j JSJ 280: Stackblitz with Eric Simons and Albert Pai By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Joe Amy Charles Special Guests: Eric Simmons Albert Pai In this episode, JavaScript Jabbers talk to Eric Simmons and Albert Pai, the co-founder of thinkster.io, where their team teaches the bleeding edge of javascript technology’s various frameworks and backend. Also, with the recent creation of Stalkblitz, which is the center topic of today discussion. Stackblitz it an online VS Code IDE for Angular, React, and a few more others are supported. This is designed to run web pack and vs code inside your browser at blazing fast speeds. Eric and Albert dive into the many different advantages and services available by StackBlitz and thinker.io. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Similarities and differences to Heroku System JS Stacklets Testing and creating an in-browser system file system Creating a type of VS Code experience, Working Off Line Updating of the Stacklets Deployment tools or exporting Hot Reloading Integrated terminals Monaco Language Services How do you architect this implementation The innovation of browsers Guy Bedford Financing vs. Chipotle Burritos Will this product in the future cost money Links thinkster.io https://medium.com/@ericsimons/stackblitz-online-vs-code-ide-for-angular-react-7d09348497f4 @stackblitz stackblitz.com Picks Amy Promises Series by Andrew Del Prete Crossfit Joe Wholesome Meme Sara Cooper Charles Pivotal Tracker MatterMost asana.com Zapier Eric realworld.io David East Albert thinkster.io Thing Explainer Full Article
j JSJ 282: Trails.js with Scott Wyatt By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Joe Amies Aimee Knight Charles Max Wood Cory House Special Guests: Scott Wyatt In this episode, JavaScript Jabbers talk with Scott Wyatt. Scott is the Co-founder, CTO, UEX at Cali StyleTechnologies, and is a Node developer and graphic designer. Scott is on JavaScript Jabber to talk about Trails.js. and its simplistic build, but many useful functions. Scott mentions that Trails.js was created by Travis Webb. Scott gives us an introduction to the Trails.js framework, as the Jabbers take apart and dive deep into the build, functions, and uses. Scott goes into what trail packs are, and the similar or related projects. Scott talks about the ease of using trails to build with, and not ending up in frustration. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Trails.js is Node Framework and lightweight or Blueprint Similar to Redux? Is it MVC like Rails You don’t need to understand it, it is all under the hood. Tuple Space Is this sole for server-side rendering? Closest projects - Sails Avoid problems like React. Not dealing with corporations Why would you want to use trails instead of other projects like Sails, rails, etc. How do you get started - trailjs.io Quickest way to learn Trails is to build a Trail Pack Don’t be afraid to kill you darlings Testing It Trails production ready? It is a particular type of app where Trails shines? Links trailsjs.io Travis Webb Picks Amy Full Stack Developers by Brad Frost Tracking Macros Joe The Behavior Gap Charles Profit First Keto Diet scott-wyatt/GitHub Cory Never write another high Order Component Scott Proxy Engine Full Article
j JSJ 283: A/B Testing with Nick Disabato By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Amy Knight Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Nick Disabato In this episode, Java Script Jabbers talk with Nick Disabato. Nick is a newbie to JavaScript Jabber. Nick is the founder of Draft, an interaction design agency where he does research driven A/B testing of E-commerce business. This is a practical episode for those who are running a business and doing marketing for the products and services. Nick talks about A/B testing for a number scenarios within the company, such as for websites, funnels, and various marketing mechanisms. Nick further goes into how this helps companies strategically increase revenue by changing things such as websites design or building funnels. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Testing of changes of Copy, Websites, etc. What does it mean of changes, Tools, Framework, Plugins, etc Does it matter what tools you use? Framework that works within your stack How do make we company money Researching for the next test Testing for conversion rate to decide which design to go implement - Variant Responsibility for the designs Feature and getting pay for the service Learn more about the resources and Copy Hackers Large organization or developers, or a QA department Optimization teams Usability tests and coming up with A/B tests Expertise Why should be care? And much more! Links: Draft Nick Disabato @nickd ConversionXL AB Testing Manual Wider Funnels Copy Hackers Picks: Amiee Nodevember Charles Mike Gehard Admin LTE Nick HotJar.com Full Article
j JSJ BONUS: Cloud Services and Manifold with Matthew Creager and Peter Cho By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Amiee Knight Charles Max Wood Joe Eames Special Guests: Matthew Creager and Peter Cho In this episode, JavaScript Jabbers speak with Matthew Ceager and Peter Cho. Matthew and Peter are part of the team at Manifold. Manifold is a marketplace for developer services. Matthew takes care of growth and relations, and Peter oversee products at Manifold. The panel discusses with Peter and Matthew what Manifold does and the benefits of a Cloud Service. Matthew gives perspective on how developers can get their cloud product on the market compared to open source. Further discussion goes into how this will help the developer to get their products or services turned into a business quicker and save time Also learn about when it is the ideal time to move to cloud services vs. running a server yourself. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Different kinds of definition of Cloud Services Anything you would rely on as a third party service What is the cloud service ecosystem - Services that connect to an application Independent market place - because it is difficult to turn a product into a business Where are people using cloud services or running their own server Spinning up a version of it is easier. Time verses doing it yourself? Experts running the services Focusing on your product instead of managing the server and such Where does the data live and who has access to that? Lock In’s? Tourist - Credentials management How do I get this setup? Command Line or register online And much more! Links: Manifold https://github.com/mattcreager @manifoldco @etcpeter @matt_creager blog.manifold.com Picks: Amiee Ryan McDermott Charles GitLab AdminLTE Joe What You Can’t Say Matt Star Trek Puppeteer Peter Player Unknown Battle Ground Sourdough by Robin Sloan Full Article
j JSJ 284 : Helping Developers Build Healthy Bodies By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 14:08:00 -0400 Panel: Amiee Knight Charles Max Wood Special Guests: JC Hiatt In this episode, JavaScript Jabbers speak with JC Hiatt. JC is a software consultant, and working a starting a company called DevLifts. DevLifts is a company that helps developers learn to live healthier lives. JC mentions this business was base on this health journey. JC and the panel discuss output and mental clarity to get work done in a healthy fashion. Also, the benefits of eating a healthy diet, rather it is the Keto Diet or others types of healthy clean eating, there is a physical and mental benefit. JC and the panel talk about count macros, healthy food intake, and a basic outline of getting into ketosis. Also, the panel discusses finding the motivation to get into a healthy lifestyle to benefit work and your lifestyle. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Mental Clarity Keto Diet Cutting out processed foods Counting Macros Getting into Ketosis Supporting brain function Motivation for a healthy lifestyle Gaining energy Getting started - Walking, Eat Whole. Etc. Pack your own lunch Mindset change - you are responsible for anyone else’s healthy choices Drink Water You can find a healthy balance and practice moderation Cheat day? Sugar Sitting to0 long at work Sleep - brain wave activity, caffeine, and light Naps And much more! Links: @jchiatt @devlifts devlifts.io Picks: Amiee https://www.womenwhotech.com/panelist-bios https://github.com/AllThingsSmitty/css-protips Charles Gunnar blue blockers Flux ReactDevSummit.com JSDevSummit.com JC American Vandal Confession Tapes Qalo https://lodash.com Full Article
