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    Beginner Questions - April 19, 2019

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 06:14 AM PDT

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    Juniors, Bootcampers: Stop The Gatekeeping, For Your Own Sake

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 08:59 AM PDT

    It's getting old guys. We get it, you learned the basics of a JS framework and now everything else is terrible. But really, you're showing your own fear of the unknown (read: your unknown). Because you can't use it, no one else should. What you know is obviously the best and only solution to all problems.

    The problem with this thinking is that it's going to make you a shitty developer. The more (languages, frameworks, tech stacks) you know, the bigger your arsenal of solutions when facing new challenges. Would you hire a mechanic who only had a single screwdriver to fix your car? Learning the advantages and limitations of various technologies will make you an awesome developer in the long run.

    What you'll learn later on is that it's not what you use, it's how you use it.

    Inefficient, insecure code can be written in any language.

    I probably take this kind of gatekeeping and tech shaming more personally than others because I seem to love two of the most ragged on languages / frameworks: jQuery and PHP.

    With that said, I'm not "stuck in the early 2000s" - I love learning new languages and frameworks. I've deployed Django / Python apps, built native apps in React, and work with Node a bunch. But when I work on my own projects, my go to is jQuery / PHP. Contrary to what you probably believe, these apps are fast, scalable, and secure. It's all about how you use it. Shitty devs will write shitty code in any language.

    I started coding over a decade ago, and just accepted an offer for my first full-time gig as a Sr Full Stack dev. I did this by learning everything I could. I will be mentoring younger devs and hope to instill this kind of open-mindedness, creative problem solving, and long-term thinking within them.

    If you're just starting out, I hope you do the same.

    /rant

    Happy Friday.

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    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 01:28 AM PDT

    Resources for learning about API’s

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 01:34 PM PDT

    Hello, are there any resources for building a foundation in integrating API's? I am looking for something to help me understand what's needed for me efficiently use an API and for a client that will let me do that

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    What was your first agency job like?

    Posted: 18 Apr 2019 08:42 PM PDT

    I'm a junior web developer at a small agency. I joined the agency after completing a bootcamp, but I had front-end development experience prior to that. My first six months on the job have been a real mixed bag and I'm curious to hear how this compares to others' experience.

    Basically I feel like I've been thrown in the deep end. I am someone who appreciates a challenge and performs best under pressure, and this is the first time in my life where I've experienced what seems like an unhealthy level of stress and anxiety.

    I'm currently expected to estimate and deliver projects using frameworks/tech that I have zero experience in. There is very little padding in our sprints for research or training. Some of my jr dev colleagues have been assigned projects where they can work alongside more senior devs, but for some reason—be it faith in me or, more likely, understaffing and overcommitment—I am repeatedly put on projects where I will be working alone and using tools that only one colleague has experience in/can advise on. I inevitably get my estimates wrong and the project goes way past deadline. Clients are pissed, the CEO is pissed, and meanwhile I'm working as hard and fast as I ever have in my life.

    I want to feel proud of my work—I just basically taught myself how to build a React Native app for Android and iOS with in-app subscriptions! This feels like a big deal! But this isn't bootcamp anymore, and no one is going to acknowledge my accomplishments if the app is late or buggy. Basically it feels like I am set up to fail.

    Is this normal? Is this how agencies operate? Are there workplaces that hire junior developers and are willing to invest in their apprenticeship and success? I would love to hear from anyone who arrived at an agency with little experience. This is the first time I've ever questioned whether I am cut out for coding (I've been building websites since I was 10) and it's the first time I've considered quitting a job. It's a huge bummer and I want to believe that it gets better.

    Thanks in advance.

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    CSS masonry with flexbox, :nth-child(), and order

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 03:57 AM PDT

    Does anyone have a resource to learn CRUD with MySQL, express, node js

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 09:24 AM PDT

    Does anyone have a good resource for the title, but what I need the most with is the read part of CRUD.

    Thanks

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    Learning Web Dev(Front-End) and I decided on a project goal, hope you guys can help.

