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How to Make a Chrome Extension

Go beyond the introductory tutorials and learn how to make a Chrome extension in JavaScript that actually does something.
Gabe Berke-Williams
January 23, 2015
- Web
- JavaScript
- Chrome
Testing Directives with Dependencies in Angular

In which we learn about how to effectively override directives in tests.
Elliot Winkler
January 20, 2015
- Web
- JavaScript
- AngularJS
- Testing
- CoffeeScript
The magic behind configure, make, and make install

A guide on how UNIX ./configure && make && make install utility works and where it comes from.
George Brocklehurst
January 19, 2015
- Unix
- Shell
Converting To Jobs Stories

A seemingly minor change in wording our user stories to use the jobs-to-be-done framework has had a major positive impact on how we build products.
Kyle Fiedler
January 16, 2015
Ethnographic Research Exercise

Practice ethnographic research with grocery shoppers.
Jeff Smith
January 15, 2015
Rapid iOS App Prototyping With Pixate

Prototyping with Pixate can help you validate ideas within the hour.
Connie Chan and Ryan Coughlin
January 13, 2015
- Design
- iOS
- Interaction
- Prototyping
- User Experience
- Animation
Last Year at thoughtbot

Gordon swore a lot.
Joanne Cheng
January 10, 2015
- News
From Ember-Rails to Ember CLI

Migrate an Ember application from Ember-Rails to Ember CLI.
Blake Williams
January 9, 2015
- Web
- Ember
- JavaScript
Set up CloudFlare's free SSL on Heroku

Make a connection between your users and Heroku safer with a free certificate from CloudFlare.
Prem Sichanugrist
January 6, 2015
- Web
- DNS
- Heroku
- Rails
- SSL
Contributing to Big Bad Open Source

Contributing to open source software doesn’t have to be scary.
Sean Doyle
January 5, 2015
- Ember
- Open Source
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