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Development Practices • Aug 12, 2016

Test-Driven Development for the Uninitiated

This introduction to TDD is for developers who think test-driven development is a good idea, but don't yet feel like it will work for them.

News & Events • Aug 11, 2016

Announcing the 2016 Atomic Games!

Announcing Atomic Object's second annual Atomic Games programming competition on October 22 in our new Grand Rapids office.

UX/Design Techniques • Aug 10, 2016

An Introduction to Website Image Optimization – Part 2

How to optimize images for the web for fast webpages. Covers scaling images to the correct dimensions and applying image compression.

UX/Design Techniques • Aug 09, 2016

An Introduction to Website Image Optimization – Part 1

How to optimize images for the web for fast webpages. Covers eliminating unnecessary images and choosing the appropriate image format.

News & Events • Aug 08, 2016

Atomic Object GR Moves to New, Larger Home on Wealthy St.

After 19 months of planning and countless hours of hard work by dozens of people, Atomic Grand Rapids has moved to our new home at 1034 Wealthy Street SE.

News & Events • Aug 06, 2016

Atomic Ann Arbor Welcomes Two New Employees

Two new Atoms have joined our molecule in Ann Arbor. I asked them to tell me a little about themselves and share their favorite thing about Atomic so far.

UX/Design Practices • Aug 05, 2016

Designers, Project Ramp-In is Your Responsibility

When joining an existing project, designers should be the ones facilitating meetings, asking questions, and requesting assets.

Atomic Accelerator • Aug 05, 2016

The Extra Adventure™ Retreat

Swift • Aug 04, 2016

Using Swift Enums for Hard-Coded Strings

How to use new features in Swift enums to manage hard-coded strings in your application.

Development Practices • Aug 03, 2016

Learning from Pokémon GO: The Importance of Testing

How Pokémon GO and its early bugs highlight the importance of high-quality code releases through testing and why quick releases aren't always ideal.

Growing as Makers • Aug 02, 2016

Coding For Fun – How to Avoid Creating a Second Job

I've found an approach that lets me code for fun outside work. As a result, I program in my free time, and I feel really happy when I do it.

Web Apps • Aug 01, 2016

Dad-Hack: Customizing the Baby Monitor with Tampermonkey

Userscripts alter websites on the fly as you visit them. I run userscripts with Tampermonkey for Chrome to customize my baby monitor's web view.