Elle Hallal

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Hi, I'm Elle!

(she / her)

I'm a Software Crafter at 8th Light, and Leadership Team Member and Mentor at Coding Black Females.

Here I'll share my journey and experiences as a career changer. I'm inspired by learning, sharing, community building, and interested in discussing bias and inclusion in tech.

Recent Blog Posts

Learn To Code Using Free Resources

A collection of free resources I used when learning to code

What Is The Open / Closed Principle?

Exploring the Open / Closed SOLID Principle, with examples of adhering to and violating the principle

What Is The Interface Segregation Principle?

26th February 2020

Exploring interfaces, the principle in action, with examples of adhering to and violating the principle

What Is Abstraction In Object-Oriented Programming?

A short blog post on my understanding of abstraction

What Is The Template Method Design Pattern?

Exploring the template method design pattern, with examples

What Are Interfaces, Abstract And Concrete Classes?

Exploring the use of interfaces, and classes with examples

What Is The Liskov Substitution Principle?

What Is The Dependency Inversion Principle?

30th April 2019

Creating An Unbeatable Computer Player Using Minimax

26th April 2019

Testing Output With RSpec

The Red Green Refactor Cycle

29th March 2019

What Is The Single Responsibility Principle?

21st March 2019

Using the example of a Tic Tac Toe game to explain the principle

How To Mock API Calls In Jest

30th January 2019

How To Deploy A Web App To Heroku

30th January 2019

A step-by-step guide to deploying a web app to Heroku, using the example of my weather manager app

An Introduction To JSON

16th November 2018

Learning about storing data in JSON format

Testing User Input With Rspec

16th November 2018

How to simulate multiple inputs in RSpec

What Is Dependency Injection?

16th November 2018

How I used dependency injection when creating a tic tac toe game

Creating A Hangman Game With Ruby

12th November 2018

Testing output with RSpec, grasping Ruby classes, and self care

Recent Logs

Shorter posts consisting of topics I search for regularly

Python - Unittest: Run A Single Test

SQL - Using COALESCE To Set Default Values

Docker - Stop And Remove All Containers

Python - Setting Up A Virtual Environment

Python - Pip Commands

Python - Pyenv Commands

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