Does Not Compute

Special thanks to Linode for sponsoring this week's episode! Head on over to http://linode.com/doesnotcompute20 and you'll get $20 towards your own Lightning-Quick SSD Server to do with as you please. You get complete control over your virtual server and they provide a number of great services such as automated backups, node balancers, two factor authentication and more! Things Mentioned What is a headless CMS? Decoupled CMS Nearly Headless CMS Headless and decoupled CMS: the essential guide WP Rest API JSON: What It Is, How It Works, & How to Use It A Beginner’s Guide To jQuery-Based JSON API Clients How do I succeed as a lead developer? For the New Team Lead: The First Six Things You Should Know Responsibilities of a Lead Developer Functional CSS Basscss Tachyons Octopus SCSS Utilities Note: these are very beta at the moment so don't tear my head off! - Sean Clusterize.js Vue Clusterize React Cluster Previous Show Notes If you're looking for a link we've mentioned in the past, head on over to the D

In episode 25 of Does Not Compute, Sean and Paul talk to Jon Gold about using Functional CSS to ship consistent interfaces with less code, when it's a good idea to introduce type safety to your javascript, and Jon's everlasting love of Vim Special thanks to Hired for sponsoring this week's episode! If you are a developer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to start looking. If you accept a job through Hired they will give you a $1,000 signing bonus. Even better yet, if you use our link at https://hired.com/doesnotcompute they'll double that to $2,000! What are you waiting for? Things Mentioned Jon Gold Basscss Tachyons Tachyons Component Examples Octopus SCSS Utilities OOCSS SMACSS Expressive CSS Pure UI CSS Modules Early History of Smalltalk Immutable Objects Building and Shipping Functional CSS How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Atomic Class TypeScript Flow Jon's Vimrc File Learn to speak vim – verbs, nouns, and modifiers! Join Us On Slack If you've enjoyed the show so far, reach out t

Special thanks to Hired && Rollbar for sponsoring this week's episode! If you are a developer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to start looking. If you accept a job through Hired they will give you a $1,000 signing bonus. Even better yet, if you use our link at https://hired.com/doesnotcompute they'll double that to $2,000! What are you waiting for? Put errors in their place - In less than ten minutes you could have full blown web or native app error tracking setup no matter your framework. With local variables in stack traces and JavaScript source map support, you'll be able to save both yourself and your users a headace by fixing bugs before they even notice. Visit https://rollbar.com/dnc and sign up to get 90 days of their bootstrap plan for free! Things Mentioned The Montues Epicurrence Fluent Heather Gold Maybe we could tone down the javascript Listener Questions What should people do to prepare for getting a new job? - @mcmahonial Be honest on your resume, keep things short and

Special thanks to Hired && Rollbar for sponsoring this week's episode! If you are a developer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to start looking. If you accept a job through Hired they will give you a $1,000 signing bonus. Even better yet, if you use our link at https://hired.com/doesnotcompute they'll double that to $2,000! What are you waiting for? Put errors in their place - In less than ten minutes you could have full blown web or native app error tracking setup no matter your framework. With local variables in stack traces and JavaScript source map support, you'll be able to save both yourself and your users a headace by fixing bugs before they even notice. Visit https://rollbar.com/dnc and sign up to get 90 days of their bootstrap plan for free! Things Mentioned Test Driven Development Minitest Rspec Jasmine Mocha What do I test? Errors Animating the Viewbox Rubymine Webstorm Sublime Productivity Join Us On Slack If you've enjoyed the show so far, reach out to us on twitter at @sea

Special thanks to Hired && Linode for sponsoring this week's episode! If you are a developer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to start looking. If you accept a job through Hired they will give you a $1,000 signing bonus. Even better yet, if you use our link at https://hired.com/doesnotcompute they'll double that to $2,000! What are you waiting for? Head on over to http://linode.com/doesnotcompute20 and you'll get $20 towards your own Lightning-Quick SSD Server to do with as you please. You get complete control over your virtual server and they provide a number of great services such as automated backups, node balancers, two factor authentication and more! Things Mentioned Webstorm Rubymine Rubymine Demos & Screencasts Key Promoter Sublime Text - Jump to Definition Motif OpenGraph Vue.js Imgix Base64 Encoding Missing The Boat Join Us On Slack If you've enjoyed the show so far, reach out to us on twitter at @seanwashington and @paulstraw, or join us in the Spec.fm slack community at h

