CSS Image Masking
Today I learned a very efficient way to create triangular cutouts using solid colored and transparent css borders. The angle of the triangle cutouts can be changed by adjusting the widths of the borders and the height of the mask div. For best view of Results, click “Edit On CodePen” See the Pen CSS Triangle […]
Ruby’s Safe Navigation Operator
nil‘s in Ruby can be annoying. Thankfully, Ruby version 2.3.0 gave us a safe navigation operator, something that other languages like C# and Swift already had. It’s very much like ActiveSupport’s try method, which checks if a receiver responds to a method before calling that method. If the receive doesn’t respond to the method, nil […]
Apprenticeship: Week 1 Complete
The longest week. The shortest week. Any time one is exposed to a brand new experience, time often feels broken. The week flew by to seem that we just started this morning, yet it feels as though we have been here for weeks. I have been overwhelmed with excitement and energy with the new opportunity […]
What is Demo Day? What is a blocker?
Today I learned that we need to establish some critical structure, largely that we hope is going to come with the addition of a dedicated scrum master at Team Trim. As we all grow to becoming ‘agilelists,’ we have identified the need to define two critical functions of our sprint activity: 1. We need a Demo […]
Trim Apprenticeship: Apply Now
The Trim Agency Apprentice Program is a three month immersive experience in software and mobile development. Apprentices receive hands-on training, work side-by-side with Trim engineers and product designers, and gain experience in all aspects of agile software creation. It’s hard to believe it was one a year ago that our first first apprenticeship class came through our door. […]