js JSJ 306: The Framework Summit with Joe Eames By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Cory House Aimee Knight Joe Eames AJ O'Neal In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists talk about the Framework Summit. It was the brainchild of Merrick Christensen. This summit includes talks on multiple different frameworks all in a two-day conference, which allows you to get exposed to new frameworks while still learning more about the framework your job requires you to use. Another goal of the conference is that it will be able to open people’s eyes up to the different frameworks available to them and show that no one framework is superior to another. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: What is the Framework Summit? The framework you use plays a huge role in your programming For people who want to learn about more than one framework Allows you to explore The format of the conference Park City, Utah in October 2018 Helps you answer which framework should you use? Goal is to open people’s eyes up to other frameworks Decrease internet arguments over which framework is better Fluent Conference Get to have conversation with other people who work in your framework Making connections React Rally Talk Evan Czaplicki The context matters Being able to deep dive into the different frameworks Using frameworks in conjunction with one another Have you seen “religionist” themes in programming frameworks? Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt Some people will never look beyond their frameworks If it’s working, why would you mess with it? And much, much more! Links: React Dev Summit JS Dev Summit Framework Summit Angular React Ember JavaScript Fluent Conference React Rally Talk Evan Czaplicki Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt @FrameworkSummit Picks: Charles Parked Out By the Lake Dustin Christensen DevChat.tv Newspaper by Themeforest Cory Quokka Aimee Republic of Tea – Apple Cider Vinegar Tea The Way of Testivus Joe Evan Czaplicki Talk AJ Dinosaurs Cough Syrup by Young the Giant Full Article
js MJS 054: Gordon Zhu By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Gordon Zhu This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Gordon Zhu. Gordon is the founder of Watch and Code. The mission of the company is to take total beginners and turn them into amazing developers. He first got into programming by trying to avoid programming. He studied business in college and was really interested in the internet, leading him to have to learn coding. He talks about the importance of being focused, especially in the beginning, and the ability to figure things out. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Watch and Code How did you first get into programming? Studied business in college Peak Two different eras of programmers There is more than one way to get into programming Culture is promoting a new way of thinking about technology Black Mirror How did you get into JavaScript? Marketing, product management, and engineering Angular Tried to avoid JS and focused on Python Importance of focus The ability to figure things out How to spend your time in the beginning Current focus Focus gives you freedom Reading a lot of code What are you proud of? And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Watch and Code Peak Black Mirror Angular Python @Gordon_Zhu Practical JavaScript Picks Charles 4k Camcorder 25 ft XLR Cables Zoom H6 Roland R-09 USB-C Dongle Docking Station ScreenFlow PB Works Gordon How I Built This podcast Stay Tuned with Preet podcast Full Article
js JSJ 307: Apollo with Peggy Rayzis By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 03 Apr 2018 09:47:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Aimee Knight AJ ONeal Special Guests: Peggy Rayzis In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists talk about Apollo with Peggy Rayzis. Peggy is an open source engineer on the Apollo team where she primarily focuses on client stuff, working on Apollo Client, and also other libraries. Previously, she was a UI engineer at Major League Soccer where she worked primarily with React and React Native. She discusses what GraphQL is and how it is used, as well as how they use it in the Apollo team to make their lives as developers easier. They also touch on when it would work best to use GraphQL and when it is not ideal to use it. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: AiA 127 Episode Peggy intro What is GraphQL? What is a Typed Query Language? What is a schema? Where do schemas get defined? GraphQL SDL Apollo Stack and Apollo Server Tracing and cash control Apollo Engine How GraphQL Replaces Redux GraphQL cuts down on front-end management Apollo Link State The best code is no code Apollo Client allows for greater developer productivity Does the conversation change if you’re not using Redux or in a different ecosystem? When is the right time to use this? Data doesn’t have to be graph shaped to get the most out of GraphQL Analyze schema with Apollo Engine Is there a way to specify depth? Max Stoiber blog post How would people start using this? HowtoGraphQL.com And much, much more! Links: React Dev Summit JS Dev Summit Apollo AiA 127 Episode Apollo Client Major League Soccer React React Native GraphQL GraphQL SDL Apollo Server Apollo Engine How GraphQL Replaces Redux Apollo Link State Redux Max Stoiber blog post HowtoGraphQL.com @PeggyRayzis Peggy’s GitHub Peggy’s Medium Picks: Charles GraphQL Ruby WordPress GraphQL Hogwarts Battles Board Game Pandemic Legacy Risk Legacy Aimee How GraphQL Replaces Redux JavaScript Meetup in LA AJ Simple.com BroccoliWallet.com The Four by Scott Galloway Peggy Workshop.me Thanks for the Feedback by Douglas Stone Full Article
js MJS 055: Johannes Schickling By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 11:47:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Johannes Schickling This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Johannes Schickling. Johannes is the CEO and Co-Founder of GraphCool and works a lot on Prisma. He first got into programming when he started online gaming and would build websites for gaming competitions. He then started getting into creating websites, then single page apps, and has never looked back since. He also gives an origin story for GraphCool and the creation of Prisma. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Johannes intro How did you first get into programming? Always been interested in technology PHP to JavaScript Creating single page apps Self-taught The problem-solving aspect keeps people coming back to programming Always enjoyed math and physics Programmers make up such a diverse community How did you find JavaScript? Has used a wide range of front-end frameworks Node WebAssembly Opal What drew you into doing single page apps? Like the long-term flexibility of single page apps Don’t have to worry about the back-end right off the bat GraphQL What have you done in JavaScript that you are most proud of? Open source tooling GraphCool origin story What are you working on now? Prisma And much, much more! Links: JavaScript GraphCool Prisma PHP Node WebAssembly Opal GraphQL @_Schickling @GraphCool GraphCool Blog Picks Charles PopSocket DevChat.tv/YouTube Johannes Gatsby GraphQL Europe GraphQL Day Full Article
js JSJ 308: D3.js with Ben Clinkinbeard By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Joe Eames Cory House Aimee Knight Special Guests: Ben Clinkinbeard In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists talk about D3.js with Ben Clinkinbeard. D3.js is a JavaScript library that has you use declarative code to tell it what you want and then it figures out all of the browser inconsistencies and creates the notes for you. He talks about the two main concepts behind D3, scales and selections, which once you understand make D3 a lot more user friendly. He then touches on SPGs and discusses his Learn D3 in 5 Days course. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: What is D3.js? Stands for Data Driven Documents JavaScript How much of the learning curve is attributed to learning D3? SPG 2 main concepts behind D3: scales and selections Is learning about SPGs a prerequisite to leaning D3? How serious are you talking when saying idiosyncrasies? SPG tag Understanding positioning in SPG Positions with CSS transforms Are you required to use SPG? Not required to use SPG with D3 Canvas SPG is vector based SPG utility function Responseivefy Learn D3 in 5 Days course Is there and overlap with D3 and React? And much, much more! Links: D3.js JavaScript Responsivefy Learn D3 in 5 Days course React @bclinkinbeard Ben’s GitHub Picks: Cory React cheat sheet “Why software engineers disagree about everything” by Haseeb Qureshi Joe Eames “JavaScript vs. TypeScript vs. ReasonML” by Dr. Axel Rauschmayer Aimee “How To Use Technical Debt In Your Favor” Neuroscience News Twitter Ben ComLink Full Article
js MJS 056: Jonathan Carter By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Jonathan Carter This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Jonathan Carter. Jonathan is a PM at Microsoft and has been a web developer for over 15 years. At Microsoft, he’s had the opportunity to work on tooling, platform pieces for JavaScript applications, and many other things. He first got into programming when his uncle let him shadow him and the IT department he had working for him, and this is where he was first introduced to software and the idea of working with computers as a career. They talk about his proudest accomplishments within the JavaScript community as well as what he is working on now. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Jonathan intro Asure How did you first get into programming? Interest in creating a website Dual enrollment in high school at local community college Started off with VB6 Uncle was very active in his programming start .net Scrappy boredom mixed with curiosity led to him actually getting into software Everyone comes into programming differently Your past is important in explaining where you have ended up Node.js on Asure How did you get into JavaScript? Worked at a newspaper in the software division Ajax jQuery Wanted to write better apps CodePush Stayed in JavaScript community because it brings him inspiration and excitement Likes to be able and look back on his past projects App development for fun Is there anything that you are particularly proud of? Profiling tools Liked building tools that meet people where they are at and simplify their jobs Qordoba React Native And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Microsoft Asure Node.js jQuery CodePush Qordoba React Native @LostinTangent Jonathan’s GitHub Picks Charles Anti-Pick: Intellibed Tuft and Needle Jonathan Notion Doomsday by Architects Full Article
js JSJ 309: WebAssembly and JavaScript with Ben Titzer By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Cory House Aimee Knight Special Guests: Ben Titzer In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss WebAssembly and JavaScript with Ben Titzer. Ben is a JavaScript VM engineer and is on the V8 team at Google. He was one of the co-inventors of WebAssembly and he now works on VM engineering as well as other things for WebAssembly. They talk about how WebAssembly came to be and when it would be of most benefit to you in your own code. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Ben intro JavaScript Co-inventor of WebAssembly (Wasm) Joined V8 in 2014 asm.js Built a JIT compiler to make asm.js faster TurboFan What is the role of JavaScript? What is the role of WebAssembly? SIMD.js JavaScript is not a statically typed language Adding SIMD to Wasm was easier Easy to add things to Wasm Will JavaScript benefit? Using JavaScript with Wasm pros and cons Pros to compiling with Wasm Statically typed languages The more statically typed you are, the more you will benefit from Wasm TypeScript Is WebAssembly headed towards being used in daily application? Rust is investing heavily in Wasm WebAssembly in gaming And much, much more! Links: JavaScript V8 WebAssembly asm.js TurboFan TypeScript Rust WebAssembly GitHub Ben’s GitHub Picks: Charles Ready Player One Movie DevChat.tv YouTube Alexa Flash Briefings: Add skill for “JavaScript Rants” Cory npm Semantic Version Calculator Kent Beck Tweet Aimee MDN 418 Status code Quantity Always Trumps Quality blog post Ben American Politics Full Article
