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JSJ 425: The Evolution of JavaScript Mar 17, 2020

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Dan Shappir takes the lead and walks the panel through the history of JavaScript and a discussion on ES6, TypeScript, the direction and future of JavaScript, and what features to be looking at and looking for in the current iteration of JavaScript.Panel

AJ O’Neal
Aimee Knight
Charles Max Wood
Steve Edwards
Dan Shappir

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JSJ 424: UI5 and web components with Peter Muessig Mar 10, 2020

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In this episode of JavaScript Jabber the panelists and guest delve into the advantages of the shadow dom, transitioning from polymer js polyfills to native web components when moving for SAP UI to UI5, which works within React, Vue, Angular, and others.Panel

AJ O’Neal
Aimee Knight
Steve Edwards
Dan Shappir

Guest

Peter Müßig
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Today on Pearls Before Swine - Comics by Stephan Pastis

Dan Shappir

Peter Müßig

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JSJ 423: State of JS Mar 03, 2020

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The panelists discuss that latest State of JS survey. They begin talking about the merits and methods of the survey and then discuss the value you can extract from the survey. They also consider the various comparisons and trends presented by the survey and what they may mean.Panel:

AJ O’Neal
Aimee Knight
Charles Max Wood
Dan Shappir

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The State of JavaScript 2019

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Fruit and Veggie Trays
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AJ O’Neal:

Gear.Club Unlimited

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JSJ 422: CSS and Houdini with Una Kravets Feb 25, 2020

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Una Kravets talks to the panel about CSS and its future. We dive into what Houdini is and how much of it is implemented in the browsers. She explains how the changes outlined in Houdini will improve the user experience on the web and developer experience for web developers.Panel:

Aimee Knight
AJ O’Neal
Charles Max Wood

Guest:

Una Kravets

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Things you can do with a browser in 2020

AJ O’Neal:

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Una Kravets:

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JSJ 421: Semantic HTML with Bruce Lawson Feb 18, 2020

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Bruce Lawson is an expert in and proponent of semantic HTML. After receiving some good natured ribbing, Bruce walks the panel through the benefits of semantic HTML. He provides several examples on how it's used and in particular how it helps with other issues like accessibility and navigability on your websites.Panel

AJ O’Neal
Aimee Knight
Charles Max Wood
Dan Shappir

Guest

Bruce Lawson

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Aimee Knight:

AddyOsmani.com - Native image lazy-loading for the web!

Charles Max Wood:

Codineer - 100 days of Vue challenge

Dan Shappir:

Alex Russell - The Mobile Web: MIA
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Taffy music band
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JSJ 420: OpenAPI, Redoc, and API Documentation with Adam Altman Feb 11, 2020

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Adam dives into how to document your application using OpenAPI (formerly Swagger) and then how to generate great documentation for your API's using Redoc. He gives us the history of Redoc, breaks down the process for building API documentation, and understanding the OpenAPI specification.Panelists

Aimee Knight
Dan Shappir
AJ ONeal
Steve Edwards

Guest

Adam Altman

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Old Kingdom Book Series

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Final Fantasy VII and VIII (Physical Copy, English) on Play Asia

Adam Altman:

concepts.app

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JSJ 419: Google App Script with Ben Collins Feb 04, 2020

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Today’s guest is Ben Collins, who creates online courses, writes tutorials, and teaches workshops around G Suite and App Script. Apps Script is a scripting platform developed by Google for light-weight application development in the G Suite platform. It is an implementation of JavaScript with the express purpose of extending Google apps. App Script was started 10 years ago as a side project, and it eventually took on its own life. Ben talks about some of the different things that App Script can do and where things are stored. They discuss different ways you can get into the script and how to import external scripts from a CDN. Ben gives two examples, one simple and one sophisticated, that you might build from App Script. He talks about event triggers and how authentication is handled. He goes over the three deployment options, namely web app, app executable, sheets add-on, and deploying from the manifest. Ben talks about how triggers are managed in App Script and options for debugging. There is also the option to develop locally as well as in the browser. The show ends with him talking about how to build using HTML in App Script.Panelists

Aimee Knight
Steve Edwards
Dan Shapir

Guest

Ben Collins

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The Web Almanac

AJ O’Neal:

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Cold Turkey app
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JSJ 418: Security Scary Stories and How to Avoid Them with Kevin A McGrail Jan 28, 2020

