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Why Didn’t My Octopress Work?

The following is a guest post by Ruthie Nachmany and originally appeared on her blog. Ruthie is currently a student at The Flatiron School. You can follow her on Twitter here. My octopress blog works now, but it wasn’t working for a while. I’ve overheard from some of my classmates at Flatiron that they are experiencing this as […]
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Starting Out With JQuery Mobile in Rails

The following is a guest post by Thomas Deatherage and originally appeared on his blog. Thomas is currently a student at The Flatiron School. You can follow him on Twitter here. I’ve just begun collaborating on a project that I’ll present next month for an NYC on Rails meetup. At this point my group and I intend to develop […]
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Programming, Postmodernism, and Ruby’s Self

The following is a guest post by Kirin Masood and originally appeared on her blog. Kirin is currently a student at The Flatiron School. You can follow her on Twitter here__. Upon first glance it seems as if coding and programming are subjects that exist independently of all other subjects. Closer observation, reflection, and a little bit of […]
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Day 2: Switching to Form Tag From Form For

The following is a guest post by Steven Brooks and originally appeared on his blog**.** Steven is currently a student at The Flatiron School. You can follow him on Twitter here. So last night I was able to get about an hour of work in. I feel like that a sustainable pace considering I do not want to […]
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Learning About AJAX

The following is a guest post by Adam Waxman and originally appeared on his blog. Adam is currently a student at The Flatiron School. You can follow him on Twitter here. As someone who loves UX and design, it is not surprising that I’ve been wanting to learn about JavaScript – the language of the browser that allows […]
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Dealing With the Blank Screen problem…start With a Blank Sheet of Paper Instead.

The following is a guest post by Sagar Shah and originally appeared on his blog. Sagar is currently a student at The Flatiron School. You can follow him on Twitter here. When you first start learning web development frameworks like Rails, it can be really hard to know where to get started. There are simply too many […]