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Would you rather pick up a completely solved Rubik's cube, or a cube unsolved, with peices still out of place? Of course, most people who love solving the puzzle would tell you that they want to solve it themselves. At Coder Camps, we ask for feedback every week. This week, the group moving into their last three weeks of camp expressed their frustration at the prospect of picking up the peices of the previous group and working on a code base they did not have any experience with. I definately agree with them. Picking up a project that you didn't...…

It is critical to take time away from work. Time to relax and regroup. I can get completely swept up in the go-go-go bootcamp schedule, but I can’t operate like that constantly with no end. Programmers have to get back to reality away from the demands of their consoles, their editors, their commits, and their keyboards. Back to real life, where the air is still, the trees reach for the sky, and you can escape. My wife and I took a long leisurely walk. We ate good food, and relaxed with family. Code now. But get away, take time away....…

Macaw looks awesome, I was tempted way back in September to back them during their crowdfunding campaign, but forgot about it until I saw a tweet mentioning their release at the end of the this month. …

We’ve been focused on keeping our teaching of JQuery to a minimum at Coder Camps. This is a great resource if you already know what JQuery offers and want to move to some native, modern browser methods. …