In this episode of the Delicious Brain Waves podcast, Iain Poulson and Jonathan Bossenger discuss their recent career changes.
Iain has moved from a developer to a product manager, and Jonathan took a lateral switch and went from being a lead developer to a full-time writer/content creator.
They discuss the history behind these changes, their experiences in switching to these new roles, and share some personal advice to those considering a career change.
Show Notes:
In the second episode of the Delicious Brain Waves podcast, Brad chats to Iain Poulson about pricing models in WordPress plugins and SaaS products. They cover the history of WordPress plugin pricing, the pros and cons of annual and monthly pricing, WordPress plugins vs SaaS, and more. Show Notes: SpinupWP - Delicious Brain's SaaS Plugin Rank - Iain's SaaS Rob Walling The Stair Step Approach to Bootstrapping ...
While many folks think of JavaScript as a “modern” web programming language, it is, in fact, only a year younger than PHP. In this episode of the Delicious Brain Waves podcast, Iain chats with WP Migrate developer Ahmed about the history of JavaScript. Ahmed takes us through how JavaScript came about, why it was almost universally hated at one point, and how the language has evolved in recent years. Iain and Ahmed also look at the state of JavaScript frameworks in the WordPress developer ecosystem and discuss the team’s experiences working with the new React-powered user interface in WP Migrate 2.0. Show notes: jQuery CommonJS Node.js Svelte Episode 3 - Why We Chose Svelte over React or Vue Backbone.js React WP Migrate 2.0 Let us know your thoughts on Twitter ...
JavaScript is a critical part of modern WordPress, but some backend developers may struggle with “learning JavaScript deeply.” Ross Wintle and Ahmed Hussein discuss their own journeys, and how they’ve come to enjoy modern JavaScript development. WP Engine and Delicious Brains Delicious Brains announcement WP Engine announcement WP Engine questions and answers Press This podcast interview with Brad Touesnard and Jason Cohen WP Migrate WP Migrate WP Migrate 2.3 Released JavaScript resources Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) JavaScript reference CanIUse.com JSDoc - TypeScript annotations in comments Type-safe JavaScript with JSDoc WesBos JS30 WesBos ES6 Course Just JavaScript You Don't Know JS Alpine.js Syntax Podcast JavaScript Geolocation API (MDN) JavaScript Modules Electron Promises (MDN) Async/await (MDN) JavaScript Web Speech/Speech-to-Text API (MDN) node.js Getting started guide Go Make Things/Chris Ferdinandi Vue vs React: Which is the Best JavaScript Framework? A Guide to JavaScript for WordPress Demystifying ...