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JavaScript Jabber episodes

November 19, 2019JSJ 408: Reading Source Code with Carl Mungazi
Carl Mungazi is a frontend developer at Limejump in London. He is a former journalist and switched to programming in 2016. Today the panel is discussing the benefits of reading source code. Carl began reading source code because he came into programming late and from a different field. His first project was with Mithril, and he read the source code and documentation to help him understand it. The panelists discuss how reading the source code has helped them and others to improve their coding. They compare reading and understanding source code to learning a foreign language, and discuss different methods. Carl gives some suggestions for reading source code effectively. He advises people to be patient and step through the code. Accept that you will probably take a wrong path at some point or another, but the more you read, the more you will see patterns in how libraries are structured. He also encourages listeners to approach the authors, as they are often happy to lend a hand. Reading source code is an active approach of stepping through, debugging, putting in break points, checking the stack, and so forth. It’s also important to do outside research. Since he has been reading source code, Carl has come to prefer plain JavaScript and libraries with as little code as possible. The panel discusses the benefits of small, simple libraries. Carl gives examples of techniques that he learned from reading a library source code and how he applied it to his own coding style. Reading source code has made him more careful about mixing logic and UI, and now he separates them. He also is more confident in seeing a problem, going to a preexisting library, and just importing the fix for that problem rather than the whole library. Reading source code is really about understanding the code you use in your project. It may slow you down, but you’ll be thankful in the long term because it will help you solve future bugs more efficiently. Carl talks more about his debugging process. He still relies on a debugger, but reading a library helps you to see patterns and guess the output of a function. These patterns persist in other libraries as well. Once you can guess correctly what will happen, you go back to reading the code and find instances where the output is unexpected, and fix it. Carl’s closing thoughts are that through reading source code, he has learned that although code is used differently in each library, they are all written in the same language, and therefore interrelated. This gave him more confidence in reading code because they’re all fundamentally the same. When a bug is discovered, he encourages listeners to look at the source code before googling a solution. Panelists
AJ O’Neal
Dan Shapir
Steve Edwards
Charles Max Wood
Guest
Carl Mungazi
Sponsors
Hasura.io
Sentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit
Adventures in Angular
Links
Mithril.js
Preact
Limejump
PicksAJ O’Neal
Zen of Python
The Go Proverbs
Go with Versions
Link’s Awakening soundtrack
Dan Shapir
Programming Pearls book
Lord of Light
Steve Edwards
Jabra Elite 65T
Charles Max Wood
Garth Brooks
The Rocky movies
Carl Mungazi
Follow Carl @CarlMungazi and carlmungazi.com
EcmaScript Spec
HTML 5.2
Snarky Puppy
Special Guest: Carl Mungazi.

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56 min
November 12, 2019JSJ 407: Reactive JavaScript and Storybook with Dean Radcliffe
Dean is a developer from Chicago and was previously on React Round Up 083. Today he has come over to JavaScript Jabber to talk about reactive programming and Storybook. Reactive programming is the opposite of imperative programming, where it will change exactly when needed instead of change only when told to. Reactivity existed long before React, and Dean talks about his history with reactive programming. He illustrates this difference by talking about Trello and Jira. In Trello, as you move cards from swimlane to another swimlane, everyone on the board sees those changes right away. In Jira, if you have 11 tabs open, and you update data in one tab, probably 10 of your tabs are stale now and you might have to refresh. Reactive programming is the difference between Trello and Jira.The panel discusses why reactive JavaScript is not more widely used. People now tend to look for more focused tools to solve a particular part of the problem than an all in one tool like Meteor.js. Dean talks about the problems that Storybook solves. Storybook has hot reloading environments in frontend components, so you don’t need the backend to run. Storybook also allows you to create a catalogue of UI states. JC and Dean talk about how Storybook could create opportunities for collaboration between engineers and designers. They discuss some causes of breakage that automation could help solve, such as styles not being applied properly and internationalization issues. Dean shares how to solve some network issues, such as having operators in RxJs. RxJs is useful for overlapping calls because it was built with cancelability from the beginning. Dean talks about his tool Storybook Animate, which allows you to see what the user sees. Storybook is an actively updated product, and Dean talks about how to get started with it. The show concludes with Dean talking about some things coming down the pipe and how he is actively involved in looking for good general solutions to help people write bulletproof code. Panelists
JC Hiatt
With special guest: Dean RadcliffeSponsors
Hasura, Inc.
Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry’s small plan
Adventures in Angular
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood will be out on November 20th on Amazon. Get your copy on that date only for $1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Links
RRU 083
Knockout.js
Node.js
Meteor.js
RXJS
Storybook Animate
RX Helper library
Follow DevChatTV on Facebook and Twitter PicksJC Hiatt:
Joker
DevLifts
Dean Radcliffe:
Twitter @deaniusol and Github @deanius
The Keyframers
Action for Healthy Kids

