Adventures in Angular

Panel: 

• Charles Max Wood

Special Guests: Rachel MacFarlane and Matt BiernerIn 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

• Linode
• Angular Boot Camp
• FreshBooks

Picks:Charles

• Orphan Black
• Avengers: Infinity War
• Fishing

Rachel

• GitLens

Matt

• The Bronx Warriors

Special Guests: Matt Bierner and Rachel MacFarlane.

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Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Tomek SułkowskiIn this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss UX in Angular with Tomek Sułkowski. Tomek currently works as a front-end engineer for an app creating company, as well as has been working for Sages running front-end workshops that mostly have to do with Angular. They talk about his blog post, buttons, and improving the user experience. They also touch on the importance of using simple solutions rather than overcomplicated ones, how to teach UI in training, and much more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

• Tomek intro
• Tomek blog post: Angular techniques: Improve submit button’s UX by NOT disabling it
• Use a simple directive
• The disabled button
• Think about how the user will use it when coding
• Using disable submit button when submitting a form
• Are there other things that people do that hurt their user experience?
• Making the UI easier for users
• Looking into animations to improve user experience
• Angular
• Angular Router Animations: the tricky bits by Tomek
• Routing from one path to another
• Small animations can go a long way
• The importance of not overcomplicating things
• What is the approach you take for teaching UI in your training?
• Know who you’re teaching
• Buttons
• Buttons make the interface much more usable
• Building forms
• Template based forms
• And much, much more!

Links:

• Sages
• Angular techniques: Improve submit button’s UX by NOT disabling it
• Angular
• Angular Router Animations: the tricky bits by Tomek
• @sulco
• Tomek’s Medium
• Tomek’s GitHub

Sponsors:

• Linode
• Angular Boot Camp
• FreshBooks

Picks:Charles

• Mattermost
• AiA Slack 
• DevChat.tv Forum
• Brave Browser

Tomek

• So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport
• Books I’ve Read by Derek Sivers
• The Man from Earth
• Nest Framework

Special Guest: Tomek Sułkowski.

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Panel: 

• Charles Max Wood

Special Guests: Matt Hernandez and Amanda SilverIn 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

Special Guests: Amanda Silver and Matt Hernandez .

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Panel: 

• John Papa
• Joe Eames

Special Guests: Tracy Lee and Stephen FluinIn this episode of Adventures in Angular, the panel talks to Tracy Lee and Steven Fluin about Angular Contributor Days. They talk about what Angular Contributor Days is, why they decided to create it, and the changes they have made since last year’s Contributor Days. They also touch on the importance of empowering developers to contribute to the Angular community in their own way and giving them a place to have their voice be heard.In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

• What is Angular Contributor Days?
• Celebrate and recognize Angular community
• Angular
• Now online so more people can participate
• ContributorDays.com
• Sending out a survey
• What is the point of Contributor Days?
• Angular has a rich ecosystem of collaboration
• Talking about education
• Angular Bootcamp
• Angular Core team panel
• Who should attend this event?
• Awesome way to discover this ecosystem
• Helping people feel empowered
• Is attending in person the only way to participate?
• It is all online this year
• Empowering people to contribute in their own way
• Tough to work with everyone’s time zone
• The event will be fully recorded
• Contributor days for a majority of the JavaScript ecosystem
• Everyone gets their voice heard
• Adoption is not the goal
• Breaking down walls as developers
• And much, much more!

Links: 

• Angular Contributor Days
• Angular
• ContributorDays.com
• Angular Bootcamp
• JavaScript
• Demo’s with Angular
• @stephenfluin
• Fluin.io
• Stephen’s GitHub
• @ladyleet
• Tracy’s Medium
• Tracy’s GitHub
•  

Picks:Joe

• Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker

John

• Embossing Tape

Tracy

• Framework Summit
• Node Collaborator Summit
• JS Interactive

Stephen

• update.angular.io

Special Guests: Stephen Fluin and Tracy Lee.

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Panel: 

• Charles Max Wood
• Alyssa Nicoll
• Joe Eames

Special Guests: Shmuela JacobsIn this episode of Adventures in Angular, the panel talks to Shmuela Jacobs about ngGirls. Shmuela founded ngGirls, which is an organization where they try to increase diversity in tech, and it is mainly focused towards Angular. This is because she loves Angular and feels that it is a good platform to start with because of its simplicity. They talk about how she came up with the idea for ngGirls, how the company works, and stress the incredibly helpful nature of the Angular community. In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

• Shmuela intro
• Angular and ngGirls
• The Angular community
• How the workshop works
• Free workshop run by volunteers
• Going to be at Google I/O
• How did you come up with ngGirls?
• Django girls
• Women Who Code
• Great experience with Django girls
• Wanted a company geared towards Angular
• The tutorial was written by the community
• How much people in the Angular community want to help
• Angular JS
• Still so much to learn in Angular
• People taking over
• Workshops happen all over the world
• The company allows for other people to organize the workshops themselves
• Is ngGirls growing beyond you?
• Plans to start more with helping to guide others as the company grows
• Creating more activities for more experienced women or different ages
• And much, much more!

