Ladybug Podcast

Accessibility is the process of creating applications that are usable by everyone, especially focusing on those with disabilities. As web developers, it’s important that we design and build our applications to be usable by everyone, so in today’s episode, we’re joined by Wendy Fox, the design systems lead at LogMeIn, to discuss nine common pitfalls of application accessibility and what you can do to fix them. Show Notes 4:46 - Why should we care about accessibility? 8:43 - Types of accessibility 12:24 - Semantic HTML 16:37 - Virtually hiding content 17:57 - Aria label vs. labelledby 21:14 - The accessibility tree 23:50 - Focus states 27:29 - Color contrast 32:04 - Keyboard traps 35:02 - Animations 37:38 - Time based content 41:21 - Placeholders vs. labels 47:02 - Accessibility tools Tools Wendy Fox Twitter Google Lighthouse Axe accessibility checker Transcript Here is the transcript for this week's episode.

Exploring the influence of culture on team communication, the podcast discusses different cultural communication styles, the challenges of giving negative feedback in cross-cultural settings, and the importance of understanding time perception. It also touches on the challenges of building multicultural teams, visualizing graphs, and announces a Twitch live stream partnership and book giveaway.

React is a frontend library that is in super high demand in the industry. But, it can be difficult to get up and running with. Today we’ll talk about with React: why it’s so great, how data flows, and the gotchas we encountered when learning it. Let’s get started! Shownotes 02:15 What is React? 06:35 Framework vs. Library 10:43 Why is it helpful? 12:32 What is a component? 22:52 React's lifecycle 25:47 Data in React 36:34 JSX 37:24 Setting up a React app 43:34 Shoutouts Resources JavaScript frameworks episode React lifecycle Design systems episode Tyler McGinnis React Kent Dodds Epic React Dave Ceddia React CodeSandbox.io A Complete Beginner's Guide to React Transcript Here is the transcript for this week's episode.

What’s the difference between a junior and senior developer? While there’s no distinct measure from one title to the next, you can measure your progress in three areas: knowledge, coding, and communication. This week on the podcast we’re doing a deep dive into the progression from junior to senior dev. Shownotes 02:19 The use of "engineer" in titles 04:43 What levels are there for developers? 08:24 The importance of job titles 11:22 Does years of experience matter? 17:17 What knowledge should you have at each level? 27:57 What communication skills should you have at each level? 30:17 How do you know you're ready to be a senior developer? 32:05 Tips for becoming senior 33:33 Shoutouts Transcript Here is the transcript for this week's episode.

Today we’re talking about everyone’s favorite programming language: HTML! Hypertext Markup Language is the structure of a web page and while it’s not necessarily the hardest syntax to learn, it’s vital to your web applications. Show Notes 01:20 What is HTML? 06:44 How did we learn HTML? 09:54 Elements 12:10 Attributes 21:59 Formatting 27:17 Semantic elements 33:04 Styles 38:28 CORS 44:57 Shoutouts Resources CSS episode CORS HTML & CSS Book Egghead Transcript Here is the transcript for this week's episode.

Have you ever dreamed about selling everything you owned and moving across the world to begin a new life? In this episode we’re chatting with Rachel Nabors, an American abroad on the React Core team in London. We’ll chat about the pros and cons of moving abroad as well as the logistics. Let’s get started! Show Notes 01:25 Our experiences moving 06:44 Immigrant vs. Expat vs. Digital Nomad 11:04 Pros of moving abroad 35:21 Cons of moving abroad 53:57 Logistics of moving abroad 01:02:39 Questions to ask 01:07:48 Shoutouts Resources Rachel's Twitter Animation at Work Lingoda Deepl.com Rosetta Stone DuoLingo Babbel The Culture Map Ali's Accountant LinkedIn XING Transcript Here is the transcript for this week's episode.

There’s a classic interview question: what happens when you type a URL into the browser? To answer this question, we need to explore how the internet works. In this episode, our first of season 4, we’ll dive into URLs, DNS, basic networking, and how the browser works. Show Notes 02:08 Life updates! 04:19 How much do we know about the internet? 06:11 Servers 12:08 DNS lookup 19:04 Request/Response Cycle 27:48 TCP/IP 28:46 The browser 33:13 Internet history 36:09 Shoutouts Resources How the internet works Systems Design Episode Put vs. Post How the Browser Works Transcript Here is the transcript for this week's episode.

Systems design interviews are becoming more and more prevalent and can indicate your ability to work with complex systems. Many engineers struggle with the systems design interviews as a result of their inexperience developing large-scale systems. Today we’ll teach you some of the foundational elements of systems design so you can nail your next interview. Show Notes 01:30 What is systems design 07:20 Key characteristics of a distributed system 13:24 Load balancing 17:48 Caching 31:05 Data partitioning 35:24 SQL vs. NoSQL 46:50 How to learn systems design 48:00 Shoutouts Resources Educative.io course Free Code Camp article Algo Expert Course Tobias VanSchneider Dev April Fools How Stack Overflow Caches Transcript Here is the transcript for this week's episode.

Have you ever written code to add a new feature that ended up breaking an existing feature? Or, have you ever written code that works in one scenario but breaks in a bunch of others? I think we can all admit to this as developers! Well, this is where testing shines -- we write code to test our other code so we immediately get warned if our code breaks something else! OR doesn’t work in every scenario. In this episode, we’ll talk about a bunch of types of testing and why they’re helpful. Let’s dive in. Show Notes 01:39 What is our experience with testing? 05:12 What types of code do you write tests for normally? 06:38 What different types of testing are there? 14:26 Why is testing important? 18:50 TDD vs adding tests after 23:33 What types of tools can you use? Resources Angie Jones Test Automation University Kent C. Dodds Testing JavaScript Knowing what to test Types of Testing Transcript Here is the transcript for this week's episode.

One niche in development that we have no experience with is building mobile apps. Luckily, today we have an expert to teach us all about it: Timirah James who is the founder of TechniGal LA and a developer evangelist. Show Notes 02:00 - Can you tell us a bit about yourself? 05:20 - What was your path to becoming a developer? 18:00 - What’s your day-to-day like? 21:00 - What technologies does an iOS dev work with? 33:19 - How do you get your app accepted into the App Store? 40:22 - What is the interview process like for an iOS developer? 50:50 - Shoutouts Resources Timirah's Twitter TechniGal_LA Timirah's Website Timirah's LinkedIn Stanford free 101 mobile dev course React Native Flutter Dart Objective C Swift XCode Sublime Text Apple Developer Program Apple Design Guidelines The Courage To Be Disliked Web monetization API Transcript Here is the transcript for this week's episode.