CodePen Radio

Rachel, Tim Sabat, and Marie are here to talk about CodePen's newest feature: the Dashboard. We're talking about why we added it, how we built it, and why it's so zippy.

Tim H, Rach, and Marie talk about screenshots on CodePen. How we generate the default screenshots, how and why we built the new custom screenshots feature, and a little discussion about what's coming up in the world of headless Chrome.

Saying no is an important part of running a web business. In this episode of CodePen Radio we talk about how and when we have to say no to customers and others.

We're talking Emmet - a handy toolkit of shortcuts for developers. CodePen just pushed version 2 live (with some customizations!) so we thought we'd talk about how and why we're using Emmet on CodePen.

When does your web app need more refined and advanced permissions? How does CodePen figure out if you're a paid user? Or if you're on a team? What kind of Pro are you? How did CodePen clean up the logic and the questions we were asking?

Chris, Rachel, and Marie talk about some of the ways they configure templates on CodePen - Pen templates, Project templates, as well as dreaming up new ways to use templates on CodePen.

Drew Conley created an RPG right inside CodePen! Today he talks with Marie and Tim Holman about how he built it (with React), basing it around his own life experiences, and what the future holds for The Danger Crew.

Sarah Drasner is on the show to talk about why she started sharing her work and giving back to the community, her love of CodePen, and the Web Animation Workshops she runs with Val Head.

Chris and Marie sit down with Nat Cooper, organizer of the Creative Coding Club. The club aims to inspire people to design and build fun digital things based on a monthly theme. We talk about why she set it up, how she manages the community, and her plans to help keep Creative Coding Club going in to the future.

Mike Mangialardi from codingartist.io joins the show to talk about his Daily CSS Images challenge! We talk about what inspired him to start the challenge, how he runs the challenge, and how the CodePen community has embraced it. It's been a great way for people to learn and get better at CSS and so we are very excited to talk with Mike about the project!