js MJS 057: David Luecke By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: David Luecke This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with David Luecke. David currently works for Bullish Ventures, which is a company that builds APIs and mobile web applications for clients using their open source tools. He first got into programming when he got his first computer and started programming using Delphi with Pascal. They also touch on how he first got into JavaScript, Feathers JS, and what he is working on now. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: David intro How did you first get into programming? Tinkered a lot with electronics as a child Delphi with Pascal Planned on doing an apprenticeship computer programming Went to University and got a CS degree How critical do you think a CS degree is? Having a CS degree helps you to pick up things faster How did you get into JavaScript? Did some website development in the beginning of his career Java Dojo and JavaScript MVC Works a lot with React Native now What products have you worked on that you’re proud of? Feathers JS How did you come around to creating this? In-server architecture idea at university What are you working on now? mySam And much, much more! Links: Bullish Ventures Pascal JavaScript Dojo JavaScript MVC React Native Feathers JS mySam David’s GitHub @daffl David’s Medium Picks Charles Merge Cube Primo Octagon Augmented Reality Cards CES David Idieyoudie.com How to Fix Facebook—Before It Fixes Us by Roger McNamee Full Article
js JSJ 310: Thwarting Insider Threats with Greg Kushto By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Cory House AJ O’Neal Aimee Knight Special Guests: Greg Kushto In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss thwarting insider threats with Greg Kushto. Greg is the vice president of sales engineering for Force 3 and has been focused on computer security for the last 25 years. They discuss what insider threats are, what the term includes, and give examples of what insider threats look like. They also touch on some overarching principles that companies can use to help prevent insider threats from occurring. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Greg intro Insider threats are a passion of his Most computer attacks come from the inside of the company Insider threats have changed over time What does the term “insider threats” include? Using data in an irresponsible manner Who’s fault is it? Blame the company or blame the employee? Need to understand that insider threats don’t always happen on purpose How to prevent insider threats Very broad term Are there some general principles to implement? Figure out what exactly you are doing and documenting it Documentations doesn’t have to be a punishment Know what data you have and what you need to do to protect it How easy it is to get hacked Practical things to keep people from clicking on curious links The need to change the game Fighting insider threats isn’t fun, but it is necessary And much, much more! Links: Force 3 Greg’s LinkedIn @Greg_Kushto Greg’s BLog Picks: Charles HaveIBeenPwned.com Plural Sight Elixir podcast coming soon NG conf MicroConf RubyHack Microsoft Build Cory Plop VS code sync plugin Aimee Awesome Proposals GitHub AJ O’Neal Fluffy Pancakes The Mind and the Brain by Jeffrey M. Schwartz Greg StormCast Full Article
js MJS 058: Dean J Sofer By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Dean J Sofer This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Dean J Sofer. Dean currently works at PlayStation now and has recently taken a step back from open source recently. He first got into programming because his Dad was really into technology, and he first started off with scripting and creating portfolio websites. They also talk about his time using Angular and what he is working on now. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Episode 95 JSJ Dean intro Realized he prefers working at larger corporations How did you first get into programming? Dove into computers because of his Dad Started with scripting Creating portfolio websites CSS, HTML, and MVC Node scripts Took a visual basic class in High School Liked being able to create things that other people could interact with Cake PHP and Node What was it that made you want to switch over to JavaScript? Angular What was it about Angular that appealed to you? Why he went searching for Angular Angular UI Don’t be zealot when it comes to frameworks Create states in your application Is there anything that you are particularly proud of in your career? And much, much more! Links: Episode 95 JSJ Cake PHP Node JavaScript Angular Angular UI Dean’s GitHub Picks Charles Brandon Sanderson Books Writing Excuses Podcast Life, the Universe, and Everything Conference Bullies by Ben Shapiro Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff Dean Wallaby.js You Suck at Dating Podcast Full Article
js JSJ 311: Securing Express Apps with Helmet.js with Evan Hahn By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 01 May 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Evan Hahn In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss securing Express apps with Helmet.js with Evan Hahn. Evan is a developer at Airtable, which is a company that builds spreadsheet applications that are powerful enough that you can make applications with. He has also worked at Braintree, which does payment processing for companies. They talk about what Helmet.js is, when you would want to use it, and why it can help secure your Express apps. They also touch on when you wouldn’t want to use Helmet and the biggest thing that it saves you from in your code. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Evan intro JavaScript What is Helmet.js? Node and Express Why would you use the approach of Middleware? Helmet is not the only solution Http headers Current maintainer of Helmet.js npm Has added a lot to the project, but is not the original creator Outbound HTTP response headers Helmet doesn’t fully secure your app but it does help secure it How does using Helmet work? Are there instances when you wouldn’t want to use Helmet? No cash middleware Where do you set the configuration options? Top level Helmet module 12 modules What is the biggest thing that Helmet saves you from? Content security policy code And much, much more! Links: Airtable Braintree JavaScript Helmet.js Node Express npm Evan’s Website @EvanHahn Evan’s GitHub Picks: Charles Camera Zoom H6 Shure SM58 DevChat.tv Youtube React Round Up Evan Clojure Fortune Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman Full Article
js MJS 059: Merrick Christensen By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 02 May 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Merrick Christensen This week on My Angular Story, Charles speaks with Merrick Christensen. Christensen works at a company called Webflow, where they try to empower people to create software without code. The company is similar to Squarespace or Wix, except they give 100% design control to the client. Christensen talks about his journey into programming, starting by creating websites for his childhood band. He moved on from Microsoft to Dreamweaver, and his Dad got him started with some freelance jobs to create websites for people, which really sparked his interest. Christensen discusses his path to where he is as a programmer today. In particular, We dive pretty deep on: How did you get into programming? Getting into JavaScript Infogenix job Red Olive job using Flash Got into JavaScript through ActionScript Discovered Moo Tools Flex Steve Jobs says no Flash on iPhone Why Moo Tools and not jQuery? Liked flexibility of JavaScript How did you get into Angular? Angular was trendy at the time and was easier to use New code base with React Backbone Programming as an art form Webflow Meta-layers Working a remote job Framework Summit Angular, React, View, and Backbone And much, much more! Links: Linode.com/MyAngularStory Webflow Squarespace Wix Framework Summit @iamMerrick MerrickChristensen.com Picks: Merrick Sho Baraka Grid Critters Flex Zombies Charles Fresh Books Lyft Game Vice Audio-Technica 2100 Full Article
js MJS 060: Jeff Cross By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 09 May 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Jeff Cross This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Jeff Cross. Jeff has been working on Angular and JavaScript for the past five years with Google and now with Nrwl, which he created in the past year. He got started with programming around 12 years old when his Mom taught him and his siblings how to create websites using FrontPage. He then worked as a web designer utilizing Flash and joined an agency when he was in his 20’s that focused on Flash. Jeff talks about his path to his success and the different steps it took him to get to where he is today. In particular, We dive pretty deep on: How did you get into programming? HTML and FrontPage Dreamweaver GeoCities Gifs Started off as a web designer Flash Object-Oriented Programming JavaScript Backbone From JavaScript to Angular Node Programming APIs Deployd Angular Team at Google What have you contributed to angular? Embarrassing stories Consulting NX And much, much more! Links: FreshBooks Nrwl Deployd Linode @JeffBCross @nrwl_io Nrwl Blog Picks: Jeff Things App Charles Apple Air Pods Astro Reality Full Article
js JSJ 312: Hygen with Dotan Nahum By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 09 May 2018 14:57:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Aimee Knight AJ ONeal Special Guests: Dotan Nahum In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss Hygen with Dotan Nahum. Dotan has worked within open source community, where he created Hygen. They talk about what Hygen is, how it came to be, and code generators in general. He was inspired by the Rails generator to create his own generator and took his inspiration from 12 years prior to creating Hygen. They also touch on how to share generators in separate packages and much more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Dotan intro What is Hygen? Code generators Rails in 2006 Ruby on Rails 15-minute blog video PHP and Python Carried Rails wow moment with him into creating Hygen Wanted Rails generators everywhere Can you also modify files? Took the good things from Rails generator The fact that front-end apps have architecture is new Redux The solution of generating code A component is a ray of files and assets JavaScript gives you great freedom A standardized way of doing components GraphQL Everything lives in the “day job” project How the Hygen template is formatted Can have a shell action Is there a way to share generators in a separate package? Go And much, much more! Links: Hygen Rails Ruby on Rails 15-minute blog video Python Redux JavaScript GraphQL Go @jondot Dotan’s GitHub Dotan’s Medium Picks: Charles Fluent Conf Hot Jar DevChat.tv Ethereum Aimee Deep-copying in JavaScript AJ Let’s Encrypt Nintendo Switch Breath of the Wild Dotan asdf Brew Cask Full Article
js JSJ 313: Light Functional JavaScript with Kyle Simpson By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 15 May 2018 10:37:00 -0400 Panel: AJ ONeal Aimee Knight Joe Eames Special Guests: Kyle Simpson In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss light functional JavaScript with Kyle Simpson. Kyle is most well-known for writing the books You Don’t Know JS and is on the show today for his book Functional-Light JavaScript. They talk about what functional programming is, what side-effects are, and discuss the true heart behind functional programming. They also touch on the main focus of functional programming and much more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: You Don’t Know JS Functional-Light JavaScript From the same spirit as first books JavaScript Documents journey of learning What does Functional Programming mean? Functional programming is being re-awoken Many different definitions History of functional programming Programming with functions What is a function? “A collection of operations of doing some task” is what people think functions are What a function really is Map inputs to outputs What is a side-effect? Side-effects should be intentional and explicit The heart of functional programming Refactoring Can’t write a functional program from scratch What functional programming focuses on Making more readable and reliable code Pulling a time-stamp Defining a side-effect And much, much more! Links: You Don’t Know JS Functional-Light JavaScript JavaScript Kyle’s GitHub @getify Picks: Aimee What Does Code Readability Mean? @FunctionalKnox HTTP 203 Podcast AJ IKEA Joe Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker Workshops in general Kyle GDPR The start-up’s guide to the GDPR Hatch Fluent Conf Full Article
