{ work + play } ← online portfolio of Cassandra King

From Ruby to React – A Head-spinning Journey in 12 weeks

Feb

2018

I started with Ruby basics, built up to Sinatra and will be digging into full-fledged Rails apps with Databases and React in a few weeks. First, I needed to get the basics down of just basic Object Oriented Programming concepts. I also needed to really sit down and get a good basic grasp of Vanilla ...

Getting myself in the ‘Full-stack’ frame of mind!

Feb

2018

I have been a front-end developer for many years, and had been able to sort of keep moving along, career-wise, as a self-taught, inner-motivated person. Always picking up classes on new coding topics here and there…but, only able to learn many of these new skills in a shallow way. The demands of life and work ...

… For Cassandra King, a Boricua programmer residing in Philadelphia, the importance of coding knowledge is not limited to the field of professional developers.

Aug

2015

Thank you to Al Dia for bringing light to the very real struggle of minorities and women attempting to break intoÂ theÂ manyÂ fields of technology. Â Additionally, Al Dia spotlighted a few organizations trying to usher our new generation of girls and minorities into this new technologically-saturated world. I have been involved with Coded by Kids for a ...

Pluralsight stories, Cassi’s story

Mar

2015

(Link to original source: http://ww2.pluralsight.com/success-stories/cassi) Cassi King UX Developer See why Cassi can’t live without Pluralsight After losing her job as a front-end developer, Cassi relied on Pluralsight to boost her resume while she searched for a better job. She spent several weeks learning new skills, often while training for races on her exercise bike, ...

Wine Labels for Fun :Tamman:

Mar

2015

CSS 3 Experiments: CSS3 Flipping poems, responsive

Jun

2014

This is the fourth site in a series where I have been playing around with CSS3â€¦ Just playing around as I assemble sites using HTML5 elements and CSS3 effects that I have not used that often. I first created a Parallax siteÂ using my momâ€™s poems as my starting point of inspiration. I have continued with ...

Becca Purple #663399: A Child Passes Away…A Color is Born.

Jun

2014

On Saturday, the 21st of June, 2014 Rebecca Purple, hexadecimally 663399, was added to the CSS Color Level 4. Apple, Mozilla, Google, and Microsoft have already announced plans to implement the color in a coming update. On the web, there are 140 named colors, 17 standard and 123 more, denoted by name and hexadecimal value. ...

CSS 3 Experiments: Accordion, responsive

May

2014

This is the third site in a series where I have been playing around with CSS3… Just playing around as I assemble sites using HTML5 elements and CSS3 effects that I have not used that often.Â I first created a Parallax siteÂ using my momâ€™s poems as my starting point of inspiration. I have continued with this ...

CSS3 Experiments: Horizontal Scroll

May

2014

This is the second site in a series where I have been playing around with CSS3…Just playing around as I assemble sites using HTML5 elements and CSS3 effects that I have not used that often.Â I first created a Parallax siteÂ using my momâ€™s poems as my starting point of inspiration. I have continued with this approach. ...

CSS3 Experiments – Parallax

May

2014

Playing around! Just playing around as I assemble sites using HTML5 elements and CSS3 effects that I have not used that often.Â I Â created a Parallax siteÂ using my momâ€™s poems as my starting point of inspiration. I have continued with this approach.Â HTML5 elements and CSS3 effects that I have not used that often. I created a ...