Adventures in Angular

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AiA 197: Bazel with Torgeir Helgevold Jul 14, 2018

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Panel:

Charles Max Wood
Joe Eames
Alyssa Nicholl

Special Guests: Torgeir HelgevoldIn this episode, the Adventures in Angular panel talks to Torgeir Helgevold about Bazel. Torgeir works for Nrwl and does experiment with Bazel as a part of his daily life. He has really taken an interest in Bazel and sees it as the next big thing in build systems. They talk about what Bazel is, zero configuration, and Bazel’s ability to deal with large and complex projects. They also touch on build speed with Bazel, how to set Bazel up, and more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

Torgeir intro
Bazel as the next big thing for build systems
What is Bazel?
Incremental build system
Mainly for large projects
Why is Bazel going to become the next big thing?
Bazel isn’t tied to a specific language
Bazel vs Webpack
Type sharing between front-end and back-end
Bazel is very streamlined
Zero configuration movement
The problem with zero configuration
Large vs simpler projects
Complex development and new tools
Google is well known to have large, complex projects
If your build system is working for you, there’s no need to change
Build speed
Continuous integration
How do you set Bazel up?
Alex Eagle repo - angular-bazel-example
What does Bazel actually do?
How do you pull these rules in?
How do you transition over to Bazel?
And much, much more!

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AiA 196: Error Tracking and Troubleshooting Workflows with David Cramer LIVE at Microsoft Build Jul 03, 2018

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Panel:

Charles Max Wood
Ayssa Nicholl
Ward Bell

Special Guests: David CramerIn this episode, the Adventures in Angular panelists talk to David Cramer about error tracking and troubleshooting workflows. David is the founder and CEO of Sentry, and is a software engineer by trade. He started this project about a decade ago and it was created because he had customers telling him that things were broken and it was hard to help them fix it. They talk about what Sentry is, errors, workflow management, and more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

David intro
Founder and CEO of Sentry
What is Sentry?
Working with PHP
De-bugger for production
Focus on workflow
Goal of Sentry
Triaging the problem
Workflow management
Sentry started off as an open-source side project
Instrumentation for JavaScript
Ember, Angular, and npm
Got their start in Python
Logs
Totally open-source
Most compatible with run-time
Can work with any language
Deep contexts
Determining the root cause
And much, much more!

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AiA 195: Angular for Microsoft Developers with Sahil Malik Jun 26, 2018

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Charles Max Wood
Alyssa Nicholl
Ward Bell

Special Guests: Sahil MalikIn this episode, the Adventures in Angular panelists discuss Angular for Microsoft developers with Sahil Malik. Sahil is a developer that has been in the Microsoft and Angular space for many years. He has been writing for CODE Magazine as well for many years and you can find his articles here. They talk about what he means by the term “Microsoft developer,” Visual Studio vs VS Code, and the pros to using Angular as a Microsoft developer. They also touch on how these developers can transition over to using Angular, the importance of having an open mind to other ways of doing things, and more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

Sahil intro
Writes for CODE Magazine
What do you mean by a Microsoft developer?
Azure and Linux
.NET Rocks!
Microsoft Build
Visual Studio
Angular is a natural progression for someone in the Microsoft world
ngrx and ngrx-data
VS Code is a fantastic editor
Visual Studio vs VS Code
VS Code has plugins for everything!
How has working with Angular felt as a Microsoft world
His experience in the Microsoft landscape
Feels more productive in an HTML based UI
XAML
Angular shines because it can acage things tightly
TypeScript
How should Microsoft developers transition over to Angular?
Open yourself to the idea of change
Get familiarized with node-based development
AI
And much, much more!

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AiA 194: Cloud-Hosted DevOps with Ori Zohar and Gopinath Chigakkagari LIVE at Microsoft Build Jun 18, 2018

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Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Ori Zohar and Gopinath ChigakkagariIn this episode, the Adventures in Angular 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!

