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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
Very cool, but the most useful thing to me about Rubular (which this is inspired by) was the quick reference. Considering the results you get for a google search on "JavaScript Regex", a nice simple table with the basic syntax (and methods)
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
In the case that Dell (or someone else) had better hardware at a better price. It doesn't look like that's the case with the Ultrabook just yet.
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
Because at first glance it will pass for a macbook air. I don't say that with any bitterness. I have and love my air, but as I find myself using less and less of OS X, and really just living in iTerm and my browser, the real appeal of the A
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
Taking it a step further, the next hardest thing is dealing with the consequences of the lies when there are students with enough experience to know that you lied, but not why you lied. I teach programming through video courses, and at a ve
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
s/toSring/toString/ To others, the demo question on the home page is a divisible by 5 or 7 problem. This is one of the guest challenges and is that the number contains the digit '7'.
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
Also, the JS seems to be quirky: function jsChallenge() { return 1; return 2; return 3; } Returns 3
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
I feel like such a tool for saying this, because I thought people who said this were tools before I 'got it'. Taking your fingers off the keyboard and to the mouse and trackpad is slow. I now even get how moving your fingers to the arrow ke
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
I used to think like that, then I realized, I am going to be editing text for at least the next 20-30 years (if not longer). I get the feeling vi(m) (and emacs) will be around then, so it's an investment worth making. It only took a few wee
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
Cool, thanks for the tip, I watched the video. It looks like you're doing some cool stuff, but it doesn't look appealing to me as a developer who is already comfortable with node. The biggest mental leap for me is that you are using JSON ob
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
I only watched the first few minutes of the video, then skipped around. What is the benefit of fire, as a framework? Can you work without the Fire IDE, and would that be worth it? I just can't see giving up my text editor to click around a
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
12factor.net is not connecting for me right now. Google cache says it is this: http://twelve-factor.herokuapp.com/
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
I could be wrong but I think ICEfaces [1] for Java does something like this. I remember seeing a presentation on it at a Rails vs Django vs Java "debate" a few years ago. It may not be quite the same thing, and I can't really parse the webs
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
If you're in Orlando, stop by the office. Just tweet at someone here so we can expect you. http://bit.ly/treehouseoffice
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
Several of the videos include Code Challenges, which test your knowledge by writing real code in the browser. We are going to be expanding this tool throughout Treehouse to offer more opportunities to code-along as well as take challenges.
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
I too learned Dev and Design through free resources and googling (It's still how I learn), but a lot of people find value in having a path laid out to them, and having consistency in the resources they learn from. Of course a lot of people
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
Subtitles should be available on all videos when viewed on the website. Any videos without subtitles are currently being subtitled currently and should show up soon.
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
We have added Code Challenges, that allow you to demonstrate your knowledge using real code in the browser to learn badges.
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
Treehouse has been around under the name Think Vitamin Membership for about a year and a half. We charge a subscription (from day one), and reached profitability before we took on our investors.
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
Treehouse used to be called Think Vitamin Membership. It's been around for about a year and a half, and the testimonials are from current customers.
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
That is correct.
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
Ethan, the author of the RWD article, was actually on the team who worked on The Boston Globe site. He's been giving talks on the project and the process. I don't know if it is anywhere online, but it's very interesting.
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
Got me too. Damn
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
The advantage is that Node uses async/non-blocking IO. For example, say your portal needs to collect info from 3 sources A, B, and C. In a synchronous system, you would have to request service A, wait for a response, then request B, wait, a
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by jimrhoskins 15y ago
Amazon is too big to fail/be kicked out of the market.
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by jimrhoskins 16y ago
Yeah, in the isometric view it all looks like 1x1 sticks, but the schematic will fill with longer bricks. You can stagger them yourself when you build, but we are working on the algorithm to make it more structurally sound.