Michael Hess

Michael Hess

Member Since February 4, 2015

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Skills & Experience

  • Company

    University of Dayton Research Institute

  • Job Title

    Associate Computer Programmer

267 Achievements

  • Adding a New Web Page
  • Make It Beautiful with CSS
  • HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications
  • Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS
  • Adding a List Page
  • Modeling and Presenting Data
  • Views
  • Controllers
  • Project Setup
  • Loops and Final Touches
  • Encapsulation with Properties
  • Encapsulation and Arrays
  • Inheritance
  • Methods
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Perfect
  • Perform
  • Console I/O
  • Prepare and Plan
  • Gems In Depth
  • Ruby Gems
  • Rails Resource Index
  • Adding Data to a Database
  • DNS Basics
  • Get Involved in Open Source
  •  Create a Web Presence on GitHub
  •  Working on a Team
  • Working By Yourself
  • Hello, GitHub!
  • Creating an SVG
  • Introduction to SVG
  • Advanced Tooling
  • Sinatra Finishing Touches
  • Updating Data in Sinatra
  • Adding New Data in Sinatra
  • Sinatra ERB Templates
  • Creating a Long Term Business
  • Protecting Yourself With Contracts
  • Establishing a Proper Workflow
  • Pricing and Project Proposals
  • Creating New Sinatra Apps
  • Adding a Model Attribute
  • Using the Rails Console
  • Handling Rails Requests
  • Creating Rails Apps
  • Finding Your First Project
  • Starting a Freelance Career
  • GET and POST Requests in a Browser
  • Introduction to HTTP
  • Finding the Data You Want
  • Getting Data from a Database
  • Data, Databases and SQL
  • Slices
  • Spring Components and Configuring Our App
  • Setting Up Your Local Environment for Spring Development
  • MASH JavaScript
  • MASH CSS
  • MASH HTML
  • Welcome to the Treehouse Club
  • Treehouse Club - CSS
  • Treehouse Club - JavaScript
  • Why Test
  • Go Further With Mongo
  • Working With Collections
  • Understanding MongoDB
  • Getting Started with MongoDB
  • Lists Redux
  • Putting the "Fun" Back in "Functions"
  • Pick a Number! Any Number!
  • Shopping List
  • Letter Game App
  • Number Game App
  • Shopping List App
  • Logic in Python
  • Python Data Types
  • Python For Beginners
  • WordPress Plugin Best Practices
  • Widgets and Custom Menus
  • Custom Post Types and Fields
  • Customizing WordPress Themes
  • Introducing jQuery Plugins
  • Graphic Basics
  • Protecting and Sharing Your Work
  • Licensing
  • Fair Use and Public Domain
  • Getting Started with Copyright
  • Soft Skills - Psychology
  • Things That Count
  • The Internet
  • Ins & Outs
  • Say Hello to Python
  • Writing Online
  • Productivity
  • Presentation Skills
  • Important Skills For Professional Success
  • Installing Sass and Setting up the Project
  • What is the MailChimp API
  • Website Basics
  • Scrum Artifacts
  • Scrum Events
  • Introducing Scrum
  • What is Agile?
  • Introduction to ActiveRecord
  • 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
  • Rails Routing
  • Writing Tests
  • Customizing Ruby on Rails Forms
  • Ruby on Rails Authentication
  • Becoming a Problem Solver
  • Design Foundations Final
  • Understanding Aesthetics
  • Rails Frontend Development
  • Getting Started With Rails
  • Ruby Numbers
  • Ruby Strings
  • Objects, Classes, and Variables
  • Ruby Basics
  • Introduction to Design
  • AngularJS MVC Frameworks
  • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
  • Better SEO Through Tools
  • Better SEO Through Code
  • Better SEO Through Content
  • Introduction to SEO
  • Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript
  • AJAX and APIs
  • jQuery and AJAX
  • IDE Exploration
  • How it Works
  • Programming AJAX
  • AJAX Concepts
  • Responsive Patterns
  • Media Queries
  • Responsive Theory
  • Custom Media Players
  • Captioning Video
  • Media Basics
  • Combine and Minify Assets
  • Optimize Assets
  • Measuring Performance
  • Planning for Performance
  • Web Apps
  • Websites
  • Introduction
  • Chrome DevTools Basics
  • Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript
  • Installing MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench
  • Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4
  • WWW
  • Introduction to Data, Databases and SQL
  • Installing a Ruby Development Environment
  • Workflows
  • Working With Remote Repositories
  • Merging
  • Branches
  • Getting Started With Git
  • Blocks Practice
  • Working With Blocks
  • Ruby Blocks
  • Build a Simple Todo List Program
  • PHP Getting Started
  • Forms
  • Tables
  • Objects
  • Links
  • Lists
  • Text
  • Introduction
  • JavaScript and the DOM
  • Structuring Tables
  • Table Basics
  • Why Version Control Matters
  • Installing Programs
  • Environment and Redirection
  • Console Processes
  • Console Users and Permission
  • Moving Around in the Console
  • Ruby Booleans
  • Build a Bank Account Class
  • Ruby Variables and Methods
  • Ruby Objects and Classes
  • Build a Simple Contact List
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Basics
  • Ruby Iteration
  • Ruby Loops
  • Video Marketing
  • Email Marketing
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Usability Testing
  • Usability Basics
  • Social Media
  • Product Market Fit
  • Next Steps
  • Selling Your Product
  • Marketing Your Product
  • Discovery
  • Financing Our Company
  • Build a Grocery List Program
  • Ruby Hashes
  • Ruby Arrays
  • Ruby Logical Operators
  • Ruby Control Structures
  • Ruby Operators
  • Ruby Methods
  • Ruby Numbers (Ruby Basics)
  • Ruby Strings (Ruby Basics)
  • How Ruby Works
  • Creating a Simple Drawing Application
  • Creating a Password Confirmation Form
  • Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu
  • Creating a Simple Lightbox
  • Efficiency!
  • Creating a Spoiler Revealer
  • Introduction to jQuery
  • Exploring the Java Collections Framework
  • WordPress Themes
  • Installing Wordpress
  • Organizing Data
  • Getting There
  • JavaScript Objects
  • JavaScript Arrays
  • JavaScript Loops
  • Choosing Options
  • Organizing Forms
  • Form Basics
  • JavaScript Functions
  • JavaScript Conditional Statements
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • JavaScript Variables
  • Introducing JavaScript
  • Fundamental Concepts
  • Designing with the Latest Features
  • Basic Layout
  • The Box Model
  • Understanding Values and Units
  • Basic Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • 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
  • Testing and Debugging
  • Improving Our Code
  • Coding the Fun Facts
  • Basic Android Programming
  • Creating the Initial Screen Layout
  • Getting Started with Android
  • Delivering the MVP
  • Creating the MVP
  • Harnessing the Power of Objects
  • Meet Objects
  • Perfecting the Prototype
  • Using your New Tools
  • Getting Started with Java
  • Newbie