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 03:17 PM PDT

    So I was told I have to start building things and not just learn learn and learn so I went out there on instagram and started following people who had some cool stuff that I would love to imitate. I stumbled across this thing, https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs8VitqHbvg/ What do I need to learn to reach this step? I just started learning about the DOM today so this where I'm at.

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    what to learn now?

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 08:59 AM PDT

    I'm stuck somehow, I have some things in mind to learn, but I do not know which way to go.

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    Keep in mind that I am studying to get my first development job (python / django + basic frontend)

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    I have a simple webservice that I can use to build a webservice. I have a webservice that uses a webservice and a webservice.

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    Some things I've done with Django: crud with auth, flash messaging, paging, and basic stuff. I have also done a Django Rest tutorial, I have seen how serializers work, I have used httpie in terminal etc.

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    I'm in doubt about whether I should improve my level in python (read fluent python), see things like scalability (a good book is Web Scalability For Startup Engineers), learn HTTP with the "HTTP The Definitive Guide" (I know the basics, but I have not read about caching, cookies etc because I have not yet had to use it in personal projects), finishing the book "Practical SQL", learning NoSql (cassandra or mongo), or even using python for other things not web apps, such as web scraping etc.

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    What is your recommendation?

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    Using MJML to code static site

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 02:11 PM PDT

    I have no experience developing websites but have found myself in a position where i'd like to make one for myself.

    Wordpress was going to be my initial first choice, but after playing around in it for a while I find that the themes are really restricting, and I don't want to invest the time necessary to make my own and optimize it with their dynamic framework. I figured why not just make a nice static site.

    I recently came accross MJML(http://mjml.io) --a tool to quickly create robust static email templates which you can edit. The code is in mjml but can be exported as html. I'm wondering--is there any reason mjml must be used for emails? Could I use this tool to design static html webpages, link them together, and host them as a static site?

    I've looked around and nobody seems to be doing this. So I figure either there's a clear reason for why it shouldn't be used or there are better options. If mjml isn't the best tool for this, are there better ones that can serve this purpose?

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    Time/cost estimates for creating teleradiology portal, for first-time freelancer

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 09:15 AM PDT

    A buddy of mine is a dentist starting a teleradiology practice and asked me to set him up a web portal to allow other providers to upload their scans so he can read them. I offered to do it for free since he's a friend and since this would be my first freelance project, but was just wondering what a good quote would be if I were to charge?

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    The requirements are rather simple I think, would need user auth (registration page maybe?), and then a screen to drop files into and display results of any existing scans, and a UI to upload the results, which I guess should send out an e-mail to the appropriate provider. Is there anything else I would need? Anything specific related to HIPAA? I've estimated 3 weeks for this project but I'm usually optimistic with my estimates so please feel free to critique this as well. For implementation I'm thinking express and mariaDB should suffice?

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    How Do I Host a Dynamic Node Server with AWS?

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 04:05 PM PDT

    Hello all,

    I'm trying to figure out how AWS works and launch a Github Repo with a dynamic node server and the other associated elements. If anyone has any suggestions on resources for this process, or even alternatives to AWS, that would be much appreciated. AWS is a bit overwhelming so far to be honest.

    Thanks in advance!

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    Should I just build something in React to get better? Or know everything about JS before moving on to react?

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 03:43 PM PDT

    Is it better to just go in head first and build things that are over your head or play it safe and learn bit by bit? I want to build a react app.. I feel like I know JavaScript, but I don't know if I know it well enough to move on to react. I feel like I'm in a gray area of knowing JS and wanting to move on..but like I said...I'm not sure if I know "enough". I feel like the nitty gritty of JS is really boring to me..I just want to build things.

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    Photoshop Website Design

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 03:06 PM PDT

    First of all, I wanted to ask you for an advice and help, which is the reason of this post. I have to make a website and I decided to use Photoshop + HTML and CSS of course.

    I chose 1366x768 resolution in PS, and that is where is the problem. I do not know how to fit the resolution on all monitors because it looks too ugly to have some blank space next to the background.

