August 21, 2018 in Learn
How to Install Sass on MacOS with Homebrew
Have you ever needed to replace the same color in 50 places throughout a gigantic CSS file? It sure would be nice if you could make that color a variable and change it in one place. Functions and mixins? Those…
August 17, 2018 in Learn
How to Learn Python: Where to start and how to stay with it
Hello World! If you’re thinking about learning a new programming language, in the very near future, you’re going to be outputting that phrase, “Hello World”, to your screen. It’s guaranteed. It’s like a rite of a passage. A modern day…
August 15, 2018 in Learn
10 Must Have Tools for iOS Developers
When it comes to tools for iOS developers, there’s only one essential for writing apps, and that’s Xcode — so really this is a very clickbait title (gotcha!). Xcode comes with a whole suite of tools that allow you to…
August 13, 2018 in Learn
Acquiring Bricks: How to learn code like a foreign language
I had always heard that the grammar and syntax of coding languages were in so many ways like foreign languages, but for me, foreign language courses were much less intimidating than computer science. That drove me to studying Italian in…
July 24, 2018 in Learn
How to Learn JavaScript: Five Tips for New Learners
As a new learner, you may have chosen both the most exciting and most frustrating time to learn JavaScript. For the experienced JavaScript developer, much has changed in the last few years. JavaScript has new features and more elegant ways…
July 19, 2018 in Learn
5 Skills to Learn to Become a Back End Web Developer
Web developers wear many hats. Even if they only work on the “back end,” writing code that will run on the web server, they need to be able to: Write the HTML code that’s presented in the user’s browser. Write…
July 11, 2018 in Learn
Summertime Tips and Tricks for new Coders
Ah, those warm summer months are the best, aren’t they? And not just because they’re synonymous with lounging poolside or trekking down to the river with family and friends. There’s just something about this time of year that makes it…
July 9, 2018 in Learn
Promises, promises: A quick introduction to JavaScript concurrency
A quick introduction to JavaScript concurrency At some point in your life as a programmer, you’ll need to deal with code that runs asynchronously. Normally, code runs one command after the other. Nice and predictably, It goes from top to…
July 6, 2018 in Learn
Is learning to code harder than learning Italian? Self-taught mobile developer: Jo Lingenfelter
I recently had the delightful opportunity to chat with iOS Techdegree graduate Joanna (Jo) Lingenfelter. As a fellow person who entered the tech field with a non-technical degree, I was excited to learn more about her path from earning a…
June 15, 2018 in Learn
In defense of the modern storyboard
Since the release of iOS 5 and Xcode 4.2 in 2011, developers have had a choice when making an iOS project: should I build my interface using a storyboard or just entirely in code? Programmers, of course, when faced with…
June 8, 2018 in Learn
Selling yourself as a self-taught developer: It’s not as hard as you might think
The idea of selling yourself as a self-taught developer to a potential employer sounds crazy, right? Well, it might not be as crazy as it seems. Think about it. You need huge amounts of determination, drive, and willingness to learn…
May 15, 2018 in Learn
How Treehouse helped George get out of a cubicle to form his own company
Treehouse Success Story: How George Lambert moved from a cubicle to his own company George Lambert worked in a bank as a Python developer, mainly focused on numerical software engineering. He dabbled in web development in his spare time and…