"I am a coder. Yes. Yes, I am! I am a coder!" These are the words I yell at myself as I work on a couple of very unfinished projects after completing my Software Engineering Immersion boot camp with Thinkful. I finished in June - 4 months and 5 days ago. I've always tried to maintain an optimistic outlook on all things. It's my default attribute. This time of career transition has shown me new realities and eventually brought out that lingering pessimism. I'm honestly very discouraged. I progressed to the top in a couple of interview processes and was rejected or ghosted in the end. While it's encouraging to know I have the potential and ability to make it to the top 3 candidates in an interview process, the disillusionment with my individual power to make a change when it comes to actually launching my career ushers in quite the opposite feeling. Some days it feels like I'm hanging onto a thread, hoping that one team who met with me will finally make cont...
Check it! We've all run across checklists online, whether in a quiz, an email survey or while filling out a government form. Checklists are a great tool to easily involve clients and make more conversions through those interactions. They also make it easy for clients to offer feedback more readily. Checklists are made up of checkboxes that are each individually rendered in HTML using an <input> tag with the attribute type="checkbox" . Creating checkboxes is easy. Developing a sleek and enticing experience for clients who you want to enjoy your product takes some practice. This guide will give you a comprehensive understanding of how to create an attractive and accessible checkbox. Basic Checkboxes The basic HTML checkbox is just that: basic. There are many styling options and frameworks available to HTML allowing you to modify the look and functionality of the checkbox to whatever specifications you prefer. On top of polishing y...