Coding Fyx
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIf you’re interested in learning how to code, or are a seasoned veteran, join Alex from Fyx on a coding journey!
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Coding Fyx – Episode 10! (Burnout!!)
June 16, 2021 22:41 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBThe past year-or-so has been a really unique time for all of us, and something that a lot of folks are going through these days is burnout. This episode of Coding Fyx looks to take an honest approach to the realities of burnout - what causes it, how it feels, how it affects you, as well as the importance of maintaining your mental health as a whole. Resource Mentioned:Betterhelp (online mental health services) - https://betterhelp.com Music by Jeff Davis - @strangerpeace https://twitter.com...
Coding Fyx – Episode 9! (Coding Interviews!!)
April 08, 2021 02:19 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBFor a fair number of folks, Coding Interviews are one of the most stressful, scary parts of their entire coding journey. This episode of Coding Fyx aims to ease some of those stresses by breaking down what to expect in a coding interview, some strategies to make them go smoother once you're in them, as well as some resources to help you prepare for them! They're scary, but hopefully this episode will make them a little tiny bit less scary =] Video mentioned from Adam Savage:https://youtu.be/...
Coding Fyx – Episode 8! (Primitives and Data Structures!!)
March 25, 2021 03:30 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBContinuing on our coding journey has brought us to one of the biggest and most important fundamental topics when we're looking to really understand getting into programming, and that is the use of Primitives and Data Structures! This episode is an overview of some of the most common of each that we will be encountering, and will give hints of some of the more advanced topics to come! If you're a new dev then this is an important one! And if you're seasoned, then it's a great way to think of t...
Coding Fyx – Episode 7! (What Is The Blockchain?!)
March 10, 2021 18:40 - 16 minutes - 14.4 MBThe Blockchain is a topic on more and more peoples' minds these days, especially with the rise of things like Cryptocurrency and NFTs; but… What is The Blockchain? This episode aims to answer the basics of what it is, and hopefully give a brief, not super technical look at this increasingly relevant technology. https://fyx.spacehttps://twitter.com/fyxpodcastswww.podchaser.com/[email protected]
Coding Fyx – Episode 6! (Let’s Talk Binary, Bits & Bytes!!)
February 10, 2021 19:00 - 40 minutes - 28.4 MBHave you ever wanted to know how binary works? Or what 16-bit actually means? It's time for us to dive to a low, low level this week on Coding Fyx. In fact, maybe the lowest level. We are talking all about machine code baby - Binary, Bits, Bytes, Hex, and more! Strap in and hold onto your booties, let's get learnin'! fyx.spacetwitter.com/fyxpodcastspodchaser.com/[email protected]
Coding Fyx – Episode 5! (QA!!)
January 27, 2021 17:48 - 19 minutes - 14.4 MBWelcome to our 5th episode of Coding Fyx! This one is a bit less structured, slightly less informational, and more of a "hey this is what this is" with regards to QA. This topic came to light after some fairly, um, "wrong" statements from a major developer in the Video Game space, and Alex wanted to talk about QA to try and clear up what it actually means! Article mentioned about Crunch:fyx.space/2020/10/a-developers…nch-in-games-beyond/ twitter.com/[email protected]...
Coding Fyx – Episode 4! (What is The Cloud??)
January 13, 2021 17:23 - 23 minutes - 5 MBThis week on Coding Fyx we are answering the age-old question of "what is The Cloud?" It's a term we've all heard, and for a lot of folks it can be a bit of a mystery term. Today we aim to demystify it and explain what it is, why it is useful, and ways we as developers can leverage it! Here are some links to the places we talk about in this episode: https://aws.amazon.com/ https://azure.microsoft.com/ https://cloud.google.com/ https://digitalocean.com/ https://linode.com https://heroku...
Coding Fyx – Episode 3! (What It’s Like To Work As A Dev!!)
December 30, 2020 17:56 - 38 minutes - 5 MBWelcome to the third episode of Coding Fyx! We are continuing our series on what it's like to get into development, and we are talking about what it is like to work as a developer - including the tools we use, along with some looks at the lifestyle & mentality in general! Here are some additional resources for topics which were mentioned in the episode: My article on burnout in the game industryhttps://fyx.space/2020/10/a-developers-thoughts-on-crunch-in-games-beyond/ Agile Methodologyhttp...
Coding Fyx – Episode 2! (Picking The Right Language!!)
December 16, 2020 17:18 - 57 minutes - 5 MBWe're back with another episode of Coding Fyx! This episode is focused on picking the right first language for you, especially if you're just getting started; but also if you're looking to get back into coding, or picking up a new language. This includes an overview on some of the best languages to start with, the things which make them great, as well as their pitfalls. Timestamps:09:45 - First Language Recommendation21:32 - Second Language Recommendation30:20 - Third & Fourth Languages Intr...
Coding Fyx – Episode 1! (What Coding Is and How To Get Started!!)
December 02, 2020 17:26 - 30 minutes - 5 MBWelcome to the first episode of Coding Fyx! It is a new podcast from Fyx, and this time it's all about Coding / Programming. These first few episodes are going to be all about how to get started with coding, with this episode giving a super broad overview of what coding is, and a few of the ways you can start coding today. Here are a few relevant links from this week's episode Sites to self-teach with: https://www.freecodecamp.org https://www.khanacademy.org/ https://www.udemy.com https://...