December 2010
17 posts
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Crowdsourced Front-End Dev Interview Questions
A little background information - I applied to a Front End Dev position, and have an interview coming up next Tuesday. As this will be my first interview for a dev position, I want to be totally prepared. In the last post, I mentioned I had aggregated a list of questions from around the web on HTML, CSS, and JS. After Arpit’s comment to post the list, I thought I’d do one better -...
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Front End Dev Interview Questions
Thanks to everyone who helped with the resume yesterday. Good news! I have a phone interview next week for a Front-end Dev position.
I wanted to see if you all had any particular questions I should know the answers for. I have aggregated a master list of questions from Google searches, but I’m sure you all have some others.
Thank you all for your help through this process!
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Resume thoughts/critiques?
I’m wrapping up edits on my resume for a certain web company (I’ll let you all guess which) ;)
The more people that see it, the stronger it will get - so what do you think?
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If you don't know, ask...on Stackoverflow
Having spent the last 6 months learning how to code, I’ve appreciated the generosity of total strangers. Some people find the blog, shoot me an email, saying they can help - others I find on Stackoverflow(SO) after I’ve submitted a bug I can’t figure out. The mental model I had for SO used to be - “Ask very focused questions with the right terminology.” - until...
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Success!
When you finally get over a hurdle, take a moment…
Pulling location from the browser via Simplegeo JS SDK in my javascript/ node.js project!
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How to install Drupal on Mac OS X
Follow these steps:
Download, Unpack, and Install MAMP (I grabbed the free version)
Download, and Unpack Drupal
Move the Drupal directory into the /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/ directory
Rename the Drupal directory to your app’s name (I used drupaltest)
Open MAMP and click “Start Servers”
Go to http://localhost:8888/nameofyourapp/ (I went...
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"I have no clue what he's talking about."
In the last week, I feel like I’ve taken my coding skills up about 10 notches.
Learned vim
Dug deeper into Unix
Started digging into JS
Started a node.js project (using socket.io, express, & jade)
*If anyone is coding today (on Christmas) and can help out, I’m a bit stuck on how to use the Simplegeo JS SDK for my Node.js project
I also think I finally figured out this whole...
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Q : Best Practices with Package Management?
Having been introduced to package management last week, I want to make sure I’m getting properly setup with node & projects in general. My workflow has been a bit chaotic up to this point. Basically it was, ‘If it worked, then run with it’ which obviously isn’t the right way to do things.
How do you have your projects organized on your local machine?
How do you start...
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JS & node.js
I’m working on a new version of Mentor77, or it maybe a new site altogether- I’m not sure yet.
But does anyone have any experience with node.js? If so, have you found any good articles/resources?
I found Ryan Dahl’s Google talk, and it is a nice introduction:
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What's Goin On
It has been a while since I made a post, and I’ve been getting pings -“Whats going on?” A lot!
1. I applied to some PM jobs, and still waiting to hear from everyone. To get more ideas on how to break through this PM barrier, I made this post on Quora - “How did you get your first Product Manager job?”
If you have any thoughts or advice, please contribute to the...
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How did you discover your talent?
This is a question I am also posting on Hacker News & Quora.
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I like many things just enough to keep me interested until the next cool thing comes along. This trait hinders my ability to focus on one area long enough for it to develop into a ‘talent.’
This could be a problem of discipline, but I think I haven’t found my niche.
How did you discover your...
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Handmade computer stand
After last week’s spillage on the Macbook keyboard, I put my laptop behind my monitor- resting vertically against the wall. It was out of the way, and made my desk mighty spacious. However it occurred to me - if I have another spill, the comp is still in the floodplain.
How could I keep it vertically and get it off my desk?
There is the TwelveSouth BookArc Stand- but that is $50 for a...
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Hey @Zappos & @Zachware!
I’ve got an idea…
Why doesn’t every purchase include an opportunity for a group-buying discount?
My shoes are starting to show some wear and tear. These look pretty cool..
Say I buy these Asics, but instead of just showing someone a boring Confirmation page, why not roll the dice. You’re in Vegas right!?
Thanks for your purchase! Have we got a deal for you!
Share...
The hunt is on!
Cover letters & resumes are going out! The hunt for a job has begun.
Thanks for everyone’s help and advice!
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Will Work For Free (with the right opportunity)
I am looking for a job - a product manager role. After spending the last 5 months learning how to code, it is time for this process to move to the next chapter, and, honestly, for me to collect a paycheck again.
Prior to proudn00b, I founded a company, worked at Yelp, and most recently Redbeacon. 5 years of experience working in the internet technology space. The first few years were spent...
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Between Unread & Read
Do you also have this problem?
You get a new email, open it, browse it, make sure there is nothing super important, close it and go back to what you are doing?
I haven’t read the email, but it isn’t unread either- it’s really in between.
Instead of just read & unread, what if emails were categorized as New, Unread, Read?
Because my inbox says 0 unread, I forget there are...
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Django Comments with Authenticated Users
Django comes with commenting built in. A comment includes : name, email, url, title, and the comment. Any un-authenticated user can comment.
To allow only authenticated users to comment, use an if statement.
The final piece is customizing the form. You do not want an authenticated user to have to reenter his or her name/email after logging in. To do this, hide those fields. For Mentor77,...