How to: Mar 29, 2024
1. Learn to build apps with the popular Nest.js full-stack JavaScript framework. In this intermediate course, you'll code your own back end for a Spotify-like app. You'll learn how to deploy a Node.js API to the web. And you'll build out all the necessary database and authentication features along the way. (Note that Nest.js is similar to Next.js, but Nest.js uses TypeScript and is heavily inspired by Angular. freeCodeCamp also has comprehensive Next.js courses if you want to learn that as well.) (12 hour YouTube course): https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/comprehensive-nestjs-course/

2. You may have heard the term “no-code” before. Essentially these types of tools are “not only code” because you can still write custom code to run on top of them. This said, these tools do make it dramatically easier for both developers and non-developers to get things done. This new course is taught by one of freeCodeCamp's most popular instructors, Ania Kubów. She'll teach you how to automate boring tasks by leveraging AI tools and creating efficient automation pipelines. (3 hour YouTube course): https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/automate-boring-tasks-no-code-automation-course

3. Kanban task management boards were invented at Toyota way back in the 1940s. I speak Chinese and a little Japanese, and I can tell you that the Chinese characters in the word “Kanban” translate to “look board” – something you can look at to quickly understand what's going on with a project. You may have used popular Kanban tools like Trello. But have you ever coded your own Kanban? Well, today's the day. This project-oriented tutorial will teach you how to use React, Next.js, Firebase, Tailwind CSS, and other modern webdev tools. (90 minute read): https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/build-full-stack-app-with-typescript-nextjs-redux-toolkit-firebase/

4. Learn how to do hard-core data analysis and visualization using Google's stack of freely available tools: Sheets, BigQuery, Colab, and Looker Studio. This beginner-friendly course is taught by a seasoned data analyst. He'll walk you through each of these tools, and show you how to pipe your data from one place to the other. You'll walk away with insights you can apply to accomplish your practical day-to-day goals. (3 hour YouTube course): https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/data-analytics-with-google-stack/

5. In this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp Podcast, I interview Jessica Lord – AKA JLord. You may not have heard of her, but you probably use her code every day. She's worked as a software engineer for more than a decade at companies like GitHub and Glitch. Among her many accomplishments, she created the Electron team at GitHub. Electron is a library for building desktop apps using browser technologies. If you've used the desktop version of Slack, Figma, or VS Code, you've used Electron. We had such a fun time talking about her journey from architecture student to city hall to working at the highest levels of tech. (2 hour watch or listen in your favorite podcast app): https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/podcast-jlord-jessica-lord/

Joke of the Week: *"Me: I'm afraid of JavaScript keywords. Therapist: tell me about THIS. Me: Aghhh!"* — Carla Notarobot, Software Engineer and Bad Joke Sharer