For the indefinate future...As the title says, I've been writing on Medium so go and follow me for all the latests posts about getting in to web development, coding, and conquering life! The handle is @travisdotmedia As of today, here are some of my latest posts there: Junior Developers ... Continue Reading
A client asks you to update all their plugins, but there's no staging site to work to assure nothing breaks. How do you properly update their plugins in a safe manner? Years ago I did some contract for an agency out of Colorado. One of their managers asked me one ... Continue Reading
How can developers keep from getting burnout? How we can keep from getting overly stressed or bored of the work we do and even align our dev careers with our life goals?! In this video, I'll discuss the three phases of EVERY software developer's career and how to navigate the ... Continue Reading
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL7) comes with git 1.8. And git 1.8 is old and unusable in most situations. So how you do upgrade it. Well, with this script of course. Create a file: touch gitupgrade.shAnd add the following to it: yum -y remove git yum ... Continue Reading
Learning to code is EASY! But there are many who fail. How can these two both be true? Well, I believe that learning to code is easy, and by learning to code I mean learning enough to start applying for jobs. If you can follow just three steps in learning ... Continue Reading
A year ago I tried to learn Docker but just wasn't ready for it. The tutorials I tried to follow were too comprehensive and "theory-based."A year later I looked back and decided I would make a tutorial that would have been much more beneficial for me then. In this ... Continue Reading
So you've landed your first developer job .... or perhaps you've already started it. Here are 10 things you should know to help you succeed. It's been about a year now since I left the freelancing arena and joined the corporate world as a software developer. ⠀ It's had its ups and ... Continue Reading
Udemy is still one of my favorite sites to level or learn something new. In this post, I'll open up my account and share what I think are the Best Web Development Courses on Udemy, by language. If you're a developer I bet you have a purchased a lot of ... Continue Reading
Landing that first developer job can be hard, but knowing the right places to look can help. Here are the top 8 places to find developer jobs online. I’ll say it again, landing that first developer job can be difficult. Employers take a chance on you by hiring you ... Continue Reading
I manage Docker tasks almost exclusively using VS Code. I can visualize my Docker images, containers, etc., and can run all commands, "one-click," with it. Here's how. For most Docker newbies, we have to look up commands a lot. Docker build, Docker run, Docker exec, Docker inspect, etc. We also ... Continue Reading