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A guide to recursion in Ruby for beginning Launch School Students with minimal math

Launch School is excited to announce a significant expansion of the Core Curriculum, including two new books on the Open Book Shelf.

Launch School is extremely pleased to announce the latest entry in our free Open Book Shelf: Object Oriented Programming with JavaScript!

There is a lot more to Launch School than the lessons, books, projects, and assessments that make up the curriculum. Engaging with the…

I have always dreamed of being a computer programmer. As a teenager, I picked up a copy of Programming for Dummies, complete with a CD…

Greetings Launch School community! This is Karis, coordinator of the Smooth Start Program 👋. Following the success of the previous cohort…

Hey YOU!

Hey everyone this is Karis 👋, Coordinator of the Smooth Start Program. As we wrap up our last week of Smooth Start, I feel much gratitude…

It took me 6 months, and a failed attempt at the oral assessment, to pass the OOP exam — the JS129 in Launch School Core Curriculum…

I love the energy that the new year brings. I love the anticipation surrounding the start of it, both before and after the holidays. I…

We’re very excited to announce a new way to interact with the community at Launch School: in the “flatverse” using Gather Town. Within the…

I’m currently enrolled in Launch School’s Programming and Back-End Development course where I’m learning the intricacies of JavaScript and…

Introduction

Learning fast is easy.

or useful tips to prepare for inevitable

Moving from solo study to community engagement; or, overcoming social anxiety to learn with others

Variations of Loops within Loops

Aspiring programmers who are looking to eventually build a career as a Software Engineer frequently ask which programming language they…

The free Precourse orientation has a 4-year-old post about time logs, How long will it take? I loved it! It gave me a sense of certainty in…

My first interview assessment didn’t go well, and I didn’t pass. I had considered myself prepared; I had done most of the practice that was…

Since May of 2022, I have been completely devoted to Launch School and its mastery-based curriculum. Along the way, I have deferred to the…

What I learned after taking RB109 part 1

If you’re anything like me, you passed college classes and coding bootcamps on the fly, getting passing scores without spending long hours…