Several of our instructors just returned from Poland, where they taught development and design at media brand Onet. See what the Onet team had to say about the experience.
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Several of our instructors just returned from Poland, where they taught development and design at media brand Onet. See what the Onet team had to say about the experience.
Learn about voice user interfaces and persistence in Alexa Skills Kit development with our videos.
Earlier this year, we announced that we had teamed up with Amazon to deliver immersive, free training for the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK). We kicked off the training with a series of blog posts, and today we are excited to announce the release the first two videos.
Big Nerd Ranch has been featured in a number of publications lately. Check it out!
Join Big Nerd Ranch in San Francisco and at our HQ in Atlanta to discuss the Google I/O 2016 announcements.
We’re starting off 2015 right, here at the Ranch.
In the past 365 days (that’s 8,760 hours or 525,949 minutes), we’ve been busy developing, teaching and learning. Let’s take a scroll down memory lane and look at 2014 by the numbers.
In 2013, Apple shipped a revamped testing framework in Xcode called XCTest, and this year, they’ve shipped a few features with Xcode 6 that were missing from last year’s update. In this video, Sean McCune gives a quick demo of those features.
Our latest Big Nerd of the Month is a driving force: he not only leads a team as they build iOS apps for clients, he’s also co-author of iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide and makes sure our Beginning iOS boot camp remains top notch.
Our Galactic Headquarters have gotten even bigger and better, and we’re now at home on the range at our new Intergalactic Headquarters in Atlanta’s Kirkwood neighborhood.
Miss Aaron Hillegass’ talk at AltConf? We’ve got you covered.
June’s Big Nerd of the Month is the superstar developer behind the newly revamped Big Nerd Ranch website. He worked efficiently and tirelessly to help us turn our our big ideas (and even our vague ones) into a reality, with patience, kindness and brilliance. He not only made the site look great and work well, he produced a clean build that sets us up well for future iteration.
Our Nerds are attending and speaking at conferences around the globe. Here’s a roundup of where we’ll be in June 2014:
Though he’s been with us for just eight months, Business Development Representative Mathew Jackson stands out as a problem-solving whiz. He’s a pro at helping clients find the right solutions to meet their needs, and has recently closed his largest deal to date.
After 72 hours of intense coding and hard work, Clash of the Coders 2014 has come to a close. This year’s race was very close, but there can be only one winner.
Each year, we hold a 72-hour app-building competition called Clash of the Coders, where we challenge our Nerds to explore new technology, push their skills to the limit and test just how much coffee they can possibly consume.
It surprised none of us when San Smith was named our most recent Big Nerd of the Month. As Office Manager, San makes all of our lives easier, and in March, she was a driving force behind our recent move to our new Intergalactic Headquarters.
Our Nerds are attending and speaking at conferences around the globe. Here’s a roundup of where we’ll be in April:
We try to explain what it’s like to attend a Big Nerd Ranch bootcamp. We’ve written about it on our website, describing the courses and the locations, and we’ve even made a video starring the man in the hat himself. But sometimes the bootcamp is best explained by those who have been on the front lines.
We’re a busy bunch at Big Nerd Ranch—not just at our desks, but also at conferences around the globe. Here’s a rundown of where we’ll be this month:
Todd Gandee is February’s Big Nerd of the Month. His teaching style and hard work have led to solid products that benefit both students and instructors.
This Valentine’s Day, there’s a lot to love about Big Nerd Ranch.
For Big Nerd Ranch, the last year was full of teaching, developing apps and learning from one another. We published books, added courses and—well, we’ll let the numbers speak for themselves.
When we aren’t busy teaching bootcamps or building apps for our clients, we’re showing off our Nerdy prowess by getting involved in our community through our code retreats, tech talks and other events. Here’s a sampling of our recent Tech Talks, plus a bonus video from this summer that you may not have seen before.
Big Nerd Ranch transforms novices into initiates and ideas into apps. We do it every day, and we keep doing it because we care and we like to help.
We’re settling into our usual routines after returning from a great week in San Francisco and WWDC. We wrote about the WWDC keynote, both its focus on users and on its attention to the details. Aaron spoke at AltWWDC and at the Union Square Apple store. We ate delicious food and managed to sneak in visits to a few sights.
Last weekend, we hosted our second Rails Girls workshop, inviting 50 women to come to our office to learn more about web development through the lens of Ruby on Rails.
We recently held our second annual Clash of the Coders, a 72-hour app-building marathon where we test our technical prowess and compete for glory. “The winners are dangerously capable,” as Chief Learning Officer Aaron Hillegass says.
We’re pleased to announce our Beginning iOS Game Development course, led by Rod Strougo. In this course, you’ll build four games in five days, using Cocos2D and Box 2D. If you’ve ever wanted to create a game for iPhone or iPad, this is the perfect opportunity to learn how.
We’ve been making headlines lately:
The December edition of Hack Night was held earlier this week. In our final Hack Night of 2012, we invited not only local developers, but the women we met when hosting Rails Girls ATL.
Jonathan Wallace explains why being healthy in every way is important to our culture.
Highgroove President and developer Charles Brian Quinn explains our commitment to experimenting to find out what works best for us–and our clients.
Brandon Beacher talks about software craftsmanship and how diligence ensures a quality product.
Each month, we open our doors for a Hack Night, inviting others to join us as we experiment with and work on various technologies.
Editor’s note: This post pre-dates the merger of Big Nerd Ranch and Highgroove Studios. Big Nerd Ranch now offers end-to-end solutions that include design.