Announcing ReQLPro (Beta) Launch! When we first utilized RethinkDB as our datastore of choice on a new project, only one of our team members took the time to dig in and learn the ins-and-outs. As soon as other devs on the team needed to start tweaking values in the database, we hit a problem. RethinkDB didn't have an admin GUI, like Robomongo and Psequel, that we had been accustomed to using on other projects. This meant that everyone had to start pulling up Rethink docs, and learning the query syntax to update/delete/etc records, slowing down the efforts of...
In this article we're going to explore some of the main benefits of TypeScript first hand, as we set up a simple TypeScript Demo with Atom and Webpack. I'm a sufferer of what is called Javascript Tool Fatigue. I started to feel the pain while learning React / ES6 / JSX / Babel / Webpack. Now, as a result, I am kind of reluctant to hop on the latest JS hype bandwagons. However, after listening to the latest JSJ on TypeScript, I decided to give TypeScript a Saturday morning hack session. They mentioned on the podcast that adding TypeScript in to an existing webpack...
Girls Who Code is coming to Orlando this summer!!! As soon as it was announced at WeVenture’s Renegades & Rebels: Women and Tech event last November, I knew I had to be involved. Girls Who Code is super awesome, nationally recognized program that brings a new model for computer science education to middle school and high school girls across the country and this summer, two Girls Who Code camps will provide 40 girls in Orlando hands-on experience in computing concepts, programming fundamentals, exposure to the tech industry, and mentorship from women working in technology. We are just weeks away...
Through a partnership with Orlando-based digital marketing company, Effin Amazing, last week we released a brand new feature for one of their Chrome browser extensions, the Effin Amazing UTM Builder. Its an easy to use tool that saves marketers a lot of time building and tracking their UTMs. Download the Effin Amazing UTM Builder from the Chrome Web Store. To learn more about UTMs and why they are important, check out this article from Dan McGaw at Effin Amazing. Google Sheets Integration for Team Syncing and Collaboration When Code Hangar began its relationship with Effin Amazing, the UTM Builder extension...
On Saturday January 16, 2016 Code for Orlando joined Orlando Sentinel to host the Tabs on Tallahassee Hackathon at Canvs coworking space in downtown Orlando. After 6 months of development, the Orlando Sentinal unveiled a new API for the FL Legislature. The API, which returns data about the Florida House and Senate, includes: legislator voting history, bill lists by location affected, bill lists by topic, bill lists by search query, bill progress and legislator biographies. The API also ties legislators to their relevant geographic areas. The Tabs on Tallahassee Hackathon opened this API up to local developers, designers and tech-savvy...