DigitalCrafts Blog
The DigitalCrafts blog shares ideas, information and tips aimed at helping you get ahead personally and professionally, with topics ranging from online learning success to career development.
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Improving Diversity in Tech: Announcing the Turner's Women in Tech Scholarship
DigitalCrafts is proud to announce that we have partnered with Turner to provide a scholarship for women, with the goal of increasing diversity in tech.
Published: January 09, 2019 Readtime: 3 Minutes -
The Power of Rubber Duck Debugging: How Teaching Helps You Learn
Sometimes, the best way to make sure that you understand a topic is to explain it to someone else, even if that someone else is a rubber duck. Behold the power of rubber duck debugging.
Published: December 13, 2018 Readtime: 3 Minutes -
What is jQuery, and Should You Learn it in 2018?
jQuery has been widely used for more than a decade, and well-known companies like Kickstarter, Twitter and Hootsuite have used it in their applications. What else can jQuery do, and should you learn it?
Published: December 11, 2018 Readtime: 3 Minutes -
Crush the DigitalCrafts Code Assessment with These Tips
If you're applying for a coding bootcamp, you might be mystified as to why you're asked to complete a code assessment. Clearly, you don't know how to program yet! But from our perspective, the assessment help us make sure that everyone who attends our classes is at a common baseline and ready to learn more complex topics. Here are our top tips for successfully completing the DigitalCrafts code assessment.
Published: December 03, 2018 Readtime: 3 Minutes -
Neato Burrito: JavaScript Promises and Async/Await
Promises were one of the first concepts in JavaScript that really made my brain melt. Then I was taught in my DigitalCrafts class to think of the assembly line at Chipotle, and everything seemed to click into place. And thanks to ES8, we got some syntactic sugar called ‘async/ await’ to clean up our Promises, giving us a shorter, nicer-looking way to write asynchronous functions.
Published: November 30, 2018 Readtime: 5 Minutes -
Ultimate Guide: Questions You Should Ask When Considering a Coding Bootcamp
Ultimate Guide: Questions You Should Ask When Considering a Coding Bootcamp.
Published: November 28, 2018 Readtime: 3 Minutes -
What is a Coding Bootcamp?
Since they emerged in 2011, coding bootcamps have been instrumental in addressing the ever-growing gap between demand (high) and supply (low) for software developers. But, "accelerated learning programs" are still a relatively new concept. So, "What
Published: November 22, 2018 Readtime: 10 Minutes -
We're moving in Houston! Shiny New Campus, Same DigitalCrafts
We are moving our Houston Campus to "The Cannon," an incredible new collaborative space for Houston's tech community.
Published: November 20, 2018 Readtime: 5 Minutes -
Introducing: DigitalCrafts Professional Services Team
DigitalCrafts is more than just a coding bootcamp. We are proud to announce the start of what will be an amazing new journey: our new B2B professional services team.
Published: October 24, 2018 Readtime: 7 Minutes -
ELI7L: JavaScript for Juveniles
Alumnus Dan McKinney believes that teaching a subject or craft to anyone helps to strengthen your own grasp. But what about when you are teaching JavaScript to a seven year old?
Published: September 26, 2018 Readtime: 7 Minutes
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