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In this episode of JavaScript Jabber the panel interviews security expert, Kevin A. McGrail. He starts by explaining what security frameworks and what they do. The panel wonders how to know if your developers are capable of self-auditing your security or if you need help. Kevin shares recommendations for companies to look at to answer that question. Aimee Knight explains the hell she has been in making changes to be compliant with CCPA. The panel considers how policies like this complicate security, are nearly impossible to be compliant with and how they can be weaponized. They discuss the need for technical people to be involved in writing these laws. Kevin explains how you can know how secure your systems actually are. He shares the culture of security first he tries to instill in the companies he trains. He also trains them on how to think like a bad guy and explains how this helps developers become security first developers. The panel discusses how scams have evolved and how the same scams are still being run. They consider the importance of automated training and teaching developers to do it right the first time.Finally, they consider the different ways of authentication, passwords, passphrases, sim card, biometrics. Kevin warns against oversharing or announcing vacations. The panel discusses real-world tactics bad guys use. Kevin explains what he trains people to do and look out for to increase security with both social engineering and technical expertise. Panelists

Aimee Knight
AJ O’Neal
Charles Max Wood
Dan Shappir
Steve Edwards

Guest

Kevin A McGrail

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JSJ 417: Serverless with Microsoft Azure with Burke Holland Jan 21, 2020

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Burke Holland works for Microsoft on the Azure team in developer relations. He starts the show talking about how he got started in serverless. He’s careful to note that just because things are marketed as serverless doesn’t always make them so. In order for something to be serverless, it must be sufficiently abstracted in terms of technology, only require payment for what is used, and infinitely scalable. He talks about the statelessness of serverless, and the panel discusses what it means to be stateless. Burke reminds listeners that serverless is not for long-lived operations, but there are features in serverless providers that can help you get around this. Burke talks about how writing serverless code differs from standard or previous coding approaches and practices. He advises that serverless functions are best kept small, and talks about how to fit them in with other kinds of APIs. The panelists talk about the multi-cloud and why people would want to be on multiple cloud servers. Burke talks about what Microsoft has done with Serverless Frameworks to accomplish multi-cloud compatibility. The JavaScript experts discuss the advantages and disadvantages of picking JavaScript over other languages, and Burke talks about why he prefers TypeScript and the Easy-Off feature. They talk about speed on a serverless platform, especially concerning the cold start time, which Azure is relentlessly trying to lower. He does talk about some things that can be done to decrease load time and about premium functions. The panel discusses how to debug serverless functions and tools that are available, such as the Azure Functions extension. They talk about ways to set up more secure functions to keep things from racking up charges. Burke talks about some things Microsoft does internally to control cloud costs, such as sending monthly reports with reminders to delete and using tools like Azure Reaper to delete short-lived projects. Azure can also put spending caps on subscriptions, but when you hit that cap you can’t serve any more requests. Burke concludes by saying that most of the time, going serverless is a lower-cost way to improve productivity, and because it’s event-driven, it allows you to tie into things that you’re already doing in the cloud. Serverless almost always justifies itself from an ease of use point of view and a cost point of view. Panelists

Aimee Knight
Steve Edwards
Dan Shapir
AJ O’Neal
Charles Max Wood

Guest

Burke Holland

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Taking a vacation

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Charles Max Wood:

The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job
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JSJ 416: GraphQL Developer Tools with Sean Grove Jan 14, 2020

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In this episode of JavaScript Jabber the panel interviews Sean Grove from OneGraph; asking him questions about GraphQL tooling and common complaints about GraphQL. Sean starts by explaining what GraphQL is and how it benefits frontend developers. GraphiQL is a frontend open sourced tool produced by OneGraph, Sean explains how this handy tool simplifies GraphQL. Authentication and authorization are one of the biggest criticisms of GraphQL. Sean walks the panel through the solution, getting a schema definition language and adding directives to build a simple authentication and authorization. The panel defines authentication and authorization and explains the difference. The next issue common with GraphQL that the panel discusses is migration. Sean explains how OneGraph helps with migration using a Rust network layer and how it works. They also discuss how to migrate without this tool. Without the tool it is painful and he recommends incremental migration. Sean explains that another problem in GraphQL is poor documentation. He explains why the documentation is poor and explains how they hope to fix it at OneGraph. The last issue they cover is the length of queries. Sean tells the panel how they can handle this problem with depth analysis or persistent queries. The episode ends with an elevator pitch for Reason. Panelists