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JavaScript Jabber episodes

June 18, 2018JSJ 318: Cloud-Hosted DevOps with Ori Zohar and Gopinath Chigakkagari LIVE at Microsoft Build
Panel:
Charles Max Wood
Special Guests: Ori Zohar and Gopinath ChigakkagariIn this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss Cloud-Hosted DevOps with Ori Zohar and Gopinath Chigakkagari at Microsoft Build. Ori is on the product team at VSTS focusing on DevOps specifically on Azure. Gopinath is the group program manager in VSTS primarily working on continuous integration, continuous delivery, DevOps, Azure deployment, etc. They talk about the first steps people should take when getting into DevOps, define DevOps the way Microsoft views it, the advantages to automation, and more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
Ori and Gopi intro
VSTS – Visual Studio Team Services
VSTS gives developers the ability to be productive
Developer productivity
What’s the first big step people should be taking if they’re getting into DevOps?
The definition of DevOps
The people and the processes as the most important piece
DevOps as the best practices
Automating processes
What people do when things go wrong is what really counts
Letting the system take care of the problems
Have the developers work on what they are actually getting paid for
Trend of embracing DevOps
Shifting the production responsibility more onto the developer’s
Incentivizing developers
People don’t account for integration
Continuous integration
Trends on what customers are asking for
Safety
Docker containers
And much, much more!
Links:
Azure
Microsoft Build
VSTS
@orizhr
Ori’s GitHub
Gopi’s GitHub
@gopinach
Sponsors
Kendo UI
Linode
FreshBooks
Picks:Charles
.NET Rocks!
Shure SM58 Microphone
Zoom H6
Ori
Fitbit
Pacific Northwest Hiking
Gopinath
Seattle, WA

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57 min
June 13, 2018MJS 065: Greg Wilson
Panel: Charles Max Wood
Guest: Greg Wilson
This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Greg Wilson about his educational and programming background, a Canadian company (Rangle) who’s doing amazing things, and much more! Currently, Greg is the head of instructor training at DataCamp.
In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
Past Episode – 184

JavaScript
The one unavoidable language.

Company in Canada – Rangle.

1980’s when Greg got into super computing – everything was custom hardware.

Want to be “rich, famous, and popular?” – check out 11:58!

Rangle – what a great company!
Emily Porta

Rangle’s program, Bridge, aimed at women who are trying to get into the tech industry.

How did you get into programming?
Queen’s University – 1980.

Started off as chemistry major.

From Vancouver, Canada.

Engineering degree.

Got hired to do math with computers.

Software.

1985 – working for a lab in Ottawa.

Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Scotland.

Ph.D.

Academia.

Moved to Toronto.

Ruby
Greg is a Python user.

Not familiar with Ruby.

Violence and video games?
Where is the data?

If people had the habit of being skeptical, such as fake news and other things, that simply isn’t true.
For example: are vaccines dangerous?

Professor Marian Petre – Open University

Book: “Software Designs Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think” by Marian Petre
Links:
Digital Ocean, LLC

FreshBooks

Greg Wilson’s Third Bit

Greg Wilson’s Twitter

Greg Wilson’s GitHub

Greg Wilson’s LinkedIn

Greg Wilson’s “What We Actually Know About Software Development, and Why We Believe It’s True”

JavaScript

Past Episode – 184

Rangle

Rangle’s Bridge

Python

Ruby

Professor Marian Petre – Open University

Book: “Software Designs Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think” by Marian Petre

CacheFly

Charles Max Wood’s Twitter
Sponsor:
Digital Ocean, LLC
Picks:
Charles
St. George, Utah

