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Feb 18, 2019 • 57min

S7:E6 - What are progressive web apps? (Frances Coronel)

What are progressive web apps? And why are they so important? Frances breaks down what they are, how they work, and how they make technology more accessible. We also have our sixth episode of "Tales from the Command Line" where Scotts gives us a tour of the infrastructure needed to make mobile happen. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) PWA Rocks PWA Checklist Workbox Lighthouse Chrome DevTools Twitter Lite Apple - Progressive Web Apps Microsoft - Progressive Web Apps Mozilla - Progressive Web Apps Google - Progressive Web Apps Codeland 2019 Frances CoronelFrances Coronel is a Latina woman who engineers solutions at Slack. She has been working professionally as a developer since 2015 and has both a Bachelors and Masters in Computer Science.
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Feb 11, 2019 • 54min

S7:E5 - What does it mean to be offline-first? (Carmen Bourlon)

Not everyone has fast internet, or access to internet at all. It might be because it's too expensive, or simply that the infrastructure isn't there. Whatever the reason, high-speed internet isn't as universal as we might think. But what does that mean for developers? How do we build products that work even without fast internet? Carmen breaks it down and tells us all about the offline-first movement. We've also got an episode of Tales from the Command Line that's all about what offline-first means at the infrastructure level. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Pew Research article on rural Americans Pew Research article on the homework gap Pew Research Internet/Broadband Fact Sheet Margie Map American Community Survey (ACS) Offline First IndexedDB Raspberry Pi Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Carmen BourlonCarmen is a fullstack Javascript developer living in Oklahoma City. She is very excited about offline tech, especially service workers. In her spare time, Carmen builds MargieMap, a map visualizing income to library access.
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Feb 4, 2019 • 1h 3min

S7:E4 - What's a compiler? (Thorsten Ball)

So what exactly is a compiler? And how is it different from an interpreter? And do you even need to know any of this stuff as a developer? Thorsten Ball has all the answers. He's written two books on the topic and he gives us a newbie-friendly introduction to the world of compilers and interpreters. We've also got our fourth episode of Tales from the Command Line, where Scott tells us about the computer science professor who failed the entire class. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) ECMAScript 6 Kathy Sierra Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Thorsten BallThorsten Ball is a software developer and writer. He is the author of Writing An Interpreter In Go and Writing A Compiler In Go.
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Jan 28, 2019 • 1h

S7:E3 - Can you do open source full-time? (Jessie Frazelle, Bryan Liles)

What does open source look like when you do it at a big company? Is it even possible to work on open source full-time? In this special episode, we talk to Jessie Frazelle and Bryan Liles about their experiences and perspectives on open source. We also feature our third episode of Tales from the Command Line, which is all about going from a really small startup to coding at a huge company. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Ruby on Rails Jenn Schiffer Node Kubernetes Go Ruby Together Learn OpenShift (Scott's open source project) Docker Katacoda Linux CAP Theorem Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Jessie FrazelleJess Frazelle works at GitHub on open source and community. She has been a maintainer of Docker, contributor to RunC, Kubernetes, and Golang, as well as other projects. Bryan LilesBryan is a developer, open source contributor, and international speaker.
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Jan 21, 2019 • 57min

S7:E2 - How do I level up? (Ben Orenstein)

You've been coding for a little while. Maybe you just finished a bootcamp, maybe you're in your first job or your second. But at what point do you get to level up? And what does leveling up even look like for a developer? We talk to Ben Orenstein, one of the creators of Upcase, a learning platform designed specifically to "take the junior out of your title." He shares what technical topics you should learn when trying to level up, and what steps a newbie might take to start that leveling up process. We also feature our second installment of Tales from the Command Line, where Scott McCarty share stories on how he built up his confidence as a coder and how you can too. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Linux thoughtbot Do things that don't scale Vim Upcase Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Ben OrensteinBen is a programmer and entrepreneur. He's one of the creators of Upcase, a learning platform that takes the "junior" out of your title. He's also CEO of Tuple, a remote pair programming tool.
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Jan 14, 2019 • 51min

S7:E1 - Moms who code (Bekah Hawrot Weigel)

Bekah is a mother of four who’s learning to code. But what’s incredible about her story isn’t just that she’s raising young children while finding 2-4 hours every day to code, it’s that she used coding as a form of therapy to get through a very tough time in her life. We’re also introducing a new segment called Tales from the Command Line, and in our first episode, we dig into coding and mental health. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) freeCodeCamp Moms Learn Tech (repo) Moms Can: Code Flatiron School Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Bekah Hawrot WeigelBekah is a mom of four kids under 10, and learning to code after ten years as an adjunct English instructor.
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Dec 3, 2018 • 45min

S6:E8 - What do you need to know about security? (Kyla Guru)

Kyla's really passionate about cybersecurity. She's so passionate that she started a company that produces events and content to help people better understand security and how to protect themselves. She's worked with IBM and Facebook, created open source curriculum that's being used in other countries, and she's also sixteen. She shares why she's so passionate about security, what we as consumers and developers should pay attention to, and how we can build security into all the things we code. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Bits n Bytes Cybersecurity GenCyber Camp WannaCry ransomware attack GDPR Naked Security NCWIT (National Center for Women & Information Technology) Lean In Bumble GirlCon Conference TEDx Talk "Hacking a Solution to Global Cybercrime" of Kyla Guru Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Kyla GuruKyla is 16 years old and built a national nonprofit that now sustains 25+ national partnerships with school districts, corporations like IBM and Facebook, and education platforms including Discovery Ed, all in order to increase awareness for cybersecurity. Kyla also leads a high-school team in organizing the GirlCon Chicago conference annually. She enjoys cookies, change-making, and coding in her free-time.
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Nov 26, 2018 • 47min

S6:E7 - From nanny to developer (Sudie Roweton)

It was late at night when Sudie ran to her bus stop after a long day at work, just in time to see the bus pull away. And then it started raining. She took this moment to reflect on her life, and ask herself questions about her goals and her dreams, questions that led to her moving to Utah, getting a computer science degree, and working as a developer for the Air Force. She tells us how she made the career change and what she learned along the way. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Try Ruby Java Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Sudie RowetonSudie Roweton works as a software engineer at Hill Air Force Base and is a graduate student at the University of Utah. Her journey into computer science started with a quarter-life crisis and a simple question: "Have you considered coding?".
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Nov 19, 2018 • 35min

S6:E6 - How do I learn design? (Laura Elizabeth)

You have an idea for an app. You manage to get the basic features working, but it doesn't look great. After all, you're a coder, not a designer, so what do you do? Laura Elizabeth spent years learning design, and, now, she's helping developers up their design game. She shares some helpful design tips, explains what it really takes to get better at design, and tells us why coders can make the best designers. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Land-book Lapa Ninja Dribbble Dropmark Design Academy Client Portal Free design course Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Laura ElizabethLaura Elizabeth is a designer with a hankering for cross stitch and rockets. She runs Design Academy which aims to help developers conquer their fear of design. She's also launched her first product called Client Portal— a client-friendly way to keep your projects organised.
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Nov 12, 2018 • 43min

S6:E5 - Should you start freelancing? (Devon Campbell)

Devon didn't mean to be a freelancer. But when he applied to developer jobs and didn't hear back, he started freelancing to bring in some money temporarily. Five years later, he's still freelancing and loving it. He shares how he got his first client, how he sets his rate, and why he thinks freelancing is a great first job for a new coder. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Devon's Mentoring Session Bootstrap Visual Basic Pong (game) Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Devon CampbellDevon is a full-time, freelance web developer who helps other people become web developers.

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