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_This article, originally published on November 30, 2015, has been updated._Online learning is a new frontier, and an incredibly exciting one at that.Of course, not everyone has the gumption to be a digital pioneer — especially when it comes to the realm of education. So, if you’re interested in becoming a software developer, how will […]

Deciding on which programming languages you need to learn to be a successful web developer can be overwhelming. And while coding bootcamps are an efficient way to gain the programming skills you’ll need to get a job as a developer, different schools have different beliefs on which programming languages represent the best way to build those skills. I wanted to take a […]

Ada Lovelace shouldn’t just be an inspiration to female programmers—she's truly an inspiration to everyone who has ever used technology. Lovelace worked closely with Charles Babbage on his mechanical general-purpose computer, The Analytical Engine, and she's widely regarded as the world’s first computer programmer—male or female.The second Tuesday of every October, the tech community celebrates Lovelace’s life […]

Long before the Internet, long before coding bootcamps (not to mention light bulbs, antibiotics, refrigerators, or telephones), Ada Lovelace made technological advances that still inspire us today. We always talk about Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) when we start teaching code at Flatiron School—here are three reasons why. 1. She was probably the world’s first programmer In 1833, […]

This guest post was written by Flatiron School student Adrian Prieto. You can read about his coding journey at his blog. Take it away, Adrian! Creating a web application from scratch can be intimidating at first, but not necessarily hard. I just finished building a really cool expense-tracking web application called “Expensy,” and even though […]

Note: Since the initial publishing of the post, Gabe has graduated and works as an instructor for Re:Coded, training Syrian refugees in Iraq as software engineers.  Gabe Jackson, a student in Flatiron School’s Online Web Developer Program, is our resident Sonic Pi expert. After being taken with Flatiron Dean Avi Flombaum’s Sonic Pi demonstration coding “Shake It […]