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45 min
November 12, 2019MJS 131: Chris Biscardi
Chris is an independent consultant working with open source startups. He taught himself to program and started in open source. He talks about how he got into programming and how he learned to code.
Chris' first access to programming was writing index.hml files when he was younger and again when he was majoring in Arts in university he was introduced to ActionScript.
Host: Charles Max Wood
Joined by Special Guest: Chris Biscardi
Sponsors
Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan

iPhreaks

Adventures in DevOps

CacheFly

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"The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood will be out on November 20th on Amazon. Get your copy on that date only for $2.99
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Links
JSJ 386: Gatsby.js with Chris Biscardi

Chris' LinkedIn

Chris' Twitter

https://www.twitch.tv/chrisbiscardi

Picks
Charles Max Wood:
Follow Charles Max Wood on Instagram at CharlesMaxWood

Follow Charles at https://devchat.tv/events/

Suggest a topic/guests on podcast pages at https://devchat.tv

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Join us on Discord by going to https://discordapp.com/invite/z7RNTHR

Go to Maxcoders.io to find out more about MaxCoders movement

Chris Biscardi:
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49 min
November 05, 2019MJS 130: Javan Makhmali
This week, My Javascript Story welcomes Javan Makhmali,a Programmer at Basecamp from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Javan attended Community College to study Computer Science but then decided to work as a Freelancer developer. Javan and Charles debate whether having a 4-year college degree is better to become a developer and conclude that it depends on the person. Some people prefer a structured 4 year degree to feel ready for a full time jo and some people do better with bootcamps. Javan mentions he knows several people that switched careers after completing an 8 week bootcamp and that the industry was really flexible to accomodate both options.
Charles and Javan then continue talking about Javan's journey as a developer and particularly his journey with Basecamp. Javan started out working with Ruby on Rails and after a couple of years applied for a job at Basecamp (then known as 37 Signals). Javan then started working with CoffeeScript which helped him understand working with JavaScript.
Charles and Javan talk about the projects Javan is working on currently at Basecamp. Outside of work Javan, is a new parent and enjoys spending time with his daughter. He feels ever since he has become a parent, his work life balance has been better.

Host: Charles Max Wood
Joined by Special Guest: Javan Makhmali
Links
JSJ 376: Trix: A Rich Text Editor for Everyday Writing with Javan Makhmali

