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Big Nerd of the Month: Adam Preble 23 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
It’s my favorite time again, when we announce the Big Nerd Ranch Big Nerd of the Month! This month, we have one of the authors of Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X. He’s a pinball wizard and candy corn ...
Coding Rails with Data Integrity, Part 3 22 Aug 2013 | 10:57 pm
In our previous posts about data integrity in Rails, we covered null constraints, default values and uniqueness constraints. These database constraints help ensure that data exists where it’s suppose...
css-burrito: an organizational Sass template 21 Aug 2013 | 11:02 pm
How OCD is your CSS? Are you following object-oriented conventions? Do you adhere to a strict style guide? Do you have a hard time sleeping if your properties haven’t been alphabetized, or if they are...
Language and Empathy: Confessions of a Big Nerd Ranch Fanboy 21 Aug 2013 | 12:58 am
In my internship at Big Nerd Ranch, I learned not only new ways to solve problems, but new ways to think. As I’ve written before, I have valued the emphasis on empathy, thoughtfulness and learning. Th...
Building a 2D Graphics App for the iPad: Part 1 16 Aug 2013 | 09:18 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a series about building a 2D graphics demonstration app for the iPad, based on a prior presentation at the Birmingham CocoaHeads chapter. Devices runni...
Maintaining and Organizing UI Dependencies with Knockout.JS: Part 1 14 Aug 2013 | 12:23 pm
Why use Knockout.JS? We all know that the larger a project gets, the harder it is to maintain and organize UI dependencies. “What if the user does this, or this? That needs to change that and that.” ...
Using an API to Back an iOS Application 13 Aug 2013 | 09:35 pm
At this year’s annual Clash of the Coders, I teamed up with Steve Sparks and Mark D to create Krëndler, a framework that can be added to any iOS application to record and play back a user’s touch even...
Big Nerd Ranch in the European Community 9 Aug 2013 | 01:22 am
Big Nerd Ranch transforms novices into initiates and ideas into apps. We do it every day, and we keep doing it because we care and we like to help. It’s great to find this same spirit echoed througho...
At Home on the Ranch: My Path to Becoming a Nerd 8 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am
Big Nerd Ranch attracts people with winding, interesting, and occasionally confusing paths through life. Our Nerds are not merely byproducts of their qualifications, nicely packaged with a bow and a s...
Coding Rails with Data Integrity, Part 2 7 Aug 2013 | 02:43 am
Last time, we discussed how database null constraints and default values can increase confidence in your app’s data. This time, I want to take a look at uniqueness constraints. Rails provides uniquen...
