More cost effective than college, and probably better learning to boot. You've been to college, or you're there now, or planning to go. It’s what’s expected in order to secure your social standing and your place in the creative class. …

You want to learn how to use APIs to make awesome things. That’s good, because that’s what we're doing in this tutorial. This tutorial was originally part of Bitcamp 2015's Scout Trail. I ❤ bitcamp. Intro API stands for Application Programming Interface. Any time you are interacting with someone else’s code…

Don’t know anything? That’s AWESOME. This is a soft intro to backend development for those who want to do cool things fast. This tutorial was originally part of Bitcamp 2015's Scout Trail. I ❤ bitcamp. Intro We’ll get you up and hacking in no time. This tutorial has: A little setup …

I’ve been working for the past couple months on umd.io. You can check out the site, and if you are interested in the technical details, we’re open source, so check us out on github. This post will explore the vision and motivation behind the project — why this is important…

College is a depressing place. It shouldn’t be. — Image via Cybersmile Foundation College is super depressing. It’s hard — lonely, boring, stressful. I’m not just being descriptive — the National College Health Assessment found in 2011 that 30 percent of college students reported feeling “so depressed that it was difficult to function” at some point in the past…

You've coded a site. Now, put it on the internet for people to see. EDIT (1/2017): Google has discontinued hosting through Drive. There are lots of other great options for hosting your website — checkout github pages, or do some searching on your own. YO. This was written to follow the…

You've seen those fancy resume websites. Now make your own. Hey. Your artistic and web-savvy friends make them. Your instructors might have plain-white ones. If you have no idea what I am talking about, check out some example sites. This how-to walks you through building your own resume site and getting…