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AiA 193: Angular Libraries with Juri Strumpflohner Jun 12, 2018

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Panel:

Charles Max Wood
Shai Reznik
Joe Eames
Special Guests: Juri Strumpflohner

In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss Angular libraries with Juri Strumpflohner. Juri is a software developer that previously has done a lot of full-stack development with JavaScript and Angular.js on the front-end and C# and Java on the back-end. More recently, he has begun to focus more on the front-end with Angular development as a freelance developer and has created training courses on Egghead. They talk about what an Angular library is, how you can create an Angular Package Format, and much more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

Juri intro
Create and publish Angular libs like a Pro- Juri’s NG-BE Talk
What are Angular libraries?
How do Angular libraries connect to Angular?
Angular modules
Open source as the main use case
CSS and Sass
Have to follow a certain series of steps to build your libraries
WebPack
Plunker
Server-side rendering
Tree shaking things that aren’t used on your library
Angular Package Format
Component library
Secondary entry points
How do you go about making a package like this?
TypeScript Modules
Now have built-in support of Angular libraries
ng-packagr
And much, much more!

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AiA 192: Visual Studio Code with Rachel MacFarlane and Matt Bierner LIVE at Microsoft Build Jun 05, 2018

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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!

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AiA 191: UX in Angular with Tomek Sułkowski May 30, 2018

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Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Tomek SułkowskiIn this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss UX in Angular with Tomek Sułkowski. Tomek currently works as a front-end engineer for an app creating company, as well as has been working for Sages running front-end workshops that mostly have to do with Angular. They talk about his blog post, buttons, and improving the user experience. They also touch on the importance of using simple solutions rather than overcomplicated ones, how to teach UI in training, and much more!In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

Tomek intro
Tomek blog post: Angular techniques: Improve submit button’s UX by NOT disabling it
Use a simple directive
The disabled button
Think about how the user will use it when coding
Using disable submit button when submitting a form
Are there other things that people do that hurt their user experience?
Making the UI easier for users
Looking into animations to improve user experience
Angular
Angular Router Animations: the tricky bits by Tomek
Routing from one path to another
Small animations can go a long way
The importance of not overcomplicating things
What is the approach you take for teaching UI in your training?
Know who you’re teaching
Buttons
Buttons make the interface much more usable
Building forms
Template based forms
And much, much more!

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AiA 190: Visual Studio Code and the VS Code Azure Extension with Matt Hernandez and Amanda Silver LIVE at Microsoft Build May 22, 2018

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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!

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AiA 189: Angular Contributor with Tracy Lee and Stephen Fluin May 15, 2018

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John Papa
Joe Eames

Special Guests: Tracy Lee and Stephen FluinIn this episode of Adventures in Angular, the panel talks to Tracy Lee and Steven Fluin about Angular Contributor Days. They talk about what Angular Contributor Days is, why they decided to create it, and the changes they have made since last year’s Contributor Days. They also touch on the importance of empowering developers to contribute to the Angular community in their own way and giving them a place to have their voice be heard.In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

What is Angular Contributor Days?
Celebrate and recognize Angular community
Angular
Now online so more people can participate
ContributorDays.com
Sending out a survey
What is the point of Contributor Days?
Angular has a rich ecosystem of collaboration
Talking about education
Angular Bootcamp
Angular Core team panel
Who should attend this event?
Awesome way to discover this ecosystem
Helping people feel empowered
Is attending in person the only way to participate?
It is all online this year
Empowering people to contribute in their own way
Tough to work with everyone’s time zone
The event will be fully recorded
Contributor days for a majority of the JavaScript ecosystem
Everyone gets their voice heard
Adoption is not the goal
Breaking down walls as developers
And much, much more!

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AiA 188: ngGirls Part 2 with Shmuela Jacobs May 09, 2018

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Charles Max Wood
Alyssa Nicoll
Joe Eames

Special Guests: Shmuela JacobsIn this episode of Adventures in Angular, the panel talks to Shmuela Jacobs about ngGirls. Shmuela founded ngGirls, which is an organization where they try to increase diversity in tech, and it is mainly focused towards Angular. This is because she loves Angular and feels that it is a good platform to start with because of its simplicity. They talk about how she came up with the idea for ngGirls, how the company works, and stress the incredibly helpful nature of the Angular community. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: