This episode was recorded live from The Microsoft Build Conference 2016. In this episode we chatted with Anders Hejlsberg of Microsoft about Typescript. You can follow him on Twitter, or check out what he’s done over on GitHub

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Writing Code (Anders)

We discuss Reindex, GraphQL and Relay with Mikhail Novikov of Reindex.io

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03:52 - First-time “No” Experiences; Fear and Pressure

14:26 - Reasons to Say “No”

24:31 - Using “No” as a Tool to Get Where You Want to Go

25:35 - Obtaining the Ability to Say “No”

30:20 - Changing Your Mind

32:14 - Techniques for Saying “No”

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Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal by Oren Klaff (Philip)

02:11 - Ciro Nunes Introduction

02:39 - Command-line Interface (CLI)

06:58 - Ciro’s Involvement with the CLI

08:10 - Features and Improvements for Angular 2

19:33 - Accessibility

26:36 - CLI Basics

28:11 - Testing

34:12 - Building a Production Pipeline

35:38 - GitHub Pages; Community Contribution

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (John)

01:42 - Michael DiBernardo Introduction

02:27 - The Architecture of Open Source Applications Series

08:24 - Demonstrating Concepts in 500 Lines of Code

12:24 - Why Open Source?

14:20 - Lessons Learned

19:05 - Communication Issues

22:41 - Reuse

28:52 - What should people gain from the book?

34:12 - How to Read a Book Like This (Retention)

37:48 - Soft Skills

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Udi Dahan: The Fallacy Of ReUse (David)

This episode was recorded live from The Microsoft Build Conference 2016. In this episode we chatted with Jeremy Thake of Microsoft about MS Office. You can follow him on Twitter, see what he’s done over on GitHub, or visit his blog.

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Office Dev Center

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Billions (Jeremy)

We discuss Robots and React Native with Rob Goldiez, co-founder of Hirebotics

02:39 - Training Backgrounds

12:50 - Do I need to know training before I start training?

16:32 - Open-Enrollment Courses

19:57 - Getting and Incorporating Feedback

22:34 - Instructional Design

23:23 - Training: Best Practices

29:49 - Solo vs Teamwork; Metacognition

34:17 - Introductory vs Advanced-level Courses

36:38 - Getting Your First Training Gig Working For a Company

41:29 - Pricing Training Services

44:07 - Don’t Teach Too Much

50:09 - Problem Students

01:00:03 - Answering Questions

01:05:41 - Working AND Training

01:06:52 - Introverts and Speaking

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LegalZoom (Philip)

03:26 - Style Guides

08:57 - Naming Conventions

11:51 - The Growth of the Angular 1 Style Guide

14:41 - Style Guide Dislikes

21:26 - Multiple Recommendations

23:48 - Making Arbitrary Choices

29:54 - What is the state of the Angular 2 style guide?

34:32 - Pipes

37:43 - What will be in Angular 2?

41:21 - Angular 2 Quickstart

49:15 - Levels of Proficiency for All

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The Warriors (Ward)

01:59 - Greg Wilson Introduction

02:37 - What’s Missing?

05:48 - Disconnect Between Computer Scientists and Software Developers

09:09 - How necessary are books?

15:18 - Being Part of a Process vs Starting a Process

17:01 - Software Tools; Spreadsheets

28:45 - Language, Vocabulary, and Theory and The Software Craftsmanship Movement

33:41 - Reinventing the Wheel

36:24 - Crowdsourcing

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Software Tools by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger (Greg)