js MJS 061: Kyle Simpson By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 16 May 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Kyle Simpson This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Kyle Simpson. Kyle is most well-known for being the writer of You Don’t Know JS. He first got into programming because his friend’s dad was a programmer and he was hooked by the software side of computers. He grew up writing games with QBasic and Turbo Pascal and then in his teens did some client projects. He was very much a self-taught programmer and ended up sticking with it into his career today. They talk about what led him to JavaScript and what he is doing currently. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Kyle intro You Don’t Know JS How did you first get into programming? Dad’s friend was a programmer Dad built computers Wrote games with QBasic and Turbo Pascal Some client projects in teen years Very much self-taught programmer CS degree in college First professional job at a biotech company Do you feel people need to get a CS degree these days? Grateful for his degree What engineering taught him Striving to understand why and how things work Don’t need a CS degree but you do need a certain mindset Valuable but not necessary What led you to JavaScript? Web Portal at his college What made you want to deepen your knowledge of JS? What are you working on now? And much, much more! Links: You Don’t Know JS JavaScript Kyle’s GitHub Functional-Light JavaScript @getify Kyle on Front-end masters Picks Charles Template Weeks Working Out Kyle Fluent Conf Node RSA Full Article
js JSJ 314: Visual Studio Code and the VS Code Azure Extension with Matt Hernandez and Amanda Silver LIVE at Microsoft Build By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 22 May 2018 08:32:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Matt Hernandez and Amanda Silver In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber/Adventures In Angular, panelists discuss Visual Studio Code and the VS Code Azure Extension with Matt Hernandez and Amanda Silver at Microsoft Build. Amanda is the director of program management at Microsoft working on Visual Studio and VS Code. Matt works on a mix between the Azure and the VS Code team, where he leads the effort to build the Azure extensions in VS code, trying to bring JavaScript developers to Azure through great experiences in VS Code. They talk about what’s new in VS Code, how the Azure extension works, what log points are, and much more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Amanda intro Matt intro What’s new in VS Code? VS Code core VS Live Share Shared Terminal Now have Linux support Live Share is now public to the world for free What would you use Shared Terminal for? Are there other things coming up in VS Code? Constantly responding to requests from the community Live Share works for any language How does the Azure extension work? Azure App Service Storage extension Azure Cosmos DB What are log points? All a part of a larger plan to create a better experience for JS developers Visual debuggers Is it the same plugin to support everything on Azure? Want to target specific services that node developers will take advantage of And much, much more! Links: Visual Studio VS Code Azure Live Share Azure Cosmos DB Microsoft Build Azure App Service Amanda’s GitHub @amandaksilver Matt’s GitHub @fiveisprime Picks: Charles Orphan Black Shout out to VS Code team Battle of the Books Matt The Customer-Driven Playbook by Travis Lowdermilk The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey Yes, And by Kelly Leonard Digital Marketing For Dummies by Ryan Deiss Ed Gets His Power Back Kickstarter Amanda Microsoft Quantum Development Kit for Visual Studio Code Iggy Peck, Architect Tek by Patrick McDonnell Full Article
js MJS 062: Zachary Kessin By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 23 May 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Zachary Kessin This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Zachary Kessin. Zach is a web developer who has written Programming HTML5 Applications and Building Web Applications with Erlang. Currently, he works a lot with functional programming. He first got into programming because his mother used to write in Lisp and he earned his first computer by begging his relatives to help pitch in to get him one when he was seven. They talk about what led him to Erlang and Elm, why he wanted to be a programmer from a young age, and what he is most proud of in his career. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JavaScript Jabber Episode 57 JavaScript Jabber Episode 169 Zach intro Elm and Erlang How did you first get into programming? Mother was writing Lisp when he was a kid RadioShack color computer Mother taught him Basic Pascal and AP Computer Science Studied CS originally in college and then switches to Physics First web app written in Pearl 4 Did PHP for a living for a while and hated it Elm saves him time and effort What was it that made you want to program from a young age? Don’t be afraid to jump into programming at a late age Elm error messages Writes fewer tests in Elm code that JS code What are you most proud of? Loves mentoring Making a difference in the community It’s not just about the code, it’s about the people What are you doing now? And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Jabber Episode 57 JavaScript Jabber Episode 169 Programming HTML5 Applications Building Web Applications with Erlang Elm Erlang Lisp Zach’s GitHub @zkessin Zach’s YouTube Zach’s LinkedIn Picks Charles Masterbuilt Smoker Crock-Pot Zach If you like a book, tell the author! How to Get a Meeting with Anyone by Stu Heinecke 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric Cline Full Article
js JSJ 315: The effects of JS on CSS with Greg Whitworth By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 30 May 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: AJ O’Neal Aimee Knight Special Guests: Greg Whitworth In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss the effects of JavaScript on CSS with Greg Whitworth. Greg works on Microsoft EdgeHTML, specifically working on the Microsoft Layout team, is on the CSS working group, and is involved with the Houdini task force. They talk about JS engines and rendering engines, what the CSSOM is, why it is important to understand the rendering engine, and much more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Greg intro What is the Houdini task force? Extensible web manifesto DOM (Document Object Model) Layout API Parser API Babel jQuery Back to basics JavaScript engine and rendering engine What is the CSSOM? Every browser has its separate JS engine Browsers perspective Aimee ShopTalk Podcast Episode Why is it important to understand how the rendering engine is working? Making wise decisions Give control back to browser if possible When you would want to use JavaScript or CSS Hard to make a hard or fast rule CSS is more performant Overview of steps And much, much more! Links: Parser API Babel jQuery Aimee ShopTalk Podcast Episode JavaScript @gregwhitworth GWhitworth.com Greg’s GitHub Sponsors Kendo UI Linode FreshBooks Picks: AJ Microsoft Surface Microsoft Cursor Aimee Greg’s Talk What Your Conference Proposal Is Missing by Sarah Mei Greg Aimee ShopTalk Podcast Episode Jake Archibald Tasks Talk Full Article
js MJS 063: Fred Zirdung By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 30 May 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Fred Zirdung This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Fred Zirdung. Fred is currently the head of curriculum at Hack Reactor, where he essentially builds all of the tools and learning materials for the students there. He is also an instructor and has been there for five years. Prior to that, he worked for multiple companies such as Walmart Labs as well as many small startups. He first got into programming with the Logo programming language in the 6th grade and he had always been interested in working with computers since a young age. They talk about what got him into web programming, what enthralled him about JavaScript and Ruby on Rails, and what he is proud of contributing to the JavaScript community. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JavaScript Jabber Episode 76 Fred intro How did you first get into programming? Coding professionally for 20+ years Coding prior to college graduation Logo programming language QNX operating system Were you always interested in programming? Always interested in computers Commodore 64 Basic programming in high school Programming didn’t click for him until high school In college when the web became popular Computer engineering degree in college What was it that appealed to you about software over hardware? Software vs hardware Embedded systems software How did you get into web programming? Dolby Laboratories What technologies got you excited? JavaScript, Perl, and Ruby on Rails Loved the flexibility of JS and Rails Found something he could be productive with What are you proud of contributing to the JavaScript community? What are you working on now? And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Jabber Episode 76 Hack Reactor Walmart Labs Dolby Laboratories JavaScript Perl Ruby on Rails @fredzirdung Fred’s GitHub Fred’s Medium Picks Charles React Developer Tools plugin PluralSight React Round Up and Views on Vue Framework Summit Fred Navalia Koa Vue Full Article
js JSJ 316: Visual Studio Code with Rachel MacFarlane and Matt Bierner LIVE at Microsoft Build By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Rachel MacFarlane and Matt Bierner In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss Visual Studio Code with Rachel MacFarlane and Matt Bierner, who are both developers on Visual Studio Code. They talk about what the workflow at Visual Studio Code looks like, what people can look forward to coming out soon, and how people can follow along the VS Code improvements on GitHub and Twitter. They also touch on their favorite extensions, like the Docker extension and the Azure extension and their favorite VS Code features. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Rachel and Matt intro Month to month workflow of Visual Studio Code VS Code JavaScript, TypeScript, and Mark Down support Working on GitHub and within the community Check out new features incrementally with insiders Community driven work What is coming out in Visual Studio Code? GitHub helps to determine what they work on Working on Grid View Improved settings UI Highlighting unused variables in your code Improvements with JS Docs Dart Visual Studio Extension API How do people follow along with the VS Code improvements? Follow along on GitHub and Twitter Download VS Code Insiders Have a general road map of what the plan is for the year Technical debt week What do you wish people knew about VS Code? Favorite extensions Docker extension and Azure extension And much, much more! Links: Visual Studio Code JavaScript TypeScript Dart VS Code GitHub @Code VS Code Insiders Docker extension Azure extension Rachel’s GitHub Matt’s GitHub MattBierner.com @mattbierner Sponsors Kendo UI Linode FreshBooks Picks: Charles Orphan Black Avengers: Infinity War Fishing Rachel GitLens Matt The Bronx Warriors Full Article
js MJS 064: Troy Hunt By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 06 Jun 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Troy Hunt This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Troy Hunt who is from Australia. In this episode, Troy and Charles talk about web security and how Troy got into the field. Troy writes a blog, creates courses for Pluralsight, and he is a Microsoft Regional Director and an MVP who travels the world speaking at events and training technology professionals. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Web security This show is not about code or technology, but about the person. How did you get into programming, Troy? 1995 Troy started at the university. Book: HTML for Dummies How did you get into web development and JavaScript in general? 1999 – JavaScript Bank – Cahoot What have you done with JavaScript that you are particularly proud of? At the time, I was proud of my work with the Pizza Hut application. Fast-forward – I still use JavaScript but also framework. How did you get into security? Architectural role in Pfizer pharmaceutical company. Troy started writing a blog in 2009. What are you working on now? Launched my Version 2 of “Pwned Passwords.” Cloud Flare E-mails and Passwords breached Have a program that tells you to do something different instead. Try to find a balance. Do most people think about web security? Probably not. Bring awareness about this. Make systems usable Give people enough advice. Service Pwned.com Troy’s Real-Life Stories How do you stay current with all of this web security information? Having a healthy following in Twitter. Stay on top of the mentions. Interesting spread of people within this field. Links: Digital Ocean Troy Hunt’s Website Book: HTML for Dummies JavaScript Cahoot Troy’s Blog Version 2 of “Pwned Passwords” Pwned.com Troy Hunt’s Twitter Troy Hunt’s Medium Troy Hunt’s Facebook Troy Hunt’s LinkedIn Troy Hunt’s GitHub Fresh Books CacheFly Sponsors: Digital Ocean Picks Charles The Greatest Showman – Musical JavaScript Troy BrowseAloud Subresource Integrity – Blog at Hunt’s Website CSP’s Supply chain Full Article
js JSJ 317: Prisma with Johannes Schickling By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood AJ O’Neal Special Guests: Johannes Schickling In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss Prisma with Johannes Schickling. Johannes is the CEO and co-founder of GraphCool and works with Prisma. They talk about the upcoming changes within GraphCool, what Prisma is, and GraphQL back-end operations. They also touch on the biggest miscommunication about Prisma, how Prisma works, and much more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JSJ Episode 257 MJS Episode 055 Raised a seed round Rebranding of GraphCool What are you wanting to do with the seed money you raised? Focused on growing his team currently Making GraphQL easier to do The change in the way people build software What is Prisma? Two things you need to do as you want to adopt GraphQL Apollo Client and Relay GraphQL on the back-end Resolvers Resolving data in one query Prisma supports MySQL and PostgreSQL How do you control access to the GraphQL endpoint that Prisma gives you? Biggest miscommunication about Prisma Prisma makes it easier for you to make your own GraphQL server Application schemas How do you blend your own resolvers with Prisma? And much, much more! Links: JSJ Episode 257 MJS Episode 055 GraphCool Prisma GraphQL Apollo Client Relay MySQL PostgreSQL @schickling Johannes’ GitHub Schickling.me Prisma Slack Sponsors Kendo UI Linode FreshBooks Picks: Charles Audible The 5 Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman Facebook Backyard Homesteader Groups CharlesMaxWood.com Sling TV Roku Express AJ The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Johannes Figma Netlify Functions GraphQL Europe Full Article
js MJS 065: Greg Wilson By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Greg Wilson This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Greg Wilson about his educational and programming background, a Canadian company (Rangle) who’s doing amazing things, and much more! Currently, Greg is the head of instructor training at DataCamp. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Past Episode – 184 JavaScript The one unavoidable language. Company in Canada – Rangle. 1980’s when Greg got into super computing – everything was custom hardware. Want to be “rich, famous, and popular?” – check out 11:58! Rangle – what a great company! Emily Porta Rangle’s program, Bridge, aimed at women who are trying to get into the tech industry. How did you get into programming? Queen’s University – 1980. Started off as chemistry major. From Vancouver, Canada. Engineering degree. Got hired to do math with computers. Software. 1985 – working for a lab in Ottawa. Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Scotland. Ph.D. Academia. Moved to Toronto. Ruby Greg is a Python user. Not familiar with Ruby. Violence and video games? Where is the data? If people had the habit of being skeptical, such as fake news and other things, that simply isn’t true. For example: are vaccines dangerous? Professor Marian Petre – Open University Book: “Software Designs Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think” by Marian Petre Links: Digital Ocean, LLC FreshBooks Greg Wilson’s Third Bit Greg Wilson’s Twitter Greg Wilson’s GitHub Greg Wilson’s LinkedIn Greg Wilson’s “What We Actually Know About Software Development, and Why We Believe It’s True” JavaScript Past Episode – 184 Rangle Rangle’s Bridge Python Ruby Professor Marian Petre – Open University Book: “Software Designs Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think” by Marian Petre CacheFly Charles Max Wood’s Twitter Sponsor: Digital Ocean, LLC Picks: Charles St. George, Utah Parade of Homes Upside Bose SoundLink Headphones ATR2100 Microphone Greg Rangle’s Bridge Inclusivity and diversity AOSABOOK.ORG Samson Meteor Microphone Full Article
js JSJ 318: Cloud-Hosted DevOps with Ori Zohar and Gopinath Chigakkagari LIVE at Microsoft Build By devchat.tv Published On :: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Ori Zohar and Gopinath Chigakkagari In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss Cloud-Hosted DevOps with Ori Zohar and Gopinath Chigakkagari at Microsoft Build. Ori is on the product team at VSTS focusing on DevOps specifically on Azure. Gopinath is the group program manager in VSTS primarily working on continuous integration, continuous delivery, DevOps, Azure deployment, etc. They talk about the first steps people should take when getting into DevOps, define DevOps the way Microsoft views it, the advantages to automation, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Ori and Gopi intro VSTS – Visual Studio Team Services VSTS gives developers the ability to be productive Developer productivity What’s the first big step people should be taking if they’re getting into DevOps? The definition of DevOps The people and the processes as the most important piece DevOps as the best practices Automating processes What people do when things go wrong is what really counts Letting the system take care of the problems Have the developers work on what they are actually getting paid for Trend of embracing DevOps Shifting the production responsibility more onto the developer’s Incentivizing developers People don’t account for integration Continuous integration Trends on what customers are asking for Safety Docker containers And much, much more! Links: Azure Microsoft Build VSTS @orizhr Ori’s GitHub Gopi’s GitHub @gopinach Sponsors Kendo UI Linode FreshBooks Picks: Charles .NET Rocks! Shure SM58 Microphone Zoom H6 Ori Fitbit Pacific Northwest Hiking Gopinath Seattle, WA Full Article
js MJS 066: Henrik Joreteg By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Henrik Joreteg This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Henrik Joreteg. Henrik has been on JavaScript Jabber previously discussing &yet back in December of 2014 on episode 137. He has since then left &yet and now does independent consulting and works on his own projects. He first got into programming when he started a company that created online video tours for houses and he needed to teach himself programming in order to create the website. They talk about what led him to JavaScript, what he’s proud of contributing to the community, what he is working on now, and much more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JavaScript Jabber Episode 137 &yet How did you first get into programming? Liked computers as a child but didn’t want to spend his life on it originally Studied Business in college Create house touring video company Adobe ColdFusion How were you exposed to JavaScript? Gig as a ColdFusion developer jQTouch, jQuery, and Django Interested in building app-like experiences What have you done with JavaScript that you are proud of? Want to push the web into an app-like space Helped to create Ampersand.js Wrote Human JavaScript Created Simple WebRTC Promote web as an application platform What are you working on now? Redux and React New book: Human Redux Independent consulting Speedy.gift Redux-bundler And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Jabber Episode 137 JavaScript Jabber &yet JavaScript jQTouch jQuery Django Human JavaScript Ampersand.js Simple WebRTC Human Redux Redux React Speedy.gift Redux-bundler Henrik’s GitHub Joreteg.com @HenrikJoreteg Sponsors: Loot Crate FreshBooks Picks Charles Hogwarts Battle React Dev Summit JS Dev Summit Newspaper Theme on Themeforest Get a Coder Job Course Henrik Preact Parcel.js Rollup.js Space repetition systems Anki Full Article
js JSJ 319: Winamp2-js with Jordan Eldredge By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood AJ ONeal Aimee Knight Joe Eames Special Guests: Jordan Eldredge In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss Winamp2-js with Jordan Eldredge. Jordan is the creator of Winamp2-js and was inspired to create this media player from the old Winamp media player that he used back in the day. They talk about the importance of limitations, the value of having fun side projects, and pushing the boundaries. They also touch on skin parsing, making Webamp an electron app, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: What is Winamp2-js? The history and future of Winamp WACUP Winamp was the first big mp3 player that you could style Webamp’s features and the technical challenges associated with them Why JavaScript? Creative solutions Limitations of browser and creating something that previously existed The importance of limitations Hadn’t done very much JavaScript prior to this project Originally created with jQuery Led him into a career in JavaScript Pushing the boundaries Skin parsing “Bitrot” and making Winamp skins accessible again The value of side projects, even stupid ones Architecture docs What made you choose React and Redux? Spotiamp (Soptify’s canceled Winamp client) Making Webamp an Electron app Winamp visualizers being ported to the web The domain name webamp.org And much, much more! Links: Winamp2-js Webamp JavaScript jQuery Architecture docs React Redux jordaneldredge.com Jordan’s GitHub @captbaritone Sponsors Kendo UI FreshBooks Loot Crate Picks: Charles JAM XT Speaker Trello AJ Samson GoMic Greenlock for Web Servers Greenlock for Node.js Aimee KA Engineering Principles Joe 2ality.com What if JavaScript wins? Medium post Jordan JavaScript Garden Rust @winampskins Full Article
js MJS 067: Tracy Lee By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Tracy Lee This week on My Angular Story, Charles speaks with Tracy Lee. Tracy is the co-founder This Dot and her goal with it is to bring the JavaScript community together. She first got into programming when she tried to build websites for people and then was interested in learning JavaScript and really fell in love with the community. She really stayed with Angular because of the community she found there, the size of the community, and the fact that it gave her the ability to have a voice. In particular, We dive pretty deep on: This Dot ContributorDays.com How did you first get into programming? Really loves community Angular community being so welcoming What made you pick the Angular community? Ember originally Loves how big the Angular community is Business background Loves the challenge of trying to create things On the RxJS Core team This Dot Media This Dot Labs Loves to builds brands and consult The importance of mentors Starting an apprentice program She loves being able to help others People underestimate the impact they have on the world AngularAir and JavaScript Air And much, much more! Links: This Dot ContributorDays.com JavaScript Angular Ember RxJS Core Team This Dot Media This Dot Labs AngularAir JavaScriptAir Tracy’s Medium @LadyLeet LadyLeet.com DevChat.tv Youtube This Dot Media Youtube Picks: Charles Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Bad Lip Reading YouTube Tracy Mermaid Tail Makeup Brushes Beauty Fix Box Full Article
js JSJ 320: Error Tracking and Troubleshooting Workflows with David Cramer LIVE at Microsoft Build By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Alyssa Nicholl Ward Bell Special Guests: David Cramer In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists talk to David Cramer about error tracking and troubleshooting workflows. David is the founder and CEO of Sentry, and is a software engineer by trade. He started this project about a decade ago and it was created because he had customers telling him that things were broken and it was hard to help them fix it. They talk about what Sentry is, errors, workflow management, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: David intro Founder and CEO of Sentry What is Sentry? Working with PHP De-bugger for production Focus on workflow Goal of Sentry Triaging the problem Workflow management Sentry started off as an open-source side project Instrumentation for JavaScript Ember, Angular, and npm Got their start in Python Logs Totally open-source Most compatible with run-time Can work with any language Deep contexts Determining the root cause And much, much more! Links: Sentry JavaScript Ember Angular npm Python Sentry’s GitHub @getsentry David’s GitHub David’s Website @zeeg Sponsors Kendo UI FreshBooks Loot Crate Picks: Charles Socks as Swag David VS Code Kubernetes Full Article
js MJS 068: Ian Sinnott By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 04 Jul 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Ian Sinnott This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Ian Sinnott. Since being on JavaScript Jabber for Episode 227, he has being writing a lot in JavaScript and has been taking a break from the meetups and podcast scene. He first got into programming when he took two CS courses in college that focused on Java graphical programming and SML. Once these courses were through, he stopped programming for a while and came back to it when he was creating an HTML email template. They talk about why he was excited with web development, how he got into JavaScript, what he is working on currently, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JavaScript Jabber Episode 227 Ian intro How did you first get into programming? 2 CS courses in college Left programming after the classes Why did you decide to come back? Learning on PHP and WordPress What was it about web development that got you excited? Web development is high level and you can get quick wins What made you cross over into JavaScript? Really likes native apps Rise of the single-page web app Interactive apps What’s your flavor of choice? React is his go to MJS Episode 43 - Nick Disabato JSX, Angular, TypeScript, and Vue What are you working on now? Johnny-Five and Arduino Learning hardware allows you to attach an API to anything Is there anything that you have done that you are proud of? Rendering static sites in React Gatsby react-static-webpack-plugin and react-static-boilerplate RxJS and Redux-Observable And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Jabber Episode 227 JavaScript WordPress React MJS Episode 43 - Nick Disabato JSX Angular TypeScript Vue Johnny-Five Gatsby react-static-webpack-plugin react-static-boilerplate RxJS Redux-Observable @ian_sinn Ian’s GitHub iansinnott.com Sponsors: Loot Crate FreshBooks Picks Charles Sling TV JS Dev Summit Views on Vue, React Round Up, and Elixir Mix Ian Salary Negotiation: Make More Money, Be More Valued by Patrick McKenzie A Curious Moon Cortex Podcast Full Article
