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Articles by Britt Ballard

  1. Back to Basics: Anonymous Functions and Closures

    Anonymous functions and closures are a useful concepts included in most...

    Britt Ballard
    October 10, 2014
    • Web
    • Back To Basics
    • Good Code
    • Ruby
    • JavaScript
  2. Back to Basics: SOLID

    SOLID is an acronym created by Bob Martin and Michael Feathers that refers to...

    Britt Ballard
    September 3, 2014
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Back To Basics
    • Good Code
    • Ruby
    • Swift
  3. Back to Basics: Regular Expressions

    Regular expressions are a core skill for developers in any language. Revisit the basics with us to master this foundational technique.

    Britt Ballard
    May 12, 2014
    • Back To Basics
    • Regex
  4. Back to Basics: Writing SQL Queries

    An in-depth overview of INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements, ORDER BY, INNER JOIN, LEFT OUTER JOIN, WHERE, GROUP BY, and HAVING clauses, and topics such as join tables and sub-queries.

    Britt Ballard
    April 21, 2014
    • Web
    • Back To Basics
    • SQL
  5. Back to Basics: Writing Unit Tests First

    Step-by-step instructions for learning Test-Driven Development (TDD) in Ruby. There’s nothing to fear! It’s fun.

    Britt Ballard
    April 7, 2014
    • Web
    • Back To Basics
    • Ruby
    • Rails
    • Testing
  6. Back to Basics: Polymorphism and Ruby

    An in-depth look at polymorphism over inheritance in Ruby.

    Britt Ballard
    March 14, 2014
    • Web
    • Back To Basics
    • Ruby
  7. Back to Basics: HTTP Requests in Rails Apps

    An in-depth look at HTTP requests and how Ajax works in Rails.

    Britt Ballard
    February 5, 2014
    • Web
    • Back To Basics
    • HTTP
    • Rails
  8. Opening an Austin Office

    We are opening a thoughtbot office in Austin, Texas. Hire us for web and mobile design and development. Our typical stack is Ruby on Rails and iOS.

    Britt Ballard
    February 3, 2014
    • News
    • Austin
  9. Module Pattern in JavaScript and CoffeeScript

    One of the shortcomings of JavaScript objects is the lack of support for...

    Britt Ballard
    May 31, 2013
    • Web
    • JavaScript

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