9 Tips to Integrate Organic, Paid, and Content - Whiteboard FridayIf you missed her talk this year at MozCon 2019, here's your chance to make up for it! In today's edition of Whiteboard Friday, Heather Physioc shares her framework for successfully integrating your organic, paid, and content practices for a smoother search experience.
1Rise of the Robots: How well can machines measure UX? Search Leeds 2019Google claims that user experience is an important part of the search algorithm, but just how well can Google measure this? Can a search engine rely on machine learning, artificial intelligence and algorithms to determine what makes a good (and bad) user experience?
1Optimising your PPC ads to make the most of Google’s mobile SERP updateGoogle has unveiled a new look for their mobile search results page which puts a website’s branding “front and centre”. Tom Clough, Biddable Media Lead, looks at what impact this could have on the performance of your PPC campaigns and what you need to do to maximise the opportunity.
1Podcast: JavaScript Joe - from linguistics to front-end developerOn this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with front-end developer Joe Previte who lives and works in Arizona. Joe shares the story of how he made the tough decision to leave grad school, how he discovered coding, and how he stays motivated and continues to learn. Joe had his life planned out: he'd get a PhD in linguistics, get a teaching job, and be part of the academic world. But as he worked his way through his Masters degree, he began to realize that the academic lifes
1The Definitive TypeScript HandbookTypeScript is the one of the tools people want to learn most, according to a Stack Overflow Survey [https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted] of 90,000 developers. TypeScript has exploded in popularity, community size, and adoption over the past few years. Today, even Facebook's Jest project from Facebook is moving to TypeScript [https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7554#issuecomment-454358729]. What Is TypeScript? TypeScript is a statically-typed superse
1How I Landed My First Developer Job - What a Crazy JourneyYou read the title right! I was offered a development position with a company and after some negotiating I accepted their very generous offer! I am beyond blown away, excited, happy, and (if I'm being 100% honest) terrified - in a good way though. I'm still in disbelief that this is really happening but ecstatic to start working on production code. I've had a lot of people ask me to distill my journey into an article to share and help others. So, buckle up because here we go. -----------
1How to understand Git: an intro to basic commands, tips, and tricksRecently I’ve became a mentor to a colleague of mine. And my mentee has asked me about Git on several occasions. This is for you colleague! P.S. I should have written this article when we started but I hope it will help now! And remember: The best way to learn anything is to do it by yourself! And as my mentor always says to me: Udaraj! Basics So why is Git so important? Let's first start by quoting the first line on Git’s Wikipedia page: > “Git (/ɡɪt/ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA
1How one US Army Vet Went From English Major to Full Stack Developer (Podcast)In this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with software developer and army veteran Jami Gibbs about her journey into tech. Jami was born and raised in the Chicago area, and her first encounter with programming was in high school. Even though she enjoyed it, she didn't pursue it at the time. While majoring in English in college, she joined the National Guard and did several tours overseas. During her time in the army, she came back to the world of tech and started learni
1670+ Free Online Programming & Computer Science Courses You Can Start This AugustSeven years ago, universities like MIT and Stanford first opened up free online courses to the public. Today, close to 1000 schools [https://www.classcentral.com/universities] around the world have created thousands of free online courses, popularly known as Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs [https://www.classcentral.com/help/moocs]. I’ve compiled this list of 670+ such free online courses that you can start this summer. For this, I leveraged Class Central [https://www.classcentral.com/]’s d
4How to set up your new MacBook for codingI started a new job on Monday (it's going awesome, thanks for asking) and that means a brand new, blank-slate MacBook Pro. Fortunately, I still have my old work computer (my last job maybe wasn't so wonderful, as I had to bring my own every day...). But next time, I'll probably have to turn my new work computer in, so I wanted to create a record of my setup. Maybe it's helpful for others too! By the way, almost all of these programs are F-R-E-E. The Terminal It's absolutely essential to get y
1Take your React skills to the next level by building a Todoist cloneIn this intermediate React course from Karl Hadwen, you will learn how to create the popular Todoist application from scratch using React, Custom Hooks, Firebase & the React Testing Library. You will lean how to use SCSS to style the application and how to use the BEM naming methodology. This application is fully responsive. You will see how to use Lighthouse (Chrome extension) to make sure your website is fully accessible by getting all accessibility features integrated into our application.
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