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Learning Languages

{"name"=>"Chely Ho", "email"=>"chelyho@gmail.com", "info"=>nil} — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 01:25:31 +0000

Coding is a completely different language. Like any language, it will take time to learn. How are you supposed to learn it? Babies learn their first language through repetition and copying. It starts with just making sounds. Then, they start to understand the context and use the right words for the right things. Then, they can start talking in more complex ways with proper sentence structure.

Campus Recruiting Event

{"name"=>"Chely Ho", "email"=>"chelyho@gmail.com", "info"=>nil} — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 05:04:43 +0000

Flatiron offers alumni a chance to participate in recruiting events. Employee relationship specialists gather employers who are interested in hiring entry-level developers. I was lucky enough to be part of Houston’s very first one.

Progression of Projects and Programming Skills

{"name"=>"Chely Ho", "email"=>"chelyho@gmail.com", "info"=>nil} — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 03:08:11 +0000

The Flatiron coursework includes major portfolio projects at the end of each module. The projects show the progression of skills gained. Beginning projects are simpler using one language, but the complexity increases with each.

Programming Pace - How long does it take?

{"name"=>"Chely Ho", "email"=>"chelyho@gmail.com", "info"=>nil} — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:32:29 +0000

One of the most frequently asked questions for starting anything new is “How long does it take?” A good answer should always be “It depends.”

Semantic CSS Frameworks with SASS

{"name"=>"Chely Ho", "email"=>"chelyho@gmail.com", "info"=>nil} — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 21:48:41 +0000

CSS frameworks are a quick and easy way to style your content. Basic styles and behaviors are taken care of, so you’re free to focus more on design and customization.

I’ve shied away from them though because adding styling classes to your HTML elements isn’t very semantic. A basic page can become littered with extra classes.

Rails Only Dynamic-ish Form Fields

{"name"=>"Chely Ho", "email"=>"chelyho@gmail.com", "info"=>nil} — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 07:58:13 +0000

Dynamic form fields are generally built with JavaScript, but there’s a way to fake this in Rails. The page isn’t actually updated dynamically, but it seems dynamic.

Creating Custom API Data - Rails Serializer

{"name"=>"Chely Ho", "email"=>"chelyho@gmail.com", "info"=>nil} — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 04:14:55 +0000

You can add more than just ActiveRecord model attributes created in the database schema and associated models to the Rails active model serializer.

Validations for MVC Sinatra Project

{"name"=>"Chely Ho", "email"=>"chelyho@gmail.com", "info"=>nil} — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:42:31 +0000

Top 100 Films CLI App

{"name"=>"Chely Ho", "email"=>"chelyho@gmail.com", "info"=>nil} — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:52:43 +0000

The very first portfolio project for Flatiron students is an application with a Command Line Interface (CLI) that uses data from an external source. It a great final project testing your understanding of all the previous lessons.

Hello, World

{"name"=>"Chely Ho", "email"=>"chelyho@gmail.com", "info"=>nil} — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 03:14:26 +0000

Why did you decide to learn software development?

cout << "Hello, World"

I still remember the rush from running that first line of code and seeing it actually work.