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    What Algorithm and Data structure concepts should I know for an interview?

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 02:04 PM PDT

    Right now I'm comfortable working with html, css, jquery and vanilla js. I don't feel im ready for interviews yet, but once I get there, what are essential data structures or algorithms that I need to know?

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    How do you track visit statistics on SPA?

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 01:56 PM PDT

    I would like to gather visit statistics in a single-page application. I am not willing to use Google Analytics or other tools that collect data on their server. The data that is found in the raw access logs for common web sites would be enough for my purposes.

    Are there any tools for this? Or should I manually implement POSTing a request in every navigation event?

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    (CSS + HTML) Cannot get image to go on top of other image.

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 01:38 PM PDT

    I have been trying to get an image ontop of another for quite a while now, the fixes I have tried don't seem to work. I have the 2 images in the same "Div" and have tried positioning them in multiple ways.

    I have inserted the code below, any help is greatly appreciated. The problem is that "backgroundFeat1" refuses to go ontop of "backgroundimgclass", but will happily place ontop of "backgroundimgclass2" despite both of the background image classes being identical.

    https://codepen.io/anon/pen/JVvweZ

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    An open source VR headset for makers and web developers

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 12:56 PM PDT

    Building a HTML/CSS/JS website that the client can customise

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 06:35 AM PDT

    I am relatively new to web development and programming (learning web dev since late last year) and have a pretty good grasp on HTML and CSS and a reasonable understanding of JavaScript.

    I need to make a basic website for a business that a friend is starting up, with a few pages containing info about the business. The only thing I don't know how to do is create an editable events page detailing when and where he will be hosting events.

    I will be doing this for free (being a noob) and it's not really reasonable for me to be constantly updating his website. How can I do this (create an editable section of his page)? I know nothing of the back end. Do I need to use something like WordPress?

    Any information about what exactly I need to look into would be appreciated.

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    themepark-times-API: A REST API serving real-time data for 6 U.S. Disney theme parks.

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 08:23 AM PDT

    [offtopic] What are good sites with free images related to webdev?

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 06:02 AM PDT

    I've been thinking about creating a blog to post things about web development but one part that would not look too cool is any picture with the same title text on it. I found a site about python (realpython) where they make the own images related to the subject of the article. Is there something similar, free, to download and use?

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    How do I create a simple website without using any CMS ?

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 11:53 AM PDT

    I want to create a website that DOES NOT use WordPress or any cms for that matter. The website will consist of three pages Home, About, Contact. Within these pages, I want to post articles and images regularly.

    I know little PHP, and I am comfortable with html/CSS. For some reason, I despise JavaScript, so if I can avoid it, it will be helpful, otherwise I'd use it if there is no alternative. I am not concerned about how pretty my website looks, I only want functional website that I can post articles. I know there are billions of themes and plugins that probably can give me this functionality, but I don't want that. I don't care if it takes million lines of code, I want to create it if I can avoid cms.

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    In search of best looking mobile websites. (X-POST from r/frontend)

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 11:52 AM PDT

    I haven't come across many well designed (pretty) mobile websites. Probably because devs normally develop for desktop first and then scale down for mobile. Could you suggest some of your favorite mobile sites for my viewing pleasure?

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    I'm a database developer who wants to improve my front end skills. Which Javascript framework should I delve into first?

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 05:34 AM PDT

    No offense, but it seems like ya'll change frameworks like you change your socks haha. I get that tech is always a moving target, but it seems like every six months there's a new framework that's "the thing" and I don't want to have to constantly reinvent the wheel. My background is SQL Server for my job and I have modest C# skills, and I know some web fundamentals but not good enough to get a web dev job in the real world. My longer term goal is to start playing around building web apps on the side and deploying on linux servers on AWS but that's a long way down the road. React and Angular are big now, but what do you think 5 years from now? Which one would best suit the skills already have?

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    Joomla Issues

    Posted: 19 Apr 2019 07:15 AM PDT

    I am having this issue in Joomla where my publishers are unable to create content. Do you know what permission this would be and I thought this group should be already allowed to do that.

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