CodeNewbie
387 episodes - English - Latest episode: 22 days ago - ★★★★★ - 567 ratingsThe CodeNewbie podcast was born from CodeNewbie, an organization which fosters a supportive, international community of people learning to code. Each season, host Saron Yitbarek delivers stories and interviews from people of diverse backgrounds and expertise about their coding journeys, as well as beginner friendly discussions about the tech you should know about.
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Ep. 137 - Intro to Data Science (Briana Vecchione)
April 24, 2017 04:00 - 45 minutes - 36.9 MBIf you've heard of open data, big data, and data science and never quite knew what it was all about, this episode is for you. Briana helps us explore the different steps it takes to answer a complex data question with code, giving us a tour of the data science world along the way. We talk about the importance and difficulty of cleaning data, the role of ethics in data collection and analysis, and how a codenewbie can dig into this fascinating topic. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (...
Ep. 136 - Welcome to WordPress (Ptah Dunbar)
April 17, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBWordPress powers 27% of the web, with sites big and small leveraging the popular platform. Developer Ptah Dunbar, also known as “Pirate”, gives us a tour of the platform, its thriving community, and the realities of being employed as a WordPress developer. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Squarespace WordCamp Wix Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 135 - The Michael Jordan of Tech Talks (Kim Crayton)
April 10, 2017 04:00 - 48 minutes - 39.6 MBIn just over a year, Kim’s spoken at eight meetups, ten conferences, had talks accepted at three more, and has four upcoming talks already lined up. And she’s just getting started. She shares how presenting at meetups became an accidental launchpad for her speaking career at conferences, how she uses her past career in education to create unique tech talks, and how speaking has provided her incredible opportunities, like traveling the world for free. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! ...
Ep. 134 - Getting Into Hardware (Elecia White)
April 03, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBThis week, we followed up our conversation about embedded systems with a focus on getting into hardware as a whole. Elecia White gave us a tour of her hardware world, complete with stories of gadgets catching fire, the responsibility of creating life-saving ICU technology, and having fun with poopy robots. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Python Twilio Arduino Making Embedded Systems book by Elecia NumPy voltmeter Threat Modeling Nest Chris Svec's Podcast Interview Embedde...
Ep. 133 - Building Robot Vacuum Cleaners: An Intro to Embedded Systems (Chris Svec)
March 27, 2017 04:00 - 54 minutes - 45.3 MBChris’s job sounds impressive. After over a decade working in tech, he’s designed microprocessors and now helps build robot vacuum cleaners. He’s at the intersection of hardware and software in a space called embedded systems. We explore this field, get a solid intro to working with chips, and discuss the many ways a codenewbie can start learning more about the fascinating world of embedded systems. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Arduino Raspberry Pi Hacker News Thermal ...
Ep. 132 - The Business of Open Source (Safia Abdalla)
March 20, 2017 04:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBWhen we talk about open source, we focus mostly on the code and contributions. But as a crucial element of the developer ecosystem, it’s important to think about the business side of things. How does it sustain itself? Is there money in open source? If there is, who gets it? Developer and open source maintainer Safia Abdalla helps us tackle these questions to better understand how open source really works. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Jupyter Codeland - CodeNewbie Conf...
Ep. 131 - Take My Money (Noel Rappin)
March 13, 2017 04:00 - 45 minutes - 38.8 MBIf you plan on getting a job as a developer, chances are, you’ll deal with the technical side of accepting online payments. It might be as easy as plugging in a tool like Stripe or Braintree, but it can quickly get complicated. In this more technical episode, Noel takes us through some of those thorny situations and how a newbie can navigate the complex world of money. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Code Complete Apple IIe Zork The Pragmatic Programmer The Money Gem Shop...
Ep. 130 - 30 Million Downloads (Jo Overline)
March 06, 2017 05:00 - 47 minutes - 40.4 MBJo Overline’s created 30 apps, totally 30 million downloads over the past ten years. He’s taken his success as an app creator and built a business around it, launching a consultancy that helps individuals and businesses build successful products. He shares his lessons learned in created successful apps, his thoughts on how apps have evolved over the years, and whether or not there’s still room for the independent app maker. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Pascal CodeNewbi...