j JSJ 285 : Finding a Job Even If You're Not a Senior Developer by Charles Max Wood By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 17:09:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood In this episode of JavaScript Jabber, Charles does a solo episode talking about entrepreneurship and the topic/course on “How to Get a Job.” This is an informative episode for those looking for a job as a developer and how to prepare your resume for your career search. Charles covers the core pieces of the course and specific areas of tailoring your credentials for the job you want to acquire. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How do I get a great job? Companies are only hiring Senior Devs. Your selling point as a Jr. Dev. Framing your experience for the companies to better see your experience. I don’t want a ( this kind of boss) Feeling like you are making a difference in your job. Who do you want to work for, with, where, and how, etc? Working in a facility or remotely. What do you want? Check out the meet-up places or workplaces (WeWork), Glassdoor Check out the people who work that these companies, LinkedIn. Check out company’s Slack rooms, forum, etc. to make connections Visit the companies personally Look into contacting the Meetup Organizers Building rapport Resume mistakes - how to properly format it so it is skim-able Top 3 bullet points and tailor you resume for each job Unnecessary material in your resume - again tailor to the company Important material to include on your resume, contributions on projects The cover letter - How to do this correctly with a personal touch What to do when you get the interview - the offer! And much more! Links: devchat.tv/get-a-coder-job-full-accessfull-access WeWork Expert Salary Negotiation Full Article
j JSJ 286: Creating a CSS-in-JS Library from Scratch and Emotion with Kye Hohenberger By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 22:33:00 -0500 Panel: Amiee Knight Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Kye Hohenberger In this episode, JavaScript Jabbers speak with Kye Hohenberger. Kye is a developer and co-founder of Side Way. One of Kye’s most notable works and library is Emotion, a CSS and JS library. Kye talks about what CSS and JS library is about in the context of the Emotion library system. Kye discusses why this is practical for the writing process, in comparison to other types of tools that do similar jobs. Kye explains the how this tool reduces the number of lines of code and is compact and clearer. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: What is a CSS and JS library? Controlling CSS with JS, what does this solve? Style bugs What kind of styling are you using vs. complex styles? Media query A more declarative style Using Sass Where do you see people using this? Class names and you can apply to anything How Emotion works! Style tags Object styles What are some of the problems you are solving React Emotion - dynamic styles How does this compare to other style components? Glamor Styles How do you test something like this? Just Glamor React with Emotion Can people use the Babel plugin Pure flag and function calls And much more! Links: Emotion.sh Emotion-js/emotion emotion.now.sh @TKH44 Picks: Amiee Article on Medium Antibiotics and Steroids RX Bars Charles Disney Emoji Blitz How To Get A Job - JavaScriptJabber.com Kye Styled System Face Paint Aussie Bites Full Article
j JSJ 287: Blockchain and JS with Ari Lerner By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:04:00 -0500 Panel: Aimee Knight AJ O’Neal Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Ari Lerner In this episode, Java Script Jabbers speak with Ari Lerner. Ari is the author of NG Book: The Complete Book on AugularJS, Full Stack React, and a few others. Ari co-runs newline.co a platform that teaches about the Block Chain, Ethereum, New Contracts, etc. Ari mentions a few upcoming books on Machine Learning, Elixir, and react Native. Ari gives a rundown on what the Block Chain is about, and an explanation of a Hash. Ari explains the value of a Hash and 6-bit strings of a Hash. Also, Ari explains the exchange of currency in Bitcoin and the rate of exchange in the Block Chain. Next Ari covers web 3.0 and much more. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: What is the Block Chain? A Hash? The blockchain is an order of ledger. The blockchain is a list of transactions How is a Hash used? Sha 256 Bitcoin and Block Chains What If two machines get the same answer? Describe a transaction in a blockchain? Exchanging currency The cost of Bitcoin Web 3.0 Everything on the Block Chain is public! Where else is Block Chain is used besides bitcoin type currency Public Key. What should JS developer be doing to prepare? And much more! Links: https://www.ng-book.com/ http://www.newline.co.bw/ The History of Money @Auser Stack.io Picks: Amiee Article - Learn Block Chain by Building One The Source Bar Charles Microsoft Connect - Meet up at 7pm Stranger Thing Season 2 AJ Spice Labels and Spice Jars Marriage Ari Moving to NYC Learn Block Chain by Building One Full Article
j JSJ 288: TypeScript with Amanda Silver By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:22:00 -0500 Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Amanda Silver In this episode, Charles is at Microsoft Connect 2017 in NYC. Charles speaks with Amanda Silver. Amanda is deemed the TypeScript and future of JavaScript guru, and this year's speakers at Microsoft Connect with Visual Studio Live Share. Amanda shares what is new with TypeScript and how that is a kind of subscript to JavaScript. Amanda explains the big picture of TypeScript’s inception and where she believes the language will be most efficient and effective for JavaScript and TypeScript developers. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: What is new in TypeScript? Keep JavaScript and TypeScript aligned TypeScript is implemented to create larger scaled applications Integration with VS Code, etc. Building better tools for JavaScript Developers When would this be taken on by users Defaults in Visual Studio TypeScript replacing JavaScript type service TypeScript is written in TypeScript Chakra runtime Diaspora The different faces of JavaScript Optimized JavaScript runtime Languages should be created with tooling A satisfying tooling experience Foot Guns New Tokens Eco-systems and metadata Multi-phase Minimum common denominator constantly changing Collaborating on the same code Open Source and the impact How to move to open source Contributing The next thing for TypeScript The future of JavaScript And much more! Links: @amandaksilver Picks: Amanda Visual Studio Live Share Instinct of learning technology Charles Visual Studio Live Share AI Full Article
j MJS 036: Ryan Glover By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:05:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Ryan Glover This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Ryan Glover, Ryan is the COO of Clever Beagle. Clever Beagle is a company that helps people create their first products and begin selling to their customers. Clever Beagle uses platforms like Meteor JS, Node JS, and React to provide frameworks for help build applications. Ryan describes their business as a technical therapist for bringing ideas to fruition. Ryan shares his journey into programming by learning to build websites with Geocities. Thereafter, Ryan had began his self-taught journey with programming after learning he did not like his college major. Ryan talks about his contribution to the JS community, his website called Meteor Chef designed to help newbies learn to build with Meteor JS. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Learning Geocites Becoming a Self Taught programmer Freelancing Building WordPress websites and learning JS By trade a being a designer Building with JavaScript Learning about Meteor on Hacker News in 2013 Sacha Greif Apollo Raw Node JS Understanding Webpack? Gearheads vs. Builders Boilerplates and much, much more! Links: Sacha Greif Clever Beagle https://www.meteor.com https://themeteorchef.com/info/about https://cleverbeagle.com/subcribe @rglover ryanglover.net Picks Ryan Halt and Catch Fire Sacha Greif State of JavaScript Tom Coleman Charles React Developer Summit JavaScript Developer Summit How To Find A Job Course Stranger Things Season 2 moviepass.com Full Article
j JSJ 289: Visual Studio Code and Live Sharing with Chris Dias and PJ Meyer LIVE at Microsoft Connect 2017 By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 20:53:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Chris Dias PJ Meyer In this episode, Charles is at Microsoft Connect 2017 in NYC. Charles speaks with Chris Dias and PJ Meyer about Visual Studio Code and Live Sharing. Chris and PJ explain more on their demo at Microsoft Connect on Live Collaborative Editing and Debugging. Learn more about the new features with Visual Studio Code and the efficient workflows with screen sharing, and much more. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Demo of Live Collaborative Editing and Debugging explained New Features with VS Code Developer productive Debugging pain points Getting feedback New in VS Code Language support and Java Debugger Live Share Debugging from different machines and platforms Multi-Stage Docker File TypeScript compiler More on debugging with Cosmos db Debugging in the Cloud? Docker Extensions Data Bricks Updated python tools Coming up with Visual Studio Code in the next 6 months TypeScript and Refactoring Getting the word out about code - Word of mouth? Number of people using VS Code? Envision for what VS Code is becoming? Preparing for a keynote and processes? And much more! Links: https://code.visualstudio.com https://github.com/chrisdias GitHub.com/microsoft @code Picks: Chris Pizza PJ Deli Charles Coupon Pass for tourist in NYC Full Article