Parade of Homes

Upside

Bose SoundLink Headphones

ATR2100 Microphone
Greg
Rangle’s Bridge
Inclusivity and diversity

AOSABOOK.ORG

Samson Meteor Microphone
56 min
June 12, 2018JSJ 317: Prisma with Johannes Schickling
Panel:
Charles Max Wood
AJ O’Neal
Special Guests: Johannes SchicklingIn this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss Prisma with Johannes Schickling. Johannes is the CEO and co-founder of GraphCool and works with Prisma. They talk about the upcoming changes within GraphCool, what Prisma is, and GraphQL back-end operations. They also touch on the biggest miscommunication about Prisma, how Prisma works, and much more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
JSJ Episode 257
MJS Episode 055
Raised a seed round
Rebranding of GraphCool
What are you wanting to do with the seed money you raised?
Focused on growing his team currently
Making GraphQL easier to do
The change in the way people build software
What is Prisma?
Two things you need to do as you want to adopt GraphQL
Apollo Client and Relay
GraphQL on the back-end
Resolvers
Resolving data in one query
Prisma supports MySQL and PostgreSQL
How do you control access to the GraphQL endpoint that Prisma gives you?
Biggest miscommunication about Prisma
Prisma makes it easier for you to make your own GraphQL server
Application schemas
How do you blend your own resolvers with Prisma?
And much, much more!
Links:
JSJ Episode 257
MJS Episode 055
GraphCool
Prisma
GraphQL
Apollo Client
Relay
MySQL
PostgreSQL
@schickling
Johannes’ GitHub
Schickling.me
Prisma Slack
Sponsors
Kendo UI
Linode
FreshBooks
Picks:Charles
Audible
The 5 Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman
Facebook Backyard Homesteader Groups
CharlesMaxWood.com
Sling TV
Roku Express
AJ
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Johannes
Figma
Netlify Functions
GraphQL Europe

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50 min
June 06, 2018MJS 064: Troy Hunt
Panel: Charles Max Wood
Guest: Troy Hunt
This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Troy Hunt who is from Australia. In this episode, Troy and Charles talk about web security and how Troy got into the field. Troy writes a blog, creates courses for Pluralsight, and he is a Microsoft Regional Director and an MVP who travels the world speaking at events and training technology professionals.
In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
Web security

This show is not about code or technology, but about the person.

How did you get into programming, Troy?
1995 Troy started at the university.

Book: HTML for Dummies

How did you get into web development and JavaScript in general?
1999 – JavaScript

Bank – Cahoot

What have you done with JavaScript that you are particularly proud of?
At the time, I was proud of my work with the Pizza Hut application.

Fast-forward – I still use JavaScript but also framework.

How did you get into security?
Architectural role in Pfizer pharmaceutical company.

Troy started writing a blog in 2009.

What are you working on now?
Launched my Version 2 of “Pwned Passwords.”

Cloud Flare

E-mails and Passwords breached
Have a program that tells you to do something different instead.

Try to find a balance.

Do most people think about web security? Probably not.

Bring awareness about this.

Make systems usable

Give people enough advice.

Service
Pwned.com

Troy’s Real-Life Stories

How do you stay current with all of this web security information?
Having a healthy following in Twitter.

Stay on top of the mentions.

Interesting spread of people within this field.

Links:
Digital Ocean

Troy Hunt’s Website

Book: HTML for Dummies

JavaScript

Cahoot

Troy’s Blog

Version 2 of “Pwned Passwords”

Pwned.com

Troy Hunt’s Twitter

Troy Hunt’s Medium

Troy Hunt’s Facebook

Troy Hunt’s LinkedIn

Troy Hunt’s GitHub

Fresh Books

CacheFly
Sponsors:
Digital Ocean
Picks
Charles
The Greatest Showman – Musical

JavaScript
Troy
BrowseAloud

Subresource Integrity – Blog at Hunt’s Website

CSP’s

Supply chain
25 min
June 05, 2018JSJ 316: Visual Studio Code with Rachel MacFarlane and Matt Bierner LIVE at Microsoft Build
Panel:
Charles Max Wood
Special Guests: Rachel MacFarlane and Matt BiernerIn this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss Visual Studio Code with Rachel MacFarlane and Matt Bierner, who are both developers on Visual Studio Code. They talk about what the workflow at Visual Studio Code looks like, what people can look forward to coming out soon, and how people can follow along the VS Code improvements on GitHub and Twitter. They also touch on their favorite extensions, like the Docker extension and the Azure extension and their favorite VS Code features.In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
Rachel and Matt intro
Month to month workflow of Visual Studio Code
VS Code JavaScript, TypeScript, and Mark Down support
Working on GitHub and within the community
Check out new features incrementally with insiders
Community driven work
What is coming out in Visual Studio Code?
GitHub helps to determine what they work on
Working on Grid View
Improved settings UI
Highlighting unused variables in your code
Improvements with JS Docs
Dart
Visual Studio Extension API
How do people follow along with the VS Code improvements?
Follow along on GitHub and Twitter
Download VS Code Insiders
Have a general road map of what the plan is for the year
Technical debt week
What do you wish people knew about VS Code?
Favorite extensions
Docker extension and Azure extension
And much, much more!
Links:
Visual Studio Code
JavaScript
TypeScript
Dart
VS Code GitHub
@Code
VS Code Insiders
Docker extension
Azure extension
Rachel’s GitHub
Matt’s GitHub
MattBierner.com
@mattbierner
Sponsors
Kendo UI
Linode
FreshBooks
Picks:Charles
Orphan Black
Avengers: Infinity War
Fishing
Rachel
GitLens
Matt
The Bronx Warriors

