Courses for Summer Learning

learning new things

Two courses that have recently been made available (though I haven’t yet had the opportunity to take) at Code School are Powering Up With React (for React) and an HTML/CSS class called The Elements of Web Design. Summertime – which is rapidly approaching – is a good time to commit to spending time picking up … Read more

Learning Enough to be Dangerous – Go From Being a Novice to an Advanced Developer

current courses at Learn Enough to be Dangerous

While I think the venerable Ruby on Rails Tutorial is still the best way to learn Rails, jumping into this tutorial can be challenging for those who are new to programming. With the fourth and latest beta of Rails 5 being released this past week, it is appropriate that Michael Hartl, the creator of the … Read more

Changes in the ColdFusion.window.create Function Require a Modern Browser

error dialog box

I’m still working on upgrading some older CF8 applications to CF11. I came across an interesting problem, the exact cause of which I have not found, but I do have a solution of sorts. When the particular application I’m working on now was written, the standard browser that would be accessing it was Internet Explorer … Read more