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Recently I’ve been spending a lot of my free time absorbing as much as I can about an exciting Functional Programming language called Elixir.  For those of you that don’t know, Elixir is somewhat of a spiritual successor to Ruby, and therefore Phoenix (the web framework for Elixir) could be considered it’s Rails.  Let’s take a look at my learning path and what you can do if you’re interested in becoming a proficient Elixir & Phoenix developer!

Almost a year ago I started an ambitious project to create a website from scratch using React and Flux (Redux) as well as Node.js and MongoDB.  I was also writing a companion book parallel to writing the actual code for the project and made some really good progress.  Since I basically stopped completely and just let the book sit and linger, I decided that I should at least open source the book so you can check it out and hopefully learn from it.

Being a full time remote worker for most of the past year, I realized that I had to get off my butt more so I took the plunge and started standing!

The fine folks at Udemy.com have provided me with a coupon code for a free React.js/Flux course!

Excited that the 2nd edition of my book has just been released!

React version 0.14 was recently released and introduced some breaking changes as well as a few new features worth pointing out.

Big surprise, I’m jumping on the React/Flux bandwagon!

Its been a while since I last posted, as Ive been hard at work putting the final touches on the Playstation 4 app that I created for DramaFever!

Let’s take a look at a recent directive I needed to create, and dissect the two completely different approaches I took to accomplish what I needed.

One of the most important things when writing code is the quality with which you write it. Quality can be subjective so its important to adhere to a few basic standards and tools.