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Fred Horton

Vienna, VA

Open to Work

I'm a former Latin teacher -- I currently work as a technology trainer helping teachers integrate technology in the classroom.

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Development Tools

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PHP

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Design

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Ruby

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Company

Fairfax County Public Schools
Job Title

School Based Technology Specialist
Spoken Languages
- English

155 Achievements

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Adding a New Web Page

Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016)

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Jan 29, 2016
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Make It Beautiful with CSS

Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016)

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Jan 29, 2016
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HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications

Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016)

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Jan 28, 2016
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Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS

Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016)

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Jan 28, 2016
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Simple Mobile Interface

Sketch Basics

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Jan 27, 2016
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Exporting Designs

Sketch Basics

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Jan 27, 2016
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Sketch Features

Sketch Basics

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Jan 27, 2016
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Introducing Sketch

Sketch Basics

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Jan 27, 2016
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The Local Development Environment

Modern WordPress Workflow

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Jan 2, 2016
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Launching and Supporting a WordPress Plugin

How to Build a WordPress Plugin

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Oct 31, 2015
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Building WordPress Template Tags, Widgets, and Shortcodes

How to Build a WordPress Plugin

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Oct 31, 2015
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Connecting WordPress Plugins with 3rd Party APIs

How to Build a WordPress Plugin

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Oct 30, 2015
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Building a WordPress Plugin Settings Page

How to Build a WordPress Plugin

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Oct 28, 2015
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How WordPress Plugins Work

How to Build a WordPress Plugin

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Oct 25, 2015
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Customizing the WooCommerce Cart and Checkout Process

WooCommerce Theme Development

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Oct 25, 2015
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Starting a Custom WooCommerce Theme

WooCommerce Theme Development

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Oct 25, 2015
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Cart, Checkout and Account Templates and Hooks

WooCommerce Theme Development

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Oct 25, 2015
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Global and Product Templates and Hooks

WooCommerce Theme Development

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Oct 25, 2015
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Getting Started with WooCommerce Theme Development

WooCommerce Theme Development

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Oct 24, 2015
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Introduction to Ecommerce with WordPress

Ecommerce with WordPress and WooCommerce

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Oct 23, 2015
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Content Comes First

SEO for WordPress

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Admin Color Schemes

Customizing the WordPress Admin Area

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Oct 18, 2015
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Overview of the WordPress Customizer

WordPress Customizer API

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Oct 18, 2015
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An Overview of Hooks in WordPress

WordPress Hooks - Actions and Filters

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Oct 17, 2015
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Create Bootstrap Styled Theme Templates

From Bootstrap to WordPress

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Oct 16, 2015
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Setup a Bootstrap Theme

From Bootstrap to WordPress

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Oct 14, 2015
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How WordPress Templates Work

The WordPress Template Hierarchy

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Starting a WordPress Theme

WordPress Theme Development

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Oct 12, 2015
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Introduction to PHP for WordPress

PHP for WordPress

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Oct 11, 2015
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Local WordPress Development

Local WordPress Development

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Oct 11, 2015
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Widgets and Custom Menus

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Oct 10, 2015
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Installing Wordpress

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Oct 10, 2015
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Combine and Minify Assets

Introduction to Front End Performance Optimization

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Oct 10, 2015
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Optimize Assets

Introduction to Front End Performance Optimization

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Oct 10, 2015
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Measuring Performance

Introduction to Front End Performance Optimization

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Oct 10, 2015
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Planning for Performance

Introduction to Front End Performance Optimization

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Oct 10, 2015
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Chrome DevTools Basics

Website Optimization

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Oct 10, 2015
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Web Apps

Accessibility

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Oct 7, 2015
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Websites

Accessibility

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Oct 7, 2015
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Introduction

Accessibility

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Oct 7, 2015
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Quiz Practice Project

Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)

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Oct 6, 2015
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Prototypal Inheritance

Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)

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Oct 5, 2015
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Constructor Functions & Prototypes

Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)

