Web Perspectives

Web Perspectives

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Web Perspectives episodes

  • CSS in 2023 with Kevin Powell

    Kevin Powell gives out his #1 tip on learning and teaching CSS. How can you keep up to date with all the new CSS features coming? Should you still use Bootstrap? What about Tailwind? CSS in JS? How do you CSS in 2023?

    Learn how Kevin got started with web development and teaching CSS. Hear his perspective on using frameworks like Bootstrap and Tailwind to learn. Get insights on the challenges beginners face when starting with CSS and how to overcome them.

    Discover Kevin's approach to using CSS tools and frameworks in projects. Find out his tips for structuring HTML to support styles. Learn about semantic HTML and accessibility best practices.

    Get the inside scoop on starting a YouTube channel, podcast, and online courses. Hear Kevin's pain points with CSS units and lack of colour mix support.

    • Kevin Powell on YouTube
    • Kevin Powell's Newsletter
    • Kevin Powell's Podcast
    • Kevin's Website

      • Timestamps

      • (00:04:04 - 00:07:04) How Kevin got started with web development and teaching it
      • (00:07:04 - 00:10:04) Kevin's experience using CSS frameworks like Bootstrap to learn
      • (00:10:04 - 00:15:04) The challenges of learning CSS for beginners
      • (00:15:04 - 00:18:04) Kevin's approach to using CSS frameworks and tools
      • (00:18:04 - 00:24:04) Building your own learning management system vs using a platform
      • (00:24:04 - 00:29:04) How to structure HTML to support styles
      • (00:29:04 - 00:35:04) Semantic HTML and accessibility practices
      • (00:35:04 - 00:44:04) Kevin's YouTube channel and creating content
      • (00:44:04 - 00:47:04) Starting a podcast and newsletters
      • (00:47:04 - 00:54:04) Making YouTube a full-time job
      • (00:54:04 - 01:02:04) Kevin's tips for CSS
      • (01:02:04 - end) Pain points with CSS units and lack of color mix suppor
        • 1 hr 39 min
      • Migrating to AWS w/ Heman Tailor

        AWS, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, Azure... the list goes on. But how hard is it to migrate an existing tech stack to the cloud? Heman Tailor, director of IT at SCA Interactive, gives us the lowdown on the pros, cons, challenges of migrating his infrastructure from on-prem to AWS.

        2 hr 5 min
      • Why ReactJS is Outdated w/ Josh Collinsworth

        Josh Collinsworth wrote a blog post about why ReactJS is outdated and which technologies to try instead, and we wanted to learn more. Why has ReactJS remained the king of front-end frameworks, and what can we do about it? What about frameworks like Svelte, Vue, and Astro? View transitions API as per Astro along with some life advice on how to choose a front-end framework in your next project.

        • Josh Collinsworth on Mastadon
        • Fresh framework for Deno
        • Quina word game
        • Hondo word game
        • VueJS interactive demo
        • Pass the Pigs game
        • PWA builder
        • Tauri Rust framework
          • 1 hr 30 min
        • Functional Programming w/ Andrii Borovskyi

          Andrii Borovskyi discusses Functional Programming in JavaScript and TypeScript and why it still remains unpopular, despite ReactJS' functional components. What is functional programming, and how can teams adopt it? Can we really stop debugging altogether by using functional programming? Andrii tells his story of how he got into web development and how he sees the future of web technologies progressing with functional programming

          Timestamps
          0:00:00 Intro 0:00:26 Andrii's story on how he decided to pursue web development 0:03:27 Why can we call ourselves software architects, but not engineers 0:06:26 Is CSS a programming language... yet? 0:07:04 Cross-continent hitch hiking and getting started with HTML and CSS 0:11:34 Learning Javascript while on the road 0:13:50 First job 0:15:11 Andrii's career path and making difficult decisions 0:18:43 Sean's career and self taught vs engineers 0:22:05 Be patient: Team leads can have bad days too 0:22:38 RTFM is the worst 0:23:18 Functional programming, let's go 0:32:30 OOP vs FP 0:41:51 How to identify side effects 0:42:47 Functional composition 0:43:56 Reusability 0:45:29 Refactoring I 0:51:51 Naming functions 1:10:01 Private methods in OOP as an example of side effects 1:14:40 Refactoring II getting in and out of trouble 1:20:40 React flavour 1:26:16 Imutability of props and arguments 1:28:16 Leaky Abstractions 1:28:06 Refactoring III DRY 1:29:39 Refactoring the team away from OOP 1:32:48 Composition vs inheritance 1:37:56 Wrap up and connections
          1 hr 40 min
        • .NET and Mindfulness w/ Philip Young

          Is .NET still a thing? Has it caught up with other full-stack frameworks like NEXT, NUXT, SvelteKit, and Remix? Philip Young comes on the show, drawing from his 10+ years' experience as yoga practitioner and software developer to give us the inside scoop on .NET and mindfulness.

          1 hr 49 min
        • Why Chic Geek Closed Its Doors w/ Kylie Woods & April Hicke

          What challenges do women face in the tech industry? Kylie Woods & April Hicke discuss the barriers to entry for women and the story of why Kylie decided to close down Chiq Geek.

          • ChicGeek
          • TryToast
          • April Hicke (LinkedIn)

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            1 hr 16 min
          • Going Resume-Free with Allie Knull

            Allie Knull joins us to discuss why resumes are so outdated and how to get your next best tech job without using your resume.

            Do resumes really matter that much? How about job experience? When should you negotiate a salary? Is there such a thing as being "overqualified" for a job? Allie tells us all this, and more.

            • Allie Knull on LinkedIn
            • Allie Knull on TikTok
            • ResumeFree
              • 1 hr 32 min
            • Documentation, Technical Writing w/ Mitch Willis

              How can web developers improve their documentation skills? How important is it for software development businesses to hire technical writers as opposed to offloading the responsibility to web developers? Mitch Willis, long-time technical writer, joins us to explore the reasons to hire a technical writer specialist, for both large and small teams.

              1 hr 23 min
            • Digital Nomad Lifestyle w/ Ryan Hnetka

              What's life like as a digital nomad? What are the pros and cons of living abroad in digital nomad cities like Bali and Chengdu? How much sense does it make to pack our bags and work remotely as a web developer, given that most jobs allow remote work? Ryan Hnetka, a long-time working nomad with over 20 years of experience as a digital nomad, gives us the lowdown on the ins and outs of the digital nomad lifestyle.

              2 hr
            • Understanding Emotions with Cami Travis-Groves

              As software developers, what can we do to understand our emotions? Does coaching help, and how much does "self-help" actually matter in the workplace to maximize our workplace efficiency? Cami Travis-Groves, a former graphic designer, and now life coach, shares with us her steps to understanding and making sense of difficult emotions in and outside of the workplace.

              Cami Travis-Groves (LinkedIn)

              Cami's Pyramid of Emotions

              Cami's Upcoming Men's (pay-what-you-want) workshop

              43 min

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