In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss with our community members about learning how to learn, the best place to found resources, tricks for effective and productive learning.

0:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:03 - Why is self-learning important for students and employers?

0:26 - Best ways to know what to learn and how to find your path on self-learning as a beginner?

0:50 - how to form a self-learning habit?

0:58 - RoadMap to follow while learning?

1:08 - Self-thought developers and issues whit diplomats?

1:11 - Learning resources and how our guests approach learning new technologies?

1:31 - How to filter learning resources?

1:45 - Tools, tricks, and methodologies for learning consistency.

1:56 - What is enough while learning?

2:10 - How to manage your time, energy, and focus?

2:25 - QA.

1:54 - Wrap up and goodbye

Tech News & AMA #9 with our community members Mohamed,Meriem , soufiane, Abderahim and Youssouf . We discuss the latest Tech News during this episode, and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.

0:01 - Intro and welcoming.

0:03 - updates from our guests about their learning experience in the last months.

0:07 - New javascript build tools using no-js language such us esbuild, snowpack…

0:27 - Expo vs React Native.

0:46 - Abderahim experience with s7aba podcast.

0:52 - Advice to find internships.

1:00 - Generalist vs specialist

1:06 - Ramadan and productivity

1:12 - Apple event M1 in ipad pro…

1:20 - Nvidia new SoCs for cars and other plans to take over server workloads

1:24 - Google rolling FLoC out to tester and the resistance from the industry and community

1:32 - Generalist vs specialist

1:40 - QA

2:51 - Wrap up and goodbye.

In this episode of GeeksBlabla, Meriem and Ismail invited Abdelghani Achibane who is a Quality Assurance Engineer to talk about Software testing and QA Engineering

0:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:03 - What is Software testing ?

0:06 - History of Software testing ?

0:08 - Difference between debugging and testing

0:09 - Why do we need to test ?

0:22 - Manual tests ?

0:28 - Automated tests ?

0:31 - Software testing lifecycle ? What do we automate in testing ? Relation between automated tests and CI ?

0:49 - Types of automated tests ?

0:59 - TDD vs BDD ? Testing strategy ?

1:11 - Testing metrics ?

1:19 - Popular tools used in automated testing of web applications ? APIs ? Desktop applications ?

1:31 - Ressources to start in QA engineering ?

1:54 - Wrap up and goodbye

In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Abdelahad SATOUR, a developer, tech serial entrepreneur, and learner; Abdelahad has more than 31 certificates in the IT and business fields; during the episode, he shared with us his professional and personal experiences.

0:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:02 - Who is Abdelahad SATOUR?

0:11 - Studies and school activities

0:15 - Learning experience in high school and how to get the best of it?

0:19 - Abdelahad's first steps as an entrepreneur.

0:28 - The secrets behind his commitment and motivation.

0:58 - What is success for Abdelahad?

1:04 - Getting things done.

1:10 - Learning and get updated about tech.

1:16 - How to know what works for you as a learning method?

1:19 - How to be focused on your work?

1:23 - Why certifications?

1:30 - QA

1:50 - Wrap up and goodbye

In the 77 Episode of GeeksBlaBla , We're taking a look at the landscape of Low Code / No Code technologies; These technologies are taking the world by storm, building a strong Hype around them, and expected to be an industry worth 23 Billion Dollars by 2023.

0:01 - Introduction.

0:09 - Why It took no Code / Low Code trends all these years to reach the mainstream?

0:16 - Can Microsoft Excel / Access considered as Low Code / No Code Platform ?

0:28 - What’s the current state of the Low Code / No Code Ecosystem ?

0:50 - Trends in Low Code / No Code Ecosystem ?

1:04 - What are the good practices to follow ?

1:09 - What are the opportunities for developers in a low code context ?

1:13 - Integration between Low Code / No Code Apps and Traditional Business apps ?

1:19 - Vendor Lock-In and Portability ?

1:27 - Are Low Code / No Code Apps ready for Production and Missing Critical Scenarios ?

1:30 - Low Code / No Code Apps longevity ?

1:35 - Wrap up and goodbye

Tech News & AMA #9 with our community members Ahmed, Mohamed and Othman. During this episode, we discuss the latest Tech News, Make it legal Ahmed's book and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.

