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What's the best online coding platform? Here's an encyclopedic resource that shows you over 100 options!

What's the best online coding platform? Here's an encyclopedic resource that shows you over 100 options!

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13 Best PHP Books in 2022 [Learn PHP ASAP]

13 Best PHP Books in 2022 [Learn PHP ASAP]

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The Encyclopedia of Online Coding Platforms (ebook)

The Encyclopedia of Online Coding Platforms (ebook)

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I reviewed nearly 70 software developer portfolios. Here's what I discovered.

I reviewed nearly 70 software developer portfolios. Here's what I discovered.

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Portfoliocon 2021 (Days 1 & 2 recap)

Portfoliocon 2021 (Days 1 & 2 recap)

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Portfoliocon 2021 prize list (so far)

Portfoliocon 2021 prize list (so far)

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CODING BOOTCAMP NIGHTMARE: Meet Sarah the Dev

CODING BOOTCAMP NIGHTMARE: Meet Sarah the Dev

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Crushed by COVID: How NickD Rebooted His Software Career in an Age of Uncertainty

Crushed by COVID: How NickD Rebooted His Software Career in an Age of Uncertainty

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14 Best Kotlin Books for 2021 [Beginner and Intermediate]

14 Best Kotlin Books for 2021 [Beginner and Intermediate]

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What was your first day at your first dev job like?

What was your first day at your first dev job like?

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Is Yelp Camp is the greatest web development project of all time? (Colt Steele bootcamp)

Is Yelp Camp is the greatest web development project of all time? (Colt Steele bootcamp)

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Get your portfolio reviewed for FREE (date announced!)

Get your portfolio reviewed for FREE (date announced!)

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What is CI/CD? Introduction to CI/CD for newbies

What is CI/CD? Introduction to CI/CD for newbies

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Born Blind: Meet Taylor the Web Developer

Born Blind: Meet Taylor the Web Developer

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Is the JAM stack the future of web development?

Is the JAM stack the future of web development?

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24 Questions to Ask Any Prospective Coding Bootcamp (infographic)

24 Questions to Ask Any Prospective Coding Bootcamp (infographic)

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Get your web developer portfolio reviewed for FREE

Get your web developer portfolio reviewed for FREE

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7 Best Node Courses for 2021 [Beginner and Intermediate Node.js Courses]

7 Best Node Courses for 2021 [Beginner and Intermediate Node.js Courses]

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7 Best C++ Courses for 2021 [Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced]

7 Best C++ Courses for 2021 [Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced]

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How I scored nearly PERFECTLY on Google Lighthouse (with a WordPress site!)

How I scored nearly PERFECTLY on Google Lighthouse (with a WordPress site!)

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You Don’t Know JavaScript Book Review (Kyle Simpson)

You Don’t Know JavaScript Book Review (Kyle Simpson)

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12 Best Web Developer Books in 2021 [For Beginners]

12 Best Web Developer Books in 2021 [For Beginners]

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11 Best Algorithms Books in 2021 [Learn Computer Algorithms]

11 Best Algorithms Books in 2021 [Learn Computer Algorithms]

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Seeking INDIE LEARN-TO-CODE Platforms to Review Live

Seeking INDIE LEARN-TO-CODE Platforms to Review Live

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Junior Web Developer Portfolio Review - Oleg 16:59

Junior Web Developer Portfolio Review - Oleg

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Why I wrote Real Tough Software

Why I wrote Real Tough Software

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Become a Front-End Developer course review

Become a Front-End Developer course review

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Become a Front-End Developer || course review (Educative.io) 10:03

Become a Front-End Developer || course review (Educative.io)

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Write a test case in 6 minutes | QA Assessment for beginners (video)

Write a test case in 6 minutes | QA Assessment for beginners (video)

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32 dev portfolio reviews in one video - a success!

32 dev portfolio reviews in one video - a success!

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Get your developer portfolio reviewed for FREE this Friday

Get your developer portfolio reviewed for FREE this Friday

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Top 4 platforms for learning how to code (2020 edition)

Top 4 platforms for learning how to code (2020 edition)

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Freelance Developer Horror Stories Start Here... 11:54

Freelance Developer Horror Stories Start Here...

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Your odds of finding a REMOTE JOB as a junior developer 13:38

Your odds of finding a REMOTE JOB as a junior developer

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The truth about using Stack Overflow || Copy & Paste Developers 10:04

The truth about using Stack Overflow || Copy & Paste Developers

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Real-World JavaScript Interview Questions: A New Repo

Real-World JavaScript Interview Questions: A New Repo

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A working developer reviews freeCodeCamp (2019) 10:08

A working developer reviews freeCodeCamp (2019)

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5 pro tips to make a ROCKIN' developer portfolio (with bonus) 10:12

5 pro tips to make a ROCKIN' developer portfolio (with bonus)

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🔺 5-step guide to developing your OWN personal software projects 10:13

🔺 5-step guide to developing your OWN personal software projects

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DOZENS of KILLER freebies for student software developers (worth $1000s) 05:53

DOZENS of KILLER freebies for student software developers (worth $1000s)

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Is Ruby worth learning in 2019? 07:17

Is Ruby worth learning in 2019?

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How to Install Ubuntu on VirtualBox | Linux Tutorial 06:33

How to Install Ubuntu on VirtualBox | Linux Tutorial

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This coding bootcamp pays* you to attend. Does that change the game?

This coding bootcamp pays* you to attend. Does that change the game?

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Forget that TODO app, this repo will teach you real-world dev skills 07:50

Forget that TODO app, this repo will teach you real-world dev skills

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5 simple mistakes that won’t get you the dev job this year

5 simple mistakes that won’t get you the dev job this year

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My 1st web developer salary REVEALED with actual paycheck 07:08

My 1st web developer salary REVEALED with actual paycheck

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What's the FASTEST web framework? | Web Framework Comparisons 07:48

What's the FASTEST web framework? | Web Framework Comparisons

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How to learn JavaScript line by line 07:39

How to learn JavaScript line by line

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Quick advice for aspiring dev YouTubers 02:31

Quick advice for aspiring dev YouTubers

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Oh snap, here comes *another* JavaScript framework | SVELTE 07:02

Oh snap, here comes *another* JavaScript framework | SVELTE

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Eloquent JavaScript A Modern Introduction to Programming by Marijn Haverbeke book review 04:30

Eloquent JavaScript A Modern Introduction to Programming by Marijn Haverbeke book review

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FREE Programming Books (& courses & code playgrounds) | Best of GitHub with RealToughCandy 04:14

FREE Programming Books (& courses & code playgrounds) | Best of GitHub with RealToughCandy

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How I went from charging $100 to $10,000+ for a website 08:07

How I went from charging $100 to $10,000+ for a website

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My journey to becoming a web developer on YouTube

My journey to becoming a web developer on YouTube

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Playing with fire: a devastating command line command (rm)

Playing with fire: a devastating command line command (rm)

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What does it take to become a jr. dev?

What does it take to become a jr. dev?

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GitHub Pages & Working Demos: A Job Seeker’s Secret Weapon

GitHub Pages & Working Demos: A Job Seeker’s Secret Weapon

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Do you need to know Wordpress as a freelance web developer?

Do you need to know Wordpress as a freelance web developer?

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The hard truth about beginning freelance web development

The hard truth about beginning freelance web development

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What Was Coding Bootcamp Really Like? || 4 Developers Share Their Stories

What Was Coding Bootcamp Really Like? || 4 Developers Share Their Stories

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