j MJS 037: Nader Dabit By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 21:06:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Nader Dabit This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Nader Dabit. Nader is a familiar guest on JavaScript Jabber, talking about the state of React Native. Nader is the host of React Native Radio, another podcast on the Dev Chat TV network. Nader is a React Native trainer that does consulting and workshops in major cities in the US. Nader dives into his background and how he began his journey as a developer. Interestingly, Nader became successful as a developer without any formal training, but, by only learning to code on the job. This is a great episode to learn specific ways to build a career without formal training, and how to present yourself for the job. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: React Native Radio and the React Native world React Training and pop up workshops How Nader got into programming Learning HTML and Web Development E-commerce, WordPress Nader talks about getting his first job Positioning yourself as a developer for success Specialization Presenting yourself for the job How Nader learn to do JavaScript Learning a viable option Ionic What is it about React Native that interest you? React Native In Action - Book! React Native Elements Sharing Content and much, much more! Links: React Native In Action reactnative.training https://github.com/react-native-training Ideas anyone? Picks Nader Audio Book- A Guide To the Good Life Charles The Way of Kings Scratching your own itch! Full Article
j JSJ 290: Open Source Software with Dirk Hohndel - VMWare Chief Open Source Officer By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 05 Dec 2017 06:00:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Aimee Knight Corey House Joe Eames Special Guests: In this episode, JavaScript Jabber speaks with Dirk Hohndel about Open Source Software. Dirk is the Chief Open Source Officer at VMWare and has been working with open source for over 20 years. Dirk duties as the Chief Open Source Officer is to engage with the open source community and help promote the development between the community, companies, and customers. Dirk provides historical facts about open sources to current processes. The discussion covers vision and technological advances with languages, security, and worries of using open source software, view/consumption and burnout on maintaining a project. This is a great episode to learn about more different avenues of Open Source. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: What does the Chief Open Source Officer do? What is really different and has stayed the same in open source? Technological advances Good engineering and looking ahead or forward 100 million lines of code running a car… This is in everything.. Production environments Security Bugs in the software and the security issues Scaling and paying attention Where should we be worried about open source Notation and data sets Write maintainable software How does VMWare think about open source? View and Consumption of open source The burnout of open source projects - how to resolve this abandonment To much work to maintain open source - not a money issue Scaling the team workload not the money Contribution and giving back Companies who do and don’t welcome open source What to do to make a project open source? Adopting an API And much more! Links: @_drikhh VMWare Drikhh - everywhere! https://github.com/dirkhh Picks: Aimee De Contact Dodow Dirk Track This Critical Thinking Charles Nicholas Zakas - Books Corey Fun Fun Function Show Joe Dice Forge Concept of empathy Full Article
j MJS 038: Peter Cooper By Published On :: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 06:00:00 -0500 MJS 038: Peter Cooper Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Peter Cooper This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Peter Cooper. Peter was one the original panelist on Ruby Rogues and JavaScript Jabber. Currently, Peter runs several weekly new letters on JS, Ruby, Go, React, etc. Peter talks about his journey as a programmer, which started at an early age tinkering with his father’s computer at home. Peter describes the beginning as a hobby until he learned the skills to being programming on many platforms. Peter talks about how he learn Ruby and JavaScript, and in early stages of noodling or learning code. Lastly, Peter talks about his contributions to the community and giving back. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How did you get into programming? Playing with computers at an early age Computers were a hobby, rather than a career builder then Being heavily into to anything can become your career, age does not matter Finding the skill or passion in programming Natural ability to see and make sense of code UseNet AJax Directness Blogging New Letters rubyflow.com What is the ultimate goal of the new letters? Contributions Helping host podcasts Current work? and much, much more! Links: http://peterc.org https://rubyweekly.com https://github.com/peterc/ Cooper Press Picks Peter Litmus Cheap Gaming consoles on eBay Jason Scott of archive.org Charles Hyper Drive J5 Dash Pro In-Ear Headphones Full Article
j JSJ 291: Serverless For JavaScript with Gareth McCumskey By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 06:00:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Aimee Knight AJ O’Neal Joe Eames Special Guests: Gareth McCumskey In this episode, JavaScript Jabber speaks with Gareth McCumskey about Serverless For JavaScript. Gareth leads the dev team at Expat Explore in Cape Town, South Africa. Gareth and this team specialize in exploring the Serverless realm in JavaScript. The JavaScript Jabbers panel and Gareth discuss the many different types of serverless systems, and when to implement them, how serverless system work, and when to go in the direction of using Serverless. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: What does it mean to be Serverless? Since platform as a service. Microservice on Docker Firebase “no backend” Backend systems Cloud functions and failure in systems How do you start to think about a serverless system? How do decide what to do? AWS Lambda Working in a different vendor Node 4 Programming JS to deploy Using libraries for NPM How is works with AWS Lambda Where is the database? More point of failure? Calls to Slack? Authentication Micro Services Elastic Bean Stalk Static Assets, S3, Managing Testing the services Integration testing And much more! Links: @garethmcc @expatexplore gareth.mccumskey.com https://github.com/garethmcc serverless.com Picks: Aimee Serverless Architectures NG-BE Conference AJ Documentary on Enron Hard Thing about Hard Things Charles Serverless Framework The Storm Light Achieves Avengers: Infinity War Gareth Building MicroServices Skeptics Guide To The Universe Podcast Expate Explore Joe Wonder - Movie Gloom In Space - Board Game Full Article
j MJS 039: Tyler Renelle By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 06:00:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Tyler Renelle This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Tyler Renelle. Tyler is a contractor and developer who has worked in many web technologies like Angular, Rails, React and much more! Tyler is a return guest, previously on Adventure in Angular and JavaScript Jabber talking Ionic and Machine learning. Tyler has recently expanded his work beyond JavaScript and is on the show to talk his interest in AI or Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning. Furthermore, Tyler talks about his early journey as a game developer, web developer, and work with some content management systems, and more recently, his development in various technologies. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Writing games out of college Studies computer science in college Did web development to pay for college working with PHP and ASP Content management Working with various technologies Working with React, is this it? Problems React has solved with web apps What is the next big innovation? View Creating Podcasts Machine Learning Specialized application of AI NLP Never use his computer science degree as a web developer You don’t study code to be a developer AI and machine learn is based on Computer Science Tensor Flow Data Skeptic - podcast Performance Graphics cards Philosophy of Consciousness The subjective experience Job displacement phenomenon and much, much more! Links: http://ocdevel.com http://ocdevel.com/podcasts/machine-learning Tensor Flow Data Skeptic - podcast https://devchat.tv/js-jabber/jsj-278-machine-learning-tyler-renelle https://www.linkedin.com/in/lefnire Picks Tyler The Great Courses Charles CES Email beforehand and set up an appointment VRBO.com Autonomous.ai Full Article
