Well, it’s been a fun journey. Took me several months to finish this project. Let’s recap:
-Started in early October, going really well! -Late October, my computer started freezing unexpectedly -Late November, my computer is officially wrecked -December, on forced vacation from coding, decide to embrace the holidays -Late December, get the computer back in good health, but the holidays… -Mid- January, reluctantly start getting back into it -February, having existential crisis of forgetting everything. -Late February, decided to just start coding without worrying and went through in a flash!
I was definitely hesitant to get back into coding after spending essentially a 2 month hiatus. I had forgoten a lot of concepts and I was feeling worse about the project day after day.
For some reason I hit a breaking point and decided to just do some lines of code. I somehow convinced myself that I just needed to refactor my view page for my drinks, and suddenly I was getting back into it. I think I suffered that “imposter’s syndrome” that is popular amongst coders. I thought I had to know everything to really get this project together, but I found that just by doing it, by failing and by just being curious how to do things, I was learning and getting back into it.
I am really happy how this turned out, and I am more than ecstatic now that it’s over.
So this rails app basically allows you to create a review for a film, and pair any type of drink you had while you watched it. I hope you enjoy it!