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**Full Stack Radio**

A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.

Latest Episodes:

73: Justin Jackson - Making a Living From Your Own Projects Sep 27, 2017

Show notes

Topics include:

Why you shouldn't start with SaaS
How to find ideas from client projects
What to do before you make a landing page
Why your first product doesn't have to be the one that makes you rich
Using open source to build an audience

Sponsors:

Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days
Codeship

Links:

Getting Real by 37signals (now Basecamp)
Startups for the Rest of Us podcast
Storemapper, interview with Tyler Tringas for IndieHackers
Pippin's Plugins
The Stairstep Approach to Bootstrapping by Rob Walling
The Freedom Ladder by Justin Jackson
"The $61,392 Book Launch That Let Me Quit My Job", story of how Adam released his first product and went independent
Marketing for Developers, Justin's book and course
Refactoring UI landing page
Justin's Laracon 2017 Talk

72: Taylor Otwell - Testing Laravel Applications Sep 13, 2017

Show notes

Topics include:

How their approaches have changed over time
Feature tests vs. unit tests, when to use each
Testing code that interacts with external services
Using fakes instead of mocks
Contract tests
Testing view data vs. rendered HTML

Sponsors:

Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days
Codeship

Links:

Test-Driven Laravel, Adam's testing course
Laravel Horizon test suite
Laravel Fakes documentation
"Don't Mock What You Don't Own", Adam's screencast on testing wrappers for external services
"Writing Your Own Test Doubles", Adam's blog post on using fakes instead of mocks
"Preventing API Drift with Contract Tests", Adam's screencast on using traits to create contract tests between fake and real implementations

71: Building a CSS Framework with PostCSS Aug 30, 2017

Show notes

Topics include:

What is PostCSS, really?
PostCSS vs. other preprocessors like Less and Sass
Examples of things PostCSS can do
How to use PostCSS to add your own features to CSS
How to disguise custom features as valid CSS so PostCSS will parse it
Porting Tailwind CSS from Less to PostCSS and why it's been awesome

Sponsors:

Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days
Codeship

Links:

Tailwind CSS, Adam's upcoming CSS framework
CSS Utility Classes and "Separation of Concerts", blog post explaining the motivation behind Tailwind
PostCSS.org
cssnext
"Create Your Own Plugin", PostCSS tutorial at tuts+
PostCSS API documentation

70: Jeffrey Way - Vue.js Tactics for Server-Side Web Apps Aug 16, 2017

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Topics include:

General project structure
Dealing with initial load flicker
Sharing routes between Vue and your server
Handling authorization rules on the client
Comparing strategies for getting data into your Vue components
Best practices for sharing state between sibling components
Signs you should extract a child component
Using Vue to wrap up third-party libraries

Sponsors:

Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days
Codeship

Links:

Vue.js
All Vue.js lessons on Laracasts
Ziggy, package for sharing routes between Laravel and Vue
Promise.takeAtLeast, helper Adam uses to slow down fast AJAX calls
Custom Events in Vue
Vuex, state management library for Vue
Turbolinks
Simple State Management, from the Vue documentation

69: Hybrid Mobile Apps with Turbolinks and Laravel Aug 02, 2017

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They also discuss the benefits of using a Turbolinks-style approach for small teams, and how Turbolinks on mobile compares to other popular tools like Ionic.

Sponsors:

Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days
Codeship

Links:

Turbolinks
Turbolinks iOS adapter
Turbolinks Android adapter
Turbolinks 5: I Can't Believe It's Not Native!, presentation by Sam Stephenson
Hybrid Sweet Spot: Native navigation, web content, article on how Basecamp builds mobile apps by DHH
Ionic, Angular based mobile framework
Turbolinks lessons at Laracasts

68: Building Interfaces with Utility-First CSS Jul 19, 2017

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They talk about the problems this approach has solved for them, the surprising workflow benefits, and some tips and tricks for using this approach well.

Sponsors:

Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days
Codeship

Links:

BEM, the Block Element Modifier CSS methodology
About HTML semantics and front-end architecture, a blog post by Nicolas Gallagher that heavily inspired the way Adam writes CSS
Implementing Designs with Utility-Focused CSS, a recorded live stream where you can watch Adam implement a design using his work-in-progress CSS framework
Beard, David Hemphill's utility framework
Tachyons, a popular utility framework
fractures utility framework
turrettcss utility framework

67: Launch Takeways, Interface Breakthroughs, and First Round Armbars Jun 21, 2017

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Adam talks about some of the UI design challenges he and Steve have been trying to solve, and shares some of the creative solutions they came up with.

Sponsors:

Hired, sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through Hired
Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days

Links:

PushSilver, David's invoicing app
David's fight video
PushSilver discount, just for Full Stack Radio listeners
Interviews with Laura Roeder, the founder of MeetEdgar
KiteTail, Adam's checkout platform
Building KiteTail #6, newsletter update with lots of UI design details
BidSketch, proposal software tool with the "see a sample" email capture call-to-action

66: Pre-Launch Engineering and Testing an HTTP Client Jun 08, 2017

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Adam gives an update on gracefully handling errors in the KiteTail checkout process, launching Zttp as an open-source package, and how he used Lumen to power the Zttp integration test suite.

Sponsors:

Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days
Hired, sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through Hired

Links:

PushSilver Infinite pre-launch page
"How to Double Your Trial-to-Paid Conversion Rate with Onboarding", Rob Walling's talk at SaaSFest 2016
Zttp on GitHub
Lumen, the Laravel microframework
The Lumen server behind Zttp's test suite
"Test-Driving Webhook Failures", the live stream where Adam and David worked through the HTTP testing approach that inspired the Zttp test suite
Craft and Commerce, the ConvertKit conference Adam is attending this month
"Building KiteTail"

65: New PushSilver Pricing and Co-Founding KiteTail May 24, 2017

Show notes

Adam shares the details behind his decision to bring on a co-founder for KiteTail, talks the collaboration process when working on an app with somebody else, and give an update on where he's at with getting KiteTail integrated into the Test-Driven Laravel course app.

Sponsors:

Hired, sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through Hired
Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days

Links:

PushSilver, David's invoicing app
KiteTail, Adam's checkout platform
"Designing the Ideal Bootstrapped Business" by Jason Cohen
Sketch's non-subscription annual pricing model
Zttp, the underground fight club style HTTP library
Steve Schoger, Adam's KiteTail co-founder
Zondicons SVG icon library by Steve
Zondicons Blade package to easily embed inline SVG icons in Laravel applications
Hero Patterns, free repeating SVG background patterns by Steve
Heroicons SVG marketing icon library by Steve
Building KiteTail, details about KiteTail live streams, newsletter, etc.
Previous KiteTail live streams on Adam's YouTube channel

64: "We Solved Something, Maybe! Or It Might Be a Disaster!" May 09, 2017

Show notes

Topics include:

Thermostat.io and NPS surveys
Charging more vs. charging less
Finding a niche for PushSilver and how to appeal to that niche
One-time purchase lifetime plans for SaaS
Percentage-based vs. tiered pricing

Sponsors:

Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days
Hired, sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through Hired

Links:

Thermostat.io, Ian's new NPS survey tool
PushSilver, David's invoicing app
KiteTail, Adam's checkout platform
Jesse Mecham on Founder Chats, talking about selling YNAB on the Steam store
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