js JSJ 321: Babel and Open Source Software with Henry Zhu By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Aimee Knight AJ ONeal Joe Eames Special Guests: Henry Zhu In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panel talks to Henry Zhu about Babel and open source software. Henry is one of the maintainers on Babel, which is a JavaScript compiler, and recently left this job to work on doing open source full time as well as working on Babel. They talk about where Babel is today, what it actually is, and his focus on his open source career. They also touch on how he got started in open source, his first PR, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Henry intro Babel update Sebastian McKenzie was the original creator of Babel Has learned a lot about being a maintainer What is Babel? JavaScript compiler You never know who your user is Has much changed with Babel since Sebastian left? Working on open source How did you get started in pen source? The ability to learn a lot from open source Atrocities of globalization More decentralization from GitHub Gitea and GitLab Gitea installer Open source is more closed now His first PR JSCS Auto-fixing Prettier Learning more about linting You don’t have to have formal training to be successful Codefund.io Sustainability of open source And much, much more! Links: Babel JavaScript Gitea GitLab Gitea installer Prettier Codefund.io @left_pad Henry’s GitHub henryzoo.com Henry’s Patreon Sponsors Kendo UI Sentry Digital Ocean Picks: Charles Orphan Black Crucial Accountability by Kerry Patterson Aimee Desk with cubby holes for cats The Key to Good Luck Is an Open Mind blog post AJ Gitea Gitea installer Greenlock Joe Solo Justified Henry Celeste Zeit Day talks Full Article
js MJS 069: Lizzie Siegle By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Lizzie Siegle This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Lizzie Siegle. Lizzie is a senior computer science major at Bryn Mawr College, works for Twilio as a contracting developer evangelist, and also contributes to their documentation. She first got into programming when her AP calculus teacher told some of her classmates to attend a one day all girls coding camp at Stanford and she overheard and was interested by it. She was inspired at this camp to pursue a career in coding because she loved that you can build anything with code and be creative. They talk about what got her hooked on coding, why she chose JavaScript, why she chose to work as a developer evangelist, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Lizzie intro Computer Science Major Works at Twilio Greg Baugues was her assigned mentor this past summer How did you first get into programming? Grew up in Silicon Valley Hated STEM growing up Was inspired at a one day all girls coding camp at Stanford Loves being able to be creative with code What was the coding camp like? Camp was for high-schoolers HTML and CSS What was it that got you interested in code? Seeing the application of code in the real world Why JavaScript? Works also in Python, Swift, and Haskell Loves how versatile JS is Why developer evangelism? Internship at PubNub Loves being able to teach others as an evangelist What have you done in JavaScript that you’re proud of? Eon.js What are you working on currently? Get comfortable with being uncomfortable And much, much more! Links: Twilio JavaScript Python Swift PubNub Haskell Eon.js @lizziepika Her newsletter Lizzie’s Website Lizzie’s GitHub Sponsors: Loot Crate FreshBooks Picks Lizzie The importance of a mentor or a sponsor Full Article
js JSJ 322: Building SharePoint Extensions with JavaScript with Vesa Juvonen LIVE at Microsoft Build By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Vesa Juvonen In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panel talks to Vesa Juvonen about building SharePoint extensions with JavaScript. Vesa is on the SharePoint development team and is responsible for the SharePoint Framework, which is the modern way of implementing SharePoint customizations with JavaScript. They talk about what SharePoint is, why they chose to use JavaScript with it, and how he maintains isolation. They also touch on the best way to get started with SharePoint, give some great resources to help you use it, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Vesa intro What is SharePoint? Has existed since 2009 People either know about it and use it or don’t know what it is Baggage from a customization perspective Why JavaScript developers? Modernizing development SharePoint Framework Microsoft Ignite Conference Is there a market for it? System integrators Angular Element and React React for SharePoint Framework back-end Supports Vue React Round Up Podcast How do you maintain isolation? What’s the best way to get started with SharePoint extensions? Office 365 Developer Program SharePoint documentation SharePoint YouTube What kinds of extensions are you seeing people build? And much, much more! Links: SharePoint JavaScript SharePoint Framework Microsoft Ignite Conference Angular Element React Vue React Round Up Podcast Office 365 Developer Program SharePoint documentation SharePoint YouTube @OfficeDev @vesajuvonen Vesa’s blog Vesa’s GitHub @SharePoint Sponsors Kendo UI Sentry Digital Ocean Picks: Charles Zig Ziglar Conversations with My Dog by Zig Ziglar Pimsleur Lessons on Audible Vesa Armada by Ernest Cline Full Article
js MJS 070: Jerome Hardaway By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 15:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Jerome Hardaway This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Jerome Hardaway. Jerome used to be a panelist on Ruby Rogues and loved the ability to share his knowledge and interact with so many people from the community. He first got into programming by accident when he couldn’t find a job after becoming a veteran. He saw a commercial about job opportunities in coding, ended up finding a book on SQL and taught himself how to program. They talk about where he ran across Ruby on Rails, what he has worked on that he is particularly proud of, what he is doing currently, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Jerome’s experience being a panelist on Ruby Rogues Loves being able to reach his goals in a speedy manner Ruby Rogues Episode 279 JavaScript Jabber Episode 239 How did you first get into programming? In the military during the recession and had trouble finding a job Saw a commercial about coding Taught himself SQL Wordpress Focusing on making Vets Who Code better People would go for products over projects any day Chose Ruby on Rails Setting himself apart by picking to focus on Ruby on Rails Where did you come across Ruby on Rails? From PHP to Ruby on Rails Ruby Have you found the learning curve has gotten steeper for Rails? Keeping up with the JavaScript community What have you done on Ruby in Rails that you are proud of? Being the right person for the job when you don’t look like it on paper What are you working on now? And much, much more! Links: Ruby Rogues Episode 279 JavaScript Jabber Episode 239 Vets Who Code Ruby Rogues Wordpress Ruby on Rails Ruby JavaScript @JeromeHardaway Vets Who Code blog Jerome’s GitHub Sponsors: Loot Crate FreshBooks Picks Charles Take some time with the people you care about Mattermost Jerome Brian Holt Frontend Masters Pragmatic Studio Full Article
js MJS 071: Kye Hohenberger By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 14:28:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Kye Hohenberger This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Kye Hohenberger. Kye is a senior front-end engineer at Gremlin, where they do chaos as a service and break your stuff on purpose so that you can fix it and it hopefully won’t happen again. He also created the Emotion library, which is a CSS-in-JS library. He first got into programming because his Grandpa was always working on computers and Kye was curious about how they worked. They talk about how he got into JavaScript, what he's built in JavaScript that he’s proud of, what he’s working on now, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JavaScript Jabber Episode 286 Kye intro Works at Gremlin as a front-end engineer How did you first get into programming? Always had a burning curiosity for computers Worked on HTML first Worked with flash in High School Tried to major in Computer Science and dropped out of it Job in IT Wordpress maintenance Hooked on wanting to learn more Python with Django What was it that caught your attention? How did you get into JavaScript? Job at cPanel What led you to build something like Emotion? Didn’t like having to use the Sass compiler What problem were you trying to solve? Have you worked on anything else in JavaScript that you’re proud of? What are you working on now? APIs from Java to Node Wrote Qordoba apps for 2 years What made you switch from Angular to React? Learning WebPack And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Jabber Episode 286 Emotion Wordpress Python Django JavaScript cPanel Sass Node Angular React WebPack @tkh44 Kye’s GitHub Kye’s Medium Sponsors: Loot Crate FreshBooks Picks Charles Home Depot Tool Rentals Framework Summit Podcast Movement Kye The Console Log Brian Holt on Frontend Masters Emotion Team Full Article
js JSJ 323: "Building a JavaScript platform that gives you the power to build your own CDN" with Kurt Mackey By devchat.tv Published On :: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:50:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood AJ ONeal Special Guests: Kurt Mackey In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panel talks to Kurt Mackey about Fly.io. At Fly.io, they are "building a JavaScript platform that gives you the power to build your own CDN." They talk about how Fly.io came to fruition, how CDN caching works, and what happens when you deploy a Fly app. They also touch on resizing images with Fly, how you actually build JavaScript platforms using Fly, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Fly.io Building a programmable CDN High level overview of Fly.io How did this project come together? CDNs didn’t work with dynamic applications Has been working on this since 2008 Extend application logic to the “edge” Putting burden of JavaScript “nastiest” onto the web server Fly is the proxy layer Getting things closer to visitors and users CDN caching Cache APIs Writing logic to improve your lighthouse score Have you built in resizing images into Fly? Managing assets closer to the user Can you modify your own JavaScript files? What happens when you deploy a Fly app Having more application logic DOM within the proxy Ghost React and Gatsby Intelligently loading client JavaScript How do you build the JavaScript platform? And much, much more! Links: Fly.io JavaScript Ghost Gatsby React @flydotio @mrkurt Kurt at ARS Technica Kurt’s GitHub Sponsors Kendo UI Sentry Digital Ocean Picks: Charles GitLab AJ Gitea Black Panther Kurt Packet.net The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu Full Article