j JSJ 292: CosmosDB with Kirill Gavrylyuk By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 18:30:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Kirill Gavrylyuk In this episode, JavaScript Jabber speaks with Kirill Gavrylyuk. Kirill is a dev manager at Cosmos DB, and works professionally with Azure CosmosDB. Kirill is on JavaScript Jabber to talk about what CosmosDB is in the world of development technology. Chuck and Kirill discuss the nuances of this database technology, how it is implemented, and how to manage and migrate data, among other great features. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: What is Cosmos DB? Bring your data anywhere your users are It is a website Multimodel database Works with Mongodb Cassandra Started as database DB Throughput Key data pairs Switching from MongoDB to Azure How do you decide what goes into this? It looks like an everything database. Migration path Uses cases, problems solved Supporting APIs Does it only exist in the Cloud? An emulator is available. Subscription info. And much more! Links: @kirillg-msft https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirillgavrylyuk Picks: Kirill Shared Debugging with VS Code - Keynote Charles USB Powered Monitor on Amazon Full Article
j MJS 040: Kitson Kelly By devchat.tv Published On :: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 20:02:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Kitson Kelly This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Kitson Kelly. Kitson is a return guest, previously on JavaScript Jabber 277. Kitson is the CTO at SitePen, and has been working and maintaining Dojo 2 for the last couple years. Kitson talks about his journey as a developer. First, sparking his interest with old Atari games and getting his first computer in his early years. Kitson talks about his education background and introduction to computers in high school and hang out with other in the same programming niche. Kitson talks about his challenges not having a degree in computer science, but still very successful as a developer after climbing the corporate latter. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Atari Games and old first computer Hangout with the computer nerds Community college No actual formal computer science degree Tech Support and Self Taught Challenges with not degree Climbing the latter Troubles even with a degree Is a degree in computer science really needed? Experience verses degree Working with other people is important Getting into JavaScript and Dojo What kept you working in JavaScript How do you get to being CTO and SitePen? What are you most proud of with the work on Dojo Contributions Side Projects - Dojo 2 and much, much more! Links: https://github.com/kitsonk Kistson Kelly https://www.sitepen.com https://dojo.io Picks: Kitson SVG Noun Project Charles adminlte.io Ruby on Rails, Jquery podwrench.com Full Article
j MJS 041: Austin McDaniel By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 09:44:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Austin McDaniel This week on My JavaScript Story/My Angular Story, Charles speaks with Austin McDaniel. Austin is a return guest and was previously featured on JavaScript Jabber episode 275 . Austin talks about his journey getting into programming as an 11year old, to recently, as a web developer with more complex technologies. Austin talks about building widgets, working in Angular, JavaScript, and more in-depth web development on many different platforms. Lastly, Austin talks about his contributions to NGX Charts and speaking at a variety of developer conferences. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How did you get into programming? 11 years old Cue Basic Web developer College jobs was in web developing IE6 Building Widgets Components jquery Web is the future How did you get into Angular? 2013, v1.2 Backbone Angular 1 & 2 NG X Charts Speaking at Conferences Augmented Reality and VR Web AR Angular Air Podcast Working as a contractor with Google and much, much more! Links: JavaScript Jabber episode 275 jquery http://amcdnl.com Angular Air Podcast @amcdnl github.com/amcdnl Picks Austin Todd Motto Charles NG Conf Angular Dev Summit Angular Air Podcast Full Article
j JSJ 293: Big Data with Nishant Thacker By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 23:10:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Nishant Thacker In this episode, JavaScript Jabber speaks with Nishant Thacker. Nishant is the technical product manager for all things big data at Microsoft. Nishant mentions the many new technologies and announcements he is in-charge of at Microsoft. Nishant is on the show to talk about Big Data and gives advice on how to process data and acquire deep insight of your customers. This is a great episode to understand the development of data systems that are the backbone of some marketing tools. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Processing Metrics Processing into report and usable information Data lake Collecting data points Creating and maintaining the data lake in its raw form Scale up engines and limits Commodity machines and leverage Big data means to scale out Specialized engines for audio and video files How to have a cohesive report? Writing and Querying across data Storing raw data and retrieve data Data cluster What does the data box look like? And much more! Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishantthacker @nishantthacker Picks: Nishant Robot I Charles Zoom H6 Shure SM 58 Lavalier Mics Full Article
j JSJ 294: Node Security with Adam Baldwin By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 03 Jan 2018 20:21:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood AJ O’Neal Joe Eames Special Guests: Adam Baldwin In this episode, JavaScript Jabber panelist speak with Adam Baldwin. Adam is a return guest and has many years of application security experience. Currently, Adam runs the Node Security Project/Node Security Platform, and Lift Security. Adam discusses the latest of security of Node Security with Charles and AJ. Discussion topics cover security in other platforms, dependencies, security habits, breaches, tokens, bit rot or digital atrophy, and adding security to your development. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: What is the Node Security Project/Node Security Platform Dependency trees NPM Tokens and internal data What does Node Security do for me? NPX and NSP Command Line CIL Bit Rot or Digital Atrophy How often should you check repos. Advisories If I NPM install? Circle CI or Travis NSP Check What else could I add to the securities? Incorporate security as you build things How do you find the vulnerabilities in the NPM packages Two Factor authentication for NPM Weak Passwords OL Dash? Install Scripts Favorite Security Story? And much more! Links: Node Security Lift Security https://github.com/evilpacket @nodesecurity @liftsecurity @adam_baldwin Picks: Adam Key Base Have I been Pwned? Charles Nettie Pot convo.com AJ This Episode with Adam Baldwin Free the Future of Radical Price Made In America Sam Walton Sonic - VGM Album Joe Pych - Movie NG Conf Why We Don’t Suck Full Article
j MJS 042: Kassandra Perch By devchat.tv Published On :: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 23:34:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Kassandra Perch This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Kassandra Perch. Kassandra is a return guest from JavaScript Jabber episode 197. Kassandra is a developer relations engineer for IOpipe, that does AWS Lambda monitoring and visibility in the server-less space. Kassandra talks about her journey into program through game sharks or programming game cartridges. Also, furthering her interest in programming was taking computer science courses in college, and getting a part-time job in the technology field during college while networking. Kassandra shares her favorite contributions to javascript and open source projects. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How did you get into programming? Game Sharks Game Cartridges Austin Meetup Group and JavaScript Working in the open source community College courses Contributions - Nodebotanist Interest in education and being autistic Child of a teacher Serving the community Helping people with projects IOT - Internet of Things Building Robots Serverless What are you working on now? AVR Girl and much, much more! Links: https://www.iopipe.com https://github.com/nodebotanist https://github.com/noopkat/avrgirl http://johnny-five.io IOpipe Picks Kassandra Sue Hitten Johnny 5 Serverless Framework Charles VS Code Azure pluggin Serverless Framework Amanda Silver interview More VS Code Interviews on Dev Chat TV Full Article