Ep. 129 - Getting My First Developer Job (Paola Mata)
February 27, 2017 05:00 - 51 minutes - 44.8 MBThe dream is to learn to code for a few months and get a job right away. But reality comes with a few more twists and turns, as Paola discovered on her way to landing her current software engineering position at BuzzFeed. She was an assitant looking for a better career when she rediscovered code. But getting that better careeer involved attending two bootcamps, doing an internship, and job searching for a year before landing her full-time iOS role. She shares the ups and downs of becoming a d...
Ep. 128 - Progressive Coders Network (Rapi Castillo)
February 19, 2017 05:00 - 52 minutes - 46.4 MBRapi wasn’t very politically engaged until his husband told him about Bernie Sanders, and soon after, Rapi was hooked. He joined the Coders for Sanders group and created the Bernie Map, an open source project that would become valuable for future movements. Rapi shares how he transferred the energy from the Coders for Sanders community to create the Progressive Coders Network, how he thinks about open source contributors as members instead of sources of free labor, and why open source is a po...
Ep. 127 - Creating a Game for Vets (Evan Sanderson)
February 13, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBWhen Evan read an article about the rate of suicide among veterans returning from war, it broke his heart. So he decided to turn that heart break into advocacy. He read about and researched the experiences of vets and created a game designed to share theirs stories with the world. Evan tells us about his process, why games have a special power to create empathy and activate, and what he hopes for the future of games with a purpose. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) AU Game ...
Ep. 126 - The Mechanic (Ray Acevedo)
February 06, 2017 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.84 MBRay Acevedo was a mechanic, a full-time job he held while he learned to code part-time at the Coalition for Queens. In this specially produced segment, Ray shares his coding journey, how he came close to quitting altogether, how his brother got him through, and how being a mechanic helped him learned to code. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Coalition for Queens Access Code Techstars Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 125 - Learning to Code in the 1960s (Mary L Gorden)
January 30, 2017 05:00 - 49 minutes - 42.1 MBMary became a programmer in the late 1960s, back when coding was “barbaric,” as she put it. She takes us through her nearly 40 years of working with computers, starting with the era of punch cards. She shares the joy of using a terminal for the first time, her determination to stay technical even as she climbed the corporate ladder, and how the tools of coding have shifted the programmer’s job description. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Margaret Hamilton awarded Presiden...
Ep. 124 - Open Source Newbie (Shubheksha Jalan )
January 23, 2017 05:00 - 43 minutes - 39.2 MBShubheksha shares her experience contributing to open source, why it took her two years to contribute in a meaningful way, and how working on open source has boosted her confidence and sharpened her skills. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) CS50 Mozilla IRC Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 123 - Rails Girls Summer of Code (Laura Gaetano)
January 16, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBBefore becoming a developer, Laura had a number of job titles, including music blogger, DJ, and maid. But it was a Rails Girls workshop that brought her back to the world of web that she fell in love with many years ago. Now, as a manger at the Travis Foundation, she gets to help introduce other women to tech through the Rails Girls Summer of Code, one of the many initiatives she runs. She tells us more about what it’s like to be a scholar in the program, the power of doing meaningful work on...
Ep. 122 - The Ethics of Coding (Bill Sourour)
January 09, 2017 05:00 - 54 minutes - 48.4 MBBill Sourour was twenty-one when he was asked to build a website for a pharmaceutical company. It was a quiz that asked users to select symptoms so that it could recommend a drug as a possible solution. But for almost every option the user selected, the quiz would recommend the same drug. It didn’t feel right, but when Bill later heard that a side effect of the drug was depression and a young woman who had taken that drug had committed suicide, it felt very, very wrong. Bill tells us the stor...
Ep. 121 - TechHire (Tess Posner)
January 02, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBIf you’re hoping to get your first tech job and you haven’t heard of TechHire, this episode is for you. We talk to Tess, the managing director of TechHire, about working with employer and learning partners to place 100K people in tech jobs by 2020. She talks about the realities of finding a job in tech at the salary you want, what technology’s increasing demand for talent means for job seekers, and what every codenewbie can do to maximize their chances of launching their tech career. Show Lin...
