Kevin C. Tofel

I know when I'm beaten and this week, I was beaten. I surrendered to Santa's elves after just a few days during the Advent of Code. No more stars for me. At least not for a while; I can always go…

What a long, busy week. I mentioned on Monday that I'm beginning to prep for my first JavaScript assessment. And I put a good 15 hours in on that effort. I also wrote five blog posts about…

Since February of this year, I've been a JavaScript Padawan. If you're not familiar with the term Padawan, it's a reference to a Jedi-in-training, apprenticed to a Jedi Master in Star Wars. I'm not…

Anyone who knows me even a little knows that I can't sit still when it comes to my education. Sure, I'm 52 but there's always time to learn more. That's why I went to my local community college at age…

The last time I blogged here was when I applied to the online Georgia Tech Masters in CS program six weeks ago. I'm still waiting to hear if I'm going to be a Yellow Jacket or not. While waiting, I…

We're in the home stretch of the fall semester where I'm taking my first JavaScript (JS) class. After learning most of the syntax basics (which aren't too different from what I've used in the past…

Up until three months ago, I'd never written a single line of JavaScript. I still haven't written much outside of a sample web app that shows cryptocoin pricing based on the user's choice of coin…

School's out for summer! My spring semster ended about a month ago in a whimper as the pandemic hit smack dab in the middle of March. The college quickly shifted to online learning. My particular…

Testing the Netlify CMS Just added it to my repo and configured it. If this post appears on the public page, that means it's working! :) Here are the technical details of the Netlify CMS. The beauty…

Jamstack Conference 2020 Since I'm really only just beginning my delving into being a developer, I haven't yet attended any developer conferences. That changed today. I caught most of the live…

It works This post suggests that I correctly have my Hugo-rendered site up and running. Check the link for more information on the Hugo open-source software, but essentially, it takes Markdown content…