A Picture from my Python Talk at Women Who Code – DC

A bit ago @LindsayDenotes asks me 4 #python help but did it herself. Tonight she spoke to @WomenWhoCodeDC about it! pic.twitter.com/RS8qeF5uLL

— Emma Grasmeder (@emma_Gras) July 23, 2015

I gave a Python-focused talk on my single-pg web app tnite @WomenWhoCodeDC’s Python meetup. Our group on Slack: Lindsay Brown giving us an awesome talk

JavaScript Weekly Newsletter

Eric Elliott: 'Removing fear of change is like oiling a machine.' April 19, 2019

#433 — April 19, 2019 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly A 'Horrifying' (or Genius?) globalThis Polyfill — You wanted some gnarly JavaScript magic to chew on over the Easter weekend, didn’t you? Mathias doesn’t disappoint with this look at how to implement the proposed ‘globalThis’ feature using current JavaScript. It’s not easy. Mathias Bynens […]

jQuery 3.4.0, emojis, and Kyle Simpson April 12, 2019

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TypeScript 3.4, the console API, and not needing jQuery April 5, 2019

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A future without Webpack and an interview with Nicolás Bevacqua March 29, 2019

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Information is Beautiful – Inspiration for DataVisualizations

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How Truthful is the Bohemian Rhapsody Movie? February 12, 2019

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The Winners of the World Data Visualization Prize February 11, 2019

The results are in. After combing through hundreds of impressive, insightful and creative entries, we’ve decided on the winners of the World Data Visualization Prize 2019. Conducted in partnership with the World Government Summit, the prize focuses on how governments are improving citizens’ lives. We asked entrants to use the power of data-visualization to illuminate data […]

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CodeNewbie Podcast

S8:E2 - How to build a community (Michael Berhane) April 15, 2019

What does it take to build a community? And once you've built one, how do you sustain it? Michael shares his story of how he built the People of Color in Tech community and how he balances community and entrepreneurship. Show Links Flatiron School (sponsor) Red Hat (sponsor) Linode (sponsor) Actualize (sponsor) People of Color […]

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S7:E8 - How do you build a great product? (Ryan Hoover) March 4, 2019

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S7:E7 - When things go wrong at work (Jaime-Alexis Fowler) February 25, 2019

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S7:E6 - What are progressive web apps? (Frances Coronel) February 18, 2019

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NPR Tech Headlines

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Tourists are flocking to California to see the origins of their favorite tech companies. Now there might be a monument about Silicon Valley's glory.

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Mueller Report Raises New Questions About Russia's Hacking Targets In 2016 April 19, 2019

The special counsel's report said the FBI believes Russian military intelligence was able to gain access to at least one Florida county government's computer network during the 2016 campaign.

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After Boeing Crashes, More People Want Help Taming Fear Of Flying April 17, 2019

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Want To Know How Far Artificial Intelligence Has Come? Just Look At CAPTCHA April 16, 2019

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This could be a crucial year for the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR as researchers start testing it in patients to treat diseases such as cancer, blindness and sickle cell disease.

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