BenWhit

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by BenWhit 7y ago
We have a few clients that were affected by this as well. The only article I came across was from Business Insider (unfortunately, paywall). https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-review-all-marketin...
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by BenWhit 7y ago
I've seen Spectrum pop-up a few times, there is a way to search for communities too. https://spectrum.chat/ Slack has active channels. Finding them can be a challenge. Try: https://slofile.com/
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by BenWhit 13y ago
IMO, learn pure js but while learning the basics, get your hands dirty with some frameworks, small side projects or tutorials and workshops. This will help you find what framework you enjoy or really "clicks" with your personal pr
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by BenWhit 14y ago
I had them use the free trial of Magento Go to try and ease them into it but they seemed to be overwhelmed. Shopify however looks very ease to manage and a good starting point for beginners into the e-commerce scene.
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by BenWhit 14y ago
I had heard the same thing but I'm located in the US so I don't think that should be an issue but thanks for the heads up.
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Ask HN: Shopify or Magento?
1 points by BenWhit 14y ago|4 comments
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Ask HN: Building a Retail/Merchadise E-Commerce Store
1 points by BenWhit 14y ago|0 comments
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by BenWhit 14y ago
Thanks for the tip. I often get wrapped-up in the buzzwords then end up splitting my attention between a million different areas that I forget to build up the basics or start small. Sinatra looks like a good gateway to understanding the 'ma
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Ask HN: Transitioning from Front-End to a Rails Dev, what should I expect?
1 points by BenWhit 14y ago|0 comments
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by BenWhit 14y ago
Ask HN would have been a much better place for this post. I hadn't realized that if you include a link, hn automatically directs you there. I'll re-post in Ask so comments are easier to make.
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Transitioning from Front-End to a Rails Dev, what should I expect?(benjammin.herokuapp.com)
2 points by BenWhit 14y ago|3 comments
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by BenWhit 14y ago
Lenovo Thinkpad Edge430 looks like a great deal.
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by BenWhit 14y ago
The laptop I have now..or had..is an HP Dv7. I missed the recall date on the Motherboard problems and it just recently died on me. It lasted about 2 years but I'd like to avoid HP's if I can. I added the last part about linux distro because
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Ask HN: Laptop Suggestions?
10 points by BenWhit 14y ago|12 comments
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by BenWhit 14y ago
Definitely a smooth install and setup for Heroku. Michael Hartl's tutorial is great. I've actually been going through it today!
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by BenWhit 14y ago
I definitely am enjoying Heroku's free-tier to test and practice on. And I have gone through a good bit of Michael Hartl's tutorial, at least enough to get up and running. I do like being able see my end result immediately with little setup
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by BenWhit 14y ago
I do want to be able to host my own servers..one day..as for now I think I will "just get this project out there". I think I've got enough Rails under my belt to get the few pages I need up, and Heroku's free-tier seems perfect to learn and
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by BenWhit 14y ago
Yeah, LAMP seems to be the best route to get up and going faster, I think I'll start with that. I need to be learning those DB and process skills to begin with, which makes taking the LAMP approach probably the best option. Thanks.
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by BenWhit 14y ago
Thanks! That's good to know about Apache. I haven't even had a chance to look into it thoroughly. Maybe I'll dive into it this weekend :) So if I want to get up and running quickly my best bet would be to grab a linode with a LAMP stack?
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by BenWhit 14y ago
I completely agree and I do want to be a total pro but am too spread out. I need to start focusing on certain aspects...maybe learn the ins-and-outs of a complete framework?..like Rails while continually learning more and more in-depth HTML
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by BenWhit 14y ago
Thanks for the great reply to start. I clearly am a little over my head and am always looking for the "right direction" to go and end up getting caught up in buzzwords. I only have a few web pages that I need hosted, so frameworks aside...w
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Designer eager to become Developer
3 points by BenWhit 14y ago|15 comments