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Last active November 15, 2020 01:35
Dev.to Syntax Highlighting

Great post!

Consider specifing the language in your markdown code blocks because Dev.to has syntax highlighting!

You can do this by adding the language after the first three backticks at the start of your code block:

// code block starts with '''js (but with backticks instead of ')
const fn = () => {
 const x = "hello"

3 Things I Learned While Building My First Rails App

Intro

When I started thinking about what to build for my Flatiron School Rails project, I decided I wanted to build something that I can compare to real world products.

Even though I knew I wouldn't be able to get very close to products build by teams that utilize a wider set of technology than Rails, I knew it would be useful to build something that would allow me to taste some of the challenges of building real applications.

Lesson 1: Start Simple