The State of Developer Education Beyond Code: Insights on Community, Frameworks, and Growth with Scott Spence of OES Technology
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Aug 31, 2023 Scott Spence, a Developer Advocate Consultant at OES Technology, shares insights on web development, the Svelte framework, working with other developers, and the benefits of using Storyblok.
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Scott's Dev Career Journey
- Scott Spence transitioned from a VBA analyst to a professional web developer over several years, beginning seriously in 2016 and landing his first web dev role in 2018.
- Working with Chingu community projects gave him the confidence and real-world experience to apply for jobs.
Benefit of Chingu Collaboration
- Join collaborative projects like Chingu to gain team experience and code review feedback.
- Use tools like GitHub's project boards and pull requests to simulate real developer workflows.
Switching From Gatsby to Svelte
- Scott moved from Gatsby to Svelte after finding Gatsby slow and complex with large JavaScript bundles.
- He embraced Svelte for its lean code, less JavaScript, and compiler-driven approach, becoming deeply involved and creating content about it.