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Owner/Founder of www.realtoughcandy.io. Real-world web development! 100% indie software dev; author of 6 books; helped over 1 million devs & counting!

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5 JavaScript Books I Regret Not Reading as a Code Newbie
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5 JavaScript Books I Regret Not Reading as a Code Newbie

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

#education #books #beginners
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13 Best PHP Books in 2022 [Learn PHP ASAP]
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13 Best PHP Books in 2022 [Learn PHP ASAP]

#books #beginners #php #webdev
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The Encyclopedia of Online Coding Platforms (ebook)
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The Encyclopedia of Online Coding Platforms (ebook)

#webdev #education #coding #stem
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I reviewed nearly 70 software developer portfolios. Here's what I discovered.
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I reviewed nearly 70 software developer portfolios. Here's what I discovered.

#beginners #education #career #portfoliocon
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Portfoliocon 2021 (Days 1 & 2 recap)
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Portfoliocon 2021 (Days 1 & 2 recap)

#portfoliocon #beginners #career #jobs
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Portfoliocon 2021 prize list (so far)
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Portfoliocon 2021 prize list (so far)

#education #beginners #portfoliocon #jobs
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CODING BOOTCAMP NIGHTMARE: Meet Sarah the Dev
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CODING BOOTCAMP NIGHTMARE: Meet Sarah the Dev

#beginners #education #bootcamp #webdev
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Crushed by COVID: How NickD Rebooted His Software Career in an Age of Uncertainty
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Crushed by COVID: How NickD Rebooted His Software Career in an Age of Uncertainty

#vr #covid #webdev #career
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14 Best Kotlin Books for 2021 [Beginner and Intermediate]
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14 Best Kotlin Books for 2021 [Beginner and Intermediate]

#books #android #beginners #kotlin
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What was your first day at your first dev job like?
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What was your first day at your first dev job like?

#discuss #webdev #beginners #livestream
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Is Yelp Camp is the greatest web development project of all time? (Colt Steele bootcamp)
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Is Yelp Camp is the greatest web development project of all time? (Colt Steele bootcamp)

#webdev #javascript #node #beginners
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Get your portfolio reviewed for FREE (date announced!)
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Get your portfolio reviewed for FREE (date announced!)

#webdev #career #beginners #portfoliocon
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What is CI/CD? Introduction to CI/CD for newbies
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What is CI/CD? Introduction to CI/CD for newbies

#devops #beginners #webdev #cicd
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Born Blind: Meet Taylor the Web Developer
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Born Blind: Meet Taylor the Web Developer

#webdev #beginners #career #a11y
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Is the JAM stack the future of web development?
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Is the JAM stack the future of web development?

#discuss #jamstack #webdev #javascript
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24 Questions to Ask Any Prospective Coding Bootcamp (infographic)
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24 Questions to Ask Any Prospective Coding Bootcamp (infographic)

#webdev #codenewbie #beginners #education
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Get your web developer portfolio reviewed for FREE
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Get your web developer portfolio reviewed for FREE

#webdev #portfoliocon #career #beginners
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7 Best Node Courses for 2021 [Beginner and Intermediate Node.js Courses]
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7 Best Node Courses for 2021 [Beginner and Intermediate Node.js Courses]

#webdev #education #beginners #node
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7 Best C++ Courses for 2021 [Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced]
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7 Best C++ Courses for 2021 [Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced]

#education #cpp #programming #beginners
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How I scored nearly PERFECTLY on Google Lighthouse (with a WordPress site!)
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How I scored nearly PERFECTLY on Google Lighthouse (with a WordPress site!)

#webdev #devops #performance #webperf
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You Don’t Know JavaScript Book Review (Kyle Simpson)
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You Don’t Know JavaScript Book Review (Kyle Simpson)

#books #javascript #education #closures
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12 Best Web Developer Books in 2021 [For Beginners]
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12 Best Web Developer Books in 2021 [For Beginners]

#books #webdev #javascript #beginners
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11 Best Algorithms Books in 2021 [Learn Computer Algorithms]
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11 Best Algorithms Books in 2021 [Learn Computer Algorithms]

#books #computerscience #review #algorithms
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Seeking INDIE LEARN-TO-CODE Platforms to Review Live
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Seeking INDIE LEARN-TO-CODE Platforms to Review Live

#webdev #education #courses
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Junior Web Developer Portfolio Review - Oleg 16:59
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Junior Web Developer Portfolio Review - Oleg

#webdev #jobs #career #beginners
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Why I wrote Real Tough Software
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Why I wrote Real Tough Software

#webdev #career #codenewbie #writing
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Become a Front-End Developer course review
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Become a Front-End Developer course review

#webdev #education #javascript #beginners
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Become a Front-End Developer || course review (Educative.io) 10:03
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Become a Front-End Developer || course review (Educative.io)

#education #webdev #frontend #beginners
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Write a test case in 6 minutes | QA Assessment for beginners (video)
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Write a test case in 6 minutes | QA Assessment for beginners (video)

#qa #career #testing #webdev
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32 dev portfolio reviews in one video - a success!
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32 dev portfolio reviews in one video - a success!