Special thanks to Hired && Linode for sponsoring this week's episode! If you are a developer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to start looking. If you accept a job through Hired they will give you a $1,000 signing bonus. Even better yet, if you use our link at https://hired.com/doesnotcompute they'll double that to $2,000! What are you waiting for? Head on over to http://linode.com/doesnotcompute20 and you'll get $20 towards your own Lightning-Quick SSD Server to do with as you please. You get complete control over your virtual server and they provide a number of great services such as automated backups, node balancers, two factor authentication and more! Things Mentioned Idea Debt "I'd love to, but I just don't have time [to do that and still watch the same amount of Netflix]." Don’t create a sense of urgency, foster a sense of purpose Nightwatch.js - Write End-to-End tests in Node.js quickly and effortlessly that run against a Selenium server. Browserstack Sauce Labs Stripe R

Special thanks to Hired && Dev Bootcamp for sponsoring this week's episode! If you are a developer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to start looking. If you accept a job through Hired they will give you a $1,000 signing bonus. Even better yet, if you use our link at https://hired.com/doesnotcompute they'll double that to $2,000! What are you waiting for? Dev Bootcamp is the original short-term, immersive software development program that transforms those new to coding into job-ready, full-stack web developers. Learn front and backend web development, teamwork and leadership skills in a rigorous and inclusive environment. Dev Bootcamp has several locations around the country, and is accepting applications now. Visit devbootcamp.com/doesnotcompute to learn more. Things Mentioned This week we don't have many links for you, but we feel the content within the linked article below deserves some real thought. It's ok to feel tired or feel like you can't keep up with the pace of the JS community

Special thanks to Hired && Dev Bootcamp for sponsoring this week's episode! If you are a developer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to start looking. If you accept a job through Hired they will give you a $1,000 signing bonus. Even better yet, if you use our link at https://hired.com/doesnotcompute they'll double that to $2,000! What are you waiting for? Dev Bootcamp is the original short-term, immersive software development program that transforms those new to coding into job-ready, full-stack web developers. Learn front and backend web development, teamwork and leadership skills in a rigorous and inclusive environment. Dev Bootcamp has several locations around the country, and is accepting applications now. Visit devbootcamp.com/doesnotcompute to learn more. Things Mentioned The Art of the Commit GitHub Flow A Successful Git Branching Model How to Write a Great Readme Developer Tea - Intentional Problem Solving: How To Work It Out, Without Google @andrewlho - What resources are out the

Special thanks to Hired && Dev Bootcamp for sponsoring this week's episode! If you are a developer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to start looking. If you accept a job through Hired they will give you a $1,000 signing bonus. Even better yet, if you use our link at https://hired.com/doesnotcompute they'll double that to $2,000! What are you waiting for? Dev Bootcamp is the original short-term, immersive software development program that transforms those new to coding into job-ready, full-stack web developers. Learn front and backend web development, teamwork and leadership skills in a rigorous and inclusive environment. Dev Bootcamp has several locations around the country, and is accepting applications now. Visit devbootcamp.com/doesnotcompute to learn more. Things Mentioned Oliver Pattison - AWS TLS Certificates with Jekyll Brady Swenson - How do you approach productivity and learning habits? Daniel Cardenas - Recommendations for learning web dev at a later stage in life, for example

Special thanks to Hired && Dev Bootcamp for sponsoring this week's episode! If you are a developer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to start looking. If you accept a job through Hired they will give you a $1,000 signing bonus. Even better yet, if you use our link at https://hired.com/doesnotcompute they'll double that to $2,000! What are you waiting for? Dev Bootcamp is the original short-term, immersive software development program that transforms those new to coding into job-ready, full-stack web developers. Learn front and backend web development, teamwork and leadership skills in a rigorous and inclusive environment. Dev Bootcamp has several locations around the country, and is accepting applications now. Visit devbootcamp.com/doesnotcompute to learn more. Things Mentioned Rails Doctrine Tabs or Spaces? CSS Refresher Notes JS Tips MDN - Mozilla Developer Network Otto Vault Capistrano Join Us On Slack If you've enjoyed the show so far, reach out to us on twitter at @seanwashbot and @