j JSJ 295: Developers as Entrepreneurs with Ryan Glover By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 00:07:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Cory House Joe Eames Aimee Knight Special Guests: Ryan Glover In this episode, JavaScript Jabber panelist speak with Ryan Glover. Ryan is on JavaScript Jabber to talks about Entrepreneurship as a developer. Ryan runs Clever Beagle in Chicago Illinois. Clever Beagle is a mentorship company that helps people build their first software Product. Ryan and the panel discuss the many roads of entrepreneurship, startup business ideas, servicing and teaching the community, how to’s, and psychological challenges, hiring, seeing your ideas through to the end, and privilege. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How do you get started as an entrepreneur? Clever Beagle The Meteor Chef Where are people getting stuck on the builds? Fear, unknowns Simple, but not easy Drive and ability to step into the unknown Survival of the fittest Hire before you are already Losing your marbles Starting on a smaller scale How do I know my idea is going to work? Book - Brick by Brick Multiple lines of business Managing a portfolio of business Revenue streams Marketing Quitter When do I quit? 6-12 months of cash before you quit Making mistakes in entrepreneurship? Be a reader and study Go out a read books! Experiential not taught Luck and Privilege Video - Life of Privilege Explained in a $100 Race Procrastinate on Purpose And much more! Links: Clever Beagle The Meteor Chef https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryangglover http://www.ryanglover.net Brick by Brick Quitter Procrastinate on Purpose Do Thing That Don’t Scale @rglover Picks: Cory The Power of Moments The 50th Law Charles ReactDevSummit.com Indiegogo for Dev Chat .NetRocks Aimee Life of Privilege Explained in a $100 Race Joe Everybody Lies Murder on the Orient Express Ryan Turning Pro - Steven Pressfield series The Power of Beliefs in Business Full Article
j MJS 043: Nick Disabato By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 21:15:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Nick Disabato This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Nick Disabato. Nick is a return guest how was recent on JavaScript Jabber episode 283 talking about AB testing. Also, Nick is an interaction designer from Chicago and runs a consultancy called Draft, who do research AB testing for online stores to increase conversion rate without increase ad spend. Nick talks about his current work, and his journey into programming, more on testing, and contributions to the JavaScript Community. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How much programming do you do day today? Programming activities Interacting with programmers to deliver products What was your introduction to programmer Logo - Turtle Cue Basic How did that get you to where you are today? Did not want to be a mathematician Never been to art school? Being a creative person but not visual Describe the creative, design, position you are in. Wire Frames Verbal communication Web development, etc. Front facing pages How did you get into JavaScript and how much do you have to know? Where are the bottlenecks? Which framework is the best? What are you working on now? and much, much more! Links: https://draft.nu https://nickd.org/bio/ draftsletters.com @nickd Picks Charles Dash Pro convo.com Nick Visual Web Optimizer Designing for Accessibility Full Article
j JSJ 296: Changes in React and the license with Azat Mardan By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:47:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Cory House Joe Eames Aimee Knight Special Guests: Azat Mardan In this episode, JavaScript Jabber panelist speak with Azat Mardan. Azat is a return guest, previously on JSJ Episode 230. Azat is an author of 14 books on Node JS, JavaScript, and React JS. Azat works at Capital One on the technology team. Azat is the founder and creator of Node University. Azat is on the show to talk about changes in React and licensing. Some of the topics cover Facebook, licensing with React, using the wrong version of React, patent wars, and much more in-depth information on current events in React. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Facebook - Licensing with React Using the Wrong version of React in some companies BSD licensing Patent wars Facebook developing React Difference in Preact and Inferno Rewriting applications What did Capital One do about the changes? React 16 Pure React Was the BSD patents - Med and Sm Companies Patents explained React Developers at Facebook Fiber - New Core Architecture And much more! Links: http://azat.co https://node.university https://devchat.tv/js-jabber/230-jsj-node-at-capital-one-with-azat-mardan Picks: Cory Axel Rauschmayer post Prettier Charles Indiegogo for Dev Chat forum.devchat.tv Aimee Dev Tees Hacker News - Question on Stack Exchange and Estimates Joe Heroku El Camino Christmas Azat PMP Azat - Short Lecture Full Article
j MJS 044: Ben Coe By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 06:00:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Ben Coe This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Ben Coe. Ben is the co-founder of attachments.me. Currently, work for NPM, and had worked for Freshbooks where he began his professional development career. Ben talks about his journey into programming and learning JavaScript, and the many experiences into his successful dev career. Ben shares his contributions to the Javascript community and the open source world with technologies like Yargs and InstanbulJS. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How did you get into programming? Noodling around with old computers from Waterloo Geo cites How did you get into Javascript? Working at Freshbooks Backend infrastructure at NPM How did you end up working at NPM? Operations person at NPM Dev Ops What was it like being there in the early days? Automation Yargs InstanbulJS Product management at NPM C8 What is next? and much, much more! Links: https://github.com/bcoe @BenjaminCoe http://blog.npmjs.org/post/81600398588/npm-install-ben-coe-g Yargs InstanbulJS Picks Ben https://www.hackillinois.org C8 tool Full Article
j JSJ 297: Scrollytelling with Russell Goldenberg and Adam Pearce By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:45:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Joe Eames Aimee Knight Special Guests: Russell Goldenberg and Adam Pearce In this episode, JavaScript Jabber panelist speak with Russell Goldenberg and Adam Pearce Russell creates visualizations, interactive graphics, and documentaries for the web. Currently an editor at The Pudding. Adam is a graphics editor at The New York Times and a journalist engineers/developer Russell and Adam are on the show to talk about what Scrollytelling is, as well as Scrollama. Scrollama is a modern and lightweight JavaScript library for scrollytelling using IntersectionObserver in favor of scroll events. This is a great episode to understand another technology/tool created with JavaScript. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: What is Scrollytelling! Graph Scroll library What is the intersection Observerable? How long does it take to build an interactive graphic…? How do you test something like this? Test on a lot of different devices Can you do automated testing? Do you have to understand the use cases or can you implement quickly? Recommendation for getting started? Is this a skill set people have to have before that some on board? How do design these interactions? Scroll jacking What JS developers should know about this technology. Position sticky What are other uses cases? What can devs use it for? Tax calculator And much more! Links: https://github.com/russellgoldenberg/scrollama https://pudding.cool/process/introducing-scrollama/ @codenberg @adamrpearce https://pudding.cool/ http://russellgoldenberg.github.io https://github.com/1wheel?direction=desc&sort=created&tab=stars https://roadtolarissa.com Picks: Adam Dominion - Broad Game Charles Smoker Tiny Epic Galaxies Indiegogo Dev Chat TV Aimee Deadlines Quest Protein Powder Joe Giving! Board Game - Azul Russel Crokinole Bust Out Full Article
j MJS 045: Gant LaBorde By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 12:29:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Gant LaBorde This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Gant LaBorde. Gant is a regular in React Native Radio of Dev Chat TV. Gant works for Infinite Red and works with Ignite, a toolkit/framework for React Native. Infinite Red is a mobile app consulting company. Gant talks about his journey in programming and working in the development world. Gant describes his early introduction to programming through the fascination of home computers and friends. Gant talks about his experience in learning Javascript, PHP, Data Base, Desktop apps, and much more. Lastly, Gant talks about his contributions to React Native, and other platforms, and his current projects. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How did you get into programming? Got into programming by help his dad with technology and computers Started his intro into programming through a friend programming on their home computer Basic AOL world - Visual Basic Programming Backend web ASP PHP Javascript talk Typescript talk Cardboard talk How did you get into React Native? Ruby Motion Building the Story How does React Native allow you to build the story? Components and structures Reactotron What are you working on now? Out of sync Yarn files and much, much more! Links: https://infinite.red https://infinite.red/ignite http://blog.npmjs.org/post/81600398588/npm-install-ben-coe-g Yargs InstanbulJS gantlaborde.com Picks Gant Chain React Conference Charles Avengers Infinity forum.devchat.tv Donate React Podcast for Dev Chat TV Full Article