Ep. 120 - 100 Days of Code (Alexander Kallaway)
December 26, 2016 05:00 - 58 minutes - 50.1 MBAlex Kallaway was working as a full-time developer, but it wasn’t enough. He wanted a way to try new technologies and grow his coding skills outside of work. So he created #100DaysofCode, the hashtag-based challenge that’s helped him incorporate coding into his daily routine. He talks about how he designed the challenge, the number of people who’ve joined him, and the updates he’s making for 2017. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Quincy Aimee Knight's CodeNewbie interview ...
Ep. 119 - Indie iOS Developer (Ish Shabazz)
December 19, 2016 05:00 - 43 minutes - 38.7 MBIsh Shabazz recently released Stamp Pack, the iOS app that gave him his biggest launch yet. He talks about the iterative process of building and selling an app, what’s it’s like to create a whole app category in the App Store, and why being an independent iOS developer is getting harder and harder. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Stickers for iMessage Stamp Pack Grammar Snob Heidi Helen Firebase UI Collection View Stanford's iOS Course Impostor Syndrome episode Codeland C...
Ep. 118 - Truck Driver (George Moore)
December 12, 2016 05:00 - 50 minutes - 43.8 MBGeorge Moore drove trucks for years. But he knew he wanted to do more with his life, and his wife encouraged him to go back to school, finish his degree, and pursue the tech career he’d started long ago. So he did. He started at help desk, and slowly climbed his way up to his current role, as master software engineer. He shares his incredible journey filled with uncertainties and perseverance, and how it’s shaped him as a developer and a person. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (spon...
Ep. 117 - Diversity in Tech - Part II (Ashe Dryden)
December 05, 2016 05:00 - 49 minutes - 43.6 MBIn part II of our interview, Ashe Dryden talks about how the harassment she’s experienced has made her worry about the safety of people around her and influenced her decision to move to the woods. She tells us about the incident that made her angry enough to start working on diversity advocacy, how her work has changed her perception of the internet, and what we can all do to be advocates in the workplace. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Christina Morillo Model View Cultu...
Ep. 116 - Diversity in Tech - Part I (Ashe Dryden)
November 28, 2016 05:00 - 54 minutes - 47.6 MBDiversity in tech is a big topic. In our conversation with Ashe Dryden, programmer, organizer and diversity consultant, we unpack the many questions, misconceptions, and realities of diversity in our industry. In part I of our interview, Ashe gives us a diversity primer, explains why this topic is so important, and tells us how she’s crafted a conference based on inclusion called AlterConf. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Kronda Christina Morillo Model View Culture AlterC...
Ep. 115 - Getting a Computer Science Degree (Terri Burns)
November 21, 2016 05:00 - 54 minutes - 47.6 MBTerri Burns didn’t start off as a computer science major, but she ended up not only graduating with a CS degree but running one of the largest student tech organizations in the country. She tells us what it’s like to be a computer science major, the projects and topics she’s covered in school, and the value of that degree in the real world. If you’ve been curious about the elusive CS degree, take a listen to this awesome, behind-the-scene conversation and see what it’s all about. Show Links P...
Ep. 114 - What's an Innovation Accountant? (Nick DePrey)
November 14, 2016 05:00 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBNick is an Innovation Accountant, a mash-up of data, analytics, coding, running experiments, and explaining to leadership how it’s all going. He talks about what it’s like to build NPR One, the listening app created by NPR, a decades-old, non-profit media company, what he’s learned from the data about the way people listen to podcasts, and what technical skills he uses on the job. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Radiolab MySQL Firebase Remote Config Desk.com NPR Google An...
Ep. 113 - Hackathons (Leslie Hitchcock)
November 07, 2016 05:00 - 41 minutes - 36.8 MBLeslie Hitchcock started her career writing white papers on information security. Now, she organizes some of the largest hackathons and tech events in the world for TechCrunch. She shares her tips on how new developers can make the most out of a hackathon, what types of coding projects people work on, and how she helps make hackathons more inclusive. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) GroupMe Alexandra Jordan Titstare TechCrunch Disrupt TechCrunch Ford Sync Black Girls Code ...