Special thanks to Hired && Linode for sponsoring this week's episode! If you are a developer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to start looking. If you accept a job through Hired they will give you a $1,000 signing bonus. Even better yet, if you use our link at https://hired.com/doesnotcompute they'll double that to $2,000! What are you waiting for? Head on over to http://linode.com/doesnotcompute and you'll get $20 towards your own Lightning-Quick SSD Server to do with as you please. You get complete control over your virtual server and they provide a number of great services such as automated backups, node balancers, two factor authentication and more! Things Mentioned Webpack Webpack Howto by Pete Hunt Vue.js CLI Using Webpack with Gulp Rails with Webpack - Why and How Javascript Modules Separation of Concerns JavaScript The Right Way Join Us On Slack If you've enjoyed the show so far, reach out to us on twitter at @seanwashington and @paulstraw, or join us in the Spec.fm slack commun

Special thanks to Hired for sponsoring this week's episode! If you are a developer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to start looking. If you accept a job through Hired they will give you a $1,000 signing bonus. Even better yet, if you use our link at https://hired.com/doesnotcompute they'll double that to $2,000! What are you waiting for? Things Mentioned FancySelect Selectize Rails Active Job Placem.at Placemat on GitHub Learn Functional Programming 4 Easy Ways To Speed Up Your Rails App Mozilla Developer Network My Experience With Minitest and Rspec Slap Chop Join Us On Slack If you've enjoyed the show so far, reach out to us on twitter at @seanwashington and @paulstraw, or join us in the Spec.fm slack community at http://spec.fm/slack! Also, if you haven't rated or reviewed the show yet and you'd like to do us a huge favor, you can do so by clicking here! Other Awesome Shows Developer Tea - A podcast for developers designed to fit inside your tea break. Design Details - A show about the pe

Special thanks to Hired for sponsoring this week's episode! If you are a developer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to start looking. If you accept a job through Hired they will give you a $2,000 signing bonus. Even better yet, if you use our link at https://hired.com/doesnotcompute they'll double that to $4,000! What are you waiting for? Listener Questions Question from jackreid in slack: Is there a good introduction to writing tests for your code (specifically JavaScript)? I've seen what some of the tools are, but I've never seen something explaining why/how/when one should write tests and run them. Jasmine karma Gulp Sauce Labs Drift tests Luminous tests Writing Testable Javascript Spying on JavaScript Methods with Jasmine What's the difference between mocks and stubs? Things Mentioned Luminous Drift ES6 Features Learn ES2015 Coffeescript Javascript Fatigue Simplified Javascript Jargon Challenge: Best JavaScript Setup for Quick Prototyping Vue.js Vue CLI Join Us On Slack If you've enjoy

Special thanks to Hired for sponsoring this week's episode! If you are a developer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to start looking. If you accept a job through Hired they will give you a $2,000 signing bonus. Even better yet, if you use our link at https://hired.com/doesnotcompute they'll double that to $4,000! What are you waiting for? Things Mentioned Simple (CSS) Grid MDL Lite Expressive CSS SVG Vs. Gif SVG Tips For Designers Tips for Creating Accessible SVG Grunticon Gulp Iconify Inline SVG vs Icon Fonts CAGEMATCH Certificatechain.io Let's Encrypt - Free SSL Certs for eveyrone! Getting Started With CSS Calc Techniques Metadata Markup Flexbox Froggy Vue-resource Papa Parse Baby Parse Join Us On Slack If you've enjoyed the show so far, reach out to us on twitter at @seanwashington and @paulstraw, or join us in the Spec.fm slack community at http://spec.fm/slack! Also, if you haven't rated or reviewed the show yet and you'd like to do us a huge favor, you can do so by clicking here! Other A

If you've enjoyed the show so far, reach out to us on twitter at @seanwashington and @paulstraw, or join us in the Spec.fm slack community at http://spec.fm/slack! Also, if you haven't rated or reviewed the show yet and you'd like to do us a huge favor, you can do so by clicking here! Things Mentioned Never written much unit tests, how can I practice more of it? Flaticons Adobe Generator Core Simple Rate Limiter Five Active Record Features You Should Be Using Flexbox Grid Finesse Calc Layout Problems Solved By Flexbox Web Accessibility Basics Other pretty awesome Spec.fm shows that you should check out Developer Tea - A podcast for developers designed to fit inside your tea break. Design Details - A show about the people who design our favorite products. Immutable - A short, weekly show about design and development hosted by Sam Soffes & Bryn Jackson. Vicarious - Everyday escapism from three designers' point of view.

