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How to Get Started Writing Tests With Minitest

The following is a guest post by Josh Rowley and originally appeared on his blog. Josh is currently a student a The Flatiron School. You can follow him on twitter here. Testing let’s you check on the health of your code, making sure it’s performing well. Photo by Jeff Werner. Up until today, all of my project work […]
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Modules as Mixins in Ruby

The following is a guest post by Kevin McNamee and originally appeared on his blog. Kevin is currently a student a The Flatiron School. You can learn more about him here, or follow him on twitter here. Modules are similar to classes except they don’t have instances and don’t have subclasses. In ruby, modules can provide value in a wide […]
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SQL Joins Explained Visually: The 3 Ring Binder Model

The following is a guest post by Matt Salerno and originally appeared on his blog. Matt is currently a student a The Flatiron School. You can learn more about him here, or follow him on twitter here. Any programmer worth their weight in bitcoins is going to need to know a bit about databases. If you’re not familiar with databases, […]
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Classroom vs. Bedroom vs. Lecture Hall (Part 1 of 3)

The following is a guest post by Jack Nolan and originally appeared on his blog. Jack is currently a student a The Flatiron School. You can learn more about him here, or follow him on twitter here. At one time or another I have experienced all major ways of learning computer science: self study, university classes, and the group-oriented classroom. […]
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Tips for Using the Ruby Map Method

The following is a guest post by Ericka Ward and originally appeared on her blog. Ericka is currently a student a The Flatiron School. I’m now in my first month of learning Ruby. Lately, I’ve been having some fun learning about the map method. I first came across the map method while using the related each […]
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Do Not Discard Slide Decks Just Yet

The following is a guest post by Jenya Zueva and originally appeared on her blog. Jenya is currently a student a The Flatiron School. You can follow her on twitter here. How many times did you have to sit through a torturous power point presentation wondering what did you do to deserve this? Yet, it continues to be […]