Laura Robb on Atomic Spin

Software Dev. Career, Year One: Expectations vs. Reality

The last twelve months have completely flown by, and it's my one year "AO-versary." With this career achievement unlocked, I thought I would take a look back on how things have gon

Development Practices

WebDriver Testing Fun Times: When Threes Didn’t Exist

Checking the version of your software and the change log can lead to some very important discoveries. It might even lead you to the solution right away.

Web Apps

Data with Rails and Ember CLI, Part 2: Building the Front End

How to set up the Ember front end to request data from the Rails back end that we got up and running in my previous post.

Web Apps

Data with Rails and Ember CLI, Part 1: Setting up the API

How to set up a Rails AIP to share data between an Ember.js web frontend and a Rails backend.

Web Apps

Collecting Form Data with a Google Chrome Extension

I needed a Google Chrome extension that would work similarly to a password manager, such as LastPass, to monitor the data in form submissions.

Growing as Makers

The Mental Stages of Programming

The Sudden Realization stage can be minimized by spending the time to define your problem and research the tools you will be using.

Personal Optimization

How I’m Building a Full Life Post-College

After graduation, I started a job I really enjoyed at a great company with fantastic people. I should have been happy, yet something was nagging at me.

Web Apps

Getting Started with Rails and Ember CLI

While working through Vic Ramon’s Ember Tutorial, I thought it would be helpful to gather all the steps for getting things going in Ember CLI and Rails.

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