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In our final episode of our Codeland mini-series, Katrina Owen shares what it really takes to get that mentor you've always wanted, Quincy Larson gives us his best practices for writing technical blog posts people will actually read, and Nell Shamrell-Harrington explores what it really takes for an open source project to be successful and what you should know as a future contributor. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) Sample Testing Guide How to read Medium articles people will actually read CodeNewbie YouTube channel Continuous Integration (CI) Open Source Governance Sample Code of Conduct Travis CI Sample Contribution Guide Be Lucky—it’s an easy skill to learn by Richard Wiseman Codeland, CodeNewbie's conference - April 21 and 22 in NYC Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Courteney Ervin shares the ups and downs of building a product for one of the largest library systems in the world. Celia La walks us through the technical challenges (and solutions) of bringing Khan Academy's high quality content to people all over the world. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) Integrated Library System Version Control System Memcached New York Public Library Git Khan Academy CodeNewbie YouTube channel Codeland, CodeNewbie's conference - April 21 and 22 in NYC Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

We wrap up our community talks with Sterling’s story of her very first project at her first dev job: making the app accessible for two blind students. Maurice kicks off our education talks with the story of Abacus, his side project that became the learning system used by thousands of students in his country of Belize. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) xkcd comic "Standards" Java Grails Abacus Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) An Alphabet of Accessibility Issues CodeNewbie YouTube channel Codeland, CodeNewbie's conference - April 21 and 22 in NYC Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Valerie explores the importance of security in creating powerful and engaged communities, and breaks down three ways your code might be vulnerable. Rapi shares his story of creating a toy coding project in D3.js that sparked a movement and helped thousands of people become more politically engaged. Checkout the videos of these talks on the CodeNewbie YouTube channel. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) strong parameters sanitizing inputs validating inputs SQL injection man in the middle mass assignment SQL D3.js Progressive Coders Network Rapi's Talk [VIDEO] Valerie's Talk [VIDEO] CodeNewbie YouTube channel Codeland, CodeNewbie's conference - April 21 and 22 in NYC Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

This episode features two talks on mental health that explore two very different sides of this important topic. Michelle’s talk is a technical showcase of how her research project uses open source tools to better diagnose depression. Greg shares his personal struggles with ADHD and bipolar disorder, and how important it is for us to openly talk about mental health. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) 718-312-8335 (Greg's mental health resource number) ZocDoc Automatic Speech Recognition Feature Extraction Machine Learning Natural Language Processing IBM Watson Speech to Text OpenMM OpenFace Covarep DAIC-WOZ Database Audio/Visual Emotion and Depression Recognition dataset Tom Insel's TED talk on depression CUNY Graduate Center CodeNewbie YouTube channel Codeland, CodeNewbie's conference - April 21 and 22 in NYC Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

When Minerva Tantoco was first offered the CTO position for New York City, she thought it was a prank. But in 2014, she became the city’s first Chief Technology Officer. She sits down with Codeland’s emcee, Nikhil Paul, to talk about how she started her long, impressive tech career, what programming looked like back her coding days, and how she hopes tech will transform cities for the better. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) Mayor de Blasio’s announcement CodeNewbie YouTube channel Codeland, CodeNewbie's conference - April 21 and 22 in NYC Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Chris Algoo shares how he co-created “Breakup Squad,” the game where you have to keep two exes from getting back together. Kate Rabinowitz shows us how open data can help build powerful, insightful tools to better understand and improve your city. Eric Brelsford shares how he used mapping tools to help community members turn vacant lots into beautiful neighborhood spaces. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) API D3 Carto Tableau Python R Open Data NYCommons Living Lots NYC 596 Acres Urban Reviewer Maptime NYC DataKind Code for America Brigades Interactive Data Visualization for the Web An Introduction to Statistical Learning The Big List of Game Making Tools Freesound.org Open Game Art FMOD Twine Unity CodeNewbie YouTube channel Breakup Squad (trailer) Codeland, CodeNewbie's conference - April 21 and 22 in NYC Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

In our second episode of our Codeland miniseries, we dig into our talks on gaming and code. Jessica shows us how we can use failure to become better developers with lessons learned from the video gaming industry. Opher shows us a number of ways to use video game principles to make our web apps more exciting. To watch the videos of these talks, checkout our channel on YouTube. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) Screen Shake Juice (video game concept) Eko Pop In Matter: JavaScript 2D physics engine Draw Distance Learning Through Failure - the strategy of small losses Don’t Blink! The Hazards of Confidence Opher's talk (video) Proton GreenSock Animation Platform Failure Difficulty Curve Game Design Document Learning from Mistakes is Easier Said than Done: Group and Organizational Influences on the Detection and Correction of Human Error Failing to Learn and Learning to Fail (Intelligently): How Great Organizations Put Failure t

In episode 1 of our Codeland miniseries, you get to hear two amazing talks on art and code. Stephanie's a first-time speaker from Amsterdam and shares her inspiring story of building her first hardware project. Dan shows us how creative coding can be with his amazing art and code showcase, featuring artists and installations of all shapes, sizes, and platforms. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) The Coding Train NYU ITP p5.js Arduino Raspberry Pi Processing HAT (Hardware Attached on Top) Socket.io Stedelijk Museum - Tinguely Exhibit Stephanie's Slides CodeNewbie YouTube channel Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