js JSJ 324: with Kent Beck By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Joe Eames Aimee Knight Special Guests: Kent Beck In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panel talks to Kent Beck. Kent left Facebook 4 months ago after working for them for 7 years and is now self-unemployed so that he can decompress from the stressful environment that he was a part of for so long. He now travels, writes, creates art, thinks up crazy programming ideas, and is taking a breather. They talk about what he did at Facebook, what his coaching engagement sessions consisted of, and the importance of taking time for yourself sometimes. They also touch on what he has learned from his experience coaching, how to create a healthy environment within the workplace, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Kent intro/update Ruby Rogues Episode 23 Worked at Facebook for 7 years What were you doing at Facebook? Unique culture at Facebook His strengths as a developer didn’t match with the organization’s Coaching developers TDD and Patterns Advantages as an old engineer What did coaching engagement consist of? Takes time to build trust Discharging shame Need permission to take care of what you need to Being at your best so you can do your best work Vacation in place What have you learned in your time working with people? The nice thing about coaching Everyone is different How do we create a healthy environment within the workplace? Mentor in Ward Cunningham What is it costing us? Why did you decide to leave? And much, much more! Links: Ruby Rogues Episode 23 @KentBeck kentbeck.com Kent’s GitHub Sponsors Kendo UI Sentry Digital Ocean Picks: Charles The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni Crucial Accountability by Kerry Patterson Aimee n-back Joe Test Driven Development: By Example by Kent Beck Kent The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' by Sidney Dekker Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue by Ryan Holiday Full Article
js MJS 072: Orta Therox By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 01 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Orta Therox This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Orta Therox. Orta is a native engineer that believes that the right way to build systems is to understand as many systems as possible. He works predominately on iOS programming at a company called Artsy, where they make it easy to buy and sell art on the internet. He first got into programming because he loved playing video games as a child, loved creating his own video games, and worked his way up from there. They talk about his work at Artsy, how he used open source to learn himself how program, how he got into Ruby and then React and React Native, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JavaScript Jabber Episode 305 Orta intro Artsy iOS programming Hates lack of documentation CocoaPods Trouble with building native apps His move to React and React Native Used to run iOS team at Artsy How did you get into programming? Played video games as a kid Taught himself with books Using open source to learn Open source by default idea Loves giving back through blogging and open source How did you get into Ruby? MacRuby Boundaries are very obvious in React Native How did you get into React and React Native? Native developers building stuff in JavaScript Culture conflicts How they dealt with dependencies in their apps And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Jabber Episode 305 Artsy CocoaPods React React Native MacRuby JavaScript @orta orta.io Orta’s GitHub Artsy Engineering Sponsors: Loot Crate FreshBooks Picks Charles South Pacific Get a Coder Job course Framework Summit Orta Prettier Full Article
js JSJ 325: Practical functional programming in JavaScript and languages like Elm with Jeremy Fairbank By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 07 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Aimee Knight Joe Eames AJ ONeal Special Guests: Jeremy Fairbank In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panel talks to Jeremy Fairbank about his talk Practical Functional Programming. Jeremy is a remote software developer and consultant for Test Double. They talk about what Test Double is and what they do there and the 6 things he touched on in his talk, such as hard to follow code, function composition, and mutable vs immutable data. They also touch on the theory of unit testing, if functional programming is the solution, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Jeremy intro Works for Test Double What he means by “remote” What is Test Double? They believe software is broken and they are there to fix it His talk - Practical Functional Programming The 6 things he talked about in his talk Practical aspects that any software engineer is going to deal with Purity and the side effects of programming in general Hard to follow code Imperative VS declarative code Code breaking unexpectedly Mutable data VS immutable data The idea of too much code Combining multiple functions together to make more complex functions Function composition Elm, Elixir, and F# Pipe operator Scary to refactor code Static types The idea of null The theory of unit testing Is functional programming the solution? His approach from the talk And much, much more! Links: Test Double His talk - Practical Functional Programming Elm Elixir F# @elpapapollo jeremyfairbank.com Jeremy’s GitHub Jeremy’s YouTube Sponsors Kendo UI Sentry Digital Ocean Picks: Aimee American Dollar Force with lease AJ Superfight Joe The 2018 Web Developer Roadmap by Brandon Morelli Svelte Jeremy Programming Elm The Secrets of Consulting by Gerald M. Weinberg Connect.Tech Full Article
js MJS 073: Tara Z. Manicsic By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 08 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Tara Z. Manicsic This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Tara Z. Manicsic. Tara is a developer advocate for Progress, is on their Kendo UI team, and is also a Google developer expert on the Web Technologies team. She first got into programming in the second grade when she learned Logo and came back to development when she was asked to do Crystal Reports at Harvard Law School. They talk about how she found Women Who Code, the importance of understanding open source software, having a support system, what is was about Node that got her excited, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Tara intro Very excited and fascinated with the web Helped to start up React Round Up as a panelist Her experience as a developer Started out as a business school dropout How did you first get into programming? Learned Logo in the second grade Loved the ability to help people and create change Crystal Reports at Harvard Law CS courses with tuition assistance Getting back into CS Being a non-traditional student Finding Women Who Code First job as a Node software engineer How did Women Who Code help you? OpenHatch Being familiar with open source software The importance of having support How did you first get into JavaScript? Seeing jobs for Ruby on Rails Matt Hernandez on JavaScript Jabber NG conf Her intro to the Angular community in person And much, much more! Links: Progress React Round Up Crystal Reports Women Who Code Node OpenHatch JavaScript Ruby on Rails Matt Hernandez on JavaScript Jabber NG conf Angular @Tzmanics tzmanics.com Tara’s GitHub Sponsors: Loot Crate FreshBooks Picks Charles Get a Coder Job Course Golf Clash Tara Connect.Tech DevFest Atlanta Cedar Point Full Article
js JSJ 326: Conversation with Ember co-creator Tom Dale on Ember 3.0 and the future of Ember By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Joe Eames Aimee Knight AJ ONeal Special Guests: Tom Dale In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panel talks to Tom Dale about Ember 3.0 and the future of Ember. Tom is the co-creator of Ember and is a principle staff engineer at LinkedIn where he works on a team called Presentation Infrastructure. They talk about being in the customer service role, having a collaborative culture, and all the information on Ember 3.0. They also touch on the tendency towards disposable software, the Ember model, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How Joe met Tom Programmers as rule breakers The pressure to conform Tom intro Staff engineer at LinkedIn Customer service role Having a way to role improvements out to a lot of different people JavaScript and Ember at LinkedIn Having a collaborative culture All about Ember 3.0 Banner feature – there is nothing new Cracked how you develop software in the open source world that has longevity Major competition in Backbone previously The Ember community has never been more vibrant Tendency towards disposable software The idea of steady iteration towards improvement The Ember model Being different from different frameworks Ember adoption rates Python 3 Valuable from a business perspective to use Ember Ember community being friendly to newbies How much Ember VS how much JavaScript will a new developer have to learn? And much, much more! Links: Ember LinkedIn JavaScript Backbone Python @tomdale tomdale.net Tom’s GitHub Sponsors Kendo UI Sentry Digital Ocean Picks: Joe Framework Summit Jayne React sent Evan You a cake Aimee Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule by Paul Graham AJ James Veitch Tom JavaScript Tech Talk Drake’s Ties Melissa Watson Ellis at Hall Madden Full Article
js MJS 074: Scott Wyatt By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Scott Wyatt This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Scott Wyatt. Scott is a VC partner and is the CTO at Cali Style Technologies, works with startups, and was the CTO of the Dollar Beard Club. He first got into programming because his dad was a computer programmer and he really got hooked from a young age writing games and playing on the computer. They talk about the benefit of not living in the hustle and bustle of California and the Silicon Valley, how he got into JavaScript, what was it about JavaScript that hooked him, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JavaScript Jabber Episode 282 Scott intro Works remotely from Indiana The pros to not living in Silicon Valley How did you first get into programming? Father was a computer programmer Strong arts background Started coding really young How did you get into JavaScript? Started out with ActionScript JavaScript to jQuery The cool part of having a diverse background as a programmer What was it that got you into JavaScript? Back-end JavaScript Node.js JavaScript is very versatile How did you get into doing something like Trails.js? Sails.js Fabrix and TypeScript What have you done in JS that you are most proud of? Partitioned apps Contributing to freedom of information What are you working on now? And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Jabber Episode 282 Cali Style Technologies Dollar Beard Club JavaScript jQuery Node.js Trails.js Sails.js Fabrix TypeScript @ScottBWyatt Scott’s GitHub Sponsors: Loot Crate FreshBooks Picks Charles Get a Coder Job Course Golf Clash Golfing Planning in sanity time Suggest a Topic Chuck@DevChat.tv Scott Gun.js Bitcoin Full Article
js JSJ 327: "Greenlock and LetsEncrypt" with AJ O'Neal By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Joe Eames Special Guests: AJ O'Neal In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panel talks to AJ O'Neal about Greenlock and LetsEncrypt. LetsEncrypt is a brand name and is the first of its kind in automated SSL and Greenlock does what Certbot does in a more simplified form. They talk about what led him to create Greenlock, compare Greenlock to Certbot, and what it’s like to use Greenlock. They also touch on Greenlock-express, how they make Greenlock better, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Greenlock and LetsEncrypt overview LetsEncrypt is free to get your certificate Why Charles uses LetsEncrypt Wildcard domains Certbot Why he originally created Greenlock Working towards home servers Wanted to get HTTP on small devices Manages a certificate directory Greenlock VS Certbot Greenlock can work stand alone The best use case for Greenlock Excited about how people are using his tool What is it like to use Greenlock? Working on a desktop client Greenlock-express Acme servers CAA record Making Greenlock better by knowing how people are using it Using Greenlock-express Let's Encrypt v2 Step by Step by AJ And much, much more! Links: LetsEncrypt Greenlock Certbot Greenlock-express Acme servers Let's Encrypt v2 Step by Step by AJ @coolaj86 coolaj86.com AJ’s Git Greenlock.js Screencast Series Greenlock.js Patreon Sponsors Kendo UI Sentry Digital Ocean Picks: Charles Take some time off AJ OverClocked Records Full Article
js MJS 075: Jeff Escalante By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Show notes coming shortly! Full Article
js JSJ 328: Functional Programming with Ramda with Christine Legge By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Joe Eames Aimee Knight AJ O'Neal Joe Eames Special Guests: Christine Legge In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panel talks to Christine Legge about functional programming with Ramda. Christine is a front-end software engineer and just recently got a new job in New York working at Google. Ramda is a utility library in JavaScript that focuses on making it easier to write JavaScript code in a functional way. They talk about functional programming and what it is, using Ramda in Redux, and referential transparency. They also touch on why she first got into Ramda, compare Ramda to Lodash and Underscore, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Chirstine intro Works as a front-end software engineer What is Ramda? JavaScript Utility library like Lodash and Underscore Lodash and Underscore VS Ramda Functional programming Ramda and Functional programming as a mindset Ramda at ZenHub Ramda with Redux and React What is referential transparency? Why would you use Ramda VS Lodash or Underscore? Why she first got into Ramda Didn’t always want to be a programmer Background in Math Learning functional programming as a new programmer Erlang DrRacket and Java Ramda makes it easy to compose functions Creating clean and reusable code How do you start using Ramda? And much, much more! Links: Ramda Lodash Underscore ZenHub Redux React Erlang DrRacket @leggechr Chirstine’s GitHub Sponsors Kendo UI Sentry Digital Ocean Picks: Charles Home Depot Tool Rental Podcast Movement CES VRBO Aimee Apple Cider Vinegar Jeremy Fairbank Talk – Practical Functional Programming AJ Goat’s Milk Joe Topgolf Framework Summit Christine Dan Mangan Reply All Podcast Full Article