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36 min
May 30, 2018JSJ 315: The effects of JS on CSS with Greg Whitworth
Panel:
AJ O’Neal
Aimee Knight
Special Guests: Greg WhitworthIn this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss the effects of JavaScript on CSS with Greg Whitworth. Greg works on Microsoft EdgeHTML, specifically working on the Microsoft Layout team, is on the CSS working group, and is involved with the Houdini task force. They talk about JS engines and rendering engines, what the CSSOM is, why it is important to understand the rendering engine, and much more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
Greg intro
What is the Houdini task force?
Extensible web manifesto
DOM (Document Object Model)
Layout API
Parser API
Babel
jQuery
Back to basics
JavaScript engine and rendering engine
What is the CSSOM?
Every browser has its separate JS engine
Browsers perspective
Aimee ShopTalk Podcast Episode
Why is it important to understand how the rendering engine is working?
Making wise decisions
Give control back to browser if possible
When you would want to use JavaScript or CSS
Hard to make a hard or fast rule
CSS is more performant
Overview of steps
And much, much more!
Links:
Parser API
Babel
jQuery
Aimee ShopTalk Podcast Episode
JavaScript
@gregwhitworth
GWhitworth.com
Greg’s GitHub

Sponsors
Kendo UI
Linode
FreshBooks
Picks:AJ
Microsoft Surface
Microsoft Cursor
Aimee
Greg’s Talk
What Your Conference Proposal Is Missing by Sarah Mei
Greg
Aimee ShopTalk Podcast Episode
Jake Archibald Tasks Talk

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54 min
May 30, 2018MJS 063: Fred Zirdung
Panel: Charles Max Wood
Guest: Fred Zirdung
This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Fred Zirdung. Fred is currently the head of curriculum at Hack Reactor, where he essentially builds all of the tools and learning materials for the students there. He is also an instructor and has been there for five years. Prior to that, he worked for multiple companies such as Walmart Labs as well as many small startups. He first got into programming with the Logo programming language in the 6th grade and he had always been interested in working with computers since a young age. They talk about what got him into web programming, what enthralled him about JavaScript and Ruby on Rails, and what he is proud of contributing to the JavaScript community.
In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
JavaScript Jabber Episode 76

Fred intro

How did you first get into programming?

Coding professionally for 20+ years

Coding prior to college graduation

Logo programming language

QNX operating system

Were you always interested in programming?

Always interested in computers

Commodore 64

Basic programming in high school

Programming didn’t click for him until high school

In college when the web became popular

Computer engineering degree in college

What was it that appealed to you about software over hardware?

Software vs hardware

Embedded systems software

How did you get into web programming?

Dolby Laboratories

What technologies got you excited?

JavaScript, Perl, and Ruby on Rails

Loved the flexibility of JS and Rails

Found something he could be productive with

What are you proud of contributing to the JavaScript community?

What are you working on now?

And much, much more!
Links:
JavaScript Jabber Episode 76

Hack Reactor

Walmart Labs

Dolby Laboratories

JavaScript

Perl

Ruby on Rails

@fredzirdung

Fred’s GitHub

Fred’s Medium
Picks
Charles
React Developer Tools plugin

PluralSight

React Round Up and Views on Vue

Framework Summit
Fred
Navalia

Koa

Vue
32 min
May 23, 2018MJS 062: Zachary Kessin
Panel: Charles Max Wood
Guest: Zachary Kessin
This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Zachary Kessin. Zach is a web developer who has written Programming HTML5 Applications and Building Web Applications with Erlang. Currently, he works a lot with functional programming. He first got into programming because his mother used to write in Lisp and he earned his first computer by begging his relatives to help pitch in to get him one when he was seven. They talk about what led him to Erlang and Elm, why he wanted to be a programmer from a young age, and what he is most proud of in his career.
In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
JavaScript Jabber Episode 57

JavaScript Jabber Episode 169

Zach intro

Elm and Erlang

How did you first get into programming?

