Bad For Education - Coding Tips For The Junior Dev

Today we discuss trusting the process,  which means truly believing that the end result of your goal will be worth all of the struggles that you have to face throughout the process of getting there. The problem with trusting the process, especially after going through an arduous boot camp or life obstacle, is that it can seem like an endless tunnel with no positive end in sight. But there is, and we discuss how to better prepare your mindset for those setbacks.  Resources Psychology Today Article 10 Reasons Why Trusting The Process Is Important To Life Connect With Us! Instagram: @badforeducationpodcast Twitter: @badforedupod Email: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com Send us questions! Or say hello to  us via email! Want a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout? It's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners! Click our link here

Today we discuss content management systems (CMS),  why they are used, and a comparison between the two most popular ones: Shopify and WordPress. WordPress is a content management system (CMS). It exists in two wrappings; a hosted version on WordPress.com and the WordPress CMS version on wordpress.org. WordPress had its origins as a blogging platform, but many buyers choose it today to build websites in which blogging is not the primary function. Its core system of templates, pages, and posts allows users to focus on adding content once the initial set up is made. Shopify is one of the best e-commerce platforms in the market. It is similar to WordPress in that it’s an open platform where developers provide apps and themes. Shopify's core functionality is e-commerce. It gives users the ability to add products, prices, and sell via a store. Its store builder can produce a good-looking, easy to build e-commerce store. Its themes are the layout of the store, and the apps are used to add more functionality for e-commerce management or marketing your products. Resources Shopify vs. WordPress What Is A Content Management System? Connect With Us! Instagram: @badforeducationpodcast Twitter: @badforedupod Email: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com Send us questions! Or say hello to  us via email! Want a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout? It's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners! Click our link here

Today we discuss Digital Minimalism and how we practice it. But what exactly is that? Digital Minimalism is a philosophy of technology use based on the understanding that our relationship with our apps, tools, and phones is nuanced and deserves more intention than we give it, a term coined by computer science professor Cal Newport. Resources Cal Newport's Book Ways to Practice Digital Minimalism Connect With Us! Instagram: @badforeducationpodcast Twitter: @badforedupod Email: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com Send us questions! Or say hello to  us via email! Want a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout? It's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners! Click our link here

This episode we discuss eight Visual Studio Code Extensions that developers in the tech industry should have. They consist of:\r\nCustom Theme (Your own preference)\r\nGitLens\r\nPrettier\r\nVSCode Icons\r\nBracket Colorizer 2\r\nJavaScript ES6 Snippets\r\nAuto Complete Tag\r\nLive Server\r\nResources\r\nTop 8 VSCode  Article\r\nConnect With Us!\r\nInstagram: @badforeducationpodcast\r\nTwitter: @badforedupod\r\nEmail: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com\r\n\r\nSend us questions! Or say hello to  us via email!\r\nWant a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout?\r\nIt's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners!\r\nClick our link here\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This episode we discuss seven stereotypes about developers in the tech industry. We will debunk or confirm these common preconceptions:\r\nThey are nerds\r\nIt is male-dominated\r\nThey are overweight/unattractive\r\nThey are antisocial/ introverted \r\nThey are super smart\r\nThey know math\r\nThey have big egos \r\nConnect With Us!\r\nInstagram: @badforeducationpodcast\r\nTwitter: @badforedupod\r\nEmail: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com\r\n\r\nSend us questions! Or say hello to  us via email!\r\nWant a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout?\r\nIt's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners!\r\nClick our link here\r\n

Today we discuss JavaScript Callbacks! What is a Callback? \r\n\r\nA callback function is a function passed into another function as an argument, which is then invoked inside the outer function to complete some kind of routine or action.\r\n\r\nFor example, paste this code block in your editor and try it!\r\nfunction greeting(name) { alert('Hello ' + name);}function processUserInput(callback) { var name = prompt('Please enter your name.'); callback(name);}processUserInput(greeting);\r\n\r\nResources\r\nMDN Callback Function Definition\r\n\r\nConnect With Us!\r\nInstagram: @badforeducationpodcast\r\nTwitter: @badforedupod\r\nEmail: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com\r\n\r\nSend us questions! Or say hello to  us via email!\r\nWant a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout?\r\nIt's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners!\r\nClick our link here\r\n

Today we discuss CSS, and the preprocessors + variations such as SCSS, SASS, CSS Modules, and Styled Components.\r\n\r\nCSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a declarative language that controls how webpages look in the browser. The browser applies CSS style declarations to selected elements to display them properly. A style declaration contains the properties and their values, which determine how a webpage looks.\r\n\r\nA CSS preprocessor is a program that lets you generate CSS from the preprocessor's own unique syntax. There are many CSS preprocessors to choose from, however most CSS preprocessors will add some features that don't exist in pure CSS, such as mixin, nesting selector, inheritance selector, and so on. These features make the CSS structure more readable and easier to maintain. SASS, SCSS, and LESS are examples of these\r\n\r\nA CSS Module is a CSS file in which all class names and animation names are scoped locally by default. The key words here are scoped locally. With CSS Modules, your CSS class names become similar to local variables in JavaScript. By the way, a 'CSS Module' is just a .css file. You call it a 'CSS Module' if you plan on using it with a CSS Modules compiler.\r\nStyled Components are tagged template literals combined with the power of CSS, which allows you to write actual CSS code to style your components. It also removes the mapping between components and styles – using components as a low-level styling construct could not be easier!\r\n\r\nResources\r\nCSS Preprocessors\r\nSASS vs SCSS vs LESS\r\nCSS Modules\r\nStyled Components\r\n\r\nConnect With Us!\r\nInstagram: @badforeducationpodcast\r\nTwitter: @badforedupod\r\nEmail: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com\r\n\r\nSend us questions! Or say hello to  us via email!\r\nWant a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout?\r\nIt's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners!\r\nClick our link here\r\n

