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090: With Pamela Fox

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This week we were joined by Pamela Fox, a web developer and educator currently working at Khan Academy.

We talked about (roughly in order):

News’n’Links’n’Drama:

  • 9:30 Big Snow Tiny Conf
  • 10:30 Automating Workflow Slide Deck

    • Q & A:

    • 14:54 I’m sold on GIT and have used it locally on my machine. How can I go about deployment without paying for a service?
    • 22:20 What is your preferred UI & Backend workflow when developing web apps for clients? Do you use pre-made libraries, or do you developed your own UI & backend?
    • 32:07 I’m an ad copywriter looking to make the switch to front-end development. Do you have any tips on finding work that requires less formal experience?
    • 37:22 I’ve recently discovered the magic behind Bootstrap. I’m on Rails 3.2 but can’t seem to figure out a good tutorial or method for importing that theme into the asset pipeline, etc. Any advice?
    • 46:25 How do you guys approach mobile first and responsive design?
    • 56:00 I’m going to be interviewed for a front end dev job. If you were going to hire me, what questions would you ask? What level of CSS and JavaScript should I have?

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        • 44:44 Environments For Humans – Javescript Summit It’s 3 days of Javascript covering jQuery UI/Mobile, Backbone.js, HTML5 APIs, Grunt, prototyping with Node, AngularJS.

          Speakers include Rebecca Murphey, Ben Alman, Estelle Weyl, Tim Anglade, Val Head, Scott González, & many more.

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          Show Links:

          • Pamela on Twitter
          • Pamela’s Website
          • Kahn Academy
          • WP Migrate DB Pro
          • Beanstalk
          • Google App Engine
          • Chris’s post on deployment
          • FTPloy
          • React JS
          • Laravel PHP Framwork
          • Craft CMS
          • Angular JS
          • Ember JS
          • Sinatra
          • “Responsive Web Design” & “Mobile First” E-books
          • Chris’s CSS interview questions
          • Darcy Clarke’s Front-end Job Interview Questions
            • ...more
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