j JSJ 298: Angular, Vue and TypeScript with John Papa By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:35:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Cory House Joe Eames Aimee Knight Special Guests: John Papa In this episode, JavaScript Jabber panelist speak with John Papa. John has been doing web programming for over twenty years on multiple platforms and has been contributing to the developer communities through conferences, authoring books, videos and courses on Pluralsight. John is on the show to discuss an articles he wrote on A Look at Angular Along Side Vue, and another article on Vue.js with TypeScript. John talks about the new features with the different versions of Angular technologies, anxiety in the different features, comparisons between the technologies and use case with Angular. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: A look at Angular Along Side Vue - Article Angular 5, Amber,Vue, React, Angular Angular 2 - different features CLI Spell Webpack Comparisons - Why the anxiety? Opinions of Angular and sprinkling in other technologies Vue is the easy to use with Angular Are there breakpoints with the uses case? Choosing technologies Talk about working with Vue and Angular DSL - Domain Specific Language Vue and 3rd party libraries Talk about Vue working with TypeScript Vue.js with TypeScript Vue with TypeScript looks similar to Angular Vetur What does 2018 have in store for Angular? Native apps and web functionality And much more! Links: https://johnpapa.net Vue.js with TypeScript A Look at Angular Along Side Vue @john_papa https://github.com/johnpapa Picks: Corey cypress.io Charles E Myth Revisited Profit First Dunkirk Aimee Crucial Conversations Ripple or XRP Joe The Greatest Showman Better Late Then Never Vue 7 Languages In 7 Weeks - Book John Jumanji 2017 Emotional Intelligence Full Article
j MJS 046: Donovan Brown By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 23:46:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Donovan Brown This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Donovan Brown. Donovan is a principle DevOps Manager at Microsoft. Donovan talks about his journey into programming starting in the 8th grade with Cue Basic to college and writing games in Cue Basic. Donovan talks about different avenues of programming and working independently, and being entrepreneurial, and finally getting a call from Microsoft. Donovan tells many great high energy stories and shares his enthusiasm in his career in DevOps. This is a great episode to hear the possibilities in the programming and developer world. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How did you get into programming? 8th grade Cue Basic Computer Math Cue Basic Selling notes - Chemistry class Board Game creation Teach yourself C in 21 days Change majors Work at Compaq Computers and go promoted as a software engineer Independent, then into Dev Ops Notion Solutions Ending up in Microsoft doing DevOps Hot Topic - Dev Opts - Release BrianKellerVM Demos DevOps and the Process Visual Studio and people Pain Points Programmers - Permission to do your job? JQuery Yeoman Generator Power Shell Plugin Open source and Contributions to the community DevOps Interviews Podcast and much, much more! Links: http://donovanbrown.com https://github.com/DarqueWarrior @DonovanBrown DevOps Interviews Podcast Picks Donovan Visual Studio Code Charles Installing Windows 10 Docker Support for Windows Full Article
j JSJ 299: How To Learn JavaScript When You're Not a Developer with Chris Ferdinandi By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 20:10:00 -0500 Panel: AJ O’Neal Joe Eames Aimee Knight Special Guests: Chris Ferdinandi In this episode, JavaScript Jabber panelist speak with Chris Ferdinandi. Chris teaches vanilla JavaScript to beginners and those coming from a design background. Chris mentions his background in Web design and Web Develop that led him JavaScript development. Chris and the JSJ panelist discuss the best ways to learn JavaScript, as well as resources for learning JavaScript. Also, some discussion of technologies that work in conjunction with vanilla JavaScript. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Teaching JavaScript - Beginners and Design patrons Web Design and Web Development CSS Tricks Todd Motto How to do jQuery Things without jQuery Doing things like mentors (Todd) When JavaScript makes sense. CSS is easier to learn then JS? Being good at CSS and JS at the same time? How about Node developers? jRuby, DOM Documentation And much more! Links: https://github.com/cferdinandi https://gomakethings.com @ChrisFerdinandi https://www.linkedin.com/in/cferdinandi Picks: AJ Discover Card Mistborn Aimee Your Smart Phone is Making You Stupid… Crypto Currency Joe Mystic Vale Kedi Chris https://gomakethings.com Teva Mush Full Article
j MJS 047: Tim Caswell By devchat.tv Published On :: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 20:50:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Tim Caswell This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Tim Caswell. Tim got into programming when he was a kid and would mess around on a Commodore 64 he had found. He next moved onto writing games in Cue Basic, and once the internet came into play in the mid to late 90’s, his programming really took off, especially after he got Windows. Tim has since written his own language based on Lua, called Luvit, worked on browser-based IDE systems, like Cloud 9, and so much more. After working on many projects and programs over the years, he is now focusing on building his startup. His advice is to always balance your needs with what you can do and make sure that you are always moving forward. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How did you get into programming? Commodore 64 386SX Games in Cue Basic CompuServe SweetSharks.com startup JavaScript and HTML Learning about CPUs in college Studied at Central Arkansas originally C++ Software engineering at UT Dallas Connect Framework NVM in Bash Luvit computer language Polyglot startup New product, SDK, coming soon Daplie Balance and moving forward Getting paid for value His mission The power to create and to inspire And much, much more! Links: Fresh Books Linode @CreationIX Picks Tim Daplie Upcoming SDK Beaker Browser Secure Scuttle Butt Charles CES Upside.com (CODE: VGCU7O) Full Article
j JSJ 300: Celebration By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 19:35:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Aimee Knight Cory House AJ O'Neal Joe Eames Special Guests: None In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists speak on where they are what they are up to today. Aimee is still in Nashville, Tennessee, and it is currently working at Built Technologies and is working with JavaScript. Cory is still authoring courses for Pluralsite, has more recently been doing consulting with React, and is the principal engineer at Cox Automotive. Joe is doing a lot of Pluralsight work, puts together conferences, and is working on a new podcast with Charles. AJ recently did some side work with Dash, is interested in working on a new domain service, and recently got married. Charles is currently at ngATL conference, and has been attending a lot of conferences recently. He is also starting to head over to the video realm and is creating a new podcast called React Roundup and a View Podcast with Joe. They also talk about what they each have planned in the upcoming year for their careers and their lives. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Built Technologies JavaScript Front End and Full Stack Pluralsite React consulting Cox Automotive Front end apps View and React podcast Angular JS to Angular Pluralsight courses Big Picture React courses Fork of Bitcoin called Dash New domain service ngATL React Roundup Podcast New podcasts on artificial intelligence, IOT, augmented and virtual reality game development, python Node, JavaScript, and Rust And much, much more! Links: Linode Built Technologies Pluralsite Cox Automotive Dash ngATL DevChat.tv Youtube FreshBooks Picks: Charles ATR2100 Microphone Zoom H6 Apple AirPods ngATL ngGirls Aimee Improving Ourselves to Death What Does Code Readability Mean? Cory JavaScript Tip Tweet AJ How to Start a Startup YouTube Series Singham Movie Joe WebFlow.com Full Article
