Web Rush

Recording date: June 8, 2023

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Jesse Liberty @JesseLiberty

• AG Grid

• IdeaBlade

• Jesse’s Mastodon
• .NET MAUI For C# Developers
• ChatGPT
• Learning .NET Maui
• .NET Multi-platform App UI Community Toolkit
• Xamarin Forms
• C# Documentation
• Learn about XAML
• Anders Hejlsberg
• Zelda
• Flutter
• React Native
• Ionic Framework
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Jesse Liberty Bookshop

• 00:30 Welcome
• 01:19 Who is Jesse Liberty?
• 05:38 What is .NET Maui?
• 07:27 What was Xamarin forms?
• 08:36 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 09:45 Why was .NET Maui created to replace Xamarin Forms?
• 11:13 What is XAML?
• 14:49 What do you need to build Maui applications?
• 19:13 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 20:09 Who is .NET Maui for?
• 22:39 What is the community ecosystem for .NET Maui like?
• 26:58 What's the process for building backend APIs with .NET Maui?
• 30:13 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Recording date: June 5, 2023

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Bornwell Matembudze @Bornie_21

• AG Grid

• Narwhal

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• Bornwell Matembudze on Web Rush 137
• GitHub Actions
• Jenkins
• Don’t be scared of CSS
• Why Developers Fear CSS
• CSS Float
• Overengineering in software development
• RabbitMQ
• Welcome to Python.org
• Flask
• Django
• Adobe After Effects
• EDA Event Driven Architecture -
• Event Brokers
• Event Driven Architecture with RabbitMQ
• Microservices Event Driven Architecture with RabbitMQ and Docker Container on .NET
• Creating a Scalable API with microservices
• Azure Container Apps
• Microservices are not the answer to everything

• 00:23 Doesn't John know who he is?
• 02:37 Introducing Bornwell Matembudze
• 05:01 How do you start developing with a scalable API in mind?
• 09:06 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 10:07 What are backend APIs?
• 14:11 How do you scale effectively?
• 15:40 What is Event Driven Architecture?
• 17:32 Sponsor: Nrwl
• 18:03 How does EDA and RabbitMQ help you scale an API?
• 20:39 Synchronous vs asynchronous?
• 23:20 Example of customers and orders
• 25:43 How do you handle testing?
• 27:12 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Recording date: 6/1/2023

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Chris Ferdinandi @ChrisFerdinandi

• AG Grid

• IdeaBlade

• Go Make Things Newsletter & More
• zachleat.com
• React
• Preact
• What Is Server-side Rendering And How Does It Improve Site Speed?
• What is “Vanilla JavaScript”?

• 00:29 Welcome
• 00:47 Introducing Chris Ferdinandi
• 03:30 Why are JavaScript frameworks bad for developers?
• 07:04 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 08:12 If you take JavaScript out, aren't you limiting apps?
• 22:01 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 23:01 How do you minimize your use of JavaScript?
• 28:38 Accessibility and frameworks
• 44:18 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Recording date: May 25, 2023

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Sam Julien @SamJulien

• AG Grid

• Narwhal

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• Sam’s Website
• Sam’s article How to Finish What You Start
• Developer Microskills Newsletter
• Zero Index Developer Newsletter
• Sam’s book Getting Started in Developer Relations
• Race for Homeless Llamas
• Obsidian
• The Emperor’s New Groove
• Where to watch the Emperor’s New Groove
• AI is changing security
• ConvertKit
• ConvertKit Documentation
• Joel Hooks on evergreen newsletters
• Sam’s newsletter process
• Foster Kitten Mama

• 00:28 Welcome
• 01:32 Yak shaving?
• 02:22 Introducing Sam Julien
• 04:51 What has been your career path?
• 06:35 What makes a good developer advocate?
• 09:02 Sponsor: Narwhal
• 09:38 How do you decide where you should spent your time?
• 15:44 How does AI and identity merge?
• 16:49 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 17:52 Why did you start a newsletter?
• 20:34 What makes for a good communicator?
• 23:37 What is your process for writing a newsletter?
• 29:39 What are some lessons you've learned writing a newsletter?
• 35:08 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Alvin Bryan talks with John about what's new in Astro 2.5, why he enjoys using Astro, and how easy it is to use Astro alongside another framework like Svelte.

Recording date: May 23, 2023

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Alvin Bryan @AlvinBnet

• AG Grid

• IdeaBlade

• Alvin Bryan’s website
• Astro Docs
• Episode 215 of Web Rush on Lighthouse scores with Astro
• Astro 2.5 release that includes references:
• Astro Islands
• Multi-Page Applications (MPAs) with Astro
• UI Frameworks that Astro supports
• Svelte
• React
• Content Collections in Astro
• Hugo
• 11ty
• Markdown
• YAML
• HAML
• Astro 2.5 release notes
• Data Collections and references in Astro

• 00:26 Welcome
• 01:20 Guest introduction
• 02:01 What is the Astro framework?
• 04:57 What's the benefit of using Astro?
• 06:03 What if you want dynamic content with Astro?
• 07:00 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 08:02 How do you know if you need a runtime or not?
• 09:51 What are common scenarios where you don't need the runtime?
• 14:24 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 15:29 What do you like about Astro?
• 20:56 How much of Astro do I need to learn to use Astro with another framework?
• 21:48 What are some of the features of Astro 2?
• 24:22 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Recording date: May 11, 2023