Ep. 112 - Comedy and Code - Part II (Baratunde Thurston)
October 31, 2016 04:00 - 58 minutes - 50.3 MBIn part two of our interview with comedian Baratunde Thurston, we talk about how he brought together product development and comedy to create entertaining apps in his recent role at the Daily Show, how he uses coding and technology as tools in the many unique positions he’s held, and how we should balance our coding responsibility with the simple goal of having fun. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Twilio Collabora hierarchical decomposition David Malan USDS Source Forge A...
Ep. 111 - Comedy and Code - Part I (Baratunde Thurston)
October 24, 2016 04:00 - 59 minutes - 51.5 MBBaratunde Thurston’s made a career of combining tech, comedy, and politics. From launching Comedy Hack Day to his recent role as the Daily Show’s first Supervising Producer for Digital Expansion, he’s found innovative ways to use code as a tool for satire, entertainment, and activism. In part I of our interview, he tells us why he started as a computer science major but ended with a philosophy degree instead, how he sees satirical apps as technology’s art-form, and how projects like Comedy Ha...
Ep. 110 - Coding in Uganda (Emily Karungi)
October 17, 2016 04:00 - 50 minutes - 42.6 MBEmily Karungi went to university for software engineering, but when she walked into class and had no idea what the students were talking about, she started to doubt about whether or not she belonged. She tells us how she tackled that intimidation, what it’s like to build software in her country of Uganda, and how she uses her skills and love of mentorship to help others learn to code. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Django Con US Django Girls Django Girls Kampala Code Sch...
Ep. 109 - Simple Programmer (John Somnez)
October 10, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBYears after John Sonmez had been programming, he learned something very important: while his coding skills were important, creating content was his secret. With his blog posts, and eventual books and speaking gigs, he was attracting and growing an audience, and with that came job opportunities and career growth. He shares what he’s learned along the way and how codenewbies everywhere can use storytelling to help build their tech career. Show Links Flatiron School (sponsor) Red Hat (sponsor) ...
Ep. 108 - Tech Internships (Dara Oke)
October 03, 2016 04:00 - 51 minutes - 67.7 MBDara Oke graduated with four tech internships under her belt. She’s worked at Intel, Microsoft, and Twitter building features in languages she hadn’t studied and on topics she hadn’t yet covered in school. But now as a program manager at Microsoft, she looks back at those internships as an essential part of her success and education. We talk about the day-to-day of a tech internship, how she found her place at these powerful tech companies, and how codenewbies everywhere can find their own op...
Ep. 107 - Mom and Son Learn To Code (Lorraine Hutter, Bobby Hutter)
September 26, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBLorraine Hutter watched her son Bobby go to a bootcamp and learn to code. She saw him come home happy and excited, and she wanted to feel that same fire. So months later, she signed up for a coding program, and her son ended up as her teacher’s assistant. Lorraine and Bobby talk about what it’s like to watch each other grow as coders, how learning to code has affected their relationship, and what they’ve learned so far as junior developers. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) ...
Ep. 106 - Open Sourcing Mental Health - Part II (Julia Nguyen)
September 19, 2016 04:00 - 49 minutes - 43.1 MBWe continue our conversation with developer Julia Nguyen on her mental health journey, how it's affected her life as a programmer, and what unique product decisions she has to make for "if me," her mental health open source project. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) if me HIPAA Vim Neopets Evanescence University of Waterloo ThoughtWorks Emacs Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 105 - Open Sourcing Mental Health - Part I (Julia Nguyen)
September 12, 2016 04:00 - 44 minutes - 38.3 MBJulia Nguyen was diagnosed with OCD when she was in high school. It took a long time for her to talk about it, but soon she was writing and giving talks on mental health. She’s even created an open source project to help those dealing with mental illness. In this incredibly open and honest interview, she talks about her own struggles with mental health and how she hopes to help others through her open source project, “if me.” Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) OCD Neopets if...
