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241 JSJ Microsoft Docs with Dan Fernandez Dec 07, 2016

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0:55 - Dan Fernandez and his work

7:50 - Walkthrough of the doc experience15:00 - Editable nature of the doc21:00 - Test driving a language26:30 - Catering to the user32:30 - Open Source34:40 - User feedback37:30 - Filters and Tables of Content40:45 - Form submissions41:50 - Community contributorsPicks: Ghostbusters (AJ) Daplie (AJ) Daplie Wefunder (AJ) .NET Rocks (Charles) ScheduleOnce (Charles) Devchat.tv 2017 Conferences (Charles) Disable HTML5 Autoplay (Dan) Visual Studio Code (Dan) JSJ episode Visual Studio Code with Chris Diaz and Eric Gamma (Charles)Special Guest: Dan Fernandez.
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240 JSJ Visual Studio Code with Chris Dias Nov 30, 2016

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Previous Episodes with Visual Studio Code’s Team:JSJ Episode 199, Visual Studio Code with Chris Dias and Erich Gamma JSJ Episode 221, Visual Studio Code with Wade Anderson1:45 - What’s new at Visual Studio Code

3:42 - Confusion with Javascript versus separate languages7:15 - Choosing your tools carefully8:20 - Integrated shell and docker extensions12:05 - Agar.io Extensions and extension packs16:15- Deciding what goes into Visual Studio Code and what becomes an extension18:20 - Using Github Issues and resolving user complaints22:08 - Why do people stray away from VS proper?23:10 - Microsoft and VS legacy27:00 - Man hours and project development31:30 - The Visual Studio default experience37:10 - What are people writing with VS Code?39:20 - Community versus developer views of VS Code41:40 - Using Electron44:00 - Updating the system44:50 - How is Visual Code written?48:00 - The future of Visual Code Studios

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Picks: Don McMillan (AJ) Daplie Wefunder (AJ) Daplie (AJ)Facebook feed blocker plug-in (Charles) Tab Wrangler (Charles) Smart Things (Chris)Wood Pizza Ovens (Chis)PJ Mark, Chris’ friend and marketer (Chris)Special Guest: Chris Dias.
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239 JSJ Vets Who Code with Jerome Hardaway Nov 23, 2016

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00:55 - Introducing Jerome Hardaway

02:10 - Spouses and dependants of Vets Who Code06:55 - Accepting and rejecting applicants10:10 - The GI Bill

15:45 - Military language and coding18:20 - PTSD, trauma, and coding21:10 - Moving past the veteran stigma25:45 - Military backgrounds as an asset for jobs30:45 - The future of Vets Who Code32:35 - How much does it cost to be part of the program?

General Assembly

36:15 - Is it easier or harder for Vets to get hired?39:15 - Stories and memories42:30 - Contributing to Vets Who Code

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Picks: Soft Skills Engineering Podcast (Dave) Soft Skills Engineering Twitter (Dave) Awesome Algorithms Github list (Aimee) “The Churn” blog post by Bob Martin (Aimee) The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington (Charles) Vets Who Code (Jerome) Practical Javascript (Jerome)Special Guest: Jerome Hardaway.
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238 JSJ Intellectual Property and Software Forensics with Bob Zeidman Nov 16, 2016

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TOPICS:03:08 The level of difficulty in determining code creators on the Internet04:28 How to determine if code has been copied10:00 What defines a trade secret12:11 The pending Oracle v Google lawsuit25:29 Nintendo v Atari27:38 The pros and cons of a patent29:59 Terrible patents33:48 Fighting patent infringement and dealing with “patent trolls”39:00 How a company tried to steal Bob Zeidman’s software44:13 How to know if you can use open source codes49:15 Using detective work to determine who copied whom52:55 Extreme examples of unethical behavior56:03 The state of patent lawsPICKS: Cognitive Bias Cheat Sheet Blog Post Bagels by P28 Foods Let’s Encrypt Indigogo Generosity Campaign Super Cartography Bros AlbumMicroConf 2017 MindMup Mind Mapping Tool Words with Friends Game Upcoming Conferences via Devchat.tv Good Intentions Book by Bob Zeidman Horror Flick Book by Bob ZeidmanSilicon Valley NapkinsSpecial Guest: Bob Zeidman.
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237 JSJ CLls - Ember Angular and React with Tracy Lee Nov 09, 2016

