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Frontend engineer | Improve your dev skills @ | Video games, books, coding, and randomness

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What’s stopping you from coding like this
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🤯I found out today that VS Code has bracket pair guides. You can enable this by adding the following line to your settings.json file: "editor.guides.bracketPairs": true
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Real programmers code like this
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1 year
Thank you JavaScript
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4 years
Deleting Android Studio.
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4 years
Installing Android Studio. Wish me luck.
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1 year
When step #1 of the “Get Started” docs doesn’t work
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2 years
The future of web looks bright. Web 1 Web 2 Web 3 Web 5 Web 95 Web 98 Web 2000 Web XP Web Vista Web 7 Web 8 Web 10 Web 11
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3 years
Trying to fix a bug with random code from StackOverflow like:
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4 years
I had this wild idea yesterday. What if, just hear me out, I built the website BEFORE I bought the domain?
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3 years
Just one more JavaScript course, right?
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4 years
Looking for that same StackOverflow answer that helped me once before.
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4 years
Stop buying new JavaScript courses and finish the ones you already have.
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3 years
Have you or someone you love been affected by threads? If so, you're not alone.
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4 years
Interview: "Please list the 64 reserved words in JavaScript" Me: "Thanks for the opportunity. Have a great day.👋"
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4 years
Maybe I need a 120 degree standing desk in my life.
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2 years
They call me 007 0 commits 0 lines of code 7 new domains
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3 years
Some of you never experienced this and it shows.
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2 years
Regex is just typing random letters and symbols until it works.
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4 years
🎉Well, it's official🎉 I've accepted a role as a Developer Experience Engineer with @MURAL and will be starting soon! I'm very excited to take this next step in my journey and look forward to doing great things with this team & company!😁
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CSS Folks. Just hear me out.
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5 years
margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;
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4 years
That's one proud papa
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10 months
We do love a good docs page but…
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3 years
The existence of vanilla JavaScript implies the existence of chocolate JavaScript.
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3 years
Frontend Practice is officially live!🎉 Build real skills by recreating real websites. Helpful resources to give you a headstart. Challenges to improve & test your frontend skills. I hope you all like it!😁
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4 years
Programming is: 10% luck. 20% skill. 15% concentrated power of will. 5% pleasure. 50% pain. And a 100% trying to remember class names.
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The job hunt has officially ended 🎉
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4 years
Can someone explain TypeScript to me like I'm 5 years old?
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3 years
You can absolutely learn JavaScript in a week. Every week.
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4 years
I've got an Internet Explorer joke but no one supports it.
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5 years
HoW dO yOu InTrOdUcE yOuRsElF aT pArTiEs?
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2 years
Lose sight of your cursor once and it’s gone forever
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1 year
best feeling ever
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5 years
flex-direction: column-reverse;
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4 years
Find someone who believes in you as much as Indeed does when emailing me Senior Developer positions.
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4 years
It's not too late to remove those % skill bars from your portfolio.
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4 years
I can't wait to be told what languages I need to learn in 2021 to be a worthy developer.
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2 years
Finally finished updating & adding content to the 24 projects for Frontend Practice 2.0 🥳 8 projects for each level: beginner, medium, & advanced. Getting closer to release ready!🔥
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4 years
People looking down on WordPress devs and I am not here for it. I can respect your title. So, you can respect mine.
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4 years
An absolutely great way to learn CSS is to pick one page of a website and try to recreate the layout from top to bottom.
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2 years
I’ve got 99 problems and they’re all CSS changes I made in the dev tools but then accidentally refreshed the page.
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3 years
Made some changes hope you don't mind.
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4 years
Installing Android Studio. Wish me luck.
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4 years
Almost every portfolio I posted last week, someone asked "What framework did you use?" To which I replied "It's just HTML and CSS." Everything doesn't have to built with the latest buzz JS or CSS framework to be a worthwhile project.
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4 years
If you could wake up tomorrow and know one language extremely well, I mean like insanely well...what would you pick? I'd probably just go with JavaScript.
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2 years
Why do I keep seeing job listings that are titled “Frontend developer AND designer”?? These are two jobs.
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4 years
Ok CSS folks. Just hear me out. "Padgin" padgin: 25px;
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4 years
If @Microsoft adds stories to their products and does not call them Clippies I will be very upset.
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People will be like "I'm 9 years old, is it too late for me to start coding?"
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Well, I turned 31 today. Last August I made myself a promise that by April 21st, 2019 I would be on a path to starting a career in #webdevelopment . So, in September, I quit my job & started learning what I could to become a front end developer. [⬇Continued⬇]
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4 years
We've all been there.
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Here is the final result of Portfolio #2 from yesterday. I enjoyed building this one! HTML & CSS only. What do you think? Part of me wants to make this my new portfolio😁 #7PortfoliosIn7Days
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3 years
✅ New job. ✅ New city. ✅ New apartment. 🥳 New life. Bring on 2022!
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Never forget that even the creator of JavaScript would not use percentage bars to describe his skill level.
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They want pixel perfect. They'll get pixel perfect.
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When does a front-end developer officially become a full-stack developer?
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We don't really need JavaScript.
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4 years
It must be illegal or something to throw away Apple product boxes.
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Hey. Learn CSS.
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I'm not sure who needs to hear this but don't forget to style your 404 page.