Links:  

• ngGirls
• Angular
• Google I/O
• Django girls
• Angular JS
• @ShmuelaJ
• Shmuela’s GitHub

Picks:Charles

• Google Drive
• ScanSnap S1300i

Joe

• ngConf
• Role Playing Games

Shmuela

• ngConf YouTube
• Super Powered, Server Rendered Progressive Native Apps - Nathan Walker & Jeff Whelpley
• Schematics: Generating custom Angular Code with the CLI by Manfred Steyer

Special Guest: Shmuela Jacobs.

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Panel: 

• Charles Max Wood
• Ward Bell

Special Guests: Minko GechevIn this episode of Adventures in Angular, the panel talks to Minko Gechev about teaching Angular through Rhyme.com. Minko is currently working on Rhyme.com, which is a platform for hands-on demos and trainings. They touch on what Rhyme.com is, how it works, and the advantages to using it, especially in training. They also go into detail as to how an all sides workshop is set up and the versatility of using Rhyme with many different frameworks.In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

• Minko intro
• What are you most famous for in the Angular community?
• Angular.js style guide
• What is Rhyme?
• How does Rhyme work?
• All sides workshop advantages
• CodeSandbox.io
• Plunker
• Full on BM with virtual access
• Run things in your bowser eventually
• Working in the cloud
• Linux and Windows
• How workshops work
• Providing video recordings
• You can teach anything through Rhyme
• Have you used this in a coding environment?
• Angular CLI
• How are you using Angular to build this system?
• How much of the work is Angular pulling for you?
• TypeScript
• Architecture of Rhyme
• What is WebRTC?
• And much, much more!

Links: 

• Rhyme.com
• Angular.js style guide
• CodeSandbox.io
• Plunker
• Linux
• Windows
• Angular CLI
• TypeScript
• WebRTC
• Minko’s GitHub
• @MGechev
• Minko’s Blog 

Picks:Charles

• 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
• DevChat.tv YouTube

Ward

• Building Microservices by Sam Newman
• Hit Refresh by Satya Nadella

Minko

• ngConf

Special Guest: Minko Gechev.

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Panel: 

• Charles Max Wood
• John Papa

Special Guests: Sam JulienIn this episode of Adventures in Angular, the panel talks to Sam Julien about ngUpgrade in the real world. Sam is an Angular teacher and developer in Portland, Oregon and has spent a lot of time working through the issues with ngUpgrade. He has also launched a course called Upgrading Angular JS. He talks about the process behind upgrading and the two phases and four building blocks that are present in this process. They also touch on the fact that Angular JS is very different in the real world versus in theory.In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

• Sam intro
• Do you see steady traffic with needing ngUpgrade?
• Angular JS is popular in the enterprise community
• How do people get started with upgrading?
• Update to a current version of Angular JS
• Building blocks to upgrading
• TypeScript and Webpack
• The most important things to be doing
• npm
• General process – 4 building blocks and 2 phases
• Determine your approach
• Different approaches available for upgrading
• Pick a route and work from the bottom up
• Angular AOT mode
• Upgrading is overwhelming but is manageable
• Don’t rush the process
• Create a reasonable timeframe
• You can’t always use the CLI for these projects
• Target those who feel stuck
• What are the biggest problems that you’re seeing?
• And much, much more!

Links: 

• Angular JS
• Angular
• ngUpgrade
• Upgrading Angular JS
• TypeScript
• Webpack
• npm
• Angular AOT mode
• @SamJulien
• SamJulien.com
• @UpgradingAJS
• Upgrading AJS Medium
• Sam’s GitHub

Picks:Charles

• Star Realms

John

• ng-AI

Sam

• Donut.js
• Glitch
• Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

Special Guest: Sam Julien.

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Panel: 

• Shai Reznik
• Alyssa Nicholl
• Joe Eames

Special Guests: Yakov FainIn this episode of Adventures in Angular, the panel talks to Yakov Fain about Angular for Java developers. Yakov has worked as a Java developer for about 18 years, and in the last 4 or 5 years, he also started using front-end frameworks like Angular. They talk about what made him switch over to Angular, how it has improved his programming, and when it is best to utilize this framework. They also discuss how Yakov trains Java developers to start using Angular and the two methods he uses to do so.In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

• Yakov intro
• Wrote books on Java and Angular
• Angular
• Adobe Flex
• Why he stopped using Adobe Flex
• Angular and TypeScript combination
• Angular is built for large-scale projects
• Angular is good for creating single-page apps
• When Angular isn’t that great
• What he’s looking for in Angular 6
• Creating widgets
• Angular Element
• The programming community looks down on JavaScript
• CSS
• Recommends people learn CSS if they are a Java developer
• The beauty of the industry
• There is a specific way to teach to Java developers Angular that is easy for them to understand
• Two major directions in training Java developers
• And much, much more!