0:01 - Introduction.

0:03 - NFTs

0:16 - 'Make it legal' book.

0:32 - Remote work future

0:50 - Job satisfaction and How do people end up loving what they do?

1:18 - OVH outage

1:30 - New Windows updates

1:37 - QA

1:51 - Wrap up and goodbye.

In this episode, we talk about Certificates in the IT field; why should you care? How will certificates help you in your career, the essential certifications you should have, and how to prepare for those certificates?

0:02 - Introduction.

0:10 - Why should you care about certifications?

0:28 - Types of IT certifications.

0:38 - The best period to get a certificate ( junior or senior )

0:43 - Certification vs open-source contributions vs blogging.

0:25 - How to say that a resource is behaving normally?

0:51 - Why are IT certifications so expensive?

1:03 - Is certifications from the learning platform worth it?

1:07 - Why some people/companies criticize certifications and interpret them as a bad sign?

1:22 - Certifications for beginners.

1:46 - How to prepare for a certificate?

2:07 - The most valuable certificates in Morocco.

2:28 - Wrap up and goodbye.

In this episode, we talk about Monitoring, what is it about, what to consider in a project roadmap, how to do it and its different types with our guests..

0:02 - Introduction.

0:05 - What is Monitoring?

0:08 - When should monitoring take place?

0:11 - What do we need to monitor ?

0:22 - How we define KPIs - The indicators we need to keep an eye on.

0:25 - How to say that a resource is behaving normally?

0:43 - Monitoring Toolchain (ELK Stack , Prometheus and Grafana)

0:59 - What are the different types of monitoring ?

1:06 - Infrastructure Monitoring vs Application Monitoring

1:14 - What is Observability and how it differs from Monitoring ?

1:17 - What are the big benefits of cloud monitoring solutions VS in house monitoring solutions

1:23 - With the increase in compressed application life cycles, proper monitoring is critical in DevOps. How can we deal with it?

1:40 - Datadog demo

1:50 - Wrap up and goodbye.

In this special episode, we highlight the hidden category in Tech in general, Women and girls in tech in Morocco. The guests are students in IT & CS will share their experiences and their journey.

0:01 - Introduction.

0:03 - How did you become interested in engineering

0:08 - What influenced you to pursue a career in IT

0:17 - What is it like to be a woman working in technology for you?

0:27 - How could you convince a random Moroccan girl to be interested in programming?

0:35 - Why we don't see many ladies involved in communities in Morocco?

0:50 - Is it true the is no wage difference between men and women working in Tech in Morocco?

0:53 - How can we help as a tech community to empower more WIT?

0:54 - Is it easy or hard to find a job or Internship

0:58 - Did you ever faced discrimination in a job interview where they prefered a man instead?

1:00 - Do you feel that women in technology careers face barriers not faced by their male counterparts?

1:05 - What are some challenges you’ve faced.

1:12 - OHow can women balance between their work time, home & family time?

1:27 - What job did you dream of when you were a kid – your Plan A career path

1:32 - How could men empower women in IT?

1:37 - What do you think of StateOfDevMa survey results

2:12 - Wrap up and goodbye.

Tech News & AMA #8 with our community members Ilyas, Othmane, Mehdi, Otmane, and Mohamed. During this episode, we discuss the latest Tech News and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.

0:01 - Introduction.

0:05 - New Social Media Platform: ClubHouse

0:15 - The guy who hacked into PayPal, apple, MS

0:33 - Bitcoin: News, Energy, future …

0:43 - Jeff Bezos Steps down as Amazon CEO

0:50 - Some fact and opinions about Java and JEE

1:06 - Intro to Rust

1:13 - Lambda function and serverless

1:18 - Oracle java SE Certification

1:21 - Python compared to JAVA

1:24 - Remote Jobs with companies such as Toptal, xteam …

1:32 - Flutter

1:35 - Minimum skills that you should learn to start applying for a react job

1:40 - should i know compiler structure and language theory to be a good software engineer

1:46 - PHP

1:58 - Front-end vs. back-end

2:07 - Wrap up and goodbye.