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Field notes, primers, and case-tested patterns from Rangle on agentic systems, design systems, frontend, and AI strategy.

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Evan Schultz

Mar 07, 2018

Do it with Elegance: How to Create Data-Driven User Interfaces in Vue

Although we usually know what components are needed when building most views within an app, sometimes we don't know what they are until runtime. This means we need to build a screen based on the application state, user preferences, or response from an API. A common case is building dynamic forms, where the questions and components needed are either configured by a JSON object, or where fields change based on the users' answers.

Frontend Development

Mar 02, 2018

A Bridge to Help Women Advance Their Careers in Tech

When it comes to technical skills, initiatives often focus on getting more women into the pipeline. For Bridge program leaders Emily Porta and Lindsie Canton, the challenge was not about getting more women into the pipeline, but helping them move further through it. Initially incubated by Rangle.io, the Bridge program is an initiative to

Nathaniel Kessler

Feb 26, 2018

RxJS, where is the If-Else Operator?

if/else statements are a staple for handling conditional actions. It's natural for most developers to reach for the if/else statement when a decision needs to be made in code. However, in the reactive programming paradigm (e.g. with RxJS) this conditional statement is mysteriously unavailable. How can you code without it?

Frontend Development

Ben Hofferber

Feb 07, 2018

Why Write Server Rendered Frontend Apps

Web applications have been evolving dramatically in recent years and many techniques have evolved to help our applications run faster, respond quickly, and load easily. With a wide array of modern development techniques it's easy to overlook all of the options. Server-side Rendering web apps is one such option that has really impressive benefits when implemented in our applications.

Frontend Development

Houssein Djirdeh

Feb 02, 2018

Progressive Web Apps: An Overview

Depending on the user's needs, Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are a great option for people who find it more freeing and flexible to open up a browser instead of installing a mobile application. PWAs take advantage of ever improving technologies to provide users with some of the power of both mobile sites and native apps.

Frontend Development

Jan 24, 2018

Fostering a Growth Mindset in the Workplace

This article, originally published in IT World Canada, explores how Rangle fosters a growth mindset through internal programs like mentorship, guilds, and Bridge — a free 11-week program for women in software development.

Build Engineering Capability

Lindsie Canton

Jan 24, 2018

How We Built Bridge for Product Designers

It's been a few months since we finished our beta Bridge for Product Designers course, so it's a perfect time to reflect on the experience. If you haven't heard of us before, at Bridge we build and run part-time courses that are free for students with the goal of fostering a more inclusive, diverse, and accessible tech industry. Our courses are made by volunteers and hosted at tech companies in Toronto. They're designed to remove barriers for junior to intermediate professionals who are women, non-binary, or agender. We're able to efficiently build courses that are tailor-made for these groups by applying design thinking and lean development methodologies. We utilized processes like project discovery, user research, user journey mapping, usability testing, and iterative improvement. This is the story of how we used those methodologies to make a really amazing product.

Build Engineering Capability

Emily Porta

Jan 14, 2018

How to Use Agile to Achieve Your Personal and Professional Goals

It's January, and that means New Year's resolutions, that time of year when our best intentions--improve our lives, pick up that new hobby, and learn that new skill--last for a few weeks before real life gets in the way. As a Scrum Master at Rangle, I've been thinking a lot over the past few weeks about how I can take what I practice at work every day to help others achieve their project and team goals and apply those concepts to bettering myself in 2018. Luckily, there are lots of concepts that I can take from the Agile project management philosophy to make a series of resolutions that have a much greater chance of sticking than

Caroline Cocchio

Jan 10, 2018

How Rangle's Coaching Program Benefits both Coach and Coachee

Every January, many folks resolve to ensure the New Year is their best one yet. Yet, too often people fail at reaching goals that they set for themselves. Whether it's losing that holiday weight, learning a new skill, or striving for that promotion, if you find yourself as someone who has trouble sticking to goals and resolutions, whether it's a New Year's resolution or throughout the year, then maybe it is time to get yourself a coach. On the other hand, for those looking to enrich their own communication and relationship skills, then the role of the coach may be for you.

Build Engineering Capability

Megan Wheeler

Jan 02, 2018

How to Migrate to a JavaScript Framework Successfully

Most top-performing modern companies rely on web-based software to operate efficiently while providing value to their customers. These applications often contain custom and intricate business logic that gives businesses an edge over their competition.

Modernize Your Stack

Dec 27, 2017

The 6 Gates of Quality BQAs Implement to Ensure Successful Projects

The BQA acronym comes from Business Analyst/Quality Assurance and since neither role is properly defined in Scrum, we combined the roles to fill the void. This bridge between technical expertise and customer satisfaction is something we're passionate about and have written about in the past. Today, we'll go over the 6 gates of quality our BQAs implement to ensure quality in the process while maintaining business functionality and value throughout every phase of the development cycle.

Build Engineering Capability

Ben Hofferber

Dec 21, 2017

Designing APIs that Enable Scalable Frontends

Successful web app development requires delivering strong communication between backend servers and frontend applications. The end client of an API needs to easily understand how to utilize the system to develop features and improve the application. REST (REpresentational State Transfer) has historically been used as the paradigm for this communication.

Frontend Development

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