Launch School

I started Launch School in July 2017 and completed my final course by the end of February 2019. That’s about 1 year and 8 months of…

A question which raises a number of important issues about how a lot of the ‘learn to code’ industry tends to operate.

From Beginner to… Sophisticated Beginner

A few moving parts needed to be tied together into a cohesive whole. That raised questions about how to properly structure my code.

I had a map generator, but not much else. I needed to figure out how to turn this into a playable game.

How I got from a simple idea to a finished game prototype during christmas week, thanks to strong fundamentals.

Although dropping everything else and focusing absolutely on learning a single new skill would be ideal, it is not always practically…

In this blog post, I want to provide a list of books and resources that I’ve found useful as I worked through the Launch School core…

An overview of key concepts

We’re please to announce five (5) $1,000 scholarships for WWCode members! The amount will be applied towards the Launch School monthly…

In this article, I wanted to write about the changes I’ve made in my own ability to learn new subjects and material through my journey at…

Effective Learning is About Structure and Feedback

A Broad Question With Multiple Solutions that Leaves the Asker to Weigh the Tradeoffs

I have always been a slightly restless person. I have always felt like there was a new adventure to be had, a new skill to be learned, a…

As a programming student with no tech job background, preparing for my first Launch School assessment was a really intense experience.

An introduction to Web Workers and related concepts

Choosing the Right Trade-offs in Education Systems

Back in my early days of coding, I used to hack and slash during algorithmic exercises. I’d read through the problem, look at the given…

All during elementary school, using ‘and’ at the beginning of a sentence got you a bad mark, yet by Junior year in High School if you did…

Why Great Developers Really Only Focus on Two Skills — How to Learn and Mastery of Fundamentals

A Question Without an Easy Answer, and Probably One Best to Set Aside Anyway

Introduction