Test-Driven Development

 

Writing code is hard. Sometimes we need to move fast but also scale. Other times, it’s wondering where to start when turning an idea into an app. And then there’s diving into rabbit holes and squashing bugs.

It’s at moments like these that we turn to test-driven development. TDD, as it’s called, asks you to write tests before writing the code itself. It’s used by companies like Spotify, Etsy, and Buffer to increase the speed and quality of code production.

Credits: Codecademy via GMail

Animating my name

 

As some of the regulars here may be aware, for the past few months I have been learning coding with the help of online code school Codecademy. Today marks the completion of their Learn HTML course. Now I’ve started a fun project/mini-course using JavaScript to produce a funky little animation of my name where the little circles move aside when you roll your mouse over it. The GIF above, from a Codecademy email, shows what the final result could look like.

Credits: Codecademy via GMail

New Free Courses: Build Amazon Alexa Skills 🗣

 

“Alexa, tell me your innermost workings” – a GIF from an email by online coding school Codecademy advertising their new course on creating Alexa Skills.

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