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50 Projects for React & the Static Web
I’m proud to officially launch my first ebook 50 Projects for React & the Static Web. Ebook Cover This free ebook includes 50 project ideas complete with project briefs, a layout idea, and resources if you get stuck. I fully believe the best way to learn is by doing and this can help you stop …
You’re Allowed to Overengineer Your Blog
A common thread in web development thought pieces is why you shouldn’t use a certain framework on your blog or why simply, you shouldn’t overengineer it. But what can overengineering our personal projects like our blog do to help us grow as developers? What do I mean by overengineering a blog? One of the main …
Top 5 Things to Learn First with AWS and How to Get Started with Amazon Web Services
AWS has taken the tech community by storm. It’s easily sold as one of the most reliable providers with an exhaustive list of services from object storage to machine learning. But it can easily be overwhelming for someone new to the cloud. Where should you start when trying to learn AWS? Object storage with AWS …
How to Build Tech Communities in a World of Pandemic
The global pandemic has had widespread effects, not just in how we go to work or go out to eat, but how we socialize and network in our local tech communities. What impact does this have on our journeys and what can we do to make the best out of the current climate? Living in …
What’s the difference between a front end developer and back end developer?
Websites and applications are complex! Buttons and images are just the tip of the iceberg. With this kind of complexity, you need people to manage it, but which parts are the front end developers and back end developers responsible for? Originally written for freecodecamp.org. The many layers of development Whether you're working on a website …
How to Grow Your Audience and Share Your Content with the World
Building quality content can be a really rewarding task, but for those just starting out or those who don't yet have a large audience, that content can easily get buried amongst the other million tweets on Twitter. How can we expand our reach and help our content impact more people? Creating our content for the …
How is Design Important as a Developer and What Can You Do to Level Up?
Design is a part of the product process that often gets pushed off. This can come at a cost that your customers or other developers have to pay. How is design important for those of us who aren't just pushing pixels in Photoshop or Figma and what can we do to level up? Design as …
How MySpace Taught Me How to Code and Where You Should Look to Develop Your Passion
Learning something new is hard. It's even more challenging if you have a hard time trying to find motivation. How can we find things in our everyday lives that can help us learn? Tom is no longer in your extended network It's been almost 10 years since we saw massive changes underway at MySpace. If …
How to Write More Effectively and Develop Your Unique Style
Writing is an important way for all of us to share our thoughts and experiences. While the content itself is important, what else can we can do to more effectively get our thoughts across? Why is writing important in the first place? Everyone will develop their own reasons for why writing is important to them, but …
What is a Senior Developer and how can I become one?
Becoming a Senior Developer is something many of us strive for as we continue our code journey and build our career. But what does it actually mean to be a "Senior" Developer? What being a Senior Developer is not Before we start, let's get this out of the way. Contradictory to what you'll see on …
