For our very first episode of the Front End Happy Hour podcast, we have our panelists (Augustus Yuan, Derrick Showers, Jem Young, Ryan Anklam and Ryan Burgess) discuss their opinions on the Medium article posted in early January, titled "The Sad State of Web Development", written by Drew Hamlett. The panel shares their thoughts on front end tools and how they view the current state of web development.

Items mentioned in the episode:

Gulp, Grunt, Broccoli JS, npm, Babel, Sass, PostCSS, React, Ember, Angular

Panelists:

Augustus Yuan - @augburto

Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Picks:

Ryan Burgess - Viking & Lumberjack Series

Ryan Burgess - O’Reilly Fluent Conference

Ryan Anklam - frinkiac.com

Ryan Anklam - Red Rising Trilogy

Jem Young - Syntax Con

Jem Young - Planet Money

Jem Young - MacBook Selfie Stick

Derrick Showers - Let’s Encrypt

Derrick Showers - Product Hunt

Augustus Yuan - Github Scientist