Mastering Web Developer Interview Code

Course details

Whether you're actively looking for a new job, or you just want to keep your coding skills sharp, it's important to refresh your understanding of the kinds of front-end and full-stack developer code that potential employers value. In this course, senior staff instructor Ray Villalobos explores essential coding skills that every developer should have in their toolkit. In addition to taking you through a series of brief, practical exercises, this course includes interviews with hiring managers and industry professionals that can help demystify the interview process for web developers, and provide you with examples of how others in the field have navigated their careers.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Stay sharp with web developer interview code
02 - What you should know
03 - Using the exercises for this course

1. Questions

04 - How do you use the data- attribute in HTML
05 - Are you comfortable using jQuery
06 - Describe when you should use the bind() method
07 - Do you know how to use the conditional operator
08 - Have you used Ajax to load an external file
09 - Have you used JavaScript templates
10 - How do you manipulate the DOM
11 - How do you search using functional programming
12 - How do you use a constructor to create instances
13 - How do you use arrow functions in ES6
14 - How do you use the Fetch API
15 - How do you render JSON to a DOM element
16 - How does an IIFE work
17 - How does immutability work in JavaScript
18 - How would you use JavaScript reduce()
19 - Quick concepts - Do you have experience linting your code
20 - What are event bubbling and propagation about
21 - What does use strict do
22 - What is a callback and how do you use it
23 - What is the relationship between promises and callbacks
24 - What is the virtual DOM
25 - What is variable hoisting and how do you guard against it
26 - What tooling options have you used in the past
27 - When would you use recursion
28 - Can you build a Sass mixin
29 - Do you know how to use CSS variables
30 - Animate an underline on hover in CSS
31 - Explain the difference between absolute and relative positioning
32 - How comfortable are you with Sass
33 - How do you animate CSS
34 - How do you debug CSS using your browser
35 - How do you use calc() in CSS
36 - How would you use flexbox to control horizontal alignment
37 - In CSS, what's the difference between ems and rems
38 - What's the difference between a pseudo-class and a pseudo-element
39 - Do you know how to use npm
40 - Do you have experience using version control
41 - How does routing work in a modern web application

2. Tasks

42 - Create a list of URLs from these links
43 - Create a practical example of closures
44 - Show me how to use the map function

3. Interviews with Working Professionals

45 - What questions are asked in developer interviews with John Riviello
46 - How do you manage your career interview with Chris Coyier
47 - How do I figure out what to learn with Kevin Skoglund
48 - What's the hiring process like when hiring for a team with Justin Yost
49 - What experience do you need to work at top companies interview with Adam Geitgey
50 - Should a developer consider freelancing with Carrie Dills
51 - Staying motivated, with Raymond Camden