j MJS 048: JC Hiatt By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 06:00:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: JC Hiatt This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with JC Hiatt. JC is a 25-year-old software consultant from Jackson, Mississippi. He first got into programming in the 7th grade when he had the desire to create a website. He has since done a lot of work with WordPress, helped to found DevLifts, and much more. Now, he is doing a lot of little things to help make an impact on the programming world, including running multiple podcasts and creating tutorials for new programmers. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How did you get into programming? w3schools.com HTML and CSS What got you into JavaScript? Hackers HackThisSite.com jQuery WordPress What are you most proud of? Tutorial involving React and WordPress Consulting Cryptocurrencies Podcast: HODL Daily DevLifts and DevLifts Podcast Cryptocurrency interest Balance And much, much more! Links: Linode w3schools.com DevLifts Website and Podcast HODL Daily Podcast FreshBooks JCHiatt.com @JCHiatt Picks JC CSS Grid The Punisher Charles Artemis by Andy Weir Star Wars: The Last Jedi React Dev Summit Full Article
j JSJ 301: CSS Grids: The Future of Frontend Layout with Dave Geddes By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 06:00:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Aimee Knight Cory House AJ O'Neal Joe Eames Aaron Frost Special Guests: Dave Geddes In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists talk with Dave Geddes about CSS Grids. Dave quit his job about a year ago and has been living the entrepreneur and programmer life since then. Now, he builds mastery games to help people learn CSS. Dave discusses the differences between Flexbox and CSS Grid and how the games that he creates can help people learn CSS Grid in a fun and interactive way. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: CSS Mastery games FlexboxZombies.com GridCritters.com Uses spaced repetition and delayed recall to learn CSS Grid Flexbox CSS Grid as the cake and Flexbox as the frosting Edge spec What Flexbox can do Sub-Grids Geddski.com Nesting Grids Old Grid vs New Grid layout Why would you move from Flexbox to CSS Grid? CSS Grid tools GridByExample.com Education and Gamification Pick a UI that interests you For a discount on Grid Critters: enter JS Jabber for 20% off And much, much more! Links: Linode FlexboxZombies.com GridCritters.com Geddski.com GridByExample.com FreshBooks @Geddski Picks: Charles R Pods Earphones Aimee NEU Cleanse “At Age 6, Girls Are Less Likely to Identify Females As ‘Really, Really Smart’” Cory Cory Tweet AJ How to Start a Startup Made in America by Sam Walton Joe The Dungeoneers by John David Anderson NG Conf Aaron Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff Dave They Are Billions Full Article
j MJS 049: Sean Merron By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 06:00:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Sean Merron This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Sean Merron. Sean is currently in Austin, Texas and is originally from Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is a full-time software engineer, and has been for a little over 15 years now, and runs a podcast called 2 Frugal Dudes. He first got into programming when he was in high school and went to a trade school for computer networking. This trade school really gave him a leg up with his certifications and led him to his first job where he did tech support for an office. Sean urges new programmers to always have a project and to never be afraid to learn something new. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: 2 Frugal Dudes How did you get into programming? CCNA and A+ certification Frist experience learning programming AP Computer Science C++ and Java How did you get into JavaScript? Gaming led to him wanting to build websites GeoCities HTML files HTML application Any advice for new programmers? Scripting Life-long learning What have your contributed to the programming community? Teaching, meetups, and conferences How did 2 Frugal Dudes come about? The importance of learning about finances The goal of podcasts His podcast audience demographics They discuss finances in layman’s terms What are you working on now and what are your future plans? And much, much more! Links: Linode 2 Frugal Dudes EarlyRetirementRoadmap.com @SeanMerron Picks Charles React and View Podcast coming up PodWrench.com Sean Mr. Money Mustache BogleHeads The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John Bogle Full Article
j JSJ 302: Evaluating Web Frameworks with Kitson Kelly By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 06:00:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Aimee Knight AJ O'Neal Special Guests: Kitson Kelly In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists talk with Kitson Kelly about evaluating web frameworks. Kitson is currently in Australia working for ThoughtWorks as a principle technologist. He has written many articles on frameworks and urges that people don’t get stuck on one framework in their programming. He talks about how using only frameworks that you know could hurt you in the long run. This episode is great for understanding when to use certain JavaScript frameworks and how branching out from what is comfortable might make your job easier. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Articles on web frameworks How do you pick a JavaScript framework to use? The framework depends on your changing needs Recommending less popular frameworks Angular, Ember, React React vs Redux Certain domains with different frameworks? Each framework takes a different approach How to decide which framework to use? Only give it a couple days to see if your app works with the framework Is it ever appropriate to not use a certain framework? Frameworks are there to make your job easier Don’t be afraid to try new frameworks Choose a framework that will “be there tomorrow” What is the future for frameworks? Experiment and be honest with what you need And much, much more! Links: Linode ThoughtWorks Kendo UI LootCrate @KitsonK Kitson’s GitHub Picks: Charles Facebook The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moore Google Drive for Business Aimee Would College Students Retain More If Professors Dialed Back The Pace? URL to PDF Converter CSS History AJ Tylenol Cold and Flu Severe Kitson Microsoft Azure Zype Full Article
j MJS 050: Azat Mardan By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 06:00:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Azat Mardan This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Azat Mardan. Azat is the author of 14 books on Node JS, JavaScript, and React JS. He also founded Node University, speaks at conferences, and works at Capitol One. Azat first got into programming when he was in college and his major was Informatics in eastern Europe and then when he graduated, he taught himself JavaScript and PHP and did some freelance work. Once he came to the United States, he got his master’s degree in Information Systems Technology and was building websites for country embassies. His main advice to people new to programming and IT is to just focus on one thing and give yourself enough time to get comfortable with that technology, and then move on to a new technology to conquer. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How did you get into programming? Major in informatics PHP, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML Freelancing Masters in Information Systems Technology C++ class FDIC Advice to new programmers The importance of focus His startup experience Ruby on Rails Mac vs Windows Taught himself different frameworks and languages Location matters MongoDB The best way to learn is to teach others What was it about JavaScript that really clicked for you? JavaScript has expressiveness The Talent Code What led you to React? Which contributions are you most proud of? And much, much more! Links: Node University The Talent Code Azat’s Blog: WebAppLog.com Picks Charles Gardenscapes Starcraft II The Osiris Method Azat Echo JS Full Article
j JSJ 303: Test Coverage Tools with Ben Coe, Aaron Abramov, and Issac Schleuter By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 06 Mar 2018 06:00:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Aimee Knight Corey House AJ O'Neal Special Guests: Ben Coe, Aaron Abramov, and Issac Schleuter In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists talk with Ben Coe, Aaron Abramov, and Issac Schleuter about test coverage and testing tools. They talk about the different tools and libraries that they have contributed to the coding community, such as NYC, conf, and Jest. They also discuss what test coverage is actually about and when using test coverage tools is necessary. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: What have you contributed to the testing tools community? npm NYC tool and instanbul project conf Jest These libraries were developed to be easy and have “batteries included” False positives with test coverage Encourage testing practices that don’t practice in a superficial way Test coverage is about making sure you test every state a public API can get into Think through the test you’re writing first Barriers against testing Don’t spike the code too quickly Provides guardrails for newer developers to contribute to open source projects Use tests to understand the system How to spend your time better When you need tests Value is very short term TDD And much, much more! Links: @BenjaminCoe @AaronAbramov_ Issac’s GitHub Picks: Charles React Roundup Views on Vue Adventures in Angular React Dev Summit 2018 Aimee Galentine’s Day Dnote CLI AJ The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson Corey We are hive project guidelines Tip: You can install node as a dependency on your project Ben Hack Illinois 2018 C8 Aaron Reason Issac The Tap 100 Krypton App Friendly Fire Podcasts Full Article
