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Workflow: How I Build an App

One 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, 2019

Workflow: How I Build an App

Jan 9, 2019

Dick Ward

Animated 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, 2018

Animated Ratings using SVG Text Clip Paths (and why they don’t work in Chrome)

Dec 11, 2018

Dick Ward

Creating a Fabulous Frontend for Flatiron Field Day

Flatiron 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, 2018

Creating a Fabulous Frontend for Flatiron Field Day

Sep 19, 2018

Dick Ward

An Intro to Ruby Debugging featuring Pry

You’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, 2018

An Intro to Ruby Debugging featuring Pry

Jul 24, 2018

Dick Ward

How Not to Get Burned Out at a Coding Bootcamp: From a Bootcamp Teacher and Student

When 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, 2018

How Not to Get Burned Out at a Coding Bootcamp: From a Bootcamp Teacher and Student

Jun 28, 2018

Dick Ward

Self-Referential Relationships (aka Self-Joins) in Rails

Rails 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, 2018

Self-Referential Relationships (aka Self-Joins) in Rails

Feb 25, 2018

Dick Ward

Rails Relationships — A User by Any Other Name

I 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, 2018

Rails Relationships — A User by Any Other Name

Feb 13, 2018

Dick Ward

Reduce 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, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

Dick Ward

Persisting Data with React Draggable and a Scrolling Div

Schedulr: Github Frontend, Github Backend | Live Demo

Jan 22, 2018

Persisting Data with React Draggable and a Scrolling Div

Jan 22, 2018

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Creating Schedulr, a Drag and Drop React Day Planner

Schedulr: Github Frontend, Github Backend | Live Demo

Jan 8, 2018

Creating Schedulr, a Drag and Drop React Day Planner

Jan 8, 2018

Dick Ward

Dick Ward

Full-stack web developer with a flair for the theatrical and a mission to leave the world a better place than I got it. DickWard.com

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