Alex LachPassing Scope to Angular DirectivesI’ve spent the past two days at Viking Code School diving headfirst into Angular and I’m having a blast. Sure, I’m aware of the warnings…Sep 25, 2016Sep 25, 2016
Alex LachMore Thoughts on Digging Past the Surface LevelA few weeks ago, I wrote about going beyond surface-level learning and how one of the things I liked most about Viking Code School was the…Sep 19, 2016Sep 19, 2016
Alex LachLike a Dog Chasing It’s Tail: Finding a Number in a Sorted, Rotated ArrayI’ve made it to the second half of Viking Code School. After 8 weeks grappling with Ruby on Rails and everything that comes with it, we’re…Sep 11, 2016Sep 11, 2016
Alex LachI Survived My First Group Coding Project. Here’s Why I Loved It.For the final three days of the first half of Viking School, we split into groups to make an app of our choosing. Up until this point in…Sep 2, 2016Sep 2, 2016
Alex LachGoing Beyond Surface-Level LearningIn learning to code over the past year — both on my own and through Viking Code School (VCS)— I’ve come to realize that on any topic in the…Aug 21, 2016Aug 21, 2016
Alex LachThe Single Person in a Land of Couples: Finding the one single integer in an array of pairsA few weeks ago, I wrote that finding the largest product of three integers in an array is as simple as following some advice from George…Aug 8, 2016Aug 8, 2016
Alex LachThe world is just a bunch of CRUDBesides the obvious joy that comes with learning dozens of new things every day and being able to build more and more complex web…Jul 31, 2016Jul 31, 2016
Alex LachMy New-Found Web SuperpowersThis week at Viking Code School, we moved onto the web and now that I look back, it’s amazing what we accomplished in five days. I:Jul 24, 2016Jul 24, 2016
Alex LachHow George Costanza helped me find the highest product of three numbers within an array.On the suggestion of numerous Viking Code School students and instructors, I checked out interviewcake.com, a site that has a whole slew of…Jul 24, 2016Jul 24, 2016
Alex LachWeek 2 at Viking Code School: Data Structures and Algorithms.The past week at Viking Code School, my second in the 16-week program, forced us to take a step back from Ruby and a step down into the…Jul 18, 2016Jul 18, 2016