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Frontend Greatness
By Ari-Pekka Koponen
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How many episodes does Frontend Greatness have?
The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.
Frontend Greatness episodes:
August 30, 2021Automated Visual Testing With Kimmo Brunfeldt Kimmo Brunfeldt a software developer and an entrepreneur joins Ari Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "Automated Visual Testing."
In this episode:- Common challenges with visual testing- Tools for visual testing- Discussion on if visual testing worth all the trouble---Episode NotesSocial- Kimmo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kimmobrunfeldt- Ari on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponenShow Notes- Swarmia: https://www.swarmia.com/- PhantomJS: https://phantomjs.org/- CasperJS: https://github.com/casperjs/casperjs- SlimerJS: https://github.com/laurentj/slimerjs- Puppeteer: https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer- Playwright: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright- Squint: https://github.com/kimmobrunfeldt/squint- Cypress: https://www.cypress.io/- Percy: https://percy.io/- Chromatic: https://www.chromatic.com/Kimmo's Recommendations- Frontend Focus: https://frontendfoc.us/- Dan Abramov's blog: https://overreacted.io/...more July 28, 2021Cross-Platform Frontend Development with Sallar Sallar, an independent software engineer and the co-creator of the open-source Buttercup password manager joins Ari Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "Cross-Platform Frontend Development."
In this episode:- What should every frontend developer know about cross-platform frontend development?- Pro-tips for cross-platform frontend development- Common cross-platform platform myths busted---Episode NotesSocial- Sallar on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sallar- Buttercup on Twitter: https://twitter.com/buttercup_pw- Ari on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponenShow Notes- "Building the Future of Our Desktop Apps" from Spotify Engineering: https://engineering.atspotify.com/2021/04/07/building-the-future-of-our-desktop-apps/- Electron.js: Ehttps://www.electronjs.org/- Expo: https://expo.dev/- React Native: https://reactnative.dev/- Flutter: https://flutter.dev/Sallar's Recommendations- Read timeless books- Just build something all by yourself...more June 16, 2021DX is UX With Evyatar Evyatar, a Front End Engineer at Facebook and the author of the Vest validations framework joins Ari Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "DX is UX."
In this episode:- Why developer experience and ergonomics matter?- How you build tools and libraries that developers love to use?- How are DX and UX principles similar.---Episode NotesSocial- Evyatar's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlushEvyatar- Ari's Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponenShow Notes- Evyatar's blog post on DX: https://medium.com/fiverr-engineering/creating-apis-for-the-human-developer-c0f51a6d9366- Vest: https://github.com/ealush/vest- Yup: https://github.com/jquense/yup- Zod: https://github.com/colinhacks/zod- Joi: https://github.com/sideway/joiEvyatar's Recommendations- "The Design of Everyday Things" by Donald A. Norman: https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/dp/1452654123- Christoph Nakazawa's blog: https://cpojer.net/...more May 27, 2021Better Web Typography with Oliver Schöndorfer Oliver Schöndorfer, a UI Designer and Typographer, who helps developers improve their websites through pimped typography joins Ari Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "Better Web Typography."
Oliver's YouTube Channel “Pimp my Type”: http://pimpmytype.comNewsletter with weekly font recommendations for web and app design: https://pimpmytype.com/newsletterIn this episode:- How can you make typography on the web better?- Choosing fonts for your next web project- Using variable fonts to improve typography and performance---Episode NotesSocial- Oliver's Twitter: https://twitter.com/glyphe- Pimp My Type: http://pimpmytype.com- Ari's Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponenShow Notes- Web Almanac - Fonts: https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2020/fonts/- "5 steps to faster web fonts": https://iainbean.com/posts/2021/5-steps-to-faster-web-fonts/- Prevent Faux Fonts: https://alistapart.com/article/say-no-to-faux-bold/- Avoid Google Fonts: https://wicki.io/posts/2020-11-goodbye-google-fonts/- Rasmus Anderssons (@rsms): https://twitter.com/rsms- The "Il1 ag" rule.Oliver's Recommendations- Zack Leatherman: https://twitter.com/zachleat- "Web Typography" by Richard Rutter: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Web-Typography-designing-typography-responsive/dp/099566420X- Typography.guru on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/typographyguru...more May 05, 2021From Redux to XState with David Khourshid David Khourshid, the creator of XState, a pianist, and a software developer, joins Ari Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "From Redux to XState."
In this episode:- Which parts of Redux you can replace with XState?- Can/should you manage all your state with state machines?- How to persuade your colleagues to use state machines?---Episode NotesSocial- David's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidKPiano- Ari's Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponenShow Notes- XState: https://xstate.js.org/- XState Visualizer: https://xstate.js.org/viz/- XState Catalogue: https://xstate-catalogue.com- "Video with Rainbow colored shirts": https://youtu.be/7erJ1DV_Tlo- Emmet: https://emmet.io/David's Recommendations- Statecharts.dev: https://statecharts.dev/- Matt Pocock: https://twitter.com/mpocock1- XState Discord: https://discord.gg/xstate- Keyframers Youtube: https://youtube.com/keyframers- Constructing the User Interface with Statecharts: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589003...more April 21, 2021Building an Online Network of Peers with Chris Bongers Chris Bongers is a digital nomad and the author of daily-dev-tips.com joins A-P Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "Building an Online Network of Peers."
In this episode:- How Christ ended building a network of peers.- Why a network of peer outside your current company is so valuable.- How to find and connect with peers online.---This episode is sponsored by Supermetrics.They are hiring Senior React Developers:https://careers.supermetrics.com/jobs/1070468-senior-react-developer---Episode NotesSocial- Chris' Twitter: https://twitter.com/DailyDevTips1- A-P's Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponenShow Notes- Daily Dev Tips Blog: https://daily-dev-tips.com/- Blogging for Devs: https://bloggingfordevs.com/- Reactiflux: https://www.reactiflux.com/Chris' Recommendations- Hacktoberfest: https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/- Hackathons- Instead of consuming, interact with content.- daily.dev: http://daily.dev/- Hashnode: https://hashnode.com/- Dev.to: http://dev.to/- freeCodeCamp: https://www.freecodecamp.org/- The Odin Project: https://www.theodinproject.com/...more April 07, 2021Building Complex Forms with Erik Rasmussen Erik Rasmussen, the author of two popular form libraries, Redux Form and Final Form, joins A-P Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "Building Complex Forms."
In this episode:- What every frontend developer should know about building forms.- How Redux Form led to the birth of Final Form and what issues it solves.- Form validation and performance optimization tips.---Episode NotesSocial- Erik's Twitter: https://twitter.com/erikras- A-P's Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponenShow Notes- Erik's website: https://erikras.com/- Erik's "Happy Hour Podcast": https://twitter.com/happyhourdotfm- Final Form: https://final-form.org/- Redux Form: https://redux-form.com/- React Hook Form: https://react-hook-form.com/- Formik: https://formik.org/- Yup: https://github.com/jquense/yup/- React Select: https://react-select.com/- Final Form examples: https://final-form.org/docs/react-final-form/examples/Erik's Recommendations- Kent C. Dodds: https://twitter.com/kentcdodds- Josh W. Comeau: https://twitter.com/JoshWComeau- David K: https://twitter.com/DavidKPiano- Harry Wolff: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdeMp2ZBnovi12THmLc47g...more March 24, 2021Sharing Code using NPM Libraries with Eemeli Aro Eemeli Aro, an open-source developer and a Software Developer at Vincit, joins A-P Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "Sharing Code using NPM Libraries."
In this episode:- How to make an impact by developing Open Source libraries- Pro tips for sharing code within your own organization when using NPM libraries- How to get started with building NPM libraries---Episode NotesSocial- Eemeli's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eemeli_Aro- A-P's Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponenShow Notes- Vincit: https://www.vincit.fi/en/- Github Packages: https://github.com/features/packages- JFrog Artifactory: https://jfrog.com/artifactory/- npm-pack: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-pack- Conventional Commits: https://www.conventionalcommits.org/- standard-version: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version- Create your own NPM card: https://natterstefan.medium.com/how-to-create-your-personal-npm-business-card-816dfc66ca8- Good First Issue: https://goodfirstissue.dev/Eemeli's Recommendations- Read other people's code: Pick a few libraries with great documentation and see how they're built....more March 10, 2021Overcoming adversity using “Sisu” with Jamon Holmgren Jamon Holmgren, the co-founder Infinite Red and the maintainer of mobx-state-tree, joins A-P Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "Overcoming adversity using “Sisu”."
In this episode:- What is "Sisu"?- What kind of adversities can you face as a developer?- How can you learn to better deal with adversity?- Learning to know what motivates you.- Learning to ask for help from others.---Episode NotesSocial- Jamon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamonholmgren- A-P's Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponenShow Notes- Infinite Red: https://infinite.red/- Jamon's tractor: https://twitter.com/jamonholmgren/status/1366201301244149762- Lasse Virén in Münich Olympics 1972: https://www.riemurasia.net/video/10000-metrin-finaali-Munchenin-kesaolympialaisissa-1972/208200- 16 Basic Desires: https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/16_basic_desires_theory_of_motivation- Self-determination theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-determination_theoryJamon's Recommendations- "The Culture Code" by Daniel Coyle: http://danielcoyle.com/the-culture-code/...more February 24, 2021Layouts and Spacing with Mark Dalgleish - Part 1/2 Mark Dalgleish, the co-author of CSS-modules, who currently works at SEEK building Playroom and frontends with the Braid Design System, joins A-P Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "Layouts and Spacing". The episode is split into two parts for easier listenability.
In part 1:- What is the goal of a good layout and spacing system?- Best practices for layouts and spacing.In Part 2:- Layout Components you should use in your everyday work.- How to get started with layout components and consistent spacing.- Mark's thoughts on going from good to great as a frontend developer.---Episode NotesSocial- Mark's Twitter: https://twitter.com/markdalgleish- A-P's Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponenShow Notes- Capsize: https://seek-oss.github.io/capsize/- Braid Design System: https://seek-oss.github.io/braid-design-system/- "Margin is like side-effect" -tweet: https://twitter.com/wongmjane/status/1242370883320049664- Tailwind's Spacing Scale: https://tailwindcss.com/docs/customizing-spacing- Mark's talk on design best practices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxbc3wAztl0- Chakra UI's layout components: https://chakra-ui.com/docs/layout/aspect-ratioMark's Recommendations- Build something in the open.- Talk in a meetup or conference....more
FAQs about Frontend Greatness:
How many episodes does Frontend Greatness have?
The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.