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When and why should you write unit tests, and just how important are they? Take a listen and see what YOU think.
Mini Code Adventure: Mocking data with Markov Chains
Welcome to the second Mini Code Adventure, a series of blog posts and videos that highlight fun and exciting projects that you get running in just a few minutes.
For this project, we’re assuming you have NodeJs and Yeoman installed, and we assume you have a basic understanding of HTML and JavaScript.
Now, let’s get to playing with Markov Chains! [Read more…]
Community Spotlight: MS Dev Show
MS Dev Show is a weekly podcast dedicated to the Microsoft developer. Each episode is a blend of technical depth and wit, so you can learn with a smile on your face! The show regularly features expert guests from across the technical spectrum, Azure cloud, Universal Windows Platform, Visual Studio, and cross-platform development. Even their take on the week’s technical “news” is insightful and inspiring, and we find ourselves frequenting their show notes to read more. [Read more…]
Mini Code Adventure: Make A Website with Yeoman
Welcome to the first Mini Code Adventure, a new series of blog posts and videos that highlight fun and exciting projects that you get running in minutes.
We recommend you have a basic understanding of HTML, JavaScript and NodeJs to proceed. We also assume you already have NodeJS installed, so make sure you have it installed! Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, lets…
Community Spotlight: The Cynical Developer
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The Cynical Developer is a dev podcast that features candid discussions with technical luminaries: by devs, for devs. The show started just a few months ago, and it’s already become a favorite of ours. We’re looking forward to many more great episodes! [Read more…]
Demystifying the Technical Interview through Practice
Like I mentioned in my post on Meetup and Codewars, I think the best way to prepare for a technical/whiteboard/programming interview is to practice. Sites like Codewars make this kind of practice easier than ever, but the pressure of having potential employers watching over your shoulder adds a whole other dimension.
Because of that, I wanted to experiment with “live coding” through practice problems, talking through my decisions as I went along. This ended up being more difficult than I had anticipated, even without the live audience.
Now that I’m wrapping up my little experiment, I wanted to share a few things that I learned along the way…
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Community Spotlight: The Reactionary
The Reactionary is a youtube channel featuring informative tutorials, opinion pieces, book reviews and other great content about the React JavaScript library.
Zac Braddy, the creator, is a really smart guy and we are really glad that he is fightin’ for the good guys. Also, he has a lot of cool T-Shirts. [Read more…]
1,000,000+ Downloads!
Thanks to you, Coding Blocks has exceeded 1 million podcast *downloads!
When we started this podcast 3 years ago, we settled on a realistic goal of 100 downloads a month. We ended up doing a little better that first month, but we certainly didn’t expect to cross the million download mark, and we couldn’t have even begun to imagine all of the amazing people that we have met along the way.
We are looking forward to a new year full of surprises, but first we wanted to take a few minutes to celebrate a few numbers:
* 50+ episodes
* 1,000,000+ downloads
* 500+ 5 Star Reviews
* 5,000+ slack messages / week
Of those numbers, the one that excites us most is the last. The slack channel has become a place for developers of all backgrounds and experience levels to exchange ideas, help, and horror stories. We’re very proud to be members of such a cool community, and we thank you for hangin’ with us!
* Note: We pulled the download numbers from our feed hosting provider, Libsyn which attempts to de-dupe and de-bot numbers…but there’s still the very real possibility that 99% of the downloads were just us checking to see if it “worked on my machine”.
Meetup and CodeWars
Every so often somebody in slack will ask for advice on getting their first programming job. Experience is critical in the tech industry, so that first step can be a doozy.
While there is a lot of great information available on the internet, my favorite advice is short and sweet: Meetup and CodeWars
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Clean Code – Objects vs Data Structures
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This week we’re drawing a line in the sand between objects and data structures. Who will win? Take a listen and decide for yourself!
For the full show notes visit:
https://www.codingblocks.net/episode51
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