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April 4, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

Getting Started with MiniTest

Whet ever you may believe about testing practices; tests still provide some peace of mind and clarity in projects. Also; if you build a library for others to use, tests are a form of validation of your work and provide trustworthiness to your code. In the case of working with a large project that is…

January 28, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

Learning by Teaching

I grew up in a home-school family. That being the case there were times where my mom was learning as well while still teaching. There are many times where the teacher will learn from the student. As we learn we can both sharpen our own knowledge and refine it by teaching what we learn to…

January 22, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

Learning Your First Programming Language

If the idea of designing software intrigues you; then you’re in the right place. Often times the things that keeps you from moving forward is the “fear of the unknown”, or simply doubting your ability/capacity to learn. If programming looks like some big ominous thing and like it’s more trouble than it’s worth, then you…

January 8, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

JavaScript is easy with jQuery

If I had only known how easy it would be to pick up JavaScript with jQuery I would have learned it a long time ago. But I had allowed a glimpse of obscure looking JavaScript to deter me in the same way Java kept me from learning programming for years. When I first wanted to…

January 3, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

“Empiricism Like This”

No two people are the same. When learning we have many different ways. There are auditory learners, visual, and hands on. Whenever you combine any, or all, of these methods the learning experience will become more vivid and better retained knowledge. In my writings I’ve largely focussed on an exploratory experience. A more hands on…