Potluck - Interview Qs × Headless CMS × React Hooks × Resume Design × Redux vs Context × More!

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It’s another potluck episode in which Wes and Scott answer your questions! This month - interview questions, headless CMSs, resume design, redux vs context, and more!

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Show Notes

2:21

• Q: Are there any tutorials you would recommend to learn more computer science related knowledge (algorithms, closures, etc.)?

5:12

• Q: Do you have any suggestions for picking a headless CMS?

8:55

• Q: Do you have any advice for someone in a customer service background seeking a more flexible job with remote work opportunities? Resources? Is this a realistic goal or a good way to approach my job search?

15:13

• Q: How much importance would you place in the design of a resume? Is it worth the cost?

21:09

• Q: With the new React Hooks and Context API, do we still need Redux?

25:37

• Q: If either of you could change anything about your personal tech stack, what would it be and why?

29:07

• Q: Do you prefer to use React’s defaultProps or plain JS default function parameters to give your component’s props some default values?

30:44

• Q: You guys chat CMS sometimes - why no love for Umbraco?

35:53

• Q: I’m ready for a new challenge, how do I break this to my employer?

38:16

• Q: What’s the difference between const add = (a, b) => { return a + b } and function add (a, b) { return a + b }?

Links

• Udacity
• Coursera
• Contentful
• Ghost
• Prismic
• Strapi
• HeadlessCMS
• Sanity
• WordPress
• Drupal

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