Mother was writing Lisp when he was a kid

RadioShack color computer

Mother taught him Basic

Pascal and AP Computer Science

Studied CS originally in college and then switches to Physics

First web app written in Pearl 4

Did PHP for a living for a while and hated it

Elm saves him time and effort

What was it that made you want to program from a young age?

Don’t be afraid to jump into programming at a late age

Elm error messages

Writes fewer tests in Elm code that JS code

What are you most proud of?

Loves mentoring

Making a difference in the community

It’s not just about the code, it’s about the people

What are you doing now?

And much, much more!
Links:
JavaScript Jabber Episode 57

JavaScript Jabber Episode 169

Programming HTML5 Applications

Building Web Applications with Erlang

Elm

Erlang

Lisp

Zach’s GitHub

@zkessin

Zach’s YouTube

Zach’s LinkedIn
Picks
Charles
Masterbuilt Smoker

Crock-Pot
Zach
If you like a book, tell the author!

How to Get a Meeting with Anyone by Stu Heinecke

1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric Cline
27 min
May 22, 2018JSJ 314: Visual Studio Code and the VS Code Azure Extension with Matt Hernandez and Amanda Silver LIVE at Microsoft Build
Panel:
Charles Max Wood
Special Guests: Matt Hernandez and Amanda SilverIn this episode, the JavaScript Jabber/Adventures In Angular, panelists discuss Visual Studio Code and the VS Code Azure Extension with Matt Hernandez and Amanda Silver at Microsoft Build. Amanda is the director of program management at Microsoft working on Visual Studio and VS Code. Matt works on a mix between the Azure and the VS Code team, where he leads the effort to build the Azure extensions in VS code, trying to bring JavaScript developers to Azure through great experiences in VS Code. They talk about what’s new in VS Code, how the Azure extension works, what log points are, and much more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
Amanda intro
Matt intro
What’s new in VS Code?
VS Code core
VS Live Share
Shared Terminal
Now have Linux support
Live Share is now public to the world for free
What would you use Shared Terminal for?
Are there other things coming up in VS Code?
Constantly responding to requests from the community
Live Share works for any language
How does the Azure extension work?
Azure App Service
Storage extension
Azure Cosmos DB
What are log points?
All a part of a larger plan to create a better experience for JS developers
Visual debuggers
Is it the same plugin to support everything on Azure?
Want to target specific services that node developers will take advantage of
And much, much more!
Links:
Visual Studio
VS Code
Azure
Live Share
Azure Cosmos DB
Microsoft Build
Azure App Service
Amanda’s GitHub
@amandaksilver
Matt’s GitHub
@fiveisprime
Picks:Charles
Orphan Black
Shout out to VS Code team
Battle of the Books
Matt
The Customer-Driven Playbook by Travis Lowdermilk
The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey
Yes, And by Kelly Leonard
Digital Marketing For Dummies by Ryan Deiss
Ed Gets His Power Back Kickstarter
Amanda
Microsoft Quantum Development Kit for Visual Studio Code
Iggy Peck, Architect
Tek by Patrick McDonnell

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51 min
May 16, 2018MJS 061: Kyle Simpson
Panel: Charles Max Wood
Guest: Kyle Simpson
This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Kyle Simpson. Kyle is most well-known for being the writer of You Don’t Know JS. He first got into programming because his friend’s dad was a programmer and he was hooked by the software side of computers. He grew up writing games with QBasic and Turbo Pascal and then in his teens did some client projects. He was very much a self-taught programmer and ended up sticking with it into his career today. They talk about what led him to JavaScript and what he is doing currently.
In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
Kyle intro

You Don’t Know JS

How did you first get into programming?

Dad’s friend was a programmer

Dad built computers

Wrote games with QBasic and Turbo Pascal

Some client projects in teen years

Very much self-taught programmer

CS degree in college

First professional job at a biotech company

Do you feel people need to get a CS degree these days?

Grateful for his degree

What engineering taught him

Striving to understand why and how things work

Don’t need a CS degree but you do need a certain mindset

Valuable but not necessary

What led you to JavaScript?

Web Portal at his college

What made you want to deepen your knowledge of JS?

What are you working on now?

And much, much more!
Links:
You Don’t Know JS

JavaScript

Kyle’s GitHub

Functional-Light JavaScript

@getify

Kyle on Front-end masters
Picks
Charles
Template Weeks

Working Out
Kyle
Fluent Conf

Node RSA
55 min

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