Dick WardWorkflow: How I Build an AppOne of the things my students often ask me about, and one of the things that I think is impossible to answer, is the optimal workflow for…Jan 9, 2019Jan 9, 2019
Dick WardAnimated Ratings using SVG Text Clip Paths (and why they don’t work in Chrome)In order to gain some more experience with React and Redux while working as a Technical Coaching Fellow at Flatiron School, I decided to…Dec 11, 20181Dec 11, 20181
Dick WardCreating a Fabulous Frontend for Flatiron Field DayFlatiron Field Day was a project inspired by Reddit’s r/place experiment. If you aren’t familiar, r/place was a canvas that allowed users…Sep 19, 2018Sep 19, 2018
Dick WardAn Intro to Ruby Debugging featuring PryYou’ve been working with Ruby for a little while now and you’re starting to write bigger, more complicated programs. Maybe you’re playing…Jul 24, 20182Jul 24, 20182
Dick WardHow Not to Get Burned Out at a Coding Bootcamp: From a Bootcamp Teacher and StudentWhen I wrote my original blog post about getting burned out at a bootcamp, I wrote it as a student. I was in my second week as a student at…Jun 28, 2018Jun 28, 2018
Dick WardSelf-Referential Relationships (aka Self-Joins) in RailsRails relationships were one of the hardest things for me to wrap my head around while I was learning web development, but now I’m in love…Feb 25, 20184Feb 25, 20184
Dick WardRails Relationships — A User by Any Other NameI ran into a problem recently that I didn’t know how to solve. I know. In code, that’s such a commonplace occurrence that it’s not even…Feb 13, 20181Feb 13, 20181
Dick WardReduce in JavaScript — How Does it Work?Iteration is one of those concepts that can really stump new coders. It can feel almost magical the way a map or forEach statement work at…Feb 6, 2018Feb 6, 2018
Dick WardPersisting Data with React Draggable and a Scrolling DivSchedulr: Github Frontend, Github Backend | Live DemoJan 22, 20181Jan 22, 20181
Dick WardinCloudBoostCreating Schedulr, a Drag and Drop React Day PlannerSchedulr: Github Frontend, Github Backend | Live DemoJan 8, 2018Jan 8, 2018