What kind of projects should you make for your portfolio?
I've often struggled with this question myself as a new developer. Especially in concert with learning React. Colby Fayock took this problem by the horns!
Colby is a developer advocate with Applitools. He's written books on jamstack and what React projects you can make.
We get into JAMstack, portfolio projects, and more this week, so be sure to check it out!
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Show Notes:
- 00:40 - intro
- 01:10 - Colby's intro
- 01:49 - About Colby
- 02:49 - How did you get into teaching
- 03:45 - Maps in the browser
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04:54 - Leaflet
- 05:28 - JAM Stack
- 06:46 - JAM Stack complexity
- 08:56 - JAM Stack ecosystem
- 11:04 - Future of JAM Stack
- 11:50 - Headless Wordpress
- 17:18 - Advice for someone starting with JAM Stack
- 19:28 - How do you approach teaching react
- 20:31 - Colby’s Tutorial articles
- 21:51 - Less tutorials more building
- 24:12 - Project levels
- 24:51 - Some of the projects in Colby’s book
- 25:49 - Personal portfolio projects
- 31:02 - Learning new things in 2020
- 32:46 - Pressure to work on new thing in quarantine
- 33:43 - Online meetups
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38:29 - Colby's Books
- 40:50 - Nerd minute
- 41:30 - lara croft and the guardian of light
- 43:25 - Halo
- 45:10 - Mario Odyssey
- 46:10 - Borderlands pre sequel
- 46:58 - Eddie teaching his daughter HTML
- 48:11 - Among us
- 51:29 - Outro