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.

Learn To Code Using Free Resources

14th June 2020

4 min read

A collection of free resources I used when learning to code

What Is The Open / Closed Principle?

5th March 2020

4 min read

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

What Is The Interface Segregation Principle?

26th February 2020

4 min read

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

What Is Abstraction In Object-Oriented Programming?

2nd July 2019

2 min read

A short blog post on my understanding of abstraction

What Is The Template Method Design Pattern?

12th June 2019

3 min read

Exploring the template method design pattern, with examples

What Are Interfaces, Abstract And Concrete Classes?

29th May 2019

3 min read

Exploring the use of interfaces, and classes with examples

What Is The Liskov Substitution Principle?

17th May 2019

2 min read

What Is The Dependency Inversion Principle?

30th April 2019

2 min read

Creating An Unbeatable Computer Player Using Minimax

26th April 2019

8 min read

Testing Output With RSpec

9th April 2019

2 min read

The Red Green Refactor Cycle

29th March 2019

3 min read

What Is The Single Responsibility Principle?

21st March 2019

3 min read

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

How To Mock API Calls In Jest

30th January 2019

2 min read

How To Deploy A Web App To Heroku

30th January 2019

2 min read

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

2 min read

Learning about storing data in JSON format

Testing User Input With Rspec

16th November 2018

2 min read

How to simulate multiple inputs in RSpec

What Is Dependency Injection?

16th November 2018

2 min read

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

Creating A Hangman Game With Ruby

12th November 2018

4 min read

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