I wanted to implement a scroll to section style design for www.burtonmediainc.com, after working on my own version for a bit I decided instead to use an existing package called scroll-to-element that does exactly what I wanted and works quite well. Here is my implementation. First I added the package Continue Reading
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My Development Environment
The following is a list of the tools and software that I use on a daily basis to help me build the internet. Computer DELL INSPIRON 13-7378 My primary development computer is a Dell Inspiron 13-7378 2-in-1 Laptop. This laptop has a touch screen which I have really enjoyed and it Continue Reading
A Peek Into the Eyes of a Coder
Ever wonder what the day of a coder looks like? Check out my new timelapse code refactoring video. Refactoring is kind of like tidying up code. Like adding the fine details to a painting or sculpture. Reworking the code to ensure it is optimized, scalable and easy to understand. This Continue Reading
My Mind? or My Ego’s Scapegoat?
Yesterday I skipped my practice for the first time in a couple of weeks. I slept in and by the time I got up it was time for a phone call that I had scheduled with a client. I told myself I would do it later, but I never ended Continue Reading
Change Link Color on Scroll
This post is related to the following project: Panels Page In order to iron out the UI bugs before complicating things with React I have decided to create the page with simple HTML / CSS and Javascript. This will also allow me to get the page up quicker since I Continue Reading
Panels Page
UPDATE: I am now using the following package to achieve the effect I desired in this post. https://www.npmjs.com/package/scroll-to-element It works quite well and is easy to implement. Read this post about how I have implemented it on www.burtonmediainc.com Now that I am all finished the Complete React Web Developer Course Continue Reading
January 20th, 2019
More and more I am finding that meditation is about making peace with your thoughts rather than about controlling them. I suppose that in a way I am still controlling them, but the control is more like the way I would control a pet. By loving them, learning about them Continue Reading
The Story
All you know going in is that the room is dark. Too dark. Comment below to share thoughts / ideas about the direction that the story might take. You know that you wake up in a dark room. YOU the game character has their memories of events leading up to Continue Reading
Storing Room Description
I plan to use Firebase for the database for this project, one of the pieces of information that will need to be stored is the description of a room. i.e. If a player were to type “look room” they would then be delivered a description of the room. Approach One Continue Reading
Text Adventure
The Project The main goal of this project is to use React to build an online text based adventure game as a sort of homage to the old Sierra adventure games like Space Quest or Police Quest. These games used great story-telling and humor to provide engaging experiences back when Continue Reading