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TOPICS:3:57 The exciting facets of CLI’s8:25 Advantages of CLI projects11:25 Coding in RAILS14:18 Disagreeing with conventions encoded in a CLI19:30 How REACT CLI functions20:43 Is Ember cheating by using REACT CLI?26:52 Which CLI is easiest to use29:00 How to add commands to a CLI34:00 The future of current CLI’s35:30 How well CLI’s are working for their respective communities37:00 The impact of WebPacPICKS: “How Break Points are Set” Hacker News ArticleChocolate Mint Tea Ten Things Wise Parents Know Book Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters Book Boys Should Be Boys Book “How Half of America Lost its Effing Mind” Blog Post Elementary TV ShowRecommendation Form for Topics and Guests Amazon Smile Angular Cruise Sweet Licorice Mint Tea by Choice Organic TeasVan’s Nintendo SneakersRESOURCES AND CONTACT INFO:Tracy's E-mailSpecial Guest: Tracy Lee.
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236 JSJ Interview with Mads Kristensen from Microsoft Ignite Nov 02, 2016

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TOPICS:4:00 Things that make web development more difficult7:40 The developer experience with Angular10:40 How cognitive cost affects the user experience16:52 The variety of users for whom Mads’ software is built22:14 Creating accessible javascript tools that aren’t immediately outdated28:20 Why people shouldn’t be using dependency installers34:00 Node updatesQUOTES:“The massive introduction of new tools all the time is a big part of what makes web development harder.” -Mads Kristensen“I’m not a pretty pixels person, I’m a code and algorithms person.” -AJ O’Neill“I’m not hearing hype about people using HTTP2 to get those benefits, I’m only hearing hype around tools that Static built.” -AJ O’NeillPICKS: Death Note Anime ShowJS Remote Conference The Alloy of Law Book by Brandon SandersonZig Zigler Books on Audible Mr. Robot TV ShowRESOURCES & CONTACT INFO:Mads on Twitter Mads’ Website Special Guest: Mads Kristensen.
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235 JSJ JavaScript Devops and Tools with Donovan Brown and Jordan Matthiesen Oct 26, 2016

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00:50 Intro to guests Donovan Brown and Jordan Matthiesen1:14 Javascript and Devops3:49 Node JS and integrating with extensions11:16 Learning Javascript coming from another language15:21 Visual Studio Team Services at Microsoft, integration and unit testing

25:10 Visual Studio Code and mobile development

Apache Cordova open source project

31:45 TypeScript and tooling33:03 Unit test tools and methods38:39 ARM devices and integrationQUOTES:“It’s not impossible, it’s just a different set of challenges.” - Donovan Brown“Devops is the union of people, process and products to enable continuous delivery of value to your end users” - Donovan Brown“Apps start to feel more native. They can actually get form.” - Jordan MatthiesenPICKS: Veridian Dynamics (AJ) Jabberwocky Video (AJ) Hard Rock Cafe - Atlanta (Charles) CES (Charles)3D printers (Donovan) High-Yield Vegetable Gardening (Jordan)taco.visualstudio.comJordan on Twitter @jmatthiesen Visualstudio.com Donovanbrown.comDonovan on Twitter @donovanbrown SPONSORS:Front End Masters Hired.comSpecial Guests: Donovan Brown and Jordan Matthiesen.
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234 JSJ JAMStack with Brian Douglas and Matt Christensen Oct 19, 2016

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1:00 Intro to guests Brian Douglas and Matt Christensen2:20 Definition of JAMStack8:12 JAMStack and confusion over nomenclature12:56 JAMStack and security, reliability and performance17:05 Example of traffic spike for company Sphero18:26 Meaning of hyperdynamic20:35 Future and limits of JAMStack technology26:01 Controlling data and APIs versus using third parties28:10 Netlify.com and JAMStack31:16 APIs, JavaScript framework and libraries recommended to start building on JAMStack35:13 Resources and examples of JAMStack: netlify.com, Netlify blog, JAMStack radio, JAMStack SF Meetup QUOTES:“I think in the next couple of years we’re going to see the limits being pