Published: Aug. 29, 2018, 1 p.m.
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It\\u2019s another potluck episode in which Wes and Scott answer your questions! This month - programming languages, how to practice soft skills, PHP vs JS, is it every too late to become a developer, and more.
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Show Notes
5:00
- Why don\\u2019t you work with Typescript?
10:52
- How do you recommend working with APIs/libraries that compete with the DOM (e.g. d3 + react, react + google maps)?
13:40
- What is meant by the word \\u201cstate\\u201d when referring to Vue or React?
16:32
28:23
32:43
- As someone trying to break into the field of programming, should you build everything from scratch, or it ok to use plugins and libraries?
38:52
- What would WordPress be like if it were built on Node and GraphQL?
- Ghost
46:54
- I\\u2019m learning JavaScript at 34\\u2026 Do you think I can learn to breakdance at 34 too?
51:16
- How do you handle high level page layout when using styled components?
53:13
- As a junior dev, should I switch from PHP and Laravel to full stack JS? I love PHP, but JS is taking over.
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