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Beyond Coding Bootcamp, Part 5 – Finding a Community

If you want to become a software developer outside a traditional classroom, you're going to need help. You're going to need a community to support you.

Growing as Makers

Beyond Coding Bootcamp, Part 4 – Expanding Your Skill Set

When teaching yourself programming, it's good to pick up a few related skills, like expertise with databases, computation, networks, or advanced algorithms.

Growing as Makers

Beyond Coding Bootcamp, Part 3 – Learning to Think Like a Programmer

Learning programming is more than picking up a language or two. You also need language concepts, mathematical proofs, and a bunch of good practices.

Growing as Makers

Beyond Coding Bootcamp, Part 2 – Understanding Algorithms

If you're going to be a software developer, you need to understand algorithms. Fortunately, there are lots of ways to get what you need without college.

Growing as Makers

Beyond Coding Bootcamp, Part 1 – A Roadmap for Learning Software Development without College

Coding bootcamps are great. But to really learn software development, you need some computer science basics. Fortunately, you can find them online.

Web Apps

Type Check Your Polyglot Dictionary with TypeScript

Large translation dictionaries like Polyglot are difficult to manage. Type check them with TypeScript to speed up development.

Growing as Makers

Don’t Go to a Software Conference for the Technical Stuff

It's tempting to think that a software conference is a vehicle for new tech. If that's all you're getting, you aren't getting enough.

Evolving the Industry

A Moral Justification for Diversity In Tech – Why “Good for Business” Isn’t Good Enough

If "we value diversity" means simply "we'll be more successful if we're less homogenous," we're valuing people for their other-ness—not their skill.

Growing as Makers

Finding Your Path to a Second Career in Software Development

Going back to college to get a degree isn't the only—or the easiest—way to start a second career. I see three main routes into software development.

TypeScript

Five Things to Think About When Considering TypeScript

There are some conditions that could make TypeScript less valuable for a project or team. Here are a few questions to ask when weighing it for your project.

Web Apps

Get Your Props Straight in React Redux

A React Redux example to help you understand how to balance inheriting props from parent components and getting props from state.

Development Practices

Uncle Bob’s Clean Code: Irrelevant in the Age of Full-Stack JavaScript?

"Clean Code" by Robert C. Martin (a.k.a. Uncle Bob) is particularly helpful in the practice of day-to-day software development. But how relevant is it now?

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