This episode we go back into the technical, and we discuss more soft skills in the scope of resume building. We talk about how to build and design you resume, what information to put on it, and things to avoid. If you have any questions feel free to email us!\r\n\r\nResources\r\nAndrew's Portfolio\r\nAndrew's Website\r\nJason's Portfolio\r\nJason's Resume\r\nFor some guidance, email badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com with the email title: "Resume Help Please" and attach your resume with your name and we will be glad to help! \r\nConnect With Us!\r\nInstagram: @badforeducationpodcast\r\nTwitter: @badforedupod\r\nEmail: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com\r\n\r\nSend us questions! Or say hello to  us via email!\r\nWant a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout?\r\nIt's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners!\r\nClick our link here\r\n

Today we have a serious discussion about the rising anti Asian-American sentiment throughout the United States during to Covid-19 pandemic.\r\n\r\nAlmost every week there's been a new attack on an Asian-American in densely populated cities. 3,800 attacks have been confirmed, and a notably staggering 150% rise in these hate crimes. Together we need to #StopAsianHate because #HateIsAVirus and if we don't stand together we cannot hope to heal as a country.\r\n\r\nThis isn't new and has become a recurring occurrence amplified by poisonous rhetoric from former President Trump, seeping into the fabric of our society. The attacks reached a boiling point in which 6 women were killed in Atlanta by racially charged attacks. We must do and be better.\r\nResources:\r\n\r\nArticles\r\nWays to Help Fight Asian Hate\r\nSelf Defense Tips\r\nAtlanta Spa Shooting\r\n3,800 Racially Charged Attacks Against Asians, majority being women\r\nOrganizations to follow\r\nhttps://stopaapihate.org/\r\nhttps://aapip.org/what-we-do/supporting-api-communities-resource-directory/view-all-resources\r\nhttps://hateisavirus.org/\r\nConnect With Us!\r\nInstagram: @badforeducationpodcast\r\nTwitter: @badforedupod\r\nEmail: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com\r\n\r\nSend us questions! Or say hello to  us via email!\r\nWant a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout?\r\nIt's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners!\r\nClick our link here\r\n

Today's episode we discuss databases! A topic a full-stack developer should know. The two most popular database types we'll cover are relational vs. non-relational.  \r\n\r\nRelational databases\r\nA relational database works by linking information from multiple tables through the use of “keys.” A key is a unique identifier which can be assigned to a row of data contained within a table. This unique identifier, called a “primary key,” can then be included in a record located in another table when that record has a relationship to the primary record in the main table. When this unique primary key is added to a record in another table, it is called a “foreign key” in the associated table. The connection between the primary and foreign key then creates the “relationship” between records contained across multiple tables. \r\n\r\nHistorically, the most popular relational databases have been Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, MySQL and IBM DB2.  \r\n\r\nNon-relational databases\r\nThe non-relational database, or NoSQL database, stores data. However, unlike the relational database, there are no tables, rows, primary keys or foreign keys.  Instead, the non-relational database uses a storage model optimized for specific requirements of the type of data being stored.\r\nSome of the more popular NoSQL databases are MongoDB, Apache Cassandra, Redis, Couchbase and Apache HBase.\r\n\r\nWithin computer programming, the acronym CRUD stands for create, read, update and delete. These are the four basic functions of persistent storage. Also, each letter in the acronym can refer to all functions executed in relational database applications and mapped to a standard HTTP method, SQL statement or DDS operation.\r\n\r\nDummy data is benign information that does not contain any useful data, but serves to reserve space where real data is nominally present. Dummy data can be used as a placeholder for both testing and operational purposes.\r\n\r\nA wireframe is a schematic or blueprint that is useful for helping you, your programmers and designers think and communicate about the structure of the software or website you're building.\r\nReferences:\r\nRelation vs Non-relational databases\r\nConnect With Us!\r\nInstagram: @badforeducationpodcast\r\nTwitter: @badforedupod\r\nEmail: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com\r\n\r\nSend us questions! Or say hello to  us via email!\r\nWant a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout?\r\nIt's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners!\r\nClick our link here\r\n