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Introduction to Methods

Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)

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Oct 5, 2015
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AJAX and APIs

AJAX Basics (retiring)

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Oct 4, 2015
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jQuery and AJAX

AJAX Basics (retiring)

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Oct 4, 2015
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Programming AJAX

AJAX Basics (retiring)

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AJAX Concepts

AJAX Basics (retiring)

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Oct 3, 2015
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Media Queries

Responsive Layouts

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Oct 3, 2015
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Responsive Theory

Responsive Layouts

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Oct 3, 2015
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Custom Media Players

HTML Video and Audio (Retired)

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Captioning Video

HTML Video and Audio (Retired)

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Oct 2, 2015
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Media Basics

HTML Video and Audio (Retired)

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Oct 2, 2015
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Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript

Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript

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Oct 2, 2015
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Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript

Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript

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Sep 30, 2015
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JavaScript and the DOM

Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript

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Sep 30, 2015
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Structuring Tables

HTML Tables

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Sep 30, 2015
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Table Basics

HTML Tables

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Sep 30, 2015
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Creating a Simple Drawing Application

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Sep 29, 2015
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Creating a Password Confirmation Form

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Sep 28, 2015
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Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Sep 28, 2015
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Creating a Simple Lightbox

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Sep 27, 2015
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Creating a Spoiler Revealer

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Sep 25, 2015
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Introduction to jQuery

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Sep 24, 2015
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JavaScript Objects

JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects

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Sep 23, 2015
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JavaScript Arrays

JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects

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Sep 22, 2015
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JavaScript Loops

JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects

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Sep 21, 2015
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Choosing Options

HTML Forms

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Organizing Forms

HTML Forms

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Form Basics

HTML Forms

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Sep 19, 2015
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JavaScript Functions

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Sep 19, 2015
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JavaScript Conditional Statements

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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JavaScript Numbers

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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JavaScript Variables

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Sep 16, 2015
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Introducing JavaScript

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Sep 16, 2015
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Designing with the Latest Features

CSS Basics (2014)

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Sep 15, 2015
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Basic Layout

CSS Basics (2014)

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Sep 14, 2015
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The Box Model

CSS Basics (2014)

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Sep 14, 2015
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Understanding Values and Units

CSS Basics (2014)

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Sep 13, 2015
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Basic Selectors

CSS Basics (2014)

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Sep 13, 2015
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Getting Started with CSS

CSS Basics (2014)

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Sep 13, 2015
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Covering Your Bases

Python Testing

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Sep 13, 2015
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Be Assertive!

Python Testing

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Sep 13, 2015
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What Is Testing?

Python Testing

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Sep 12, 2015
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Gettin' CRUD-y With It

Using Databases in Python

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Sep 12, 2015
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Our Diary App

Using Databases in Python

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Sep 12, 2015
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Meet Peewee

Using Databases in Python

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Sep 12, 2015
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Python Regular Expressions

Regular Expressions in Python

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Sep 12, 2015
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Timezones

Dates and Times in Python (2014)

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Sep 11, 2015
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Math Quiz App

Dates and Times in Python (2014)

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Sep 11, 2015
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Dates and Times

Dates and Times in Python (2014)

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Sep 10, 2015
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Buggy Logs

Write Better Python

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Sep 9, 2015
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Cleaner Code

Write Better Python

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Sep 8, 2015
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Local Python

Setting Up a Local Python Environment

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Sep 7, 2015
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Hack-n-Slash

Object-Oriented Python (retired)

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Sep 7, 2015
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Python Inheritance

Object-Oriented Python (retired)

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Sep 7, 2015
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Python Objects

Object-Oriented Python (retired)

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Dungeon Game

Python Collections (Retired)

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Tuples

Python Collections (Retired)

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Dictionaries

Python Collections (Retired)

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Slices

Python Collections (Retired)

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Lists Redux

Python Collections (Retired)

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Sep 1, 2015
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Pick a Number! Any Number!

