How Claude Shannon and One Formula Brought Us Into the Information Age
Welcome back to another edition of Code History Lesson, where we spotlight ye computer scientists of olde, one tech genius at a time. This week we’re taking a look at Claude
Checksum Gives Me Indigestion
This post was written by Flatiron student Jeremy Sklarsky and originally appeared on his blog. Check it out to learn more about Ruby and Jeremy’s journey to becoming a developer at the Flatiron
Using Digital Ocean and Dokku for easier Rails app deploys
This post was written by Flatiron student Dan Visitainer and originally appeared on his blog. Check it out to learn more about Ruby and Dan’s journey to becoming a developer at the
Announcing the 2015 Kode with Karlie Scholars
In April we announced the Kode with Karlie Scholarship which offers free tuition to Flation School’s Pre-College academy to girls around the United States. Karlie Kloss, model, entrepreneur and founder
Javascript’s Functional Class Pattern
This post was written by Flatiron student Sophie DeBenedetto and originally appeared on her blog “The Great Code Adventure“. Check it out to learn more about Ruby, Javascript and Sophia’s journey
Ruby’s Modules and Mixins
I was curious about when one should use modules so I did some research. I had more questions when I read that modules implement the mixin facility. What is a mixin? I looked up mixin’s and was confused on how modules and mixins were related.
Five Lessons for Teaching High Schoolers to Code
As educators, we’re lucky enough to be the people that motivate students to love the subjects we teach. At the Flatiron School Pre-College programs, we think about this fanatically. It’s
Edsger Dijkstra and the Invention of Structured Programming
Computer Scientist Edsger Dijkstra shaped his field from both an engineering and a theoretical perspective. Today, he is best known as the inventor of structured programming, a master of tongue-in-cheek
What Working in Baseball Taught Me about Web Development
Flatiron School Alum and Developer Adam Jonas left his job as a Major League Baseball Scout to pursue a career in software development. Although he thought he left baseball behind