In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss with amazing folks How to get started with PHP? some core concepts you need to master, Frameworks, CMS and much more.

Mohammed Benhida

Rachid laasri

Imad Zairig

EL Hossain Inani

0:00 - Intro and welcoming guests

0:05 - What is PHP and why is it very famous?

0:12 - History about PHP.

0:18 - Do you recommend beginners to start with PHP?

0:31 - Why People Make jokes About PHP ?

0:40 - The future of PHP in Morocco ?

1:04 - How to get started with PHP ?

1:15 - Fundamental concepts you need to master.

1:26 - Frameworks & CMS

1:38 - Testing With PHP.

1:43 - Deploy your PHP project.

1:46 - QA

1:56 - Resources and Tools

2:09 - Wrap up and Goodbye.

PHP Coding Standards Fixer

PHPStan - PHP Static Analysis Tool

Laravel Valet

PHP The Right Way

Youssouf EL Azizi

In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss with self-taught developers about their experience, how they get started, and how they made it professionally.

Abderrahim Soubai Elidrissi

Youness Hakky

Ismail Ghallou

0:00 - Introduction

0:05 - If you don’t have a CS degree, how did you learn to code?

0:08 - Did you do any particular courses or bootcamps?

0:12 - Was the learning path difficult at the beginning?

0:18 - How can you stay motivated while learning to code?

0:24 - Is it okay to start building an online presence as newbie web dev?

0:28 - How can a junior developer get out of the "tutorial cycle" ?

0:33 - Since things evolve very rapidly, how do you decide on what is worth learning ?

0:37 - What kind of projects should we work on ? should this projects be something really special and unique, or just take personal ideas and keep working on them and sharing them?

0:36 - How did you get your first programming job/ freelance work?

0:40 - How has your life changed since becoming a professional programmer?

0:45 - Has anyone ever asked about your coding qualifications when you have been talking to clients?

0:50 - Do you think a CS degree is unnecessary now?

1:00 - Did you still learn after you got your first job

1:12 - Do you have tips for getting a remote job as a junior developer?

1:20 - What advice do you have for someone who wants to get their first programming job but they don’t have the time or money for a CS degree?

1:30 - Is there something that most self-taughts have over "classic" engineers ?

1:40 - Does security background helps in cracking interviews and landing jobs as a developer?

1:42 - Will you go after fundamentals (Data types, patterns, algorithms…etc) Or you just learn things directly and try hard to go for it?

1:44 - Wrap up and Goodbye.

In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss blogging for developer, How to get started, How blogging will help you in your dev career, How to write your first blog post and some secret keys for a successful blog post.

Meriam Kharbat

Mohammed Aboullaite

Youssouf EL Azizi

Ismail EL Azizi

0:00 - Introduction and welcoming guests.

0:06 - How did you start blogging and why?

0:10 - How can blogging help you in your career?

0:14 - A success story from a blog post ?

0:23 - Blogging for startups and what benefits encourage your workers to start blogging.

0:32 - Why is blogging hard?

0:40 - Blogging languages? Do I need good English skills?

0:48 - Finding good topics?

0:54 - Process writing a new blog post.

1:01 - Blog Post Template.

1:17 - Blogging platform vs personal blog and tools to create my personal blog

1:26 - Find your audience, best places to share your articles.

1:39 - QA

1:56 - Tools and resources for bloggers.

Blogs from Moroccan developers

Ryan Robinson's Free Blog Post Template

Grammarly

Youssouf EL Azizi

In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss the success story for two young women in the IT field in and outside Morocco.

Meriam Kharbat

Ouafae Aamer

0:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:05 - Education path

0:09 - tell us what your day job is

0:19 - How long have you been working as Product Manager, Developer

0:22 - What do you do besides being a software engineer by day

0:31 - how did you get where you are today and how did you come to work at (field intelligence inc )

0:38 - What was your childhood dream? was it IT related ?

0:41 - What influenced you to pursue a career in IT

0:48 - What led you to embark on an international career

1:03 - What are some challenges you’ve faced ?

1:12 - Are there any particular Moroccan women in tech who have inspired you?

In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss entrepreneurship and innovation with Mouhssine Lakhdissi, Professor, CTO and Co-Founder of Neoxia Morocco.

