How To Code Well

How To Code Well

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How To Code Well episodes

  • 38 - How to be a better Web Developer - Emma Bostain interview

    Emma Bostain is my guest on today's How To Code Well podcast and talks about how to be a better Web Developer. We discuss the many aspects of improving as a Web Developer including technical, soft and hard skills. We also talk about previous experiences that we've had in our own development journeys. Emma has a lot of experience in Programming, Leadership and Web Development and shares a lot of advice for both junior and senior Web Developers.


    Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/38

    52 min
  • 37 - Learning to code after 30 - Stephen Doherty interview

    Today Stephen Doherty is my guest on the How To Code Well podcast and talks about learning to code over 30.

    Stephen is from the US and before he turned 30 worked in the family business as a life accident and health insurance agent. Once Stephen turned 30 he decided to learn how to code and is now a full time web developer working in a digital agency.
    Stephen talks about how he taught himself how to code whilst working in a totally different career and his experiences of becoming a web developer.


    Show notes: ⁠https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/37

    56 min
  • 36 - Binomial making better web VR - Stephanie Hurlburt interview

    Today Stephanie Hurlburt is my guest on the How To Code Well podcast.

    Stephanie is the co owner of Binomial (binomial.info) which makes the image and texture compression product called Basis.
    Basis is greatly improving compression speed, file size and performance of images and their textures. This will vastly improve how images are handled on the web, on the desktop, in computer games and within virtual reality.
    Find out more at binomial.info


    Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/36


    57 min
  • 35 - From call centre to coder - Josh Hudson interview

    In episode 35 of the How To Code Well podcast Josh Hudson joins me to talk about how he became a web developer. In his 30's, Josh has made a major career change. After 10 years working in a call centre Josh is now a junior web developer!

    Josh talks about programmer burnout, web developer career progression and gives some great advice on how to learn coding and gain confidence in your development learning journey.

    Show notes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/35

    34 min
  • 34 - Notist your public speaking portfolio - Drew McLellan interview

    Drew McLellan is today's guest on the How To Code Well podcast. Drew talks about how and why he helped create Notist. (https://noti.st) Notist is a place to build your public speaking portfolio. A place to share your slides, but also to collate feedback, tweets, photos, resources and everything to create a permanent history of your speaking events.

    Drew talks about the technologies behind Notist, the challenges and decisions that were made during development of the site.


    Show notes: ⁠⁠⁠https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/34


    45 min
  • 33 - The human security factor of Web Development - Rob Wilson Interview

    Rob Wilson is today's guest on the How To Code Well podcast. Rob is a senior PHP developer at Superdry in Cheltenham and has done many talks on web development security.

    In this episode Rob explains the many human factors of web site security, how web developers can follow security best practices and what to do if you find yourself dealing with a security breach.


    Show notes: ⁠⁠https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/33

    54 min
  • 32 - Test to break principle - Rob Waller interview

    The video version of the show: https://youtu.be/h4Cd2tiCIxg

    Rob Waller is today's guest on How To Code Well podcast. Rob talks about testing code and testing an application for failures and expected outcomes.
    Rob Waller is a software developer with a background in managing development teams. He is also a speaker and has given many talks on software testing.


    Show notes: ⁠https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/32

    47 min
  • 31 - Iteration podcast John Jacob interview

    John Jacob from the Iteration podcast is today's guest on How To Code Well. We talk about how the Iteration podcast started and what programming books have been reviewed. We also discuss how John and JP met and what happened to first season of the Iteration podcast. John explains how he got into web development and built his freelance career at better.dev

    The Iteration podcast hosted by John Jacob and JP. Each episode covers a chapter in a programming book.


    Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/31

    1 hr 4 min
  • 30 - Best resources for self taught developers - Tom Vorel interview

    Tom Vorel is a self taught react developer and joins me on the How To Code Well podcast to talk about the best resources for self taught web developers

    In this video Tom talks about the different ways of learning how to code using podcasts, online and offline courses as well as books and other resources.
    This is the second time Tom has been on the podcast. In his first episode he discusses how he became a self taught react developer.


    Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/30

    1 hr 12 min
  • 29 - Learn programming for FREE at codebar

    Kimberley Cook joins me on the How To Code Well podcast to discuss learning to code at codebar.

    codebar is a non-profit initiative that facilitates the growth of a diverse tech community by running regular programming workshops.
    The codebar workshops cover several programming topics and languages such as python, javascript, android, ruby and more.
    There is no technical requirements when being a student at codebar. You can be a complete beginner with no coding skills or programming experience.


    Show notes: ⁠https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/29

    56 min

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