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/episod...
Jun 28, 2019•51 min•Season 2Ep. 38
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....
Jun 21, 2019•55 min•Season 2Ep. 37
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/episo...
Jun 14, 2019•57 min•Season 2Ep. 36
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...
Jun 07, 2019•34 min•Season 2Ep. 35
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://...
May 31, 2019•44 min•Season 2Ep. 34
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...
May 24, 2019•53 min•Season 2Ep. 33
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...
May 17, 2019•46 min•Season 2Ep. 32
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/...
May 10, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 31
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...
May 03, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 30
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. Sh...
Apr 26, 2019•56 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Matt Trask joins me on today's podcast to talk about Open Sourcing Mental Illness (OSMI) and why mental health is important in Web Development. Matt Trask is senior PHP developer, open source contributor, speaker, OSMI volunteer and keen cyclist. If you are suffering from mental health please speak to someone about it. Web developers are not immune from suffering from poor mental health. Please look after yourself. Happy Coding Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/28...
Apr 19, 2019•40 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Oliver Davies from Microserve joins me on today's podcast. We a talk about the differences in Drupal versions, building Drupal content management systems and contributing to the Drupal framework. Oliver is a Drupal developer at Microserve where he builds Drupal based applications on a daily basis. Oliver has many Drupal certifications including Drupal 8 Acquia certified Grand Master Oliver has given many talks on testing Drupal applications and is writing a book called Test Driven Drupal: Show n...
Apr 12, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Jeremy Onion joins me on the How To Code Well podcast to discuss the web development recruitment process. Jeremy gives some valuable tips on how to write the best CV and explains what requirements are needed when applying for a new role in web development. The topics we cover will help new developers applying for their first web development job and developers looking to progress in their development careers. Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/26...
Apr 05, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 26
In this podcast episode I am joined by William A. Ibarra who runs Aviation Services ( https://aviatorservices.com ). This is a website that offers on demand air travel for private hire . The website that runs on PHP and allows for Bitcoin transactions. William is also an air charter operator and has lots of flight experience as a pilot. We talk about how Bitcoin is provides on demand services and how Bitcoin is changing the aviation industry. Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episo...
Mar 29, 2019•33 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Being able to effectively teach and train members of your web development team is a vital skill to have. Not only will you need to communicate your code changes to other developers but you may also need to help the end users to learn the new features that you have developed. In today's podcast episode I am joined by Olivia Liddell cloud training specialist at Cloudbakers. Olivia gave a fantastic key note talk at the Sunshine PHP conference 2019 Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episo...
Mar 22, 2019•39 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Having good soft skills is crucial for every employee and in any industry as they are required when working with and for others. As web developers we work with both technical and non technical team members. We may also communicate with clients or end users who have a set of requirements and needs that we must identify and fulfil. Kyle Cook joins me in this podcast episode to discuss the importance of having soft skills in web development. Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/2...
Mar 15, 2019•23 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Ash Furrow talks about compassionate software development in today's How To Code Well podcast. Ash Furrow is a speaker, author, volunteer and open source contributor. Ash runs a weekly Peer Lab in New York and is a volunteer at Pursuit (Formally known as Coalition for Queens or C4Q) Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/22
Mar 08, 2019•49 min•Season 2Ep. 22
I interviewed Antonio Radovcic about his laptop stickers project called DevLids. http://devlids.com Antonio Radovcic is a frontend developer at Valtech in Germany and has created DevLids to display stickered laptops from tech/design/science-related fields. You can see my laptop DevLid here: https://devlids.com/lids/pfwd Follow DevLids: Twitter: https://twitter.com/devlids Website: http://devlids.com Submit your laptop image to DevLids: https://devlids.com/ Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/p...
Mar 01, 2019•34 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Todays podcast guest is Kat Zieñ who is a Fincrime engineer at Monzo, a co-organiser at PHP South West and London Gophers. Kat gave a talk on PHP performance optimisation at Sunshine PHP (SunPHP19) in Miami and was kind enough to be on the podcast after her talk. In this episode Kat talks about being both a PHP and Go developer and ask lots of question about her PHP optimisation talk. Kat is speaking at PHP UK in a few weeks and she has lots of other speaking engagements booked for this year. Sh...
