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Dick Ward

Dick Ward

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Jan 9, 2019

Workflow: How I Build an App

One of the things my students often ask me about, and one of the things that I think is impossible to answer, is the optimal workflow for…

Workflow: How I Build an App

Dick Ward

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Dec 11, 2018

Animated Ratings using SVG Text Clip Paths (and why they don’t work in Chrome)

In order to gain some more experience with React and Redux while working as a Technical Coaching Fellow at Flatiron School, I decided to…

Animated Ratings using SVG Text Clip Paths (and why they don’t work in Chrome)

Dick Ward

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Sep 19, 2018

Creating a Fabulous Frontend for Flatiron Field Day

Flatiron Field Day was a project inspired by Reddit’s r/place experiment. If you aren’t familiar, r/place was a canvas that allowed users…

Creating a Fabulous Frontend for Flatiron Field Day

Dick Ward

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Jul 24, 2018

An Intro to Ruby Debugging featuring Pry

You’ve been working with Ruby for a little while now and you’re starting to write bigger, more complicated programs. Maybe you’re playing…

An Intro to Ruby Debugging featuring Pry

Dick Ward

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Jun 28, 2018

How Not to Get Burned Out at a Coding Bootcamp: From a Bootcamp Teacher and Student

When I wrote my original blog post about getting burned out at a bootcamp, I wrote it as a student. I was in my second week as a student at…

How Not to Get Burned Out at a Coding Bootcamp: From a Bootcamp Teacher and Student

Dick Ward

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Feb 25, 2018

Self-Referential Relationships (aka Self-Joins) in Rails

Rails relationships were one of the hardest things for me to wrap my head around while I was learning web development, but now I’m in love…

Self-Referential Relationships (aka Self-Joins) in Rails

Dick Ward

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Feb 13, 2018

Rails Relationships — A User by Any Other Name

I ran into a problem recently that I didn’t know how to solve. I know. In code, that’s such a commonplace occurrence that it’s not even…

Rails Relationships — A User by Any Other Name

Dick Ward

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Feb 6, 2018

Reduce in JavaScript — How Does it Work?

Iteration is one of those concepts that can really stump new coders. It can feel almost magical the way a map or forEach statement work at…

Dick Ward

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Jan 22, 2018

Persisting Data with React Draggable and a Scrolling Div

Schedulr: Github Frontend, Github Backend | Live Demo

Persisting Data with React Draggable and a Scrolling Div

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Dick Ward

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Jan 8, 2018

Creating Schedulr, a Drag and Drop React Day Planner

Schedulr: Github Frontend, Github Backend | Live Demo

Creating Schedulr, a Drag and Drop React Day Planner

Dick Ward

Dick Ward

Full-stack web developer with a flair for the theatrical and a mission to leave the world a better place than I got it. DickWard.com

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