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A Question of Code

Ed & Tom Hazledine•aquestionofcode.com
Technology
Education
A newbie coder and a seasoned veteran discuss the questions that always come up when someone begins learning to code. Ed is looking at getting a career in programming and has been learning to code for just over a year. During this time he’s been building up a stack of questions that keep coming up from other newbie coders. Luckily, he’s got someone he can ask for help: Tom. Tom’s a seasoned coder, having worked in the industry for a few years now and has all the answers Ed needs, or does he?
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5: Which language should you learn first?

Import antigravity https://www.xkcd.com/353/ ‘it just works’ Node_modules meme: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/6s0wov/heaviest_objects_in_the_universe/ Laravel: PHP framework https://laravel.com/ Gatsby: React static site generator https://www.gatsbyjs.org/ JS frameworks and libraries React.js: https://reactjs.org/ Vue.js https://vuejs.org/ jQuery (rest in peace, old friend): https://jquery.com/ Code Combat: https://codecombat.com freeCodeCamp: https://www.freecodecamp.org @aQ...

Jan 21, 2019•31 min

4: How do you manage your time?

Cortex podcast: https://www.relay.fm/cortex Toggl time tracker: https://toggl.com/ #100DaysOfCode: https://www.100daysofcode.com/ Todoist: https://todoist.com/ Omnifocus: https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/ Todo MVC: http://todomvc.com/ Tom’s bullet journal blog post: https://tomhazledine.com/bullet-journal-revisited/ Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Triggers-Creating-Behavior-Lasts-becoming-Person/dp/0451497864/ @aQoCode @edPython @thomashazledine...

Jan 14, 2019•27 min

3: Freelance or full-time?

This week Tom and Ed get to grips with freelancing and working full time. What are the pros and cons of each? Which is the best way to start a career? Is working for yourself necessarily better than working in a big company? Ed finds out which he’s going to aim for first.

Jan 07, 2019•19 min

2: Frontend or Backend?

Bootstrap - https://getbootstrap.com Web developer roadmap: https://github.com/kamranahmedse/developer-roadmap

Dec 31, 2018•18 min

1: Why are you learning to code?

Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thomashazledine Ed on Twitter: https://twitter.com/edPython A Question of Code on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aQoCode Python: https://www.python.org/ Book: Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0465026567 Book: Flow: The Psychology of Happiness by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0712657592 Course: Harvard CS50x: Introduction to Computer Science https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-introd...

Dec 24, 2018•15 min
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