Planet Argon Gets an Intern!
Hey! My name is Corinne and I’m excited to introduce myself as Planet Argon’s first intern! I’m currently a student studying art, graphic and web design at Portland State University. I was lucky enough...
View ArticleInternships Create Professionals
Perhaps the most important lesson I’ve learned while being at Planet Argon has been the value of learning on the job. As a design student, there is freedom to create something that is largely for your...
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Exploring Tools of the Front-End Developer
In the past month and a half of interning here I’ve made the role switch from Designer to Front End Developer. It’s been a really fun and rewarding process. I wanted to go over some of the new tools...
View ArticleRemembering Our Mentors
Having our recent 14 year old intern, James, got us thinking about the people our team looked up to in the early stages. I asked some of the folks here in the studio to think a little bit about the...
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A chat with Ken Stowell - local Javascript expert from Metal Toad
I’ve been scouring the internet to find some folks in our fair city of Portland, OR who are willing to talk about their developer experience.I was lucky enough to connect with Ken Stowell of Metal Toad...
View ArticleEpicodus - What are the Students Saying? Part 1
Throughout this week I’ll be posting my interviews with three students from local code school, Epicodus. They’ll talk about their experiences with the program and how they have been growing as web...
View ArticleEpicodus - What are the Students Saying? Part 2
Welcome to round two of interviews with Epicodus students! Today we’ll talk with Hunter Meyer, a developer from Orlando, FL who loves Ruby on Rails.Continue reading …
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Epicodus - What are the Students Saying? Part 3
Today I’m concluding the series of interviews with Epicodus students! I got the chance to talk to Mac Eisenberg who is a native to Brooklyn, NYC. He came out to Portland from New York and is loving...
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Lessons from Planet Argon Junior Developers
Planet Argon hired two Epicodus graduates as junior Ruby on Rails developers: Abby Ihrig and Ana Tighe. I took some time to sit down with them and see how things are going so far. It was great talking...
View ArticleGetting a Grasp on Scope in Javascript
A Little This, a Little _that: Understanding Scopes in JavascriptJavascript Weekly's Newsletter for this week features David Aragon's talk at jQuery Conf. He talks about scope and learning how to...
View ArticleThe Results of the 2014 Rails Hosting Survey are in!
We are proud to announce that we have released the results for the 2014 Ruby on Rails Hosting Survey! This year was an interesting challenge for us because we decided to display the results from...
View ArticleColby Aley, another talented 17 year old engineering intern in high school.
Read Full Article Here"When I first landed in Portland — way back in November — one of the first events I went to was Startup Weekend. One of the first people I met was Cloudability CEO Mat Ellis.He...
View ArticleThe Official Planet Argon List o' Favorites 2014
Take a look at our favorites from 2014!AKA: Planet Argon's Year in Review 2014.This year, we asked everyone to compile some of their favorite things from this year. We decided to release the results...
View ArticleHow to create an 'off' click event - the Ember way
We’ve been working on a project recently in which our designs called for a hover dropdown menu that did not close until the user clicks outside of the drop-down. Creating something like this in jQuery...
View ArticlePlanet Argon Gets an Intern!
Hey! My name is Corinne and I’m excited to introduce myself as Planet Argon’s first intern! I’m currently a student studying art, graphic and web design at Portland State University. I was lucky enough...
View ArticleInternships Create Professionals
Perhaps the most important lesson I’ve learned while being at Planet Argon has been the value of learning on the job. As a design student, there is freedom to create something that is largely for your...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exploring Tools of the Front-End Developer
In the past month and a half of interning here I’ve made the role switch from Designer to Front End Developer. It’s been a really fun and rewarding process. I wanted to go over some of the new tools...
View ArticleRemembering Our Mentors
Having our recent 14 year old intern, James, got us thinking about the people our team looked up to in the early stages. I asked some of the folks here in the studio to think a little bit about the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A chat with Ken Stowell - local Javascript expert from Metal Toad
I’ve been scouring the internet to find some folks in our fair city of Portland, OR who are willing to talk about their developer experience.I was lucky enough to connect with Ken Stowell of Metal Toad...
View ArticleEpicodus - What are the Students Saying? Part 1
Throughout this week I’ll be posting my interviews with three students from local code school, Epicodus. They’ll talk about their experiences with the program and how they have been growing as web...
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