Mouhssine Lakhdissi

0:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:05 - Presentation and studies.

0:09 - How did you start the entrepreneurship?

0:19 - How your entrepreneurship journey started

0:22 - Can you tell us a little more about your previous business involvements and the places you’ve worked?

0:31 - You were attracted to the scientific field when you were younger,can you tell us more about this passion

0:38 - What inspired you to start it ?

0:41 - How did you develop it?

0:48 - During your Doctorat preparation you started a small IT consulting entreprise, how did it go?

0:52 - Do we need a good product before lunch?

1:03 - How can we monetize our enterprises in Morocco ?

1:12 - How do you evaluate entrepreneurship ecosystem in Morocco?

1:14 - What’s your greatest fear as an entrepreneur?

1:34 - Can you tell us more about the digitalization of agriculture.

1:38 - Can you tell us about “MIDAD” project, the intelligent mask that was developed during COVID19 crisis

1:48 - What's the future involvement of CNDP with this project?

1:52 - How can we boost the e-learning in Morocco?

1:58 - Some advice for Moroccan entrepreneurs.

In this episode of GeeksBlabla we discuss, React, How to get started ,Core concepts, React Ecosystem and a lot of topics around it.

Yassine ElOuafi

Youssouf EL Azizi

Amine Hakkou

0:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:05 - What is React? && React History.

0:09 - How is React different from other solution such as jquery/angular and Vuejs

0:19 - Imperative and Declarative in React?

0:22 - What do I need To know to start working with React?

0:31 - React Fundamental : JSX.

0:38 - Deference between JSX and template system.

0:41 - React Fundamental : Components, State, Props.

0:48 - React Patterns: HOC, render props, Compound components

0:52 - State Management Approaches.

1:03 - React and Typescript.

1:12 - Redux-saga vs Redux-thunk

1:14 - React Fiber, Virtual Dom, Reconciliation, concurrent mode.

1:34 - React Suspense && algebraic effects.

1:48 - Preact.

1:58 - WebAssembly and React.

2:04 - Styling in React.

2:08 - Server side Rendering with React.

2:12 - Meta-frameworks : Next.js / Gatsby.

2:25 - React Testing.

2:33 - Tools and Resources.

In this special episode of GeeksBlabla, some of its core team members discussed what is DevC community, how it started and how Facebook supports DevC. At the end, the members revealed some of the secrets and memories they had in the community.

0:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:05 - What is DevC Casablanca?

0:09 - The start of DevC Casa

0:16 - How to join the core team of DevC Casa?

0:28 - The relationship between Facebook and DevC community

0:37 - Are profitable projects the goal of the community?

0:41 - How the planning of talks and meetings goes?

0:45 - The vision of the group in the future?

0:50 - How to build a new DevC community?

0:53 - The help of the state and the universities to support the community

0:55 - Students and the core team

0:57 - The struggle of the community to organize meet-ups

1:00 - Rules of the group (Code of conduct)

1:05 - Giving back to the community and knowledge sharing

1:08 - How speakers/guests of GeeksBlabla and offline meet-ups are chosen?

1:16 - As a startup or a company, how can I sponsor a DevC activity?

1:22 - Online meetups and thinking to shift to it + The added value of offline meet-ups

1:29 - Sharing of good and bad experiences/memories that the presenters had in the community

1:46 - The future of GeeksBlabla, the introduction of the GeeksBlabla Facebook page

1:50 - The idea of sharing articles and open source projects in the community

1:53 - How to get notified about the news of GeeksBlabla

1:55 - Wrap up and good bye

In this episode, Abderrahim share with us some important practices and tips about building Hight Availability systems, scaling web applications and handling high traffic

Abderrahim Ouakki

Presentation slides

Mohammed Aboullaite

In this episode, we discuss Agile Project Management, How to get started, agile frameworks and How to spread an agile mindset in your company.

Mohammed Mekran

Amine Maarouf

01:38 - Resources && tools

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Mohammed Aboullaite

Youssouf El Azizi

In this episode We're welcoming 2 great heroes, Mohamed and Hamid are doing amazing jobs, pushing innovation and making things to save lives in Morocco and beat Covid-19!

Mohammed Aboullaite

Meriem Zaid