js MJS 076: Kevin Griffin By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Kevin Griffin This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Kevin Griffin. Kevin is one of the hosts of the 2 Frugal Dudes Podcast which helps programmers learn how to be smarter with handling their money. He first got into programming really young when his Dad brought home a computer and he was curious about it so he read books and taught himself basic programming that way. They talk about his first job out of college and how that has impacted him now, the fact that you have to create your own job security, and what kind of frameworks he uses. They also touch on the importance of exposing yourself to new technologies and being open-minded, what he is working on currently, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JavaScript Jabber Episode 273 Helping programmers handle their money 2 Frugal Dudes Podcast Runs financial peace university at his church Mindset is everything How did you first get into programming? Got started really young when his Dad brought home a computer DOS for Dummies Taught himself very basic coding Really into text adventures as a child – wrote some of his own Taught Logo in Middle school Computer Science degree in college Got into software developer community because he was laid off from first job You have to build your own job security Do you do JavaScript full-time? Doesn’t like to pigeon hole himself into one language C++ and C# Didn’t want to support JavaScript originally Using jQuery, Knockout, Ember, and Backbone Working with Vue and React now The same problems persist now, just with different frameworks Looking at the project and then deciding which tool to use And much, much more! Links: JavaScript Jabber Episode 273 2 Frugal Dudes Podcast DOS for Dummies jQuery JavaScript Knockout Ember Backbone Vue React @2frugaldudes @1kevgriff kevgriffin.com Kevin’s Twitch Swift Kick Sponsors: Code Badges Digital Ocean Picks Charles The Expanse Kevin Twitch – His twitch Full Article
js JSJ 329: Promises, Promise.finally(), and Async/await with Valeri Karpov By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 04 Sep 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood AJ O’Neal Aimee Knight Special Guests: Valeri Karpov In this episode, the panel talks with programmer, Valerie Karpov from Miami, Florida. He is quite knowledgeable with many different programs, but today’s episode they talk specifically about Async/Await and Promise Generators. Val is constantly busy through his different endeavors and recently finished his e-book, “Mastering Async/Await.” Check-out Val’s social media profiles through LinkedIn, GitHub, Twitter, and more. Show Topics: 1:20 – Val has been on previous episodes back in 2013 & 2016. 1:37 – Val’s background. He is very involved with multiple companies. Go checkout his new book! 2:39 – Promises generators. Understand Promises and how things sync with Promises. Val suggests that listeners have an integrated understanding of issues like error handling. 3:57 – Chuck asks a question. 6:25 – Aimee’s asks a question: “Can you speak to why someone would want to use Async/Await?” 8:53 – AJ makes comments. 10:09 – “What makes an Async/Await not functional?” – Val 10:59 – “What’s wrong with Promises or Async/Await that people don’t like it?” - AJ 11:25 – Val states that he doesn’t think there really is anything wrong with these programs it just depends on what you need it for. He thinks that having both gives the user great power. 12:21 – AJ’s background is with Node and the Python among other programs. 12:55 – Implementing Complex Business Logic. 15:50 – Val discusses his new e-book. 17:08 – Question from Aimee. 17:16 – AJ answers question. Promises should have been primitive when it was designed or somewhat event handling. 17:46 – The panel agrees that anything is better than Call Backs. 18:18 – Aimee makes comments about Async/Await. 20:08 – “What are the core principles of your new e-book?” – Chuck 20:17 – There are 4 chapters and Val discusses, in detail, what’s in each chapter. 22:40 – There could be some confusion from JavaScript for someone where this is their first language. Does Async/Await have any affect on the way you program or does anything make it less or more confusing in the background changes? 24:30 – Val answers the before-mentioned question. Async/Await does not have anyway to help with this (data changes in the background). 25:36 – “My procedural code, I know that things won’t change on me because it is procedural code. Is it hard to adjust to that?” – AJ 26:01 – Val answers the question. 26:32 – Building a webserver with Python. 27:31 – Aimee asks a question: “Do you think that there are cases in code base, where I would want to use Promises? Not from a user’s perspective, but what our preferences are, but actual performance. Is there a reason why I would want to use both or be consistent across the board?” 28:17 – Val asks for some clarification to Aimee’s question. 29:14 – Aimee: “My own personal preference is consistency. Would I want to use Promises in ‘x’ scenario and/or use Async/Await in another situation?” 32:28 – Val and AJ are discussing and problem solving different situations that these programs 33:05 – “When would you not want to use Async/Await?” – AJ 33:25 – Val goes through the different situations when he would not use Async/Await. 33:44 – Chuck is curious about other features of Async/Await and asks Val. 36:40 – Facebook’s Regenerator 37:11 – AJ: “Back in the day, people would be really concerned with JavaScript’s performance even with Chrome.” He continues his thoughts on this topic. 38:11 – Val answers the AJ’s question. 39:10 – Duck JS probably won’t include generators. 41:18 – Val: “Have anyone used Engine Script before?” The rest of the panel had never heard of this before. 42:09 – Windows Scripting Host 42:56 – Val used Rhino in the past. 43:40 – Val: “Going back to the web performance question...” 47:08 – “Where do you see using Async/Await the most?” – Chuck 47:55 – Val uses Async/Await for everything on the backend because it has made everything so easy for him. 48:23 – “So this is why you really haven’t used Web Pack?” – AJ 49:20 – Let’s go to Aimee’s Picks! 50:18 – AJ’s story, first, before we get to Promises. 54:44 – Let’s transition to Promises Finally. 54:53 – Val talks about Promises Finally. 59:20 – Picks Links: JavaScript Valeri Karpov’s GitHub Valeri Karpov’s Twitter Valeri Karpov’s LinkedIn New E-Book: Mastering Async/Await Node Python Windows Scripting Host Facebook’s Regenerator Rhino Sponsors: Kendo UI Sentry Digital Ocean Picks: Charles YouTube Video “IKEA” by Coulton Conference Amazon Prime Day Aimee Blog Post Article AJ IKEA https://ppl.family Val https://www.npmjs.com/package/serve http://bit.ly/ultimate-skiing http://asyncawait.net/jsjabber New E-Book: Mastering Async/Await Full Article
js JSJ 330: “AWS: Amplify” with Nader Dabit By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: AJ O’Neal Aimee Knight Joe Eames Special Guests: Nader Dabit In this episode, the panel talks with programmer, Nader Dabit, who has been with Amazon’s AWS for the past six months. They discuss the new innovations that Amazon is currently working on, and the exciting new projects that Nader gets to be involved with. Check out this episode to hear all the latest! Show Topics: 1:45 – There are two main things that Nader works with. Check out this timestamp to see what they are. 3:29 – AJ to Nader: Tell me more about manage cloud. I am not sure about Cognito. 3:56 – Yes, Cognito is used by/through Amazon. 5:06 – What are the other manage cloud services that companies want to offer through the tools you have? 5:12 – Nader answers AJ’s question. 7:30 – Can you give me more specifics on the storage solutions you are offering? 8:03 – Nader answers AJ’s question. People store websites there for example. Frontend developers are using S3 buckets, and they are using the library, which is a storage solution. 9:10 – AJ and Nader are having a dialogue between different situations, and Nader is giving the solutions to those hypothetical situations. 10:17 – AJ: “I am interested in what you are talking about AppSync. Can you tell me how that works?” AJ is picking Nader’s brain about how AppSync works. 11:05 – Nader: “It is a single API layer for a point of entry. You can have multi-data sources.” Nader continues, in detail, answering AJ’s question. 12:36 – AJ: As a frontend developer, it sounds like I will have to become familiar with the backend, too. How is it providing the most value? What is it that I do not have to touch, because I am using this? 15:37 – How would these relations work? As a frontend developer, and I do not want to learn sequel, how would that might look like; currently or in the future? How do you extract that knowledge? 16:18 – Yes, it is not an easy solution to solve. Nader goes into detail about how he would approach this situation. 18:26 – AJ: Are these resolvers written in JavaScript? 22:04 – Acronym fun! 22:45 – Node 23:51 – Summarizing these pasts 20-some-minutes: Off-Storage, AppSync, Landis, and others are what people are using Amplify for. New Question/New Topic: Simplify. 25:45 – AWS MOBILE – is not mobile specific. 26:44 – If you are using Angular, we have a plugin in Angular to help you. We also have that for React and Vue as well. 27:52 – Advertisement 28:56 – What should we be talking about? 29:04 – Let’s talk about Amazon’s Lex, Chat Bot. Nader goes into full detail of this service. 33:52 – Apple T.V. 34:00 – AJ: Sounds like this is more platform/ more agnostic than getting different things to come together, and the Microsoft one is more hybrid and the Amazon one is more open? 35:13 – Joe, let’s go back to what you had to ask. 35:28 – Nader, you talked about PUSH notifications earlier. What is Pub/Sub? 36:30 – Is this like traditional hooks? Or custom? 37:25 – What is the “stuff” that gets you up in the morning and gets you excited to go to work at AWS? 38:40 – Nader: I really had no desire to change career paths, but it happened. 41:30 – AJ: I totally agree with the idea in that finding the common patterns, so that way someone on the lower-level can participate. AJ wants a platform that is open or purchase that can offer some of these benefits. It could be open-source or you used to buy the different tools. 43:27 AJ: What about for the hobbyist? 43:40 – Nader: I agree, that would be really nice. I can’t think of any free services that would be nice. 44:03 AJ – Not free in “free,” but “free” towards the idea of “free speech.” They would all be available and you get to choose what works well for you. 45:00 – SHOUTOUT to LISTENERS: Have an idea about this? Shoot the panel an e-mail! 45:33 – Hopefully this opens the listeners’ eyes to what’s out there. 45:48 – Cloud services. 46:55 – Innovation follows niche markets. When something gets big and established, innovation comes to a plateau. The innovation will develop in a new economic area like hydraulics. AJ thinks a niche will develop. 49:03 – Is there anything, Dabit, which you would like to talk about? 49:15 – Can we talk about AI as a service? 51:10 – Nader saw a demonstration recently. 52:26 – Hearing these implications is so cool, but when it comes to ML a panelist dabbled a little bit. He watched some videos, unless you want to devote a year or two to learning it then it’s too complex to put together. Do you have to be genius-level to get through? 53:29 – ML you are passing data. Nader is not quite sure. 56:00 Nader just did a blog post check-it-out! 56:49 – Let’s do Picks! 56:50 – Advertisement Links: Nader Dabit’s Twitter Nader Dabit’s Medium Nader Dabit’s LinkedIn Nader Dabit’s GitHub Nader Dabit’s Website Nader Dabit’s YouTube channel Nader Dabit’s Egg Head JavaScript Amazon’s Cognito AWS AppSyncNode Landis AWS Mobile Vue Angular Amazon’s Lex – Chat Bot Apple T.V. Push Notifications Pub/Sub AWS’ Artificial Intelligence (AI) Sponsors: Kendo UI Sentry Digital Ocean Picks: AJ O’Neal Blog / Thoughty 2’s Video: Pop Music The Innovator’s Solution / Book The Innovator’s Dilemma / Book Joe Eames Framework Summit - Tickets are still available! Movie: Equalizer 2 Nader Dabit Finland – Graph Talks Conference, October AWS – San Francisco - LOFT Full Article
