27: 30 Day Code Quality Challenge, and Elm Development
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Ben is entering the last week of The 30-Day Code Quality Challenge. He has enjoyed getting the challenges out each day and seeing participants engage with the content. In the future he is deciding whether to personalize the programming languages or to remain language agnostic. The next cohort of the Challenge will start January 3, 2018, and Ben\\u2019s looking forward to iterating and improving each cohort of the Challenge. He also discussed a connection he made with Discourse, and explores options for forum management in the future.
\\n\\nDrip is working on their visual email builder with the help of their new Elm developer. The team has just completed several product structure tests using a prototype, which was a greatly helpful experience to the developers. Ben and Derrick discuss their experiences with product usability testing.
\\n\\nToday\\u2019s Topics Include:
\\n\\nApproaching the end of The 30-Day Code Quality Challenge
\\nChallenge results and stats on participation
\\nThe next Challenge cohort begins January 3, 2018
\\nPositive customer experience with Discourse
\\nDrip\\u2019s visual email builder project
\\nProduct usability testing
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\\n\\nLinks and resources:
\\n\\nThe 30-Day Code Quality Challenge
\\nDiscourse
\\nSteve Schoger @steveschoger
\\nFull Stack Radio podcast 78: Ben Orenstein - Our All-Time Favorite Refactorings
\\nRefactoringRails.io
\\nDrip