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Swift is a new programming language developed by Apple. In this episode, we will go through some of the basic language attributes such as var, let, control flow, optionals, closures and class.

ES2015 is the next version of standardised JavaScript. In this episode, we will use Babel JS as the transpiler to code in ES2015. We will go through some features like const, let, map, set, array and string functions as well as promises. Refer to the book Exploring ES6 for an in-depth overview.

Atom is a hackable text editor. In this episode, we will go through the various settings, packages, themes and also create a super simple package.

in-memory data structure store

Socket IO is a framework based on Web Sockets that enables real-time communication with duplex connection over TCP. In this episode, we will play with the technology Web Socket and learn how to emit and receive events from a server or client. Finally, we will explore Socket IO as a framework to detect emit, send, disconnect and broadcast events to multiple clients and server.

Mocha is a JavaScript testing library for node and browser. In this episode we will learn how to use mocha with the assertion library chai and use it with hooks, asynchronous test, various reporters and options. Finally we will also learn how to do a stub, calculate test coverage and open up a standalone browser for testing!

Docker is a platform for distributed apps. We will learn how to create isolated environment for apps based on docker. We will create 2 simple apps with nginx and nodejs with various docker commands and see how we can replicate that exact environment.

Gulp is a streaming build system. In this episode we will go through the basics of installing gulp with a few tasks as well as watching the tasks while we develop.

Git Flow is a git branch model. In this episode, we will create a git repository and then add the git flow branching model to it. We will also explore how to start a feature, hotfix of a release with the command line or SourceTree App. Finally, we will find out how to display the git commits in a graph.

RSpec is a testing tool for ruby programming language. In this episode, we will explore some common features of testing ushc as matchers, hooks, factories for initialising data and stubs.