Code School Classes Are Complete…For Now…

My Code School Report Card

Over the course of the last year, I’ve been slowly making my way through all of the Code School Paths, and I finally finished the iOS Path today.

My Code School Report Card
My Code School Report Card, as of 6-22-2015

I saved iOS for the end, in the hopes that the Objective C classes would be retired in favor of newer Swift classes, but those haven’t even been published yet.

After a year of classes, I maintain that Code School is well worth the price tag ($29/month or $290/year) as long as you stay committed to a schedule of study. It’s a wealth of information for this price, but you won’t learn it unless you do it.

This past year, Code School was purchased by Pluralsight, so I only expect the classes and class offerings to continue to improve. I’m still waiting on that Python path, which I hear is in development.

While I’m also waiting on Swift classes from Code School, I plan to take the iOS 8 Immersive course, which covers Swift, at bitfountain.io. For $149, it’s quite reasonable, as long as it delivers what is promised.

Nothing to See Here… Move Along

In my 30-plus years playing and working with computers, I’ve seen some strange things. This may be the first time I’ve actually seen an automated application installer ask me, as part of its “automatic” installation process, to manually copy files from one folder it just created, to another folder it just created.

Kony Studio installer dialog box

Wonders never cease.

The Third Edition of Michael Hartl’s Ruby on Rails Tutorial is Available on Amazon!

Ruby on Rails logo

The most widely known way (which is also often described as the best way) to learn Ruby on Rails is the Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl. Its third edition, which covers Rails 4, has been available as both a digital book and video screencasts for several months on Hartl’s Rails Tutorial website, but was just released in print form yesterday. I received mine from Amazon today, and was pleased to find my review (of the Second Edition, though it certainly holds true for the Third even more so!) printed just before the title page.