Alan Matthews

Alan Matthews

Atlanta, GA
Open to Work

Software Engineer at CallRail, Ruby on Rails developer, ex-bartender, Liverpool fan, reformed recording engineer.

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  • Ordering, Limiting and Paging Results
  • Ruby Standard Library: Part 2
  • Ruby Standard Library: Part 1
  • Ruby Core
  • Getting a Handle on the DOM
  • The Browser Environment
  • A Route to a Delete Action
  • Routes to Update Actions
  • Basic Layout
  • The Box Model
  • Routes for Create Actions
  • A Route to a Read Action
  • Rails Resource Index
  • Using the Rails Console
  • Choosing Options
  • Organizing Forms
  • Form Basics
  • Handling Rails Requests
  • Creating Rails Apps
  • Getting Started with WordPress
  • Understanding Values and Units
  • Getting the REST You Need
  • GET and POST Requests in a Browser
  • Introduction to HTTP
  • Introduction to Node.js
  • Get Involved in Open Source
  •  Create a Web Presence on GitHub
  •  Working on a Team
  • Working By Yourself
  • Hello, GitHub!
  • Basic Selectors
  • Handling Errors When Manipulating Data
  • Deleting Data from a Database
  • Updating Data in a Database
  • Adding Data to a Database
  • Finding the Data You Want
  • Getting Data from a Database
  • Data, Databases and SQL
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • AR Extensions
  • Go Further With Mongo
  • Working With Collections
  • Understanding MongoDB
  • Getting Started with MongoDB
  • Ruby on Rails Authentication
  • Callbacks
  • Query Interface
  • Validation
  • Migrations and Relationships
  • JavaScript Variables
  • Introducing JavaScript
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Basics
  • API Authentication
  • Coding the API
  • Route Connections
  • Introduction to REST
  • Introduction to ActiveRecord
  • Ruby Iteration
  • Ruby Loops
  • Ruby Logical Operators
  • Build a Grocery List Program
  • Ruby Hashes
  • Ruby Control Structures
  • Ruby Operators
  • Ruby Arrays
  • Securing and Maintaining a MySQL Database
  • SQL Calculating, Aggregating and Other Functions
  • Joining Relational Data Between Tables in SQL
  • Manipulating Schema with SQL
  • Creating Tables and Manipulating Data with SQL
  • Reading Data from Databases with SQL
  • Installing MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench
  • Introduction to Data, Databases and SQL
  • Website Basics
  • Getting Started With Rails
  • Build a Bank Account Class
  • Ruby Variables and Methods
  • Ruby Objects and Classes
  • Ruby Testing
  • Standard Library
  • Ruby Core
  • Ruby Modules
  • Ruby Procs & Lambdas
  • Ruby Blocks
  • Ruby Loops
  • Ruby Methods
  • Ruby Hashes
  • Ruby Arrays
  • Ruby Numbers
  • Ruby Strings
  • Objects, Classes, and Variables
  • Ruby Basics
  • Installing a Ruby Development Environment
  • Workflows
  • Working With Remote Repositories
  • Merging
  • Branches
  • Getting Started With Git
  • Why Version Control Matters
  • Installing Programs
  • Environment and Redirection
  • Console Processes
  • Console Users and Permission
  • Moving Around in the Console
  • JavaScript Objects
  • JavaScript Functions
  • JavaScript Arrays
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • JavaScript Strings
  • Introduction Variables
  • Ruby Methods
  • Ruby Numbers (Ruby Basics)
  • Ruby Strings (Ruby Basics)
  • How Ruby Works
  • Functions
  • Objects and Arrays
  • Control Structures
  • Basics
  • Debugging HTML and CSS Problems
  • Sharing a Website
  • Responsive Web Design and Testing
  • Adding Pages to a Website
  • Styling Web Pages and Navigation
  • Customizing Colors and Fonts
  • CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
  • Creating HTML Content
  • HTML First
  • Beginning HTML and CSS
  • Newbie