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Learn to code

174 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings

New face and new format. I'm recording my learning process and experiences.
Join me and find out how to learn to code.

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AFK update Hyrule warriors age of calamity

October 07, 2020 21:16 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MB

And today I talk about video games, because why not?

SCRUM studying and plans for nodejs and django development.

October 07, 2020 20:23 - 28 minutes - 26 MB

And tomorrow 07/10/2020 at 9am CST I'm taking a certification exam on SCRUM. Wish me luck!

Reclaim SCRUM for developers not managers

September 25, 2020 14:40 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

And today I rant about managers in scrum teams and how we as programmers and software developers are put into the same bucket "The development team".

AFK Update Learning Django 3 is frustrating me

September 24, 2020 05:59 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MB

And a list of things I'm talking about... I'm getting promoted at my job. I remember how I suffered without a job for half a year. I'm selling my gaming PC, maybe. I'm cutting down my time with video games, maybe. I'm moving to Mexico city, BIG maybe.

Backend development is like an elephant

September 19, 2020 04:03 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MB

And now a little rant about backend development.

Learning Django and teaching methods

September 18, 2020 15:56 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB

And today I talk about... My mistakes on choosing courses to learn from. Teaching styles: tutorials vs class. My two step learning process: watch once (exploring), watch a second time and code along.

Learning Django 2 was a waste of time I need django 3

September 16, 2020 12:48 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB

Learning Django 2 was a waste of time I need django 3

Development servers Vagrant and virtualization of web servers

September 12, 2020 20:33 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MB

And today I talk about making a virtual machine for your web development server and it's benefits against just installing the server software on your development machine and bloat it. Vagrant: https://www.vagrantup.com/

AFK update 2020-09-12

September 12, 2020 20:02 - 6 minutes - 6.19 MB

And I dissipated into a new job...

Reading code tips

August 04, 2020 18:05 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB

And today we talk about reading code tips and tricks. To get you up to speed into an already going project. YouTube channel Twitter: @JorgeEscobar

The fear of success

July 30, 2020 20:38 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MB

And today I talk about how I got afraid to face unbeatable challenges, with a little tale from my time playing The legend of Zelda: Breath of the wild. YouTube channel Twitter: @JorgeEscobar

AFK update I'm flying to Mexico city sign me into a new job

July 28, 2020 21:10 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB

And I'm hours away from my flight to Mexico city and sign into a new job... YouTube channel Twitter: @JorgeEscobar

AFK update: I took the job

July 25, 2020 10:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MB

And I took the job in Mexico City, I'll be traveling there next week.

AFK lavalier microphone for interviews

July 24, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes - 9.36 MB

And I'm recording with a lavalier microphone to test if it's viable to make interviews with other people. And I got new gear to make my recordings even better, soon I'll be making live interviews. YouTube channel Twitter: @JorgeEscobar — 🎙Jorge Escobar (@JorgeEscobar) July 23, 2020 After a very long wait. I finally got all the audio gear I need to make the transition from a #rode nt-USB mic to a #XLR setup. Tonight I record the new season of the #LearnToCode #podcast on my literal bedr...

AFK I got new gear for my podcast recordings

July 23, 2020 14:25 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MB

And I got new gear to make my recordings even better, soon I'll be making live interviews. YouTube channel Twitter: @JorgeEscobar — 🎙Jorge Escobar (@JorgeEscobar) July 23, 2020 After a very long wait. I finally got all the audio gear I need to make the transition from a #rode nt-USB mic to a #XLR setup. Tonight I record the new season of the #LearnToCode #podcast on my literal bedroom studio. pic.twitter.com/86a7F4dcb2

AFK update 15 jul 2020

July 15, 2020 10:00 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MB

And I'm getting fired or I'm quitting my janitor job...

Can you do something with HTML and CSS alone?

July 14, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MB

And today we talk about the good old web developer duo HTM and CSS. The classic exercise of making your personal website and a more involved project. That's what we are talking today.

Learn to code podcast new direction

July 13, 2020 10:00 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB

And today it's the last episode of the first season of the podcast, I been recording this for the last year and a half. And it's time for a full make over. Only better things from now on.

I'm making a new #YouTube Channel for #writers

July 12, 2020 10:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB

And today I talk about my plans for a new YouTube channel for ebook writers. I'm making an effort to become a YouTuber, let's see how that goes.

Into the rabit hole of web development

July 11, 2020 10:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MB

And today I talk about what means to dig deep into web development and my quest to actually become a web developer.

AFK update: 10 july 2020

July 10, 2020 17:40 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MB

And after a long time (again) I returned. I'm not leaving podcasting, I'm getting more into it. I'm buying new gear and finally leaving behind my USB mic in exchange for a mixer, recorder, audio interface...

Making a kid puzzle

June 25, 2020 21:16 - 9 minutes - 9.03 MB

And Today I'm making a quick episode. I'm tired but I do have access to my recording studio here.

Building an elementary school management system with NodeJS

June 23, 2020 22:03 - 7 minutes - 7.38 MB

And today I talk about my plans for the next 365 days of my life, I'm  planning to expand the website I built back in January 2020 and allow it  to become a blog/payment platform/grading system for the school I'm  currently working for. YouTube Video

Mixer goes down

June 22, 2020 23:43 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB

And today Microsoft announced that Mixer a streaming service will be ended next month...

