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…
Last week, I completed my first Ruby on Rails project in General Assembly’s Web Development Immersive. To help us hone our research skills and get practice learning from documentation, one requirement of the project was to use an API call or Ruby gem we didn’t already…
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 (Socrata Open Data API) allows users to access open data resources. It hosts over…
Over the past six weeks I’d heard one of my instructors say some variation of “refactoring is the most satisfying part of…
Possibly the simplest way to launch your own food ordering app is by using the Ordr.in API. In fact, https://hackfood.ordr.in/ includes substantial documentation on its APIs, libraries, modules and widgets so you can get…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
I love brunch. I love deals. So, I created BrunchDeals.me, a brunch deals aggregator utilizing the 8coupon API and Ruby on Rails. I would like to share with you how I was able to allow all users to access the custom API results without a forced…