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“Intuitive” Tooling

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Tooling

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I wasn’t alone

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L I A R S

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Typescript

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“A typed superset of JavaScript”

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“Just some types on your JavaScript”

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“Just some types on your JavaScript”

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Typescript is a whole new language

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Typescript has a compiler

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import * as React from ‘react'

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import * as React from ‘react'

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type ‘string' is not assignable to type ‘never'

import * as React from ‘react'

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type ‘string' is not assignable to type ‘never'

*.tsx *.d.ts *.map *.js

import * as React from ‘react'

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type ‘string' is not assignable to type ‘never'

*.tsx *.d.ts *.map *.js

Redux

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“I think the best way to learn Redux is to

forget trying to understand it”

@carolstranbit.ly/redux-quora

“I think the best way to learn Redux is to

forget trying to understand it”

@carolstranbit.ly/redux-quora

Unidirectional flow

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Unidirectional flow

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Lots of specific jargon

Unidirectional flow

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Lots of specific jargon

MIDDLEWARE

Unidirectional flow

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MIDDLEWARE

Lots of specific jargon

GraphQL

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“I use it but I don’t get it”

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“I feel like I know it but I also know

that I don’t”

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“It’s like JSON”

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“It’s like JSON”

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“It’s like types”

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“It’s like types”

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“It’s like string interpolation”

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“It’s like string interpolation”

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GraphQL

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Gatsby

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“The easiest way to make a static

website in React”

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“The easiest way to make a static

website in React”

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Already know React

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Already know React

Already know GraphQL

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Already know React

Already know GraphQL

Want a smaller site

Gatsby has a lot of magic

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Just delete the .cache folder

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Just delete the .cache folder

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Flexbox

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@carolstranflexboxfroggy.com

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align-items

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align-items

align-content

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align-items

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align-content

justify-content

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align-items

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align-content

justify-content

flex-wrap

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align-items

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align-content

justify-content

flex-wrap

flex-flow

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align-items

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align-content

justify-content

flex-wrap

flex-flow

flex-direction

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align-items

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align-content

justify-content

flex-wrap

flex-flow

flex-direction

@carolstranbit.ly/complete-flexbox-guide

You’re not alone

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React

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“We mistake familiarity for

simplicity"

Jim Fisherbit.ly/dont-say-simply

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“We mistake familiarity for

simplicity"

Jim Fisherbit.ly/dont-say-simply

Jim Fisherbit.ly/dont-say-simply

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Spiral of silence

Elisabeth Noelle-Neumannbit.ly/spiral-of-silence-noelle

Elisabeth Noelle-Neumannbit.ly/spiral-of-silence-noelle

“The assessment of one’s social environment may not always correlate

with reality”

Elisabeth Noelle-Neumannbit.ly/spiral-of-silence-noelle

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Increased Empathy

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Empathy matters more in education

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Empathy requires humility

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Take ownership of the communities we’re in

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Start an internal mentorship program

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Someone you admire

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Someone you admire

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Someone you feel comfortable with

Someone you admire

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NOT YOUR MANAGER

Someone you feel comfortable with

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Try out empathy-driven teaching

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Relate your own experiences

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I can see that you feel…

I have felt that way when…

What I have found is that…

Ban words like "easy" from your

vocabulary

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Be specific

Jim Fisherbit.ly/dont-say-simply

Be comparative

Jim Fisherbit.ly/dont-say-simply

Be absolute

Jim Fisherbit.ly/dont-say-simply

Show, don’t tell

Jim Fisherbit.ly/dont-say-simply

Deconstruct your biases

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Keep a learning journal

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Just because you understand something doesn’t mean that

everyone else will too

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People learn at different rates

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Brains are weird

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Everyone is a beginner at some point

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It’s ok that things are hard

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Programming is hard

“By saying something is easy, you remove the

accomplishment of learning something as it was always

supposed to be easy.

And learning something is always an accomplishment"

@ThisIs JoFrank