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Software developers training for women and gender expansive people

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I’m Here to Resque You

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by Audrey Carlsen, cohort 1 student. Read the full post on her blog. I spent last Friday trying to push my most recent web app to production. The biggest challenge was figuring out how to implement a gem called Resque, which allows you to run background jobs (such…

How to get RuboCop to ignore String Literals

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by Shadae Holmes, cohort 1 student. Read the full post on her blog. The RuboCop gem is a ruby community approved, code style analyzer. We have used it in a few projects to keep in line with recommended ruby style. I usually start by using RuboCop from…

New Year, New Apps

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During the holiday break, Ada Developers Academy students were given the task of creating fully-functional web applications. The catch: because so many students were traveling, with family, or otherwise busy, the students were tasked with creating the applications completely independently. The Exploratory Application project was…

Diverse Software Developer Talent—A Gift That Keeps on Giving

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Susannah Malarkey is the Executive Director of the Technology Alliance, our parent organization – and she’s also a writer for Xconomy. During the holiday break, she wrote a great article about Ada Developers Academy. We thought we’d share! Why are companies, agencies, and individuals investing in…

Ada After Hours

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**Ada After Hours is not currently in session – our students are out of the classroom and in internships! Sign up on our mailing list to hear about upcoming events.** We’ve set up a weekly after-hours study session at Ada! This is a great place to go…

Classes Start October 28th

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We’re proud to announce that our first class will have 16 amazing students and will be held in the Rainier Tower in downtown Seattle. Please meet Anne and Liz, two members of our super-smart and incredibly talented group. Anne I’m Anne: lover of languages, climber…