Reda (FAC18) and Reuben (FAC17) talk about working at Time to Spare and discuss what FAC was like when it happened in physical proximity with the rest of the cohort. 

Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20.
Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 9

The Founders & Coders (FAC) podcast is aimed at anyone interested in hearing about what it's like to be on the course, web development in general, and/or the backgrounds and interests of the people taking it. 

As the episodes progress, we'll try to make it more polished, and get the chance to include people otherwise associated with FAC (the people taking the FAC course in Nazareth and Gaza, FAC alumni, and some of the external speakers that we get in).

Resources: 

Web Accessibility: 
https://a11yproject.com 

Callbacks: 
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Callback_function 
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/javascript-callbacks-explained-using-minions-da272f4d9bcd 

DOM Manipulation: 
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document_Object_Model/Introduction 
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3934826/what-do-people-mean-by-dom-manipulation-and-how-would-i-do-that 

Test-Driven Development: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development 
https://jrsinclair.com/articles/2016/gentle-introduction-to-javascript-tdd-intro/ 
https://github.com/dwyl/learn-tdd 

Git: 
https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Git-Basics 


Recommendations & Where to find us: 

Dominic (virtualdominic on GitHub): 
Syntax: https://syntax.fm 
https://twitter.com/dominicdigital 

Jessie (developess on GitHub): 
fCC podcast: https://freecodecamp.libsyn.com 
https://github.com/developess

Kate (sbinlondon on GitHub, Instagram & Twitter): 
The Adventure Zone: http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/adventure-zone 
https://twitter.com/sbinlondon

Michael (arrested-developer on GitHub): 
Front End Happy Hour: http://frontendhappyhour.com 
https://github.com/arrested-developer

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FAC Podcast Episode 001 - The first and worst

This week, we introduce Eve and Martin, and talk about APIs and JSON, while going off-topic quite frequently. Recorded on 2nd August 2018.

The Founders & Coders (FAC) podcast is aimed at anyone interested in hearing about what it's like to be on the course, web development in general, and/or the backgrounds and interests of the people taking it. 

As the episodes progress, we'll try to make it more polished, and get the chance to include people otherwise associated with FAC (the people taking the FAC course in Nazareth and Gaza, FAC alumni, and some of the external speakers that we get in).

Resources:

APIs:
https://zapier.com/learn/apis/
https://www.codenewbie.org/blogs/an-intro-to-apis
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/JavaScript/Client-side_web_APIs/Introduction 

APIs on Wikipedia (standard vs simple English):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface 
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface 

Objects: 
https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_objects.asp

JSON: 
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/383692/what-is-json-and-why-would-i-use-it
https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_json_intro.asp

ES6: 
https://codeburst.io/es6-tutorial-for-beginners-5f3c4e7960be

Video on the Event Loop (not quite beginner friendly): 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aGhZQkoFbQ


Recommendations: 
Jessie: 
That Classical Podcast: https://www.thatclassicalpodcast.com/

Eve: 
Reply-All Podcast: https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all

Dom: 
Composer of the Week Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnxf
CodeNewbie Podcast: https://www.codenewbie.org/podcast

Martin:
Learning How to Learn Coursera course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn

Podcast Episode 002 - Radioactivity, Russia, APIs, GIFs and JSON

This week, we introduce Joe and Aisha, and welcome back Kate! We talk about Node JS, our Node projects and hear about Aisha's experiences since finishing FAC. We hope to get her back on to chat more about her experiences as a mentor in Gaza, too.

The Founders & Coders (FAC) podcast is aimed at anyone interested in hearing about what it's like to be on the course, web development in general, and/or the backgrounds and interests of the people taking it. 

As the episodes progress, we'll try to make it more polished, and get the chance to include people otherwise associated with FAC (the people taking the FAC course in Nazareth and Gaza, FAC alumni, and some of the external speakers that we get in).

Resources: 

Node JS: 
https://www.w3schools.com/nodejs/nodejs_intro.asp 
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/what-exactly-is-node-js-ae36e97449f5 (see comments in the article, too)
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Express_Nodejs/Introduction

Context switching: 
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/context-switching-developers-paul-graham/ 

Technical debt: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt 

Datasets subreddit: 
https://www.reddit.com/r/datasets/ 
https://www.reddit.com/r/datasets/comments/8ej8vh/the_446_people_places_and_things_donald_trump_has/ (and see the useful comment by rarely_beagle!)

