Whiteboard: Prime Number

For our first whiteboard question we will begin with finding if a number is prime. It’s always fun mixing programming and math basics together!

Instead of just answering the problem we will try and do a real world walk through of the problem and how to discuss…

DNS( Domain Name System): The Invisible Dot

Everyone knows the basis for website URLS and domain names right? Starts with “www” ends with anything from .com .gov .email etc. But after the last section there is an invisible dot. This mystery dot is what initiates a call to find the actual IP…

Slice of Py: Web Scraper

I have been building and modifying web sites and apps for the last month daily. Don’t get me wrong I love it, but wanted a small project to learn something new. I gravitate towards Python when not using JavaScript since I want to get better at data analysis and eventually get into…

All the Arrows point to REACT.js

This week has been great! Eating steak, buying a 28" monitor, grass seed is actually growing and 40…

Brick Walls Can Hurt!

Ever hit a brick wall? No? Then you never tried to learn WebGL.

Data Structures: Are you LIFO or FIFO?

Our coverage on data structures was interesting to say the least. We got to learn how at the…

Slice of Py: The Why

Why I decided to learn Python and Django: I am leveraging having “new eyes” compared to developers who have been around since the days of Cobol(I did just see a job ad for it too!). Am I saying I am better… not even close, I am saying as a somewhat new developer(< 5 years) I can use that as…

“Ah ha” Moments with Prototypes in JS

So I am getting back to learning more JavaScript. I have a list on my desktop and everyday my plan is to get into one of the topics in-depth.

What do I mean in-depth? Videos + readings + videos + readings over and over. So today’s focus…

Finding the Needle

This week was a deeper dive into JavaScript. The concepts were becoming more clear as I remembered the similarities and parallels when I was learning Python a year ago. The simple aspects like arrays and functions can turn into crazy and intimidating code when compounded on each other, however…

Code - A La Carte

I almost became a chef. Went to Paris for culinary school, learned the restaurant biz as a dish washer in my teens and even graduated with a business degree to add some“hard” credentials. The love of the hard work, dedication mixed with creativity and working with a team was what drove me towards…