Today we discuss blogs! The benefits of starting a blog include: Develop unique and original content Solve problems for others Express their perspective and personality through a written perspective Reinforce previous knowledge Create a community Build Your Professional Network And much more! Reference Links: Andrew's Blog Andrew's Medium Blog Andrew's Fiction Novel Connect With Us! Instagram: @badforeducationpodcast Twitter: @badforedupod Email: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com Send us questions! Or say hello to  us via email! Want a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout? It's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners! Click our link here

Today we talk about asynchronous operations in 'Promises', in addition to async and await. A JavaScript Promise object be in one of four states: Pending - While a Promise object is "pending" (working), the result is undefined. Fulfilled - When a Promise object is "fulfilled", the result is a value. Rejected - When a Promise object is "rejected", the result is an error object. Settled - While a Promise object has been "settled", the result is a value or error object. The Promise object supports two properties: state and result. The keyword await before a function makes the function wait for a promise, while the keyword async before a function makes the function return a promise. The async and await make promises easier to write. References: Andrew's Blog Article on Promises Another article for Promises Async and Await Connect With Us! Instagram: @badforeducationpodcast Twitter: @badforedupod Email: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com Send us questions! Or say hello to  us via email! Want a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout? It's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners! Click our link here

This episode we discuss three, modern front end JavaScript frameworks you should look into as you progress your career as a developer. React, Angular, and Vue are the most popular frameworks and we break down what a framework vs. library is, an overview of each, the career prospects among these three, and our own personal choices/thoughts! Angular - https://angular.io/ React - https://reactjs.org/ Vue - https://vuejs.org/ Each have their benefits and their pain points, but you can't go wrong learning any of these three! References https://2020.stateofjs.com/en-US/ https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#most-popular-technologies Connect With Us! Instagram: @badforeducationpodcast Twitter: @badforedupod Email: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com Send us questions! Or say hello to  us via email! Want a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout? It's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners! Click our link here

This episode we discuss some more nuance features of JavaScript. Like, what is 'this'? The JavaScript 'this' keyword refers to the object it belongs to. In a method, this refers to the owner object. Alone, this refers to the global object. In a function, this refers to the global object. In a function, in strict mode, this is undefined. In an event, this refers to the element that received the event. Methods like call(), and apply() can refer this to any object. For the second half we dive deep into dating! We share our experiences, what we like, what we don't like, and more! Connect With Us! Instagram: @badforeducationpodcast Twitter: @badforedupod Email: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com Send us questions! Or say hello to  us via email! Want a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout? It's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners! Click our link here

This episode we go back into the technical, and we discuss more soft skills in the scope of resume building. We talk about how to build and design you resume, what information to put on it, and things to avoid. If you have any questions feel free to email us!  For some guidance, we have attached Jason's resume for you all check out: Jason's Resume During our second half we discuss our plans to expand Bad For Education and to build a community for coders and dreams.  Connect With Us! Instagram: @badforeducationpodcast Twitter: @badforedupod Email: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com Send us questions! Or say hello to  us via email! Want a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout? It's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners! Click our link here

This episode we go back into the technical, and we discuss Web API's. Today we talk about how to cultivate what application program interfaces are, and how they are used. During our second half we brands we enjoy, including brands for tech and clothing! Connect With Us! Instagram: @badforeducationpodcast Twitter: @badforedupod Email: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com Send us questions! Or say hello to  us via email! Want a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout? It's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners! Click our link here

This episode we get into the discussion of your first hackathon. To help guide you along the way, we have an articled linked to the steps that cover our conversation by our cohort mate, Michelle Poole!   Article Link: Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before My First Hackathon During our second half we discuss the failure of the hotly anticipated video game, Cyberpunk 2077. Let's just say, it didn't deliver... Connect With Us! Instagram: @badforeducationpodcast Twitter: @badforedupod Email: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com Send us questions! Or say hello to  us via email! Want a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout? It's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners! Click our link here

Object-Oriented Programming In JavaScript + New Year's Resolutions

This episode we go back to developing your soft skills! Today we talk about how to cultivate your dev story! We give tips and major points on what to avoid and use. Essentially your dev story is what separates you from the crowd of CS degree majors, and other junior developers who are vying for the same job! It is the story of you. How to stand out How to leverage your unique story What you should avoid saying The time constraints on your speech And much more! Afterwards we go over the process of creating your LinkedIn profile, and what should be there to catch the attention of a future employer! During our second half we discuss our own backgrounds and give you our dev stories! Don't miss this one! Connect With Us! Instagram: @badforeducationpodcast Twitter: @badforedupod Email: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com Send us questions! Or say hello to  us via email! Want a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout? It's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners! Click our link here

This episode we took a deep dive into Bootstrap, a CSS framework. We talked about the pros/cons, when you should be using it,  why you should be using it, and where it is relevant within your software development career. Later we speak about music, our preferences to music, and the music landscape scene as a whole. Connect With Us! Instagram: @badforeducationpodcast Twitter: @badforedupod Email: badforeducationpodcast@gmail.com Send us questions! Or say hello to  us via email! Want a free $20 Amazon gift card and to start your own podcast with Buzzsprout? It's as simple as one click in our link below. Get started today, and have access to their extensive network and assistance. Podcasting isn't hard when you have the right partners! Click our link here