Feb 22, 2019•22 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Legacy code is everywhere and we cannot escape it. Today I'm going to talk about making legacy code acceptable from a developers perspective. When taking over a legacy project or adding features to an existing application it is important to be aware of the current levels of stability. I do this through a series of acceptance and smoke tests that I can run automatically when the software changes. This gives me a level of confidence that my changes work and don't break the existing code base. Show...
Feb 09, 2019•12 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Todays podcast guest is Nathaniel Smith from Socially Responsible Recruitment (SR2). Nathaniel is an open source recruiter who specialises in PHP and Javascript recruitment. Nathaniel discusses the web development trends he sees when recruiting for PHP or JavaScript positions and give advice on how junior developers can improve their chances of getting a job in the web development industry. Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/18...
Feb 01, 2019•49 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Todays podcast guest is Adam Culp. He is the organiser of Sunshine PHP Conference, South Florida PHP user group (SoFloPHP), Author, Host of Beach Casts tech videos and a PHP consultant at Rogue Wave. We talk about being a PHP consultant, working on legacy applications and the challenges of older PHP systems. Adam Culp is an experienced public speaker and has given many talks (300 - 400). He has some great advice to combat nerves and how to give a great talk. Show notes: https://howtocodewell.ne...
Jan 25, 2019•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 17
Today I interview Tom Vorel who has recently had his first week in his first web development job. He is a self taught web developer who studied Javascript, HTML, CSS and other disciplines whilst having another full time job. In this video Tom talks about how he went from being a self taught developer to being a full time React developer. We talk about his learning journey, the challenges he faced and how he moved into the industry. Tom's story is very inspirational and encouraging. Show notes: h...
Jan 18, 2019•48 min•Season 2Ep. 16
I've got some announcements to make regarding the podcast, conferences and courses! Interview with Jeremy Onion: https://youtu.be/PGmNM5xArVo Interview with Tom Vorel: COMING SOON Interview with Adam Culp: COMING SOON If you want to be on the show then please get in touch! Message me in the comments or privately over Twitter. Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/15
Jan 16, 2019•28 min•Season 2Ep. 15
PHP 5.6 has reached End Of Life (EOL). There will be many developers who are looking to upgrade to PHP 7 but before the upgrade can be made lots of decisions, testing and adjustments need to be made. At the time of recording the stable version of PHP is 7.3 This is discussion about upgrading PHP from the perspective of a freelance web developer. We talk about the tools needed to upgrade PHP and the best way to go about making the change. Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/14...
Jan 11, 2019•14 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Here are my predictions for web development in 2019. 1) PWA (Progressive Web Apps) will be as/more popular then AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) 2) GraphQL will not replace REST 3) Microsoft will embrace more OSS 4) JavaScript to have another big NPM security issue 5) More vendors supporting serverless 6) More web assembly awesomeness I explain each of these points and what they mean for web development in 2019 Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/13...
Jan 01, 2019•9 min•Season 2Ep. 13
As a freelance web developer I have created many API layers and API clients and these have been developed in PHP, Javascript and Python. In this episode I am going to discuss 10 tips and best practices when developing API and API clients. These tips can be applied to any programming language and web system that uses an application programming interface (API). These best practices cover security, documentation and more. Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/12...
Dec 21, 2018•16 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Jeremy Onion is the Technical Director at Torpedo Group. To say that his web development career has been varied would be a massive understatement. Jeremy has worked in e-commerce, the security sector, web hosting, logistics, and more. He has also worked in the UK and abroad. Before managing web development teams and getting agile methodologies and practices in place , Jeremy worked for many years as a senior PHP developer for multiple companies. Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/epis...
Dec 11, 2018•51 min•Season 1Ep. 11
As web developers we are discouraged from reinventing the wheel, we are told that we must stand on the shoulders of giants and be apart of the open source world. But when should a developer roll their own code instead of using an open source project. This is what we are going to be talking about in this web development discussion. I am going to draw upon my experience writing my own Wordpress plugins and themes, using open source e-commence projects in Symfony and Laravel and using black box lib...
Dec 02, 2018•20 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Welcome to update 4.0, a quarterly review of How To Code Well. There are loads of web development announcements and some changes to the video and tutorial schedule. Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/9
Nov 25, 2018•14 min•Season 1Ep. 9