#career #webdev #community #jobs
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Get your developer portfolio reviewed for FREE this Friday
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Get your developer portfolio reviewed for FREE this Friday

#webdev #portfolio #career #beginners
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Top 4 platforms for learning how to code (2020 edition)
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Top 4 platforms for learning how to code (2020 edition)

#education #javascript #webdev #beginners
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Freelance Developer Horror Stories Start Here... 11:54
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Freelance Developer Horror Stories Start Here...

#freelance #career #webdev #freelancing
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Your odds of finding a REMOTE JOB as a junior developer 13:38
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Your odds of finding a REMOTE JOB as a junior developer

#career #jobs #beginners
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The truth about using Stack Overflow || Copy & Paste Developers 10:04
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The truth about using Stack Overflow || Copy & Paste Developers

#webdev #codenewbie #productivity #beginners
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Real-World JavaScript Interview Questions: A New Repo
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Real-World JavaScript Interview Questions: A New Repo

#javascript #jobs #career #webdev
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A working developer reviews freeCodeCamp (2019) 10:08
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A working developer reviews freeCodeCamp (2019)

#education #webdev #javascript #beginners
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5 pro tips to make a ROCKIN' developer portfolio (with bonus) 10:12
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5 pro tips to make a ROCKIN' developer portfolio (with bonus)

#jobs #career #portfolio #beginners
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🔺 5-step guide to developing your OWN personal software projects 10:13
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🔺 5-step guide to developing your OWN personal software projects

#beginners #productivity #projects #webdev
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DOZENS of KILLER freebies for student software developers (worth $1000s) 05:53
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DOZENS of KILLER freebies for student software developers (worth $1000s)

#students #education #github #microsoft
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Is Ruby worth learning in 2019? 07:17
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Is Ruby worth learning in 2019?

#discuss #ruby #webdev #career
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How to Install Ubuntu on VirtualBox | Linux Tutorial 06:33
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How to Install Ubuntu on VirtualBox | Linux Tutorial

#linux #ubuntu #virtualbox #tutorial
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This coding bootcamp pays* you to attend. Does that change the game?
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This coding bootcamp pays* you to attend. Does that change the game?

#discuss #webdev #bootcamp #education
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Forget that TODO app, this repo will teach you real-world dev skills 07:50
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Forget that TODO app, this repo will teach you real-world dev skills

#javascript #github #bestofgithub #webdev
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5 simple mistakes that won’t get you the dev job this year
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5 simple mistakes that won’t get you the dev job this year

#career #webdev #interview #beginners
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My 1st web developer salary REVEALED with actual paycheck 07:08
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My 1st web developer salary REVEALED with actual paycheck

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

#react #vue #webdev #javascript
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How to learn JavaScript line by line 07:39
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How to learn JavaScript line by line

#productivity #javascript #beginners #webdev
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Quick advice for aspiring dev YouTubers 02:31
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Quick advice for aspiring dev YouTubers

#youtube #education #webdev #career
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Oh snap, here comes *another* JavaScript framework | SVELTE 07:02
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Oh snap, here comes *another* JavaScript framework | SVELTE

#javascript #webdev #svelte #framework
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Eloquent JavaScript A Modern Introduction to Programming by Marijn Haverbeke book review 04:30
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Eloquent JavaScript A Modern Introduction to Programming by Marijn Haverbeke book review

#javascript #education #books #beginners
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FREE Programming Books (& courses & code playgrounds) | Best of GitHub with RealToughCandy 04:14
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FREE Programming Books (& courses & code playgrounds) | Best of GitHub with RealToughCandy

#books #github #beginners #education
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How I went from charging $100 to $10,000+ for a website 08:07
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How I went from charging $100 to $10,000+ for a website

#freelance #webdev #career
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My journey to becoming a web developer on YouTube
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My journey to becoming a web developer on YouTube

#webdev #career #youtube #beginners
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Playing with fire: a devastating command line command (rm)
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Playing with fire: a devastating command line command (rm)

#tutorial #commandline #productivity #bash
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What does it take to become a jr. dev?
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What does it take to become a jr. dev?

#discuss #webdev #codenewbie #beginners
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GitHub Pages & Working Demos: A Job Seeker’s Secret Weapon
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GitHub Pages & Working Demos: A Job Seeker’s Secret Weapon

#tutorial #career #github #webdev
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Do you need to know Wordpress as a freelance web developer?
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Do you need to know Wordpress as a freelance web developer?

#freelance #career #webdev #wordpress
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The hard truth about beginning freelance web development
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The hard truth about beginning freelance web development

#freelance #career #webdev #beginners
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What Was Coding Bootcamp Really Like? || 4 Developers Share Their Stories
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What Was Coding Bootcamp Really Like? || 4 Developers Share Their Stories

#bootcamp #career #codenewbie
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