Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: TJ VanToll This week on My Angular Story, Charles speaks with TJ VanToll. TJ is a front-end developer that currently works for Progress and spends his time working with NativeScript. He first got into programming in middle school when he built a Final Fantasy fan site back in the time when GeoCities was popular. He then in high school helped run the school’s website and in college majored in computer programming. They talk about how his journey to get to where he is today has influenced his life and what his day to day life looks like now as a developer advocate. In particular, We dive pretty deep on:

• Adventures in Angular Episode 90
• Adventures in Angular Episode 148
• React Native Radio Episode 4
• JavaScript Jabber Episode 186
• NativeScript
• Building native apps and native user interfaces
• How did you get into programming?
• Started in middle school
• GeoCities
• Went to college for Computer Programming
• His JavaScript journey
• Using JavaScript out of necessity originally
• jQuery when mobile started to take over
• Really interested in Android and iOS development
• React Native
• Using JavaScript to build iOS and Android apps
• Qordoba
• JavaScript is approachable to use
• How has you journey been?
• His job is to help recommend which technology people should use
• What does your day look like now?
• Job as a developer advocate
• What’s the coolest thing that you’ve built?
• And much, much more!

Links:

• Progress
• Adventures in Angular Episode 90
• Adventures in Angular Episode 148
• React Native Radio Episode 4
• JavaScript Jabber Episode 186
• NativeScript
• JavaScript
• jQuery
• React Native
• Qordoba
• @tjvantoll
• TJ’s GitHub
• TJVanToll.com

Sponsors:

• FreshBooks
• Digital Ocean

Picks: Charles

• Taking some time off
• Audible
• Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson etc.
• Views on Vue
• Adventures in Angular
• React Round Up
• YouTube Show

TJ

• How Did This Get Made? Podcast
• Freakonomics Podcast