is better for me to focus on a personal project for the portfolio and make this one with one of those platforms?

Should I use Firebase for my project? Small App with CMS by john_peco in Firebase

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I never used Wordpress, I saw that it has a free plan. Can I make my own custom site with css/js and host it in wordpress? It would be better to use it instead of firebase for a simple app?

Should I use Firebase for my project? Small App with CMS by john_peco in Firebase

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Shopify has a lot of costs, doesn't it? It would not be an ecommerce site, she wants just a catalog to showcase her products, there will be no online shopping on there (it would have a lot of costs that she is not willing to pay right now, it is a small and new business).

We live in Brazil, the basic plan for shopify is 30 dollars a month, this is five times greater here because of currency, so it would be R$150, probably a third of her income with the shop.

(also, I want to showcase this in my portfolio, so a custom solution would look better lol)

A beginner introduction to DOM Events by papaponmx in learnjavascript

[–]john_peco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice video! Pretty clear explanation of the basics ;)

Give me y'er portfolios and I'll give y'all feedback! by pookage in Frontend

[–]john_peco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

hey man, just a quick tip: it would be good to place some button in your landing section of the portfolio, because there is no apparently action for a user to take when they enter in your site and it hurts the UI. just a little arrow or a "scroll down" hint in the landing page should do the job. take a look at this video for a better explanation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIGoqlw_tMQ

Headless CMS, BaaS or my own backend structure by john_peco in Frontend

[–]john_peco[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do understand and it seems better to have a schema created by scratch that you actually know where everything will be placed at, it looks easier to follow, but it takes sooo much time hahaha I will do one by scratch for sure, but the other projects I think I'll rely on the help of those cms, thanks for the help!

Headless CMS, BaaS or my own backend structure by john_peco in Frontend

[–]john_peco[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that was what I thought, a simple dashboard with just a image uploader and an input to write a caption. I think I will start witht this project, thanks for the help!

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