Speech API: 
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Speech_API 

NPM: 
https://nodesource.com/blog/an-absolute-beginners-guide-to-using-npm/ 
https://www.sitepoint.com/beginners-guide-node-package-manager/ ("beginners guide", but still technical)

DRY code: 
https://www.codementor.io/joshuaaroke/dry-code-vs-wet-code-89xjwv11w

Array and object methods and properties: 
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array 
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object#Methods_of_the_Object_constructor

Wes Bos' array cardio: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB1ZC7czKRs

Codebar: 
https://codebar.io/ 

Nikhila Ravi: 
https://twitter.com/nikhilaravi 

CORS: 
https://medium.com/@baphemot/understanding-cors-18ad6b478e2b (see article comments, too)


Recommendations and where to find us: 
Aisha:
http://www.askelias.club/ - may take a few seconds to load
Fun Fun Function: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO1cgjhGzsSYb1rsB4bFe4Q

Joe: 
https://www.instagram.com/joesfriel/
The Adam Buxton Podcast: http://adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts 
A Neuroscientist Explains Podcast: https://www.theguardian.com/science/series/a-neuroscientist-explains-podcast

Dom: 
https://twitter.com/dominicdigital
All Songs Considered Podcast: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510019/all-songs-considered?t=1535720672931 
Stuff To Blow Your Mind Podcast: https://www.stufftoblowyourmind.com/podcasts 
The Vanilla JS Podcast: https://vanillajspodcast.com/ (good info, but a few episodes include quite a bit of course promo)

Kate: 
https://twitter.com/sbinlondon 
DevPal: https://devpal.io/ 
Glitch: https://glitch.com/ 
Singing Cowboy Meme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBLdQ1a4-JI

Podcast Ep 003 - Node JS, Speech APIs and Grads Without a CORS

The podcast is back! This week, we had a great but time-constrained chat about one of the final student projects, and what some of us are up to now that we've graduated.

More detailed episode notes to follow. These will include links to our picks, and information about React, Agile/SCRUM, Netlify, Heroku, Pomodoro.

The Founders & Coders (FAC) podcast is aimed at anyone interested in hearing about what it's like to be on the course, web development in general, and/or the backgrounds and interests of the people taking it. 

Audio quality still a WIP :).

OSCE Boss Key: http://oscebosskey.herokuapp.com

Where to find us, and recommendations:
Monika: 
- https://github.com/brymon
- https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp06tgSATPT/

Dominic: 
- https://twitter.com/dominicdigital
- https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510308/hidden-brain

Eve: 
- https://www.meetup.com/LLHS-Ladies-of-London-Hacking-Society/

Nathalie: 
- https://twitter.com/njons
- https://media.giphy.com/media/12UlfHpF05ielO/giphy.gif

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React:
- https://thinkster.io/tutorials/what-exactly-is-react
- https://medium.freecodecamp.org/learning-react-roadmap-from-scratch-to-advanced-bff7735531b6

Agile & Srum:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(software_development)

Netlify:
- https://medium.com/the-codelog/how-to-deploy-a-website-to-netlify-35274f478144

Heroku: 
- https://www.heroku.com/
- https://codeburst.io/node-js-on-heroku-a-more-complete-tutorial-part-1-9e80cb071498

Pomodoro: 
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique

Podcast Ep 004 - Final Student Project: OSCE Boss Key

In the first episode of a new season of the Founders and Coders podcast Azizi chats to Rihards about their journeys into and through the FAC bootcamp

Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. 
Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

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FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 1

In the second episode of season 2 Azizi chats to Terrence and Jack about their time in and before the bootcamp.

Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. 
Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 2

In this episode of the Founders and Coders podcast Azizi chats to Rihards their FAC20 student project, Recycling In London

Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. 
Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 3

FAC20 members Amber and Ephie discuss their experiences of the FAC bootcamp during their last week on the course 

Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. 
Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 4

This episode Azizi chats to Shaya and Jess their experiences of getting into and FAC and their time in the bootcamp.

Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. 
Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 5

Dan talks about the starting the bootcamp and where it’s going, Josh talks about starting a web developer job and how that’s going, and Azizi, Dan and Josh  together discuss their dissatisfaction with studdying physics before finding web development.

Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. 
Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 6

An interview with Ghada Ibrahim of Gaza Sky Geeks, FAC's sister organisation in Gaza. We talk about the challenges and joys of learning and teaching others code in Gaza.

Code Academy web page: https://gazaskygeeks.com/code/
Volunteering with Code Academy form: https://forms.gle/PHeUMVaiUCD2PifP9

Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. 
Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

Some media articles involving Ghada and what the team at Gaza Sky Geeks do: 
- Entrepreneurship Under Occupation; https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/07/25/entrepreneurship-under-occupation-my-gaza-startup
- Female forces driving the Arab World’s tech revolution; https://www.vogue.in/content/meet-the-female-tech-innovators-of-the-middle-east
- Gazan women in IT: doing what you love; https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/latest/news/2020/02/06/gazan-women-in-it-doing-what-you-love
- Wireless in Gaza: the whizz-kids making code not war; https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/05/wireless-in-gaza-the-code-school-bringing-hope-to-the-strip
- Coronavirus: The women fighting back against Covid-19 in Gaza with hackathons, meditation and yoga; https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/world/coronavirus-gaza-palestinians-covid19-middle-east-cases-tech-a9505681.html
- Coding in a conflict Zone; https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-45758264/coding-in-a-conflict-zone

FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 7

An interview with Shireen Zoaby of WebAhead, FAC's sister organisation in Haifa, Israel. We discus learning to code overseas and how to bring that knowledge home and start sharing it with more people.

Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20.
Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 8

Founders & Coders (FAC) is a UK-based nonprofit organisation that runs tuition-free coding programmes in London, Nazareth & Gaza. Our podcast covers the experiences and backgrounds of people on the programme and otherwise associated with FAC.

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