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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Inclusion and Diversity: Announcing The Curtis Jenkins Scholarship
DigitalCrafts is proud to announce a scholarship for African American students, thanks to alum Curtis Jenkins.
Published: January 20, 2019 Readtime: 3 Minutes -
A Guide to Surviving a DigitalCrafts Dev Bootcamp
What's it like to attend a dev bootcamp? How do you know if it's something that would be a fit for you? Dive in as Mohammad Azam shows us what to expect from bootcamp and what you can do to prepare.
Published: January 11, 2019 Readtime: 3 Minutes -
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 -
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 -
DigitalCrafts Houston Campus Relocation 2019 Announcement
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