Ep. 104 - Scrum Master (Anjuan Simmons)
September 05, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 77.4 MBHave you ever heard of a scrum master and wondered what that was? Anjuan Simmons, certified scrum master and project manager, breaks it down for us in this highly informative interview. He explains the practical applications of agile, the different tools and processes used to apply its key principles, and how you can apply the agile philosophy to your learn-to-code journey. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Manifesto for agile software development Principle 2: Welcome Chang...
Ep. 103 - Algorithms (Carina C. Zona)
August 29, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBCarina C. Zona helps us understand algorithms, both what they are and how they are used. She walks us through fascinating examples of how they've been used in technology over the years, exploring the benefits and unintended consequences they've had along the way, and how we as developers can boost those benefits and decrease those unintended consequences. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Consequences of an Insightful Algorithm Schemas for the Real World Cracking the Coding...
Ep. 102 - My Very First App (Aurelian Sennett)
August 22, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBA lot can happen in a year. For high school biology teacher Aurelian Sennett, that time was spent writing his first program that launched his tech business to help schools solve scheduling problems. Long-time listener and codenewbie, Aurelian tells us how he started learning to code, how he built his education app, and what it's like to have thousands of people pay for and use the first product he's ever built. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) AJAX Github VPN Ep. 20 - Acce...
Ep. 101 - Open Sourcerer of Django (Jacob Kaplan-Moss)
August 15, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBJacob Kaplan-Moss is often credited for co-creating Django, one of the most popular web frameworks written in python. But that’s not exactly true. He’s also given credit for being an amazing developer. But that’s not very accurate either. Jacob tells us the true story of Django’s creation, why he calls himself a mediocre programmer, and unpacks the concept of the talent myth. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Saron's Vlog Channel The Difference MySQL Django Found Fellowship...
Ep. 100 - Creating CodeNewbie ()
August 08, 2016 04:00 - 49 minutes - 44.3 MBFor our special 100th episode, CodeNewbie founder gets interviewed by her husband, Rob Frelow, on creating CodeNewbie, her own coding journey, and shares info on upcoming projects for CodeNewbie. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) New York Tech Meetup CodeNewbie Gina Trapani on CodeNewbie Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 99 - Creating Lifehacker - Part II (Gina Trapani)
August 01, 2016 04:00 - 39 minutes - 32.8 MBLast episode we talked to Gina Trapani about her Lifehacker days. In this episode, we look to the future and hear about her work at Postlight, what it’s like to work with Paul Ford (Episode 82), and what she looks for when she’s hiring an engineer. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Postlight Lifehacker IBM PC Junior Track Changes Paul Ford episode Meet the Twitter API (book) The End of ThinkUp ThinkUp Anil Dash TWiG (This Week in Google) Leo Laporte TWiT Danny O'Brien "fath...
Ep. 98 - Creating Lifehacker - Part I (Gina Trapani)
July 25, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBOnce upon a time, Gina Trapani started Lifehacker. It got big, really big, with the ups and downs of being the sole editor responsible for a website that millions of people read. But after awhile, she wanted to get back to coding. In part one of our two-part interview, Gina talks to us about her journey going from famous blogger to product creator, the risks of building an app based on APIs, and what it felt like to shut down her company. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) D...
Ep. 97 - From Theater Technician to Programmer (Ashley Lewis)
July 18, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBAshley Lewis used to light stages. She worked as a theater technician working shows like Hamilton (when it was much smaller) and New York Fashion Week. But after some introspection, she realized that her passion wasn’t in light design, and she searched for other career options. She talks to us about the similarities between coding and her art background, what it’s like working as a theater technician, and how being introspective has helped her on her coding journey. Show Links Partner with De...
Ep. 96 - Developing Your Tech Talk Idea (Nickolas Means)
July 11, 2016 04:00 - 52 minutes - 72.4 MBNickolas Means talked about airplanes, and in doing so, he connected them with code in beautiful and interesting ways. In this interview, Nick explains how to take seemingly disconnected subjects and put them together in compelling talks, and how he uses his public speaking training to turn these talks into inspiring performances. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Ruby Conf 2015 Brandon Hays Strunk and White's Elements of Style Here Be Dragons Scott Hanselman Conway's Law S...