Python Basics (Retired)

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Aug 25, 2015
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Putting the "Fun" Back in "Functions"

Python Basics (Retired)

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Shopping List

Python Basics (Retired)

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Things That Count

Python Basics (Retired)

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Ins & Outs

Python Basics (Retired)

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Aug 24, 2015
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Say Hello to Python

Python Basics (Retired)

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Aug 24, 2015
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Workflows

Git Basics

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Aug 23, 2015
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Working With Remote Repositories

Git Basics

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Aug 23, 2015
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Merging

Git Basics

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Aug 23, 2015
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Branches

Git Basics

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Aug 23, 2015
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Getting Started With Git

Git Basics

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Aug 23, 2015
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Why Version Control Matters

Git Basics

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Aug 23, 2015
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Installing Programs

Console Foundations

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Aug 23, 2015
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Environment and Redirection

Console Foundations

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Aug 23, 2015
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Console Processes

Console Foundations

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Aug 23, 2015
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Console Users and Permission

Console Foundations

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Aug 23, 2015
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Moving Around in the Console

Console Foundations

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Aug 22, 2015
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Database Security

PHP & Databases with PDO

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Aug 22, 2015
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Queries & Results

PHP & Databases with PDO

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Aug 22, 2015
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Getting Started with PDO

PHP & Databases with PDO

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Aug 22, 2015
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Securing and Maintaining a MySQL Database

Database Foundations

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Aug 21, 2015
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SQL Calculating, Aggregating and Other Functions

Database Foundations

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Aug 21, 2015
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Joining Relational Data Between Tables in SQL

Database Foundations

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Aug 21, 2015
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Manipulating Schema with SQL

Database Foundations

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Aug 21, 2015
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Creating Tables and Manipulating Data with SQL

Database Foundations

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Aug 20, 2015
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Reading Data from Databases with SQL

Database Foundations

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Aug 20, 2015
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Installing MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench

Database Foundations

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Aug 20, 2015
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Introduction to Data, Databases and SQL

Database Foundations

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Aug 19, 2015
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Contact Forms & Mailers

Building Websites with PHP

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Aug 18, 2015
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Slim and Templates

Building Websites with PHP

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Aug 18, 2015
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Dependency Management

Building Websites with PHP

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Aug 18, 2015
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PHP Inheritance & Interfaces

Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired)

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Aug 16, 2015
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PHP Properties & Methods

Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired)

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Aug 16, 2015
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PHP Objects and Classes

Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired)

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Aug 16, 2015
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PHP Internal Functions

PHP Functions

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Aug 16, 2015
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PHP Returns & Closures

PHP Functions

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Aug 16, 2015
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PHP Functions Basics

PHP Functions

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Aug 16, 2015
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PHP Loops

PHP Basics (Retired)

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Aug 15, 2015
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PHP Conditionals

PHP Basics (Retired)

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Aug 14, 2015
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PHP Datatypes

PHP Basics (Retired)

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Aug 14, 2015
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PHP Data & Structure

PHP Basics (Retired)

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Aug 13, 2015
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PHP Getting Started

PHP Basics (Retired)

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Aug 13, 2015
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Debugging HTML and CSS Problems

How to Make a Website

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Aug 13, 2015
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Sharing a Website

How to Make a Website

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Aug 13, 2015
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Responsive Web Design and Testing

How to Make a Website

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Aug 13, 2015
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Adding Pages to a Website

How to Make a Website

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Aug 12, 2015
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Styling Web Pages and Navigation

How to Make a Website

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Aug 12, 2015
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Customizing Colors and Fonts

How to Make a Website

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Aug 12, 2015
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CSS: Cascading Style Sheets

How to Make a Website

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Aug 12, 2015
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Creating HTML Content

How to Make a Website

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Aug 12, 2015
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HTML First

How to Make a Website

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Aug 11, 2015
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Beginning HTML and CSS

How to Make a Website

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Aug 11, 2015
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Newbie

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Aug 11, 2015