Top 10 Podcasts for Web Developers

All in all In the world of visual culture and technology moving at a rapid rate, the popularity of podcasts is surprisingly high. According to a NSBC pdf, 43% of South Africa’s online population have listened to a podcast in the last month. And surprisingly to some More than 475 million people are actively listening to podcasts around the world, according to the Reuters Institute Digital News Report.

With all that said, Podcasts are an ideal way to stay up to date with technology, web development being one. In this article we list the Top 10 Podcasts for Web Developers that will relate to your skill set and interests:

1: Syntax

Overall this developer podcast called Syntax was created by Wes Bos and Scott Tolinkski. In turn both Wes and Scott are full stack web developers. Further more the podcast covers a range of developer topics – such as tips about web servers and hosting. Including great tips centered around development.

Below is a Podcast from Syntax – 11 Habits of Highly Effective Developers

2: Shop Talk

All in all the podcast called Shop talk is hosted by Dave Rupert and Chris Coyier. In turn they talk about web design and and building websites. Dave is a developer and Chris co-founded Code Pen – an online community for learning web development.

Below is a Podcast from Chris Coyier – The All Powerful Front End Developer

3: CodePen Radio

According to CodePen Radio, says it’s podcasts are all about what it’s like running a small web software business. All in all success stories, the up’s and the downs.

Below is a Podcast from CodePen Radio

4: Full Stack Radio

A podcast hosted by Adam Wathan, for developers interested in building software products. Adam Wathan talks on his podcasts about product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.

Below is a Podcast from Adam Wathan, About Cloudinary

5: React Podcast

All in all the Podcasts are dedicated to React and individual podcast episodes with React discussions. Thus If you’re looking for everything React, then this is it!

Below is a Podcast from React Podcast: React Redux Tutorial – Podcast App

6: JavaScript Jabber or aka DevChat

All in all the JavaScript Jabber podcast consists of discussions and news about JavaScript. Overall they discuss best practices, tools, testing, deployment and a number of other topics.

Below is a Podcast from JSJ: How To Learn JavaScript When You’re Not a Developer with Chris Ferdinandi

7: Code Newbie

Overall CodeNewbie started as a weekly TwitterChat to connect people learning to code by Saron. All in all guests share their personal coding stories which makes it relatable.

Below is a ‘Ask more questions’ – Saron Yitbarek (CodeNewbie)

8: Front End Happy Hour

By far the best name! All in all Front End Happy Hour is a podcast featuring a panel of Software Engineers from the likes of Netflix, Evernote and LinkedIn. And yes they talk over drinks (as the name implies) about all things relating to Front End development. All in all discussions focus on careers in tech, Web Apps and internships.

Below is Front End Happy Hour at React Rally 2018

9: The Changelog

All in all the Changelog is one of the largest communities on the web! This podcast is directed at full stack developers and includes all things open source. In turn the podcast has discussions with hackers, coders and software developers.

Below is Quincy Interviews Open Source Legends The Changelog for their 10 Year Anniversary

10: 99% Invisible

Lastly the most interesting one (besides happy hour!). 99% Invisible podcast focuses on design, architecture and creative ideas. Whether you a web developer or not this podcast adds a lot of insights!

Below the Host of the 99% Invisible Podcast | Roman Mars | Talks at Google

Conclusion of the Top 10 Podcasts for Web Developers

All in all Podcasts are a great way to listen on the go. They are increasingly popular way of gaining information audibly.

All in all School of IT believes web development is practical, you learn by doing. Thus you constantly create websites, develop solutions in our courses. In turn listening to Podcasts adds another mean of information sharing that makes you into a better developer. Thus our web developer courses and Full stack web development courses are designed to get you internationally accredited and recognized, including job ready in 3-6 months via Online coding bootcamps or onsite.