If you've heard of open data, big data, and data science and never quite knew what it was all about, this episode is for you. Briana helps us explore the different steps it takes to answer a complex data question with code, giving us a tour of the data science world along the way. We talk about the importance and difficulty of cleaning data, the role of ethics in data collection and analysis, and how a codenewbie can dig into this fascinating topic. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) KDD Conference ACM Conference SQL R Microsoft Civic Tech The Human Face of Big Data The Glassroom Python NASA Datanauts Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

WordPress powers 27% of the web, with sites big and small leveraging the popular platform. Developer Ptah Dunbar, also known as “Pirate”, gives us a tour of the platform, its thriving community, and the realities of being employed as a WordPress developer. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) Squarespace WordCamp Wix Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

In just over a year, Kim’s spoken at eight meetups, ten conferences, had talks accepted at three more, and has four upcoming talks already lined up. And she’s just getting started. She shares how presenting at meetups became an accidental launchpad for her speaking career at conferences, how she uses her past career in education to create unique tech talks, and how speaking has provided her incredible opportunities, like traveling the world for free. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) Peter Aitken AlterConf Overcoming the Challenges of Mentoring (Kim's talk) Codeland, CodeNewbie's conference - April 21 and 22 in NYC Scotland JS Women Who Code Atlanta Clojure West Tech Talk for Non Techies JrDev Mentoring Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

This week, we followed up our conversation about embedded systems with a focus on getting into hardware as a whole. Elecia White gave us a tour of her hardware world, complete with stories of gadgets catching fire, the responsibility of creating life-saving ICU technology, and having fun with poopy robots. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) Python Twilio Arduino Making Embedded Systems book by Elecia NumPy voltmeter Threat Modeling Nest Chris Svec's Podcast Interview Embedded fm, Elecia's Podcast Codeland, CodeNewbie's conference - April 21 and 22 in NYC Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Chris’s job sounds impressive. After over a decade working in tech, he’s designed microprocessors and now helps build robot vacuum cleaners. He’s at the intersection of hardware and software in a space called embedded systems. We explore this field, get a solid intro to working with chips, and discuss the many ways a codenewbie can start learning more about the fascinating world of embedded systems. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) Arduino Raspberry Pi Hacker News Thermal runaway VHDL nvidia AMD Ringly Roomba logo (programming language) ARM Processors Hardware Description Language Intel Microprocessor Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

When we talk about open source, we focus mostly on the code and contributions. But as a crucial element of the developer ecosystem, it’s important to think about the business side of things. How does it sustain itself? Is there money in open source? If there is, who gets it? Developer and open source maintainer Safia Abdalla helps us tackle these questions to better understand how open source really works. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) Jupyter Codeland - CodeNewbie Conference Dave Thomas episode Open Collective OSCON Sloan Foundation NPM Nteract CodeNewbie on Patreon Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

If you plan on getting a job as a developer, chances are, you’ll deal with the technical side of accepting online payments. It might be as easy as plugging in a tool like Stripe or Braintree, but it can quickly get complicated. In this more technical episode, Noel takes us through some of those thorny situations and how a newbie can navigate the complex world of money. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) Code Complete Apple IIe Zork The Pragmatic Programmer The Money Gem Shopify IRB Floating Point VCR gem AJAX Stripe Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Jo Overline’s created 30 apps, totally 30 million downloads over the past ten years. He’s taken his success as an app creator and built a business around it, launching a consultancy that helps individuals and businesses build successful products. He shares his lessons learned in created successful apps, his thoughts on how apps have evolved over the years, and whether or not there’s still room for the independent app maker. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) Pascal CodeNewbie "The Ethics of Coding" episode Daily Mail article on Ugly Meter App Ugly Meter app Fox video of Ugly Meter app Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

The dream is to learn to code for a few months and get a job right away. But reality comes with a few more twists and turns, as Paola discovered on her way to landing her current software engineering position at BuzzFeed. She was an assitant looking for a better career when she rediscovered code. But getting that better careeer involved attending two bootcamps, doing an internship, and job searching for a year before landing her full-time iOS role. She shares the ups and downs of becoming a developer, the emotional and financial stressess of looking for a job, and the resources that helped her reach her goal. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) Turn To Tech Codecademy Code School BuzzFeed The Muse Skillcrush CodeNow Coalition for Queens Viggle Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Rapi wasn’t very politically engaged until his husband told him about Bernie Sanders, and soon after, Rapi was hooked. He joined the Coders for Sanders group and created the Bernie Map, an open source project that would become valuable for future movements. Rapi shares how he transferred the energy from the Coders for Sanders community to create the Progressive Coders Network, how he thinks about open source contributors as members instead of sources of free labor, and why open source is a powerful tool for activism. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) Open Street Map Coursera Data Science Coders for Sanders Progressive Coders Network Tyranny of Structurelessness Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

When Evan read an article about the rate of suicide among veterans returning from war, it broke his heart. So he decided to turn that heart break into advocacy. He read about and researched the experiences of vets and created a game designed to share theirs stories with the world. Evan tells us about his process, why games have a special power to create empathy and activate, and what he hopes for the future of games with a purpose. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) CodeLand 2021 (sponsor) AU Game Lab National Intrepid Center of Excellence Veterans Writing Project My Uncle From Nintendo USO Operation Supply Drop CodeNewbie on Patreon Tickets to Codeland Conf Walking Dead That Dragon, Cancer Wounded Warrior Project "Quitting Code" Twitter Chat CodeNewbie Podcast Episode 126 with Ray Acevedo Play For Change (Evan's game) Codeland Conf Codeland 2019