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Our Top Gift Picks for Developers
Are you looking for a gift for the developer in your life? Here are the top picks from our builders.
Published 18th December 20183 minute read
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 13th December 20183 minute read
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 11th December 20183 minute read
Welcome to Atlanta: Tips for Relocating for your DigitalCrafts Bootcamp
Learning to code can be hard, but relocating to Atlanta for our program doesn’t have to be. Our team has put together some recommendations so your transition is as smooth as possible.
Published 5th December 20183 minute read
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 3rd December 20183 minute read
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 30th November 20185 minute read
Ultimate Guide: Questions You Should Ask When Considering a Coding Bootcamp
Considering a coding bootcamp? Here's a comprehensive list of potential questions you may want to ask as you evaluate schools.
Published 28th November 20183 minute read
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 is a coding bootcamp?"
Published 22nd November 201810 minute read
We're moving in Houston! Spring 2019: 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 20th November 20185 minute read
3 Tips for Acing Your Coding Bootcamp Interview
We all get nervous when we're interviewing, but you don't have to be. Here are 3 tips to help you prepare for your admissions interview at DigitalCrafts.
Published 16th November 20185 minute read