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Well, I'm 32 today. Last year on this day I was 8 months into coding, working in sales & lost most days but I promised myself I'd keep pushing forward. Fast forward & now I've been with an agency for 8 months, learned so much, met some great folks & still pushing forward! 1/3
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3 years
Monday: Facebook, IG, WhatsApp down Wednesday: Twitch source code leaked Thursday: npm outage Friday: ?????
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| ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄| | Days without TypeScript drama: 1 | |_________________| \ (•◡•) / \ / —— | | |_ |_
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3 years
The real stack to succeed as a developer. - Google - Stackoverflow - Tears of: --- Joy --- Frustration - Random blog articles - Documentation - Closed/open Github issues - Automatic standing desk. Never raised. - Background music
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5 years
What is your coding folder called? Mine is just "Code" but honestly everything is inside an inner "Portfolio" folder. No going back now.
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4 years
Microsoft just retweeted me to 9 million people. oh jeez.
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5 years
Pay your interns. That's all.
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What’s stopping you from coding like this?
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Here are 15 CSS shortcuts in VS Code to save you some time on your next project. #WebDevelopment @code Do you use any of these?👨‍💻
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4 years
Not gonna lie the thought of working in that office stresses me out.
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I think I need a 43 inch wide screen monitor in my life. 😍
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"Can you solve this algorithm problem?" "No." "What about this one?" "No." "And this one?" "No." "Well, what can you do?" "Literally everything in your job post."
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I'm officially looking for a full-time front-end developer role! I would love to find a great company to join & grow with. Can relocate if needed. If you're looking for a dev who is creative & willing to learn plus enjoys client work, DM me! Please share!🙏 // 1 More info 👇
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3 years
I want to be wealthy enough to carry my laptop around like Kanye
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I wish there was a way to automatically update the year on the footer of your website.
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We're "wrong" if we tell people they can succeed with HTML/CSS/JS We're "wrong" if we tell people they can't succeed with HTML/CSS/JS I'm so over it with both sides. Should you learn more? YES Can you get a job with these skills? YES Is it rare? YES Should you try? HELL YES ⬇️
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Interviewer: "How would you describe your code?" Dev: "No comment."
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It always irks me when I see people saying a 100k job isn't a lot of money. Ok cool, that's you but to me it's a life changing kind of goal and never seemed possible before I started a career in tech.
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Is there a secret Slack channel for freelance web developers I should know about? If so, Hit. Me. Up.
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I asked Santa for an expert-level knowledge of JavaScript this year so I really can't wait to find that under the tree tomorrow.
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So, if you're just starting to learn CSS & you want something to animate smoothly on hover, it is extremely simple. #WebDevelopment #WebDesign .card { transform: translateY(0px); transition: .5s; } .card:hover { transform: translateY(-5px); transition: .5s; }
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I felt this in my bones. I'm bringing back my hobbies. Side hustles can chill for a while.
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🌕 semantic 🚀 div . . . . . . . . 💥 🌎 HTML
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Look at this JUNIOR UI/Web Developer job post that lists 30+ "desired skills," but not limited to. Also they're willing to accept 4 years experience if you don't have a degree.🙃🙃🙃🙃
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Who is currently hiring developers or designers? Let's get someone a job! Retweet for reach 🙏💙
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Engineers when the site crashes on launch day
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Frontend Practice is officially making money (ads)🎉
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2 years
Ayoo! Frontend Practice 2.0 is officially live!🎉 Updates: 🎨Completely refreshed design 🛠️24 projects to recreate (prev. 10) ⭐️Difficulty levels & filters 🔗More resources 💻New stack: React+Next.js/MDX I hope you like it!😁
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I started programming because I wanted a better life for myself and I'm going to achieve that regardless of the challenges, doubts, and setbacks I might face along the way.✌
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When I left my job in 2018 to learn to code I told myself I could do it in 3 months. The reality: Budgeted for 6 months Ran out of $ in 5 months Got a part-time job at Staples Took 11 months to get my first dev role Worked both jobs for 5 months Started 2020 as a developer 1/2
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I was going to wait to announce this but... Earlier this month I accepted a frontend role with a wonderful company that I believe will be a really great place for me to contribute & grow as a developer. I'm still a bit nervous but very excited! More details soon!😁
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4 years
As of yesterday it has been 2 years since I quit my manufacturing job making vinyl records and starting learning web development. Best leap of faith I ever took.✌
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I'm pushing my skills to the next level this year. No excuses.
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👏 Don't 👏 apologize 👏 for 👏 missing 👏 a 👏 day 👏 of 👏 coding.
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Everyone has been making neat toggles lately. So, I figured I'd make one too! Completely impractical but 100% fun to make! @CodePen #kamehamehaaaaaaaaa
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The ultimate Twitter hack: Be a decent person.
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3 years
Tempted to mute the phrases: "Html is/is not a programming language". It's such a pointless argument and I feel like we see it multiple times a week now. Move on people.
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4 years
Hmmm. Something isn't quite right.🤔
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When I left my job to focus on learning how to code, one of my bosses said they hoped it wouldn't work out so I'd come back to work at the manufacturing plant. Sometimes we have to take a risk, believe in ourselves when others won't & then never look back. Onward & upward.
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Planning to triple the number of projects with Frontend Practice 2.0! Still on the hunt for more great websites to include.😁
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