Javan's Twitter

Sponsors
Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan

Dev Ed Podcast

Adventures in Blockchain

CacheFly

Picks
Charles Max Wood:
https://maxcoders.io/
35 min
November 05, 2019JSJ 406: Security in Node
Today the panel is talking about security features that are being added to Node 13. AJ talks about the background and what he’s working with Let’s Encrypt. He talks about changes that Node has made to the TLS module. TLS is a handshake that happens between a client and a server. They exchange certificates, generate some random numbers to use for encryption, and TLS handles the encryption. The move to HTTP/2 is all about fixing legacy bugs and legacy features from the SSL days and reducing the number of handshakes.AJ talks about the difference between TLS and HTTPS. While TLS reduces the handshakes between client and server, HTTPS is just HTTP and has no knowledge that TLS is going on. HTTP/2 is more baked in as both encryption and compression are part of the specification and you get it automatically. HTTP/2 is also supposed to be faster because there’s fewer handshakes, and you can build heuristic based web servers. Since browsers have varying degrees of compatibility, a smart HTTP/2 server will classify the browser and anticipate what files to send to a client based on behavior and characteristics without the client requesting themA lot of these new features will be built into Node, in addition to some other notable features. First, there will now be set context on the TLS object. Second, if you’re connected to a server, and the server manages multiple domains, the certificate will have multiple names on it. Previously, each different server name had a different network request, but now a .gitcertificate will let you get all the metadata about the certificate, including the primary domain and all the secondary domains and reuse the connections. These new features are a great improvement on the old Node. Previously, the TLS module in Node has been an absolute mess. These are APIs that have been long neglected, and are long overdue core editions to Node. Because of these additions, Node Crypto has finally become usable. HTTP/2 is now stable, usable, and has backwards compatable API, and a dictionary of headers to make it more efficient in compression.The conversation turns back to certificates, and AJ explains what a certificate is and what it represents. A certificate has on it a subject, which is a field which contains things like common name, which in the case of HTTPS is the server name or host name. then it will have subject alternative names (SAN), which will have a list of other names that are valid on that certificate. Also included on the certificate is the name of the authority that issued the certificate. AJ talks about some of the different types of certificates, such as DV, OV, and EV certificates. They differentiate between encryption and hashing. Hashing is for verifying the integrity of data, while encryption can be used either as signing to verify identity or to keep data owned privately to the parties that are part of the connection. Encryption does not necessarily guarantee that the data is the original data. The show concludes with AJ talking about how he wants to make encryption available to the average person so that everyone can share securely. Panelists
Steve Edwards
AJ O’Neal
Charles Max Wood
Sponsors
Tidelift
Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry’s small plan
Ruby Rogues
Links
Let’s Encrypt
Greenlock
HTTP/2
Node.js
Node Crypto
JWK
LZMA
Gzip
Broccoli.js
HTTPS
GCM
ASN.1
OWASP list
jwt.io
Diffie Hellman Key Exchange
Khana Academy Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange pt.2
Follow DevChatTV on Facebook and Twitter PicksSteve Edwards:
Panasonic SD-YD250 bread machine
AJ O’Neal:
Greenlock v.3
Samsung Evo 4 TOB paired with 2012 Macbook Pro
Dave Ramsey on Christian Healthcare Ministries
Charles Max Wood:
Velcro straps
Mac Pro Upgrade Guide

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8 min
October 31, 2019JSJ 405: Machine Learning with Gant Laborde
Gant Laborde is the Chief Innovation Officer of Infinite Red who is working on a course for beginners on machine learning. There is a lot of gatekeeping with machine learning, and this attitude that only people with PhDs should touch it. In spite of this, Gant thinks that in the next 5 years everyone will be using machine learning, and that it will be pioneered by web developers. One of the strong points of the web is experimentation, and Gant contrasts this to the academic approach. They conversation turns to Gant’s course on machine learning and how it is structured. He stresses the importance of understanding unicode, assembly, and other higher concepts. In his course he gives you the resources to go deeper and talks about libraries and frameworks available that can get you started right away. His first lesson is a splashdown into the jargon of machine learning, which he maps over into developer terms. After a little JavaScript kung fu, he takes some tools that are already out there and converts it into a website.Chris and Gant discuss some different uses for machine learning and how it can improve development. One of the biggest applications they see is to train the computers to figure monotonous tasks out while the human beings focus on other projects, such as watching security camera footage and identifying images. Gant restates his belief that in the next 5 years, AI will be everywhere. People will grab the boring things first, then they will go for the exciting things. Gant talks about his creation NSFW.js, an open source train model to help you catch indecent content. He and Chris discuss different applications for this technology.Next, the panel discusses where machine learning can be seen in everyday life, especially in big companies such as Google. They cite completing your sentences in an email for you as an example of machine learning. They talk about the ethics of machine learning, especially concerning security and personal data. They anticipate that the next problem is edge devices for AI, and this is where JavaScript really comes in, because security and privacy concerns require a developer mindset. They also believe that personal assistant devices, like those from Amazon and Google, will become even more personal through machine learning. They talk about some of the ways that personal assistant devices will improve through machine learning, such as recognizing your voice or understanding your accent. Their next topic of discussion is authenticity, and how computers are actually incredibly good at finding deep fakes. They discuss the practice of placing passed away people into movies as one of the applications of machine learning, and the ethics surrounding that. Since developers tend to be worried about inclusions, ethics, and the implications of things, Gant believes that these are the people he wants to have control over what AI is going to do to help build a more conscious data set. The show concludes with Gant talking about the resources to help you get started with machine learning. He is a panelist on upcoming DevChat show, Adventures in Machine Learning. He has worked with people with all kinds of skill sets and has found that it doesn’t matter how much you know, it matters how interested and passionate you are about learning. If you’re willing to put the pedal to the metal for at least a month, you can come out with a basic understanding. Chris and Gant talk about Tensorflow, which helps you take care of machine learning at a higher level for fast operations without calculus. Gant is working on putting together a course on Tensorflow. If you’re interested in machine learning, go to academy.infinite.red to sign up for Gant’s course. He also announces that they will be having a sale on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.Panelists
Christopher Buecheler
With special guest: Gant LabordeSponsors
React Round Up
Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry’s small plan
Adventures in Angular
Links
Machine Learning: How To go from Zero to Hero
NSFW.js
Tensorflow.js
PyTorch
Keras
Academy.infinite.red
Gantlaborde.com
Follow DevChatTV on Facebook and Twitter PicksChristopher Buecheler:
Next.js
Big Wreck, But For The Sun
Gant Laborde:
Nicornot.com
Free 5 day mini course on academy.infinite.red Special Guest: Gant Laborde.

