<p>So what exactly is a compiler? And how is it different from an interpreter? And do you even need to know any of this stuff as a developer? Thorsten Ball has all the answers. He's written two books on the topic and he gives us a newbie-friendly introduction to the world of compilers and interpreters. We've also got our fourth episode of Tales from the Command Line, where Scott tells us about the computer science professor who failed the entire class.</p> <h4>Show Links</h4> <ul><li><a href="https://dev.to/advertise">Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie!</a> (sponsor) </li> <li><a href="http://es6-features.org/#Constants">ECMAScript 6</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Sierra">Kathy Sierra</a></li> <li><a href="https://cnewbie.io/2GhU03r">Codeland Conf</a></li> <li><a href="https://cnewbie.io/2Q5oA26">Codeland 2019</a></li> </ul><h4>Thorsten Ball</h4><p>Thorsten Ball is a software developer and writer. He is the author of Writing An Interpreter In Go and Writing A Compiler In Go.</p>

S7:E5 - What does it mean to be offline-first? (Carmen Bourlon)

The CodeNewbie podcast was born from CodeNewbie, an organization which fosters a supportive, international community of people learning to code. Each season, host Saron Yitbarek delivers stories and interviews from people of diverse backgrounds and expertise about their coding journeys, as well as beginner friendly discussions about the tech you should know about.