Links: 

• Angular
• Adobe Flex
• TypeScript
• JavaScript
• Yakov’s GitHub
• Yakov’s blog
• @YFain

Picks:Shai

• NGXS
• TypeWiz

Joe

• ngRx data
• Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker

Yakov

• JHipster
• Angular for Java Developers talk

Special Guest: Yakov Fain.

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Panel: 

• Charles Max Wood
• Alyssa Nicholl
• John Papa
• Joe Eames

Special Guests: Shmuela Jacobs, Samantha Rhodes, and Bonnie BrennanIn this episode of Adventures in Angular, the panel talks to Shmuela Jacobs, Samantha Rhodes, and Bonnie Brennan about ngGirls. ngGirls is an organization that provides a free one-day workshop with volunteer mentors who will teach them Angular basics. It was inspired by Django Girls and provides this type introduction to programming for women who want to learn about Angular. They are really passionate about bringing ngGirls all around the world so that women everywhere can be introduced to both Angular and programming.In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

• What is ngGirls?
• Started in November 2016 in Israel
• Django Girls
• Helps build motivation in young girls to keep programming
• Angular
• ngConf and Google I/O events coming up
• What is an ideal mentor?
• What does the curriculum look like?
• Angular Bootcamp
• Do you have a prep pack ahead of time?
• How do you sign up to be a mentor?
• Do you encourage people to organize their own ngGirls?
• How do you get the word out about the conferences?
• Using twitter
• How much experience do you need for ngGirls?
• They need more girls mentors
• Even if you’ve just started learning Angular, sign up as a mentor!
• And much, much more!

Links: 

• ngGirls
• ngAtlanta
• Django Girls
• Angular
• ngConf
• Google I/O
• Angular Bootcamp
• @AngularGirls
• @ShmuelaJ
• @Bonnster75
• Bonnie ngConf Organizer
• @TheLittlestDev
• Sam’s Medium

Picks:Charles

• Black Mirror

Alyssa

• Ready Player One Movie

Joe

• “Here are the best programming languages to learn in 2018”

John

• ng-AI Hackathon by Microsoft

Shmuela

• Arches National Park
• Angular in Depth Blog
• Octotree

Sam

• ngConf

Bonnie

• ngxs
• Dungeons and Dragons at ngConf
• Natasha Carlyon ngConf

Special Guests: Bonnie Brennan, Samantha Rhodes, and Shmuela Jacobs.

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Panel: 

• Charles Max Wood
• Ward Bell
• Joe Eames
• John Papa

Special Guests: Shai ReznikIn this episode of Adventures in Angular, the panel talks to Shai Reznik about TDD. TDD is a technique used to write unit tests. They discuss what exactly unit testing is, the benefits of it, and why you would want to use it to test your code. Shai then discusses what TDD is, why you would use it, the benefits of it, and how you can get started using TDD in your own code. He loves that he can use TDD as a design tool for code and that it forces you to write cleaner, more modular code.In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

• What is TDD?
• Test Driven Development
• What is unit testing?
• Benefits of unit testing
• Faster feedback and saves you from regression bugs
• JavaScript Unit Testing & TDD Theory by Shai
• Red, Green, Refactor
• Why would you want to use TDD?
• Benefits of TDD
• You actually get to write the tests
• Forces you to write more modular and cleaner code
• Use TDD as a design tool for code
• Do you actually write code using TDD?
• Angular
• Ember
• Production code vs other types of code
• Write tests around assumptions
• Is TDD Dead? YouTube Series
• Allows you to think through what you want to build before you build it
• Blueprint in a sense
• Testing vs TDD
• And much, much more!

Links: 

• Angular
• JavaScript Unit Testing & TDD Theory by Shai
• TDD
• Ember
• Is TDD Dead? YouTube Series
• NgConf
• HighRez.io
•  

Picks:Charles

• Get involved in the political process

John

• Don’t be afraid to have healthy discussions
• Five Things
• The 7 Ds of Development Talk

Joe

• The Mistakes I Made As a Beginner Programmer by Samer Buna
• An Overview of JavaScript Testing in 2018 by Vitali Zaidman
• Try it out and decide for yourself

Ward

• NgRx Data

Shai

• Machine Learning-Driven Bundling by Minko Gechev
• Angular TDD course coming soon
• JavaScript Unit Testing & TDD Theory

Special Guest: Shai Reznik.

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