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Where are all the walkthroughs??

This blog is a little delayed, however two weeks ago Makers deviated from their original course syllabus (Angular introduction) to try an alternative approach, whereby they removed all walkthrough’s and solutions, instead setting us some broad brush objectives to see how…

Project Week 1 — MakersBnB

Last week was our first group project week. Our task was to design a version of ‘Air BnB’ where we should be able to display and list ‘spaces’, detailing name, availability date and description. As a user you should be able to list your spaces for other’s to hire, and you should be…

Makers Academy Mugs

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…

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…

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…

Rock, Paper, Scissors. Makers Academy Challenge

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…

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…