js JSJ 331: “An Overview of JavaScript Testing in 2018” with Vitali Zaidman By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: AJ O’Neal Aimee Knight Joe Eames Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Vitali Zaidman In this episode, the panel talks with programmer, Vitali Zaidman, who is working with Software Solutions Company. He researches technologies and starts new projects all the time, and looks at these new technologies within the market. The panel talks about testing JavaScript in 2018 and Jest. Show Topics: 1:32 – Chuck: Let’s talk about testing JavaScript in 2018. 1:53 – Vitali talks about solving problems in JavaScript. 2:46 – Chuck asks Vitali a question. 3:03 – Vitali’s answer. 3:30 – Why Jest? Why not Mocha or these other programs? 3:49 – Jest is the best interruption of what testing should look like and the best practice nowadays. There are different options, they can be better, but Jest has this great support from their community. There are great new features. 4:31 – Chuck to Joe: What are you using for testing nowadays? 4:43 – Joe: I use Angular, primarily. 6:01 – Like life, it’s sometimes easier to use things that make things very valuable. 7:55 – Aimee: I have heard great things about Cypress, but at work we are using another program. 8:22 – Vitali: Check out my article. 8:51 – Aimee: There are too many problems with the program that we use at work. 9:39 – Panelist to Vitali: I read your article, and I am a fan. Why do you pick Test Café over Cypress, and how familiar are you with Cypress? What about Selenium and other programs? 10:12 – Vitali: “Test Café and Cypress are competing head-to-head.” Listen to Vitali’s suggestions and comments per the panelists’ question at this timestamp. 11:25 – Chuck: I see that you use sign-on... 12:29 – Aimee: Can you talk about Puppeteer? It seems promising. 12:45 – Vitali: Yes, Puppeteer is promising. It’s developed by Google and by Chrome. You don’t want to use all of your tests in Puppeteer, because it will be really hard to do in other browsers. 13:26: Panelist: “...5, 6, 7, years ago it was important of any kind of JavaScript testing you had no idea if it worked in one browser and it not necessarily works in another browser. That was 10 years ago. Is multiple browsers testing as important then as it is now? 14:51: Vitali answers the above question. 15:30 – Aimee: If it is more JavaScript heavy then it could possibly cause more problems. 15:56 – Panelist: I agree with this. 16:02 – Vitali continues this conversation with additional comments. 16:17 – Aimee: “I see that Safari is the new Internet Explorer.” 16:23: Chuck: “Yes, you have to know your audience. Are they using older browsers? What is the compatibility?” 17:01 – Vitali: There are issues with the security. Firefox has a feature of tracking protection; something like that. 17:33 – Question to Vitali by Panelist. 17:55 – Vitali answers the question. 18:30 – Panelist makes additional comments. 18:43 – If you use Safari, you reap what you sow. 18:49 – Chuck: I use Chrome on my iPhone. (Aimee does, too.) Sometimes I wind up in Safari by accident. 19:38 – Panelist makes comments. 19:52 – Vitali tells a funny story that relates to this topic. 20:45 – There are too many standards out there. 21:05 – Aimee makes comments. 21:08 – Brutalist Web Design. Some guy has this site – Brutalist Web Design – where he says use basic stuff and stop being so custom. Stop using the web as some crazy platform, and if your site is a website that can be scrolled through, that’s great. It needs to be just enough for people to see your content. 22:16 – Aimee makes additional comments about this topic of Brutalist Web Design. 22:35 – Panelist: I like it when people go out and say things like that. 22:45 – Here is the point, though. There is a difference between a website and a web application. Really the purpose is to read an article. 23:37 – Vitali chimes in. 24:01 – Back to the topic of content on websites. 25:17 – Panelist: Medium is very minimal. Medium doesn’t feel like an application. 26:10 – Is the website easy enough for the user to scroll through and get the content like they want to? 26:19 – Advertisement. 27:22 – See how far off the topic we got? 27:31 – These are my favorite conversations to have. 27:39 – Vitali: Let’s talk about how my article got so popular. It’s an interesting thing, I started researching “testing” for my company. We wanted to implement one of the testing tools. Instead of creating a presentation, I would write first about it in Medium to get feedback from the community as well. It was a great decision, because I got a lot of comments back. I enjoyed the experience, too. Just write about your problem in Medium to see what people say. 28:48 – Panelist: You put a ton of time and energy in this article. There are tons of links. Did you really go through all of those articles? 29:10 – Yes, what are the most permanent tools? I was just reading through a lot of comments and feedback from people. I tested the tools myself, too! 29:37 – Panelist: You broke down the article, and it’s a 22-minute read. 30:09 – Vitali: I wrote the article for my company, and they ad to read it. 30:24 – Panelist: Spending so much time – you probably felt like it was apart of your job. 30:39 – Vitali: I really like creating and writing. It was rally amazing for me and a great experience. I feel like I am talented in this area because I write well and fast. I wanted to express myself. 31:17 – Did you edit and review? 31:23 – Vitali: I wrote it by myself and some friends read it. There were serious mistakes, and that’s okay I am not afraid of mistakes. This way you get feedback. 32:10 – Chuck: “Some people see testing in JavaScript, and people look at this and say there are so much here. Is there a place where people can start, so that way they don’t’ get too overwhelmed? Is there a way to ease into this and take a bite-size at a time?” 32:52 – Vitali: “Find something that works for them. Read the article and start writing code.” He continues this conversation from here on out. 34:03 – Chuck continues to ask questions and add other comments. 34:16 – Vitali chimes-in. 34:38 – Chuck. 34:46 – Vitali piggybacks off of Chuck’s comments. 36:14 – Panelist: Let’s go back to Jest. There is a very common occurrence where we see lots of turn and we see ideas like this has become the dominant or the standard, a lot of people talk about stuff within this community. Then we get this idea that ‘this is the only thing that is happening.’ Transition to jQuery to React to... With that context do you feel like Jest will be a dominant program? Are we going to see Jest used just as common as Mocha and other popular programs? 38:15 – Vitali comments on the panelist’s question. 38:50 – Panelist: New features. Are the features in Jest (over Jasmine, Mocha, etc.) so important that it will drive people to it by itself? 40:30 – Vitali comments on this great question. 40:58 – Panelist asks questions about features about Jest. 41:29 – Vitali talks about this topic. 42:14 – Let’s go to picks! 42:14 – Advertisement. Links: Vitali Zaidman’s Facebook Vitali Zaidman’s Medium Vitali Zaidman’s GitHub Vitali Zaidman’s NPM Vitali Zaidman’s LinkedIn Vitali Zaidman’s Medium Article JavaScript Brutalist Web Design Jasmine Cypress React jQuery Jest Protractor – end to end testing for Angular Test Café Intern Sinon XKCD Sponsors: Kendo UI Sentry Digital Ocean Cache Fly Picks: AJ O’Neal Continuous from last week’s episode: Crossing the Chasm – New Technologies from Niche to General Adaptation. Go Lang Joe Eames Board Game: Rajas of the Ganges Framework Summit Conference in Utah React Conference Aimee Knight Hacker News – “Does Software Understand Complexity” via Michael Feathers Cream City Code Chuck E-Book: How do I get a job? Express VPN Vitali Book: The Square and The Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook by Niall Ferguson My article! Full Article
js MJS 077: Sérgio Crisóstomo By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Sérgio Crisóstomo This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Sérgio Crisóstomo. Charles is now interviewing podcast listeners, not just guest speakers. Check-out toady’s episode to hear Sérgio’s background as a musician and as a programmer. Also, to hear Sérgio’s latest projects and how he fell in-love with Sweden and ended up moving there! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: 1:46 – Chuck: How did you get into programming? 1:53 – Sérgio: As a child, I got interested into gaming. I wrote coding. Spectrum. 2:22 – Chuck: I think that makes you about my age. 2:41 – Sérgio: I was born in 1978. 2:51 – Sérgio: I had a cousin who got inspired by me and we started doing things together. We would show each other what we were doing. Better games and better computers came around. Turned out that I came back to it later in life. 3:29 – Chuck: what got you interested? 3:30 – Sérgio: It was all about problem-solving. There was no book. It was trial and error. It was magic. I was doing small steps, and it was empowering to me. 4:29 – Chuck: I used Logo. How did you get into programming at the professional-level? 4:45 – Sérgio: It was a long journey. My family was deep into a musical background. I went to the conservatory. I had a background in math, music, and physics. I went into programming because my father pushed me towards that direction. I did my Master’s in violin. After that I moved to Sweden. I really liked Sweden’s educational system. After 20 years I got into program working. I faked it until I made it. I had no one who could help me day-to-day life. I love solving problems. I found myself helping people in Portugal and other countries, since their English wasn’t strong. I liked that I was helping the community. That made me feel good about c 10:15 – Chuck: You switch from PHP to Node? What was the reasoning to that? 11:30 – Chuck: What things have you built in JavaScript? 11:47 – Sérgio: I started doing some freelance work. In the beginning it was helping friends. 13:22 – Chuck: Football – do you mean soccer or football? 13:35 – Sérgio: One day in the school, we got a new principal that the school didn’t like. I left because I wasn’t happy. I was a fulltime musician, and looked at this fulltime-programming job. I went to an interview where there were code quizzes. I loved the challenges. I had to choose between two different careers. After some negotiations it was a great fit for me. I got to be in-charge of different projects. Right now, I am a senior developer. It’s a small company but it is growing. 15:48 – Advertisement E-book! 16:31 – Chuck: It’s interesting to see how you weren’t happy with your original job and how you got into programming fulltime. 17:29 – Sérgio: It’s important to have a good perspective. I am used to meeting people because I worked with choirs, orchestras, dance, and people and I can use those tools that I learned with musicians and transfer over to programming. Since I was good in JavaScript that helped me. Also, it was good that I was head-in-chief, because of my background of being a teacher. I found similarities and made it happen. That was my way in. 19:36 – Chuck: I find that very interesting. Yes, in the larger markets they might have their pick, but if you look into the smaller markets they might need you. 20:21 – Sérgio: People will invest into you if you are willing to learn and stay for a while. 20:48 – Chuck: What is the community like over in Sweden? 21:12 – Chuck: Do you have a lot of communities/boot camps out there to help people to code out in Sweden? 21:32 – Sérgio: Yes. It’s a really active community, and I have been involved helping connect people. People are curious and wanting to grow. It’s really open. 22:39 – Chuck: How do you start a program like that? 22:53 – Sérgio: I went to MEETUP.COM. 23:45 – Sérgio: I fell in-love with the concept of Sweden’s education system. I was there touring and decided I wanted to move to Sweden. It was worth staying. Sweden is having different political winds now. They are open to foreigners. I am a Swedish citizen now. 25:18 – Chuck: What are you working on now? 25:26 – Sérgio answers Chuck’s question. 26:45 – Chuck: Anything else? 26:54 – Sérgio: I can talk about music a lot! I find a lot of programmers are musicians, too. 27:23 – Chuck: One more question. I have met, too, a lot of programmers who are musicians, too. What is the correlation? 27:43 – Music has a lot of mathematics. You have to play on time and solve problems all the time. I was in a workshop with musicians and entrepreneurs, and I learned a lot in this workshop. There are different attitudes when conducting. There is problem solving and managing people. I see the connections there. Links: Meetup.com Sergio’s GitHub Sergio’s Website Sergio’s Website Sergio’s Twitter Sponsors: Code Badges Digital Ocean Cache Fly Picks: Charles Views on Vue – DevChat Code Badge - Kick Starter Sérgio Chopin! Checkout Sweden if you want a job as a programmer! Email me! Full Article
