This week, we're talking about testing: what testing is, the different kinds of tests we run at CodePen, and why they are important. What kind of testing do we do at CodePen? 2:28 Mostly unit testing. You have a pre-defined set of inputs, and you test the outputs from the code, and figure out if […]

This week on CodePen Radio, we're talking about users: who our users are, what they expect, where they come from, and things like that. Doing some research 1:45 We wanted to do some research to understand our users: who is coming to CodePen, and why? Where did they come from? We gathered information from the […]

This week on CodePen Radio, we're talking about Scaling. We're returning to the land of servers to discuss how we scaled CodePen. What is scaling? 1:30 When we talk about scaling, we're talking about our backend servers being able to handle the growth of our user base. We're really lucky to even have this problem. […]

This week on CodePen Radio we talk about Meetups. We're having our very first CodePen meetup ever on November 6, 2014. The location will be a bar called Bungalow, in Austin, TX. News: We've started giving out a free 14 day trial of CodePen Pro. Our Very First Meetup 4:54 We took inspiration from the […]

This week on CodePen Radio, we're talking about the tech behind taking payments in a web app. If you want to make money with any kind of online business, money will need to change hands. We go over the different options for payment processing, and explain how we personally use Stripe and PayPal for processing […]

This week on CodePen Radio, we're talking about responsibility. We're all responsible for keeping the site up, but we are going get into the details of what our different roles require, and what it means to take responsibility for your product. Our Responsibilities at CodePen 2:00 Tim keeps the site running and our servers fast. […]

This week on CodePen Radio, something that affects all web apps that use the subscriber model: Churn. 1:08 CodePen's primary income comes from people signing up for Pro accounts. The idea is that we grow as a business as more people sign up. As we create new and valuable features, more people will sign up! […]

This week on CodePen Radio, we talk advertising. Both sides: using advertising as part of a business model as well as using advertising to grow. 1:20 We use advertising on CodePen. Shortly after we started, we decided that we should use advertising on the site to help pay for server costs. 2:35 We used BuySellAds.com […]

We got together this week to talk about Feature Planning because that's what we actually did this week! One of the ways that your business can grow and be more profitable is to expand on the feature set of your app. We've got some cool features on the horizon for CodePen, and we're going to […]

Why would we be talking about APIs, CodePen doesn't even have one, right? It's true, we don't have what is considered a traditional API. We explain why (and that we kinda do), and dig into the ins and outs of APIs on web apps. 1:39 What is an API for web software? 2:11 An API […]