Jennifer Bland
Biography
Jennifer Bland is a Senior Software Developer for Hearst Autos, specializing in MEAN stack development. She has more than ten years of development experience working for companies like CNN, Coca-Cola and Apple Computer. Jennifer is the author of the book “Developing e-Business Applications Using Lotus Domino on the AS/400”, published by IBM.
She runs the website codeprep.io which provides interview questions to assist programmers in preparation for job interviews. Her personal website is jenniferbland.com.
Jennifer holds a B.A. in History from Furman University and an MBA from San Jose State University.
How to Hire Good Programmers
Few things will ruin a great team faster than a bad hire so how do you recognize a talented software developer in a 30-minute interview? The traditional method of hiring programmers is to hire based on what they know. I will argue that you should instead hire a programmer based on what they can learn.
Choosing a JavaScript Framework
Over the last couple of years, JavaScript has become on the of the most popular programming languages. As a result, there has been a large number of JavaScript frameworks and libraries that have been created. I will walk you through a simple todo application using Angular, React and Vue.
