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  • Halfwa​​y

    Halfwa​​y

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    20 Feb, 2019

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    Glen Young

    Just now I’ve put the finishing touches on “The Great RGB Colour Game” thereby passing the halfway point of my web dev bootcamp. You can take a look at the code on GitHub. So far the course has covered HTML, CSS, Bootstrap…

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  • RGB Colour Game UI update

    RGB Colour Game UI update

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    18 Feb, 2019

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    Glen Young

    Tonight I got a bit of time to work on a new version of RGB colour game. This time I focused mostly on UI improvements so the game looks a little nicer than the first release. I’m particularly fond of the subtle…

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  • Maintaining an open-source project

    Maintaining an open-source project

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    17 Feb, 2019

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    Glen Young

    This morning I read a short article on the maintainer of GitHub desktop, William Shepherd. For some reason, I kept seeing the article everywhere so eventually I surrendered to it. The post had a number of good points but the highlight for…

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  • I made a thing – Colour Game

    I made a thing – Colour Game

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    16 Feb, 2019

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    Glen Young

    I made another thing in JavaScript as part of the course I’m doing. This time it’s a simple colour picker game. The code is still very rough but the app is effectivly working. If you want to see it in action you…

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  • Commitment issues

    Commitment issues

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    13 Feb, 2019

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    Glen Young

    You’ve been spending plenty of time together. You’ve had your ups and downs. As time’s gone on you’ve realised you like the way things are going and it’s time to commit. Writing effective, communicative commit messages can make the world of difference…

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  • Every team needs a beauty routine

    Every team needs a beauty routine

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    12 Feb, 2019

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    Glen Young

    Over the years everyone will develop their own beauty routines when it comes to their individual coding. While it’s easy to become attached to how you like to format your code, in a team environment it’s really important to share the mirror…

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  • More on issues

    More on issues

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    11 Feb, 2019

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    Glen Young

    The more you understand an issue the better equipped you’ll be to solve it. When I was creating issues in GitHub for Score Keeper, something about the process felt a bit lacking. A developer needs specific details and the system wasn’t working…

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  • We’ve all got issues

    We’ve all got issues

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    10 Feb, 2019

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    Glen Young

    Since I’ve been learning JavaScript I’ve been making an effort to do things as if I was working with others. The idea being that any project of meaning is very likely a collaborative one. To my mind understanding how to effectively work…

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  • I made a thing – Score keeper

    I made a thing – Score keeper

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    8 Feb, 2019

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    Glen Young

    I’ve been doing a web development course for a few months and today I made my first thing that actually does something. Nothing amazing mind you, but it’s a start. Do you ever have the need to keep score in a best…

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