Bootstrap 5 Alpha

June 18, 2020 17:01 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

And today we talk about Bootstrap 5 Alpha version and it's main changes.  YouTube video Bootstrap 5 blog post Get Bootstrap 4 0:00 Intro  0:16 New look and feel  0:25 New icon and jQuery gone  1:16 Internet Explorer support gone  2:42 Custom CSS and Sass  4:01 Color palette  5:31 Forms  7:02 Utilities APIs  8:00 Enhanced grid system

Book review: Breaking the Code: Five Steps to a Life-Changing Software Development Job.

June 08, 2020 16:07 - 31 minutes - 29 MB

And today I talk about a book that teaches you that you can get a great job as a software developer. Amazon: Breaking the Code: Five Steps to a Life-Changing Software Development Job Kindle Edition Written by Bobby Davis Jr. this book gets you into what the path to success is for a new software developer and how this path is free for the taking if you are willing to walk it. Watch Bobby's YouTube Channel at: Coder Foundry YouTube channel. BOBBY DAVIS JR. is a tech entrepreneur with over ...

New book Breaking The Code

June 02, 2020 22:42 - 5 minutes - 4.99 MB

And today I talk a little bit about a new book: Breaking The Code will be released on June 23rd. It will be available on Amazon and all major outlets and formats. And Coder Foundry YouTube channel. One of my favorites mentors.

Keep learning to code and actually coding, separate

June 01, 2020 19:12 - 1 hour - 64.9 MB

And today is a special episode, this one is going to YouTube on this link. Learning and doing are two separate things.

Video editing for YouTube is hard work

May 31, 2020 21:16 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MB

And today I ramble about making YouTube videos again...

Learning how to be a YouTuber

May 31, 2020 00:46 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MB

And This week I'm learning video editing on Blender for YouTube.

Procastination is a bitch

May 14, 2020 19:05 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MB

And today I decided to change myself. I'm making myself accountable and I'm building a website to keep track of my learning process as well as my progress on my web development proyects. You can follow me live at: Mixer and check my edited videos on  YouTube

Learning NodeJS on Udemy and Coronavirus killing Mexico

May 12, 2020 14:37 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MB

And I recorded a review on this course NodeJS - The Complete Guide (incl. MVC, REST APIs, GraphQL) on Udemy, I hope you like it. Coronavirus is still killing Mexico. So I avoid human contact. Since I'm a shut in, that's easy enough for me anyway.

AFK update during the pandemic

May 03, 2020 15:35 - 40 minutes - 38.6 MB

And I been learning web development with aNodejsaand now I feel confident again to restart my streaming and include a youtube channel on the mix...

I'm building a blog website on Reactjs

March 11, 2020 19:05 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MB

And after finishing my last freelance job, I decided to build something for myself, and I found myself wanting to build a blog for myself. I love writing and what else to do if not that, we programmers are writers in the end.

A woman who codes

February 14, 2020 17:59 - 21 minutes - 20 MB

And after a week of work, my wife made most of the pro bono project for a school website.a

(Bonus) Probono project with my wife

February 14, 2020 17:06 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MB

A short update on what my wife and me are working on: A school website.

Reactjs and bootstrap don't get along

February 07, 2020 17:09 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

Yeah, they just conflict on the JavaScript dependencies...

Me and my wife on a quest for Full Stack Development

January 07, 2020 15:42 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MB

And this is the first episode of 2020. I talk about how me and my wife started an online bootcamp to become full stack developers, we started with the wrong foot on HTML and how we deal with it.

Goodbye to the decade

December 22, 2019 21:28 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MB

And today I say goodbye to the last ten years of my life. I don't feel like I progressed much the last decade...

Write a CV in HTML

December 01, 2019 17:39 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MB

And if you do so, you'll exercise that part of the brain that helps you think better...

Database Fundamentals

November 03, 2019 06:40 - 44 minutes - 41 MB

And I rant about re writing my database fundamentals books, my experiences dealing with databases that other people design and my recommendations on learning how to make your database not just use an existing one.

Writing an Amazon kindle book

October 29, 2019 09:32 - 38 minutes - 36.5 MB

And I talk about my experience writing my first book about database fundamentals...

Technical Debt

October 24, 2019 04:33 - 1 hour - 94.5 MB

And I lost a job to technical debt... Here is my story

Another bonus episode AFK Just chatting

September 28, 2019 16:45 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MB

Yet another unscripted episode. I talk about AWS cloud pros and cons, my prevous job, how to scalate the corporate ladder, my plans to learn german. etc.

A week working as an AWS developer

September 26, 2019 06:23 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MB

And after more than a week of working as a AWS developer, I been learning a lot and putting a lot of effort. I just hope to become valuable to the team.

Learning Amazon Web Services

September 16, 2019 16:04 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MB

And today I'm learning AWS for my new job.

(Bonus) I'm getting hired as a back end developer

September 13, 2019 14:11 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MB

And I'm getting hired as a back end developer, after almost a month of being looking for a job, I managed to get one. I'll be working on a university for Volkswagen Puebla company. If I manage to deliver and produce, I may get hired for more than 6 months (trial period).

How to make a README file?

September 07, 2019 12:44 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB

And today I give a talk about how to write a README file.

How to study software development?

September 05, 2019 15:05 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MB

And today I talk about how to learn actual software development. I'm starting to learn Amazon Web Services today and become the next Certified AWS dude out there.

On my way to Volkswagen Puebla

September 04, 2019 10:43 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MB

And today before I left for my medic exam at the Volkswagen Puebla factory, I decide to use my voice to talk to you.

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