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Debbie O’Brien @debs_obrien

• AG Grid

• Narwhal

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• Playwright
• Playwright documentation
• End to End testing tools
• First look at Playwright
• VS Code extension for Playwright
• Visual comparison with Playwright
• Recording videos with Playwright
• GitHub Copilot
• Tracing in Playwright
• Debbie sharing time Traveling debugging with Playwright on YouTube
• UI Mode in Playwright
• The Gold Mine Effect by Rasmus Ankersen
• Get Running Coaching

• 00:26 Welcome
• 01:38 Guest introduction
• 03:28 What is Playwright?
• 06:43 Sponsor: Nrwl
• 07:19 Do you have to write tests differently to use different languages?
• 09:31 Playwrite VS Code extension
• 12:40 What are we doing when we're testing?
• 16:15 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 17:16 Could you do visual comparison testing?
• 20:39 Is there migration tools for Playwright?
• 23:12 How would I automate testing with Playwright?
• 25:20 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Recording date: 05/04/2023

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Luca Restagno @Ikoichi

• AG Grid

• IdeaBlade

• Dynamo DB
• Serverless on AWS
• Serverless on Azure
• NoSQL defined ​​
• SQL Server database
• Next.js
• React.js
• Hivoe
• Inboxs
• OmniWrite
• Open AI
• Open AI API reference
• Introduction to prompt engineering
• Open AI Node.js Library
• Chat completion API for Open AI
• Introduction to GitHub Copilot Learning lesson
• Next.js vs React.js
• Lake Como Italy, Star Wars villa
• Star Wars Episode II scene from Lake Como
• Azure Open AI service
• Building an Entrepreneurial Future with Luca Restagno
• AI: It’s not going where you think – with Rob Lennon
• Responsible AI
• White House meets with Tech companies on Responsible AI

• 00:28 Welcome
• 03:28 Guest introduction
• 04:09 Why NextJS and ReactJS?
• 05:27 What is DynamoDB?
• 09:27 What features do you get out of your tech stack?
• 10:53 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 11:43 How are you integrating AI in React and NextJS?
• 17:40 Do users need to understand prompt engineering?
• 19:00 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 20:01 What's important for developers to know about prompt engineering?
• 26:45 Why NextJS?
• 31:22 What tech is best suited for various parts of your app?
• 32:47 What new features would you like to build?
• 33:28 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Recording date: April 27, 2023

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Sara Gibbons @saragibby

• AG Grid

• Narwhal

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• Sara Gibbons Cloud Advocate profile
• Girls Who Code
• Microsoft Access
• Lighthouse performance scoring
• React
• ASP.net
• Azure App Service
• Introduction to Azure Functions
• Wetness Protection Program
• David Rees and Blackwing Pencils: Artisanal Pencil Sharpening
• Lightmakers Manifesto

• 00:25 Welcome
• 01:33 Guest introduction
• 03:31 What is empire building?
• 06:20 What have you built along your journey?
• 11:05 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 12:05 What tech stack did you use for your last few projects?
• 20:47 Helping motivate others to push ahead
• 22:51 Working to change things in a positive way
• 30:17 Sponsor: Narwhal
• 30:54 Sponsorship as a way to help people
• 36:55 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Maria Korneeva @BrowserPerson

• AG Grid

• IdeaBlade

• Maria Korneeva
• Myths of Accessibility
• Accessibility Linter
• W3C Accessibility Course
• Accessible Forms
• Axe Browser Extensions
• Chrome Lighthouse
• Angular A11y ESLint
• Accessibility auditing with react-axe and eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y
• Accessibility Tree

• 00:40 Guest introduction
• 00:58 Biking through Europe
• 02:17 How did you get into working with web accessibility?
• 03:17 What does accessibility mean to you?
• 04:40 What's a myth of accessibility?
• 07:13 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 08:16 What things would be harder on the accessibility list?
• 14:39 How can software teams fight for accessibility?
• 19:38 What tools do you use to develop with accessibility in mind?
• 23:50 What about linters for writing code with accessibility?
• 27:18 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 28:16 What are common accessibility mistakes people make?
• 34:50 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Recording date: April 13, 2023

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

• AG Grid
• Narwhal Visit nx.dev to get the preeminent open-source toolkit for monorepo development, today.

• Static Web Apps Docs
• Static Web Apps day keynote with John Papa
• Static Web Apps demo app on GitHub
• VS Code extension for Static Web Apps
• What is a static asset?
• Learn how to Publish an Angular, React, Svelte or Vue JavaScript app with Azure Static Web Apps
• CORS
• What is a reverse proxy
• SWA CLI
• Role based security in Static Web Apps
• Build your first SWA with VS Code
• Preview environments in SWA

• 00:27 Welcome
• 01:05 Knowing how and where to publish a web app
• 05:46 What is a built file?
• 08:41 Sponsor: Narwhal
• 09:15 Right click deploy
• 12:19 Two flavors of how to run static web apps
• 17:04 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 18:01 What does static even mean?
• 20:47 Why would you want to do this?
• 24:18 How do I integrate with an API for data?
• 32:02 Dealing with auth access and permissions
• 35:27 What is a preview environment?

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.