This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we’re going to be discussing “So You Want To Be A Developer” it’s like who wants to be a millionaire but better. We’re going to look at what 80k developers had to say about their favorite IDE’s, best languages to learn and more. Then we will be discussing issues with Signal and our adventures with Element/Matrix and good alternatives to consider. Plus, we have our tips/tricks and software picks. All this and more coming up right now on Destination Linux to keep those penguins marching!



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Chapters:
- 00:00:00 = Welcome to DL 292
- 00:01:07 = Community Feedback about VS Code
- 00:08:17 = DigitalOcean: Cloud Platform – [ https://do.co/tux2022 ]
- 00:09:34 = StackOverflow Developer Survey of over 70,000 developers – [ 2021 Survey | 2022 Survey ]
- 01:03:36 = Bitwarden Password Manager – [ https://bitwarden.com/tux ]
- 01:05:17 = News: Signal Affected By Twilio Breach – [ techradar article ]
- 01:07:14 = Session Messenger – [ session website ]
- 01:10:30 = Our problems with Matrix/Element
- 01:19:08 = Join The TuxDigital Community – [ tuxdigital.com/community ]
- 01:19:38 = Software Spotlight: Hydrapaper (Wallpaper App) – [ hydrapaper website ]
- 01:21:36 = Tip of the Week: Customizing GRUB with GRUB Themes – [ themes on github | themes on gnome-look.org | GRUB Customizer ]
- 01:24:20 = Linux Events: 31 Years of Linux & Hacken Open Air – [ hackenopenair.de ]
- 01:28:30 = How To Watch DL LIVE – [ tuxdigital.com/live ]
- 01:28:46 = Become a Patron – [ tuxdigital.com/contribute ]
- 01:29:30 = TuxDigital Store for Awesome DL Swag – [ tuxdigital.com/store ]
- 01:29:58 = Get more great content from TuxDigital Network – [ tuxdigital.com ]
- 01:30:28 = The Journey Itself . . .
Questions Discussed from the Survey:
- Where do you think most devs learned to code? School, books, online courses or certs?
- How young is too young to start learning to code?
- Am I too old to get started programming?
- Do I need to have a college degree?
- What’s the most popular programming language for Professional Developers to learn?
- What’s the most popular database querying language?
- What’s the most popular Cloud service platform?
- Tools that enhance development work.
- Which Version Control platforms are the most popular?
- Which IDE is the most popular from the survey?
- Which operating system is the most popular for developers?
- Which communication platform is utilized the most by professional developers?
- What to do when you get stuck