j MJS 051: Todd Gardner By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 07 Mar 2018 08:51:00 -0500 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Todd Gardner This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Todd Gardner. Todd is one of the co-founders of Track JS, which is a JavaScript error monitoring service. He first got into programming in Jr. High when he and his friends played around with computers they had dumpster dived for from their school in order to play video games. In High School, he learned how to create websites so that people could register for his LAN parties online. They also discuss the importance of finding passion in what you do as well as what Todd is most proud of contributing to the JS community. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Track JS Stack trace Telemetry Decodes errors that are actually good to focus on How did you get into programming? Warcraft video game Started programming past gaming in High School LAN parties Pearl The importance of passion in programming C# He didn’t start off with programming as his focus Find the thing that inspires you and go do it! How did you wind up on JavaScript? Working as a consultant Knockout vs Backbone .net contractor to JS contractor Node JS What are you most proud of in JS? Understand that you’re never done with a JS app What are you doing now? And much, much more! Links: Track JS @ToddHGardner Todd.mn Picks Charles Eternium The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber My Business on Purpose Podcast Jamie Masters Profit First by Mike Michalowicz The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran Todd Smart Things Rage Full Article
j JSJ 304: React: The Big Picture By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Aimee Knight Joe Eames Cory House AJ O'Neal Special Guests: None In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists talk about React: The Big Picture, Cory’s course on Pluralsight and what React is all about. They discuss both the pros and cons when it comes to using React and when it would be the best to use this library. They also encourage programmers to use React in a more consistent way so that people can share components. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: What is React: The Big Picture course? React The frameworks work with each other Reason and Elm How to decide when using React is the best option? React tradeoffs JavaScript React expects you to do a little more typing and work React is very close to JavaScript React pushes you towards a single file per component React Round Up Are the Code Mods as wonderful as they sound? Angular Create React App What are Code Mods? Lack of opinionated approach in React Using React in a more consistent way MobX and Redux Start off using just plain React When wouldn’t you want to use React? And much, much more! Links: React: The Big Picture Cory’s Pluralsight Reason Elm React JavaScript React Round Up Create React App Angular MobX Redux Framework Summit 2018 Angular: The Big Picture React Dev Summit Picks: Charles Hunting Hitler The Greatest Showman: Sing-a-long Aimee “Why being a perfectionist is an obstacle (and how to beat it)” by Gui Fradin “How to understand the large codebase of an open-source project?” blog post Joe Marital Bliss Card Game AJ Pplwink.com Full Article
j MJS 052: Jeremy Likness By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Jeremy Likness This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Jeremy Likness. Jeremy works for Microsoft currently and first got into programming when he was kept home while having a sunburn and taught himself how to type in a program into his family’s TI-99 4A computer and then later moved on to the Commodore 64. They stress the fact that you can be a successful programmer, no matter your background and they talk about the pros and cons of being a cloud developer advocate. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: How did you first get into programming? How much Microsoft is in the different programming aspects Cloud developer advocates Azure TI-99 4A and Commodore 64 C and C+ You don’t have to go the traditional route to be a programmer Having a CS major is not the only way How did you get into JavaScript? Discovered the internet in college Career focused on Web apps jQuery Backbone.js Hands-on career with the code He did consulting for 10 years Linux How has your earning changed? His biggest fear was getting out of touch with the realities of day-to-day programming Pros and cons of being a cloud developer advocate Community, Content, and Connection with engineering And much, much more! Links: Microsoft Cloud developer advocates Azure JavaScript jQuery Backbone.js Linux @JeremyLikness Jeremy’s Blog Picks Charles BusyCal Jeremy Dwitter.net Hello World: The Film Node.js documentation on Azure Full Article
j JSJ 305: Continuous Integration, Processes, and DangerJS with Orta Therox By devchat.tv Published On :: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Aimee Knight Joe Eames AJ O'Neal Special Guests: Orta Therox In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists talk about the tool Danger with Orta Therox. Danger allows you to create cultural rules about your pole request workflow. They discuss what Danger is, how it works, and how it can help you to catch errors and speed up code review. Danger lets you erase discussions so that you can focus on the things that you should really be focusing on, like the code. They also compare Danger to other ways of doing test converge. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: What is DangerJS? Think of it as being on the PR level Provides an eval context Used on larger projects React, React Native, Apollo, and RxJS Experimenting with moving Danger onto a server Danger can run as a linting step Pre-commit hooks Prettier How do you use Danger on your own machine? Danger Ruby vs Danger JS NPM install How is using Danger better that other ways of test coverage? What kinds of rules can you write for this system? Can use with Ruby or JavaScript React Storybooks Retrospectives And much, much more! Links: React Dev Summit JS Dev Summit Danger JS React React Native Apollo RxJS Prettier Danger Ruby Ruby JavaScript Orta’s GitHub Artsy Blog Picks: Charles Hogwarts Battle Board Game Sushi Go Party! Game NYC tips Aimee Max Stoiber Blog The Ultimate Guide to Kicking Ass on Take-home Coding Challenges Joe SaltCON Stuffed Fables Board Game AJ UniFi AC Lite Fullmetal Alchemist Orta The Wire Worm Web Serial Full Article
j MJS 053: Quincy Larson By devchat.tv Published On :: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Quincy Larson This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Quincy Larson. Quincy created Free Code Camp, whose goal is to build a huge community of people who will then contribute to the project so that they can help more people learn code for free. Quincy first got into programming when he wanted to find a way to get teachers out from behind the computer and into the classrooms. This revealed to him how powerful technology was and really got him interested in learning more code. He feels very strongly about the importance of accessibility and strived to make his camp as accessible as he could so he could reach the most people with it. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Free Code Camp How did you first get into programming? Previously a school director and teacher AutoHotkey How did you get into JavaScript? Focused on the problem of learning the code Free Code Camp was his main focus as a programmer The importance of accessibility Free Code Camp curriculum New update launching soon Build projects in order to get a certificate 6 certificates in total What is the work breakdown with Free Code Camp? Editorial staff now Free Code Camp YouTube Channel Writes on Medium Loves the fact that he gets to help others and positively affect their lives What else are you working on now? Beta.freeCodeCamp.org Expanding Free Code Camp Directory And much, much more! Links: Free Code Camp AutoHotkey JavaScript Free Code Camp YouTube Channel Quincy’s Medium Beta.freeCodeCamp.org @Ossia Free Code Camp Medium Picks Charles VRBO Mesquite, Nevada Upside.com Quincy The state of machine learning in JavaScript Tensor Fire Full Article
j 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
j 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
j 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
j 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
j 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
j 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
