The Web Platform Podcast

Tyler McGinnis joins us this week to talk about the importance of community outreach, how he got into teaching and what keeps him going. We talk about how publishing content like blog posts and other training material can generate exciting opportunities and learn how Tyler makes a living doing what he loves without the need for complicated marketing campaigns.

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Feeling empowered to design on the web can be a challenge. With the recently demoed Project VisBug by Adam Argyle (@argyleink) at Chrome Dev Summit, that's changing. VisBug allows any website to become an artboard to be shaped, allowing designers and developers alike a new set of freedom to find joy with designing on the web. In this episode, we dive into the challenges of designing for the web, how VisBug helps alleviate some of the pain points, and just what's next for the latest in punk rock web development tools.

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Gatsby brings together React, Webpack and modern JavaScript in a way that makes a performant experience the default experience. In this weeks episode join us with Jason Lengstorf and learn how Gatsby can do this and some of the other great products that Gatsby are working on.

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Brave is a modern browser that puts the user first. This week learn all about Brave, find out why it's faster than Chrome and Safari and how it uses blockchain technology to pay users for their attention and content creators for their work.

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Nuxt.js is a framework for creating Vue.js applications, you can choose between Universal, Static Generated or Single Page application. Vue.js has exploded in popularity and along with it, some excellent tools have been created. This week on the Web Platform podcast our hosts chat with Sébastien Chopin (@Atinux) to learn about Nuxt.js, the challenges of universal applications and how Nuxt.js can help.

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Babel, a build tool that has enabled web developers to build tomorrows JavaScript today, has finally hit it's version 7 release. It's been a long 3 years and Henry Zhu (@left_pad) along with the Babel core team have a lot to share with us. In this episode, Henry discusses the process of building Babel 7 as well as the new features we have long awaited from TypeScript integration to Macros and much more.

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CSS can seem like magic sometimes, but it really isn't! Join us with Aimee Knight and take an in-depth look at how the browser actually uses CSS. We talk about performance, hardware acceleration, debugging CSS issues, common pitfalls and all the things to make working with CSS easier.

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This week learn why performance testing is so important, how to sell it to the business and which are Justin's favourite tools for getting the job done. Performance testing is a big topic but it's never been easier to get started thanks to simple and easy to use tools. Justin has considerable experience in this area and he shares his methodology and experience so we can all get started to ensure the apps and sites we build are fast and provide a top-notch user experience.

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This week we talk about Customized Built-in Elements, part of the Custom Elements specification which hasn't had as much attention as other parts of the Web Component specs. Customized Built-in Elements allow developers to extend native DOM elements and add additional functionality. In this episode learn all about how they work, what benefits they provide and some practical use-cases along with a discussion on browser support for this exciting feature of the platform.

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This week we discuss the important topic of SEO and how JavaScript impacts what search bots are able to crawl on your sites. Learn what developers can do to improve SEO for their sites which rely on JavaScript along with some tips and tricks from SEO expert Tomasz Rudzki.

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