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So, you’ve sat down at your computer, opened up Launch School’s (or someone else’s) guide to learning Ruby, and installed it as per the instructions. It’s time to learn! However, as you’re reading through those first pages about variables and control flow, you might start to wonder, in the back…

In the Launch School RB 120 course, there are three use cases of modules covered. These use cases are: Mixins Namespacing Containing methods Mixins Mixing in modules is used to add the same behavior to different classes that may be unrelated. …

Aspiring programmers who are looking to eventually build a career as a Software Engineer frequently ask which programming language they should select to learn (Ruby? Javascript? Python?). They often get lost in the weeds, endlessly debating minutiae about which language is best to begin their learn-to-code journey. Noobs who’ve never…

If you haven’t yet explored our Git and Github workshops, you’ll want to join our last session of the season: “Branching & Staging for Beginners”. In it, students will enhance their Git proficiency by mastering crucial skills such as unstaging, amending commits, branching, and merging. Here’s what previous attendees had…

Launch School is happy to announce its next live workshop “From Local to Global: Discovering the World of Github”. In it, attendees will learn the ins and outs of the most popular code-hosting platform — Github. Here’s what previous students had to say about their experience: ”Good and easy to…

At Launch School, our aim is to help students master industry fundamentals, which includes best practices with version control. Therefore we are pleased to offer our latest workshop “A Beginner’s Guide to Version Control using Git”. Many attendees have found it to be a useful learning resource: “Helped so much…

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 an unpredicted world of self-paced content. From the threads, I picked up an expectations model to aid me in “self-pacing”.

Earlier this year Launch School released a new workshop “The Science and Practice of Studying at Launch School”. Many attendees have already built better study habits with the neuroplasticity techniques they learned in this workshop: “This was really well researched. Loved all of the info actionable advice!” “Extremely informative, helpful…

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 suggested, coded while timing myself, completed problems well under time, did interview practice sessions (and volunteered as tribute during it). Still, No dice. It felt…