Flatiron School Blog

The following is a guest post by Kevin Curtin 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. Last week I talked about the importance of conributing to open source documentation. Here is a quick guide on how to actually go through […]

A Message from Our Dean to Our Students I delivered this speech to students to mark the 1/3rd way through the Flatiron School journey: Now more than ever in your life your future can be of your choosing. If you seek out challenges, you will find them to be opportunities. If you confront your fears, you […]

The following is a guest post by Li Ouyang and originally appeared on her blog. Li is currently a student a The Flatiron School. You can learn more about her here, or follow her on twitter here. We’ll be publishing the rest of this mini-series of blog posts as they are released. Sometimes, it’s the simple questions that […]

The following is a guest post by Nikhil Thomas and originally appeared on his blog. Nikhil is currently a student a The Flatiron School. You can follow him on twitter here. One of the biggest mistakes we tend to make is placing a massive emphasis on multitasking. We tend to hero worship people who can juggle many projects, […]

Each week during the semester, Flatiron School students present on a topic of their choice to the NYC on Rails Meetup Group. Be sure to follow the presenters on Twitter: Corinna Brock & Rex Feng. At a recent NYC on Rails Meetup, student Corinna Brock showed us how to get started with Ruby Koans. Student Rex Feng presented […]

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 […]