Tag Archives: brighton
SmallTalk @ FP
I’ve just had a group introduction to Smalltalk. Piers was visiting Brighton and decided to teach us all about the roots of OO programming. In lieu of the usual 5-minute-on-keyboard sessions, Piers gave us a walk through of developing kata … Continue reading
Skillswap: Intro to Rails
Last night I presented a skillswap, “Introduction to Rails”. This was meant to be a fairly quick overview for people who’ve done some web development before, but are completely new to Rails (and Ruby). The event was presented in two … Continue reading
Coding Dojo Tonight
Tonight was the latest Coding Dojo. We were picking up the mantle from the previous time. This evening was peculiarly intense, thanks to Piers dropping in. Despite not completing the task (as per usual!), I learned an enourmous amount from … Continue reading
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I’ve fairly recently gotten turned on to my local library. They have graphic novels. Lots of graphic novels. Yum. This is good, because it helps limit my expenditure on such things. So I’ve been going through them at a rate … Continue reading
Coding Dojo 9
I’m just back from Dojo#9. We attempted Kata 4 again, but in Ruby this time. Even though I was the only one with much Ruby experience behind me, it still wasn’t much of a problem in practise. I did some … Continue reading
SkillSwap on Typography
Last Thursday evening, Richard Rutter gave us a talk on Web Typography Sucks. It was a hugely successful event. It turned out that there were nearly 17 of us in the small room. Richard’s talk was essentially a preview of … Continue reading
Dojo IX
Last night was the latest Coding Dojo. It was an astonishing success. Not only did we all manage to enjoy ourselves, we actually produced some working code! We were attempting Kata Four (data munging), which is split into three parts. … Continue reading
Skillswap is back!
I’m pleased to announce that Skillswap is back. Our first event is Web Typography Sucks by Richard Rutter. For too long typographic style has been overlooked on the Web. This SkillSwap will show how new technology demands that websites receive … Continue reading
Dojo VIII
Last night was the 8th Coding Dojo. Joh kindly allowed myself and Jay to try out one based on Ruby instead of the usual Java. Sadly, Jay was ill and couldn’t make it. Get well soon, Jay. We started late … Continue reading
Brighton SkillSwap
SkillSwap is a really neat idea set up some time ago by Andy Budd. It’s all about getting the local web design community together to provide free training for each other. I managed to get into it fairly late on, … Continue reading