Ep. 95 - Is The Website Down? (Stella Cotton)
July 04, 2016 04:00 - 57 minutes - 73.3 MBWhen one man decided to crowdfund a bailout for Greece on Indiegogo (a feat that required over a billion dollars), Stella Cotton and her team found themselves in trouble. The site went down, and they had to figure out what to do. Stella takes us through the journey of getting the Indiegogo site back up, shares what she’s learned about site availability and what CodeNewbies can do to be ready for their own heavy traffic. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Apache bench REDIS H...
Ep. 94 - UX Design and Gaming (Lil Chen)
June 27, 2016 04:00 - 50 minutes - 65.5 MBLil Chen has been in gaming for years. She started by playing video games, then become a competitive Super Smash Brothers player, and now works as a UX Designer at YouTube Gaming. We talk about how her long history in gaming affects her work as a designer and vice versa, and how she keeps up with her coding skills at night. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) YouTube Gaming TED Talks Xanga MVP car graphic Sailor Moon Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 93 - Storytelling with Code (Michael Rau)
June 20, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBMichael Rau didn’t want to build an app, he wanted to create an experience. So he constructed a physical room, and with the help of a Rails app, created a theater show called “Temping.” He talks through his concept, how he used his new coding skills to make it happen, and the surprising emotional reactions he’s witnessed from audience members who’ve tried his creation. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Hue lights Storytelling with Code talk Mail Gun API AppleScript General ...
Ep. 92 - Afghan Women Coding (Fereshteh Forough )
June 13, 2016 04:00 - 50 minutes - 64.5 MBFereshteh Forough wanted to help women in Afghanistan. She knew that attaining education was difficult, let alone technical training, and the cultural attitudes towards women didn’t help. But she tackled these issues head on by starting the first coding school for women in Afghanistan. She talks to us about how she started the program, how she took on the different challenges her students face, and how her training in computer science and her previous role as a computer science professor affe...
Ep. 91 - Creating EmberJS - Part II (Yehuda Katz)
June 05, 2016 04:00 - 59 minutes - 77 MBIn part two of our interview with Yehuda Katz, we talk about how he created EmberJS, and what it means to build a web framework. We also talk about what it means to be a beginner, and how growing up poor has influenced his perspectives as a coder today. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Liz Bailie YAGNI EmberJS John Resig's Interview on CodeNewbie jQuery FrontPage Visual Basic Q Basic GW Basic Glimmer Oauth Skylight Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 90 - Creating EmberJS - Part I (Yehuda Katz)
May 30, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBYehuda Katz has done many, many code things. He co-created Ember.js, co-founded a tech startup Tilde, is a frequent contributor to open source projects including Handlebars, Bundler, and Thor, and is a member of the Rust Core Team. But it took years of playing with tech before he finally felt like coding was something he could do. In the first half of our two-part interview, he talks about what he looks for when he hires, how it took him years to feel like he could code, and why he doesn’t li...
Ep. 89 - Mobile Developer (Kaya Thomas)
May 23, 2016 04:00 - 57 minutes - 74.1 MBKaya Thomas has done a lot in a short period of time. She’s met first lady Michelle Obama, she’s a mobile app developer, and she was selected as Glamour’s Top Ten College Women of the Year. She talks about how she’s managed to be so successful while still a college student, the role of luck and hard work, and her process for learning new coding skills so quickly. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Processing.js Tilt Factor Labs GitHub Pages Professor Mary Flannigan Meta data...
Ep. 88 - CodeNewbie Apprentice (Sharon Siegel)
May 16, 2016 04:00 - 57 minutes - 74 MBIn December, CodeNewbie put out applications for the CodeNewbie Apprenticeship, and in 10 days received 322 applications from all over the world. Many interviews later, Sharon Siegel was chosen to be the first apprentice. She talks about her coding journey, her passion and active involvement in building coding communities, and her goal of moving into a full-time developer role. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Project Euler RailsBridge Rails Pair programming Firehose Proje...