Monthly Challenge for November, 2020: 50k words!

The Virtual Coffee Monthly Challenge for November 2020 -> Blogging! We all work together to hit 50,000 words. Based off the NanWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) Challenge, but working together towards the goal while posting on our own blogs.

Get those blog posts up!

Current status: 38,075 out of 50,000 words

Our Posts:

Ayu

• CSS Units(466 words)
• Networking & Community(630 words)
• CSS Unit: em(283 words)
• Contributing To An Open Source by A First-Timer (Part 1)(444 words)
• Contributing To An Open Source by A First-Timer (Part 2)(765 words)
• When Should You Start To Write A Blog?(918 words)
• React JS Log Blog - Prologue(144 words)
• ReactDOM.render()(268 words)
• Overcoming Burnout In Programming Learning(1,100 words)

Bekah

• Hacktoberfest 2020: The Best One Yet(963 words)
• I'll say it again: Kindness Matters(878 words)
• Let Them Write Tests: An Argument for Cypress(571 words)
• I am a Woman in Tech(630 words)
• We need to talk: more on the problems juniors are facing(762 words)

Chris

• Connecting now...(361 words)
• Connecting Now: Swag(412 words)
• Alt text for images(307 words)
• Black Friday Discounts(380 words)

Dan Uhl

• Painting is Chemistry(429 words)
• Optimal Learning Path(605 words)
• Tech Community Building(695 words)
• Forem at Wayfair(929 words)

Debra-Kaye

• Navigating the World of Web Development(429 words)
• Just In Time Learning(489 words)

Glen

• Adventures in Back Channel Job Hunting(1,351 words)

Jen

• Tips from my first developer job(752 words)

Karen

• Drupal Recipes(438 words)
• Exercism Teams - The support I needed(330 words)
• Another step to Vanquishing Imposter Syndrome(641 words)

Kirk

• Mimicking Choice with Delayed Generators(1,620 words)
• The Lone(ly) Coder(1,051 words)
• 7 Tech Talks I Love(1,404 words)

Kyle

• Automating the pain away(789 words)

Lucia

• How Learning to Code Gave Me A Growth Mindset(517 words)
• Why Do Most Programming Languages Count From Zero?(505 words)

Meg

• A README.md template(1,152 words)
• Everyday Inspiration(1,833 words)
• Code Talks Topic Request Platform: Frontend(1,428 words)
• Code Talks Topic Request Platform: Backend(1,148 words)

Mike

• How To Be Serverless on Heroku(441 words)
• How I write my RSpec Specs(341 words)

Nick

• Pairing with Community Member Marie Antons(211 words)
• November 5th, 2020: What did you learn this week?(109 words)
• November 13th, 2020: What did you learn this week?(125 words)
• November 19th, 2020: What did you learn this week?(111 words)
• Testing Preact/React Portals with Testing Library(2,254 words)

Rafi

• Implementing custom liquid tags(395 words)
• Converting gif to mp4 in the client(115 words)

Rahat

• Stop Applying, Get Referrals(971 words)
• Networking: Twitter Vs LinkedIn(483 words)
• Targeted Interview Prep(443 words)

Tori

• What is CI/CD?(877 words)

Vic

• The terminal where it happens - basic text analysis using Unix/Linux utilities(953 words)
• Convert JSON API responses into CSV with jq(697 words)
• Prettier and ESLint with the Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide in VS Code(732 words)

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