Nov 14, 2018What’s going on with Web Components anyways?Like so many things do it started with a question. For us it was, “who’s using this polyfill anyways?” We were taking a hard look at our library and the Web Components polyfill that we were shipping; we knew that not all browsers supported web components but we realized that…Web Development6 min readWeb Development6 min read
Oct 25, 20171 Year InOne year ago today I started my first job as a developer. Having graduated from FlatIron’s online bootcamp I accepted a job after a month of searching at a local company ChartIQ. …Java Script3 min readJava Script3 min read
Oct 21, 2016PostGrad “Problems”The other day I was asked what I was doing; the blog grew silent, the commits had slowed. Yes I’m still around I’m just working on one of my commitments to myself, contributing to elementaryOS. With version 0.4 Loki just released (a LTS based on Ubuntu 16.04) and upcoming changes…Linux5 min readLinux5 min read
Sep 9, 2016BYOB: Building Your Own BootstrapPart 1: Overview — Bootstrap 3 is dead. Long live Bootstrap 3. With this weeks big news about Bootstrap there’s perhaps no better time to examine the inner workings of CSS frameworks. Though they have become vital to the internet as we know it, we typically don’t give them much thought unless we’re looking…Web Development3 min readWeb Development3 min read
Aug 29, 2016Setting up your ARM Chromebook for developmentThis is a follow up to my previous post about using a ChromeOS device as your development machine. If you haven’t read that first you do so here. So maybe you’ve got the new Asus Flip or some older ARM Chromebook that you want to use for development but you…Ruby4 min readRuby4 min read
Aug 15, 2016Creating a Dynamic Angular ProjectThese days it seems you can’t go a month without hearing about some new JavaScript framework. And it makes sense too. Just like Ruby had been along before Rails, these frameworks offer a new way to revolutionize what can be accomplished and accomplished quickly. If you’ve ever used GMail you’ve…Angularjs4 min readAngularjs4 min read
Aug 6, 2016A novel implementation of join table relationships using JSONArguably one of the greatest things about the Rails stack is Active Record. When you’re using Active Record to manipulate your data you really do get the feeling that Rails is a magical tool; there’s just about always a way to express the relationship you want without diving into raw…Ruby On Rails3 min readRuby On Rails3 min read
Jul 27, 2016Survey of Development Options In ChromeOSIn the fall of 2012 my trusty old Dell Inspiron laptop died on me. At the time I needed to replace it ASAP but was on a strict budget, I needed it for an internship but couldn’t afford much more than $300. Desperate I ordered one of those newfangled Chromebooks…Chromebook7 min readChromebook7 min read
Jul 25, 2016Thoughts on JQuery RefactoringIt’s all fun and games till you realize you were iterating over Ruby Objects. Chances are if you’re computer literate you recognize JavaScript as “that stuff that makes the internet do cool things.” From buttons to effects its clearly one of the most important layers of the web today. …Java Script3 min readJava Script3 min read
Jul 13, 2016Exploring the DotEnv Gem: A handy guideIf you’re anything like me then you probably like to browse GitHub when you start working with some new Rails concept you would like to learn. After all one of the great things about Ruby on Rails is its open source background where you can browse other people code to…Ruby On Rails5 min readRuby On Rails5 min read