If you've enjoyed the show so far, reach out to us on twitter at @seanwashington and @paulstraw, or join us in the Spec.fm slack community at http://spec.fm/slack! Also, if you haven't rated or reviewed the show yet and you'd like to do us a huge favor, you can do so here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/does-not-compute/id1048731980?mt=2 Things Mentioned Code by Panic Vagrant Mosh Twitch Twitch Programming Closures Are Not Magic think! How Do Promises Work? Dark Corners Of Unicode Friend of the show Bill Columbia asks "How to balance always learning new things, but still getting stuff done?" - Bill Columbia A good CTO would make this easier on you and lay some of the groundwork for learning & implementing new things Use your most productive/efficient hours of day to learn new things Write down some concrete goals before jumping into the water Read the actual docs, not just blog posts others have written learn the smallest possible thing that will be immediately useful to you Other pre

If you've enjoyed the show so far, reach out to us on twitter at @seanwashington and @paulstraw, or join us in the Spec.fm slack community at http://spec.fm/slack! Also, if you haven't rated or reviewed the show yet and you'd like to do us a huge favor, you can do so here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/does-not-compute/id1048731980?mt=2 Things Mentioned Hallway Testing Back to Basics: SOLID Skinny Controllers, Skinny Models A Way to Organize Poros in Rails Ruby 2.3 preview 1 Ruby Safe Navigation Operator Programming Idiom Best Ruby.com How Ruby Interprets and Runs Your Programs Scorched Earth Game (use the esc to reclaim your cursor after playing)

If you've enjoyed the show so far, reach out to us on twitter at @seanwashington and @paulstraw, or join us in the Spec.fm slack community at http://spec.fm/slack! Also, if you haven't rated or reviewed the show yet and you'd like to do us a huge favor, you can do so here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/does-not-compute/id1048731980?mt=2 Things Mentioned How do you stay motivated on projects that run long? Having empathy towards the client helps the most. That and being clear while managing expectations on both sides. Most of the time, this thing you’re building is something they care about, just people have different ways of communicating that. Empathy is key Sometimes, The Better You Program, The Worse You Communicate @ryandlf on asked twitter: “Maybe a couple more words on SSL in a future show? What's really required etc.” How To Create a SSL Certificate on Apache for Ubuntu 14.04 Heroku SSL Guides Dead simple SSL certificate installes The Image Replacement Museum Convention Over Configuration

Special thanks to Imgix for sponsoring this episode! Imgix is real-time image processing as a service. Resize, crop, and process images on the fly, simply by changing their URLs! It’s FREE to sign up and easy to get started. Go to imgix.com to start, or if you're still not convinced check out the sandbox - it'll do the trick for sure. If you've enjoyed the show so far, reach out to us on twitter at @seanwashington and @paulstraw, or join us in the Spec.fm slack community at http://spec.fm/slack! Also, if you haven't rated or reviewed the show yet and you'd like to do us a huge favor, you can do so here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/does-not-compute/id1048731980?mt=2 Things Mentioned Knight Foundation How We Migrated To Active Record 4 Legacy Migrations In Rails Establishing a Connection to a Non-Default Database in Rails 3.2 More advice on legacy data migration in Rails Not sure what to test in Rails? This book is a great place to start Ruby Metaprogramming Is Cooler Than It Sounds Metaprogramming Rub

Special thanks to Imgix for sponsoring this episode! Imgix is real-time image processing as a service. Resize, crop, and process images on the fly, simply by changing their URLs! It’s FREE to sign up and easy to get started. Go to imgix.com to start, or if you're still not convinced check out the sandbox - it'll do the trick for sure. If you've enjoyed the show so far, reach out to us on twitter at @seanwashington and @paulstraw, or join us in the Spec.fm slack community at http://spec.fm/slack! Also, if you haven't rated or reviewed the show yet and you'd like to do us a huge favor, you can do so here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/does-not-compute/id1048731980?mt=2 Things Mentioned Flaticons Infinite Scrolling Why Developers Need to Lean Design Hack Design - An easy to follow design course Put chubby models on a diet with concerns ActiveSupport::Concern Webdev Challenge Exercism.io - Code Challenges