The Art of Writing User Stories

Moral of this Story: Use both sides of the pencil.

A program is not built; it is grown. -Chris Pine

This quote has resonated with me since I began my learn-to-program journey. I liked the…

No API? No Problem.

How I Used Nokogiri To Get (Scrape) The Information I needed

Everyone knows that finding an apartment in New York City can be a nightmare, but I consider the discovery part of the process one of the most fascinating of living in…

The SODA API 

Using the Socrata Open Data API to access open data resources with Ruby

What is the SODA API?

The SODA API (Socrata Open Data API) allows users to access open data resources. It hosts over…

Dr. StrangeLovett: How I learned to Stop While Looping and Love .Map

or How I Found the Joy in Refactoring

Over the past six weeks I’d heard one of my instructors say some variation of “refactoring is the most satisfying part of…

Deploying Moneta with Heroku

Heroku is a handy service. Though most domains will only run you a ten-spot, provided you pick one obtuse enough, or at least forego the “.com” suffix (which increasingly faces stiff competition anyway), uploading a custom made web app is a little more involved than getting a…

Using the Linked In API: A first time developer’s experience

For the uninitiated, connecting to an API can be an overwhelming experience. From the flow of data and the concepts they represents to the implementation decisions that need to be made, you may not know exactly where to start.

Down the Alley of Gotham Metro

Humble Beginnings of a Rookie Dev by Quincy Iheme

There are many avenues one travels down when they choose their first project. There’s the original idea that sparks a revolution, or the established standard thought…

Queries with ActiveRecord

searching your own data

Well-Tended Gardens

Why creating custom rake tasks will save your life one day

Rake is easily one of the most powerful tools in the Rails arsenal. Whether or not you spend a large amount of time using it, its actions sit at the root of several…

Old News App

My First Rails App Deployment

My first Rails Application, called the Old News App(http://oldnewsapp.herokuapp.com), uses the New York Times Article Search API to randomly generate a list of articles from today’s date in a random year in the past. In order to…