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How to Avoid Multitasking for Greater Productivity
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, […]
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The Flatiron School Presents Corinna & Rex
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 […]
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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 […]