Pair Programming — my thoughts.

This is a very short blog concerning my views on pair programming. It lies at the heart of the Makers Academy philosophy and it the foundation of everything they do. I have practiced it for just under a month now, and whilst I overwhelmingly support it and would preach it’s…

Rock, Paper, Scissors. Makers Academy Challenge

My week of JavaScript

I have had mixed emotions with regards to week 5 of Makers Academy. On one hand, extreme frustration in how after…

Wellbeing, self induced pressure and stress

I am changing the format of how I write my blogs to focus on just one thought, or one idea for the day. The thought will be undetermined and will arise from what I am feeling that particular day, what we covered in class from a technical perspective, or…

Writing a web application using Sinatra and Databases

So this week our challenge has been to write a basic web application, using Ruby, Sinatra, RSpec, Capybara, SQL, PostgreSQL and DataMapper. Last week was difficult enough, jut writing a basic web app using Ruby and Sinatra, but adding in…

Day 11. Makers Academy. Class Extraction

After three days of working on object orientated programming and class extraction and trying to ‘refactor’ our method flow through different classes, my brain was completely fried and I felt despondent and frustrated with my lack of understanding of the…

Day 13–14. Makers Academy. OOP Challenge

Over the course of the weekend, for the weekend 2 challenge, I was required to design a program to simulate a takeaway restaurant ordering system. I needed to be able to print a menu, detailing items and prices, allow customers to order from the menu a number…

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