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43 min
October 29, 2019MJS 129: Filipa Lacerda
Charles Max Wood talks to Filipa Lacerda in this week's My JavaScript Story. Filipa has been working as a front end engineer since 2011 and she currently works at GitLab.
Filipa originally wanted to study Economy but when she got to university she decided to major in Communications thinking it would be a lot more about communication and not as much about coding. At first she really didn't like the coding aspect of it but then as time went by she actually started to enjoy coding.
When she first started working she started out on the User Experience side, but then she wanted to switch to building stuff with code because she wanted to see results really fast and enjoyed that aspect of coding.
Charles asks why she stuck with that degree instead of switching it and Filipa explains that at first because she didn't want to go back and re - take the exams and also decided that this degree offered many job opportunities in many different industries and now she can't imagine herself doing anything else.
Filipa then talks about why she is working with Vue and all the different kind of projects she has done using Vue as well as what working for GitLab looks like on a day to day basis.
Host: Charles Max Wood
Joined by Special Guest: Filipa Lacerda
Links
https://devchat.tv/views-on-vue/vov-025-gitlabs-journey-with-vue-with-filipa-lacerda-and-jacob-schatz/

https://devchat.tv/views-on-vue/vov-009-building-modal-component-with-filipa-lacerda/

https://filipa.gitlab.io/

https://twitter.com/FilipaLacerda

Sponsors
Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan

Adventures in .NET

Elixir Mix

CacheFly

Picks
Filipa Lacerda:
Why We Sleep by Walker PhD, Matthew

Charles Max Wood:
RxJS Live: Conference

Nikon D5600 Camera

RØDE Microphones
25 min
October 29, 2019JSJ 404: Edge on Chromium with Chris Heilmann
Guests Chris heilmann and Zohair Ali are developers for Microsoft working on the Edge project. Today they are talking about Edge on Chromium and the future of developer tools. Edge will now be built in Chromium rather than being its own engine, aligning it more with what is being used on the open web right now. The Edge team wanted to seize the opportunity to bring something into the Chromium project based on the needs of real users and contribute to the open source web. Edge on Chromium won’t be limited to Windows 10 either, but will be available on Mac, Windows 7, and Windows 8. This project is still in beta with no set release date, so the Edge team is looking for people to test it out on Mac and tell them how it works. Chris and Zohair talk about the different parts of a web browser and what distinguishes Chrome from Chromium. Chromium is not just a platform, it’s an entire browser that you can install. Google adds a bunch of Google services to Chromium, such as being able to sign into your Google account, and that’s how you get Google Chrome. Similarly, the new Edge adds its own features on top of Chromium, so you can sign into your Microsoft account. By now the browser engines are so similar to each other that the users are looking for the user experience, interface, and services around it, so it made more sense for the Edge team to contribute to Chromium than to maintain their own engine and help it improve.Chris and Zohair talk about some of the features in Edge on Chromium. One service they’re particularly excited about is the Collections feature, where you can drag images, text, etc into Collections and export it to Excel or Word. Collections was inspired by what users need, and they talk about some of the different use cases for it. The new Edge on Chromium will also have an IE mode for products that still require IE 11. If you define what services need IE 11, Edge will open an IE 11 tab within the browser so you will not have to jump between browsers. Unfortunately, this feature is only available on Windows. Edge on Chromium will also offer an integration with VS Code, called Elements for VS Code, which takes part of the developer tools from Edge and puts it inside VS Code. Since the tools are based on Chromium, it stays in the same context all the time so you don’t have to jump back and forth, and you can see the changes live in your browser. This feature is in beta right now and they are looking for people to test it. The Edge team talks about their process for creating tools. They are working on putting their tools into other languages so that they are accessible to more people. They talk about how they want to avoid creating Edge specific tools as much as possible because they want to make it better for everybody. One of their biggest struggles is everybody demands developer tools, but nobody wants to contribute, so they don’t have as much feedback and not as much outside contribution. That’s why they keep calling for people to try out the new Edge on Chromium and give them feedback. They want to make that change more transparent so that they build things that people want. They will have to make some of their own tools, but they make sure that they don’t have any third party dependencies. They mention that all Chrome extensions are compatible with Edge, so if it’s available in the Chrome webstore, you can add it to Edge, you just have to be sure to allow it. They talk about some of the testing tools available. The show concludes with a discussion of the fate of Chakra Node. Panelists
AJ O’Neal
Aimee Knight
Dan Shapir
Steve Edwards
With special guests: Chris Heilmann and Zohair AliSponsors
Tidelift
Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry’s small plan
Views on Vue
Links
Chromium
Microsoft Edge Insider
Microsoft Chakra Core
Elements for VS Code
MS Edge Driver
Puppeteer
Follow DevChatTV on Facebook and Twitter PicksAimee Knight:
Cypress testing library
Steve Edwards:
CSS Tricks Screencast episode 174: Using Local Overrides in Devtools
Dan Shapir:
The Chronicles of Amber
AJ O’Neal:
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Lover by Taylor Swift
Chris Heilmann:
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
TabNine
doesthedogdie.com
Zohair Ali:
Saga graphic novel series
Special Guests: Christian Heilmann and Zohair Ali.

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59 min
October 24, 2019JSJ 403: Why Developers Need Social Skills with Mani Vaya
In this episode of JavaScript Jabber, Charles talks about the new direction he has for the company. He wants to drive people to the point that they have the skills that make people want to hire and work with them, to teach them how to ‘Max out’. Today the panel the skills that developers need to progress in their careers: social skills. The panel talks about their observations from work that the people who advanced and grow in their career were the ones with social skills, not necessarily with technical skills. The company wants to get stuff done, and if your social skills are getting in the way of projects getting done because you can’t work with others, you are not that useful to the company, and you will be stuck in the lower ranks while others who may not have the same technical skills will rise in the ranks because they are pleasant to work with. Mani talks about his personal experience getting laid off for lacking these soft skills. But then he read the book 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green, realized his shortcomings, and started to apply just one lesson from the book. Within 6 months, he was promoted.Mani delves deeper into the first lesson taught in 48 Laws of Power, Never Outshine the Master. Fundamentally, this means that you don’t try to prove in meetings how good you are, or that they’re wrong, or that you think that you are better than them. The more you the aforementioned things, the less likely you will be to get promoted or trusted. Mani talks about how he used to do these things and how it cost him multiple jobs. When he put this lesson into practice, he changed his methods and the boss started to like him, leading to his promotion 6 months later. The panel discusses this lesson and what benefits can come from it. Mani shares another lesson that he learned through the story of a friend trying to get him to invest in his business. After Mani refused to invest multiple times, his friend stopped asking him to invest, but instead asked him for business advice. Eventually, Mani invested in the business because when he saw that his friend was influenced by his advice, it engendered trust between them. The panel agrees that if you want to influence someone, you have to be influenced by them. It is important to treat someone as a person rather than an asset or wallet, and ensure them that their investment is not their end goal. One of the most fundamental social skills that you must be able to like people, because other people can smell manipulation. The panel transitions to talking about the paradoxical nature of social skills and that they are often the opposite of what you think will work in a situation. Unfortunately, there will always be difficult people to work with. To illustrate how to work with difficult people, Mani shares the story of how Gengis Khan was convinced not to destroy a city of artists and engineers by his advisor, Yelu Chucai. Gengis Khan agreed because Yelu Chucai was able to structure his plea in a way that would also benefit Gengis Khan. The conversation shifts to how to conduct an interview to see if a candidate will fit into your team culture. First, you must know what you’re looking for and understand your team culture, and then ask for stories of when they accomplished something in the interview. If every story is all about how they did something and they don’t include other people, then that may indicate their self-centeredness. They discuss the Ben Franklin Effect. For those listeners wondering where to begin with all this self improvement, Mani has read over 2,000 books on business and offers a course on his website, 2000books.com. Mani has teamed up with JavaScript Jabber to offer a special deal to the listeners of this podcast. To get lifetime access to Mani’s courses at a 40% discount, follow the links below. Panelists
Steve Edwards
Charles Max Wood
With special guest: Mani VayaSponsors
React Native Radio
Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry’s small plan
React Round Up
Links
48 Laws of Power by Robert Green
The 360 Degree Leader by John C. Maxwell
The Ben Franklin Effect
javascriptjabber.com/social and 2000books.com
40% off for the first 200 people
Coupon code: Jabber
Follow DevChatTV on Facebook and Twitter PicksSteve Edwards:
Rex Chapman
Charles Max Wood:
BombBomb
IndieHackers.com
Stolen bike prank
Mani Vaya:
How I Built This by NPR
As a Man Thinketh
Special Guest: Mani Vaya.

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1 hr 10 min
October 22, 2019JSJ 402: SEO for Developers with Vitali Zaidman
Vitali Zaidman is a full stack developer who works for WellDone Software Solutions and is currently working on a SEO project. Today’s show is about SEO for developers. SEO stands for search engine optimization, which helps your website appear higher on search engines. SEO has changed a lot in the past 10 years. It has become much more regulated, and the “dirty tricks” of the past will actually penalize you, so it is important to do it properly. Today the best way to promote yourself on Google besides making good content is for developers to optimize the content, make it small, operational, secure, accessible, and operate on mobile. Much of it goes back to using semantic HTML since Google looks at it before looking at the structure of your website, how valuable it is, and how users interact with it. Having good semantics helps Google determine how valuable it is, so semantic HTML should be a top priority. Semantic HTML can also make your site more accessible to users, which will in turn give you a larger audience. The panel talks about some of the challenges of SEO faced by companies. While bigger companies have the privilege of dedicated SEO teams, small companies often lack these specialists. Thankfully, Google has made their guidelines for SEO very accessible and gives you a lot of tools to track your optimization. The panel talks about different methods of SEO, such as including FAQ at the bottom of the web page, optimizing page speed, and image optimization. Structured data like questions and answers enriches the data that is shown for users on the search results page. To score your website’s SEO, Google released the tool PageSpeed Insights, which will assign your website a performance score. Google uses two main tools to track a website’s SEO. First, they use real field data. If you opt in to ‘help improve Chrome’s features and performance’ when you install Chrome, it tracks how fast websites load on your Chrome, and they collect this information to understand how webpages load. It is required that your website has a certain amount of visitors to be tracked and added to the database. Second, Google has their own devices that will check your website. Currently, they are using a Moto G4 to test for mobile access, and a slow internet connection. Because of this, it is pretty easy to get a good score on desktop, but difficult to get a good score on mobile. The technology that drives all this is called Lighthouse. Overall, performance is the main thing users look for, so aim for good performance and fast websites. The panel discusses the correlation between performance and SEO. For example, Fox News and CNN are two of the top search results for ‘news’, but they have a dismal Google PSI score. They conclude that performance shouldn’t be ignored, but be careful about directly correlating performance and SEO. They also caution against getting obsessed over certain aspects of SEO by themselves. Panelists
Dan Shapir
Aimee Knight
Charles Max Wood
With special guest: Vitali ZaidmanSponsors
Tidelift
Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry’s small plan
Elixir Mix
Links
SEO
JSON
Google Webmaster guidelines
Google PageSpeed Insights
Chrome CrUX
Lighthouse
Here's How the Google Speed Update Will Impact Your Site
SEO for Developers - A Quick Overview
Google Quality Guidelines
Follow DevChatTV on Facebook and Twitter PicksAimee Knight:
Spotify CLI
Dan Shapir:
Chrome Dev Summit 2019
Dan Shapir on Twitter
The Anubis Gates
Charles Max Wood:
St. George Marathon
Vitali Zaidman:
Vitali’s website
Arzamas Academy
Follow Vitali on Medium and Twitter
Special Guest: Vitali Zaidman .

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39 min

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