CodeNewbie

Kim Goulbourne shares her process for learning a new javascript framework, and the frustrations she experienced even as a seasoned developer.

Wes Bos shares how he learns, how he works, and how he slowly, eventually got over his hatred for JavaScript to become a beloved JavaScript teacher.

Vaidehi Joshi tells us about her year-long, technical writing project, basecs, how it's changed her as a developer, and how she handles the trolls and negativity from people who don't appreciate her work.

Cameron Brown, CCO at Against Gravity, tells us how his team creates a safe and welcoming space in their virtual reality game, Rec Room.

Stephanie Slattery, a front-end engineer specializing in accessibility, explains the 5 categories of disabilities, shows us how to implement suggestions from the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, and shares why she’s so passionate about accessibility.

Katrina Owen shares what it really takes to get a coding mentor, Quincy Larson gives us his best practices for writing technical blog posts, and Nell Shamrell-Harrington explores what it really takes for an open source project to be successful.

Courteney Ervin shares the ups and downs of building a product for one of the largest library systems in the world. Celia La walks us through the technical challenges (and solutions) of bringing Khan Academy's quality content to people all over the world.

Sterling shares her experience of making her company's app accessible to two blind students. Maurice kicks off our education talks the story of Abacus, his side project that became the learning system used by thousands of students in Belize.

Valerie explores the importance of security in creating powerful and engaged communities. Rapi shares his story of creating a toy coding project in D3.js that sparked a movement and helped thousands of people become more politically engaged.

Michelle’s talk is a technical showcase of how her research project uses open source tools to better diagnose depression. Greg shares his personal struggles with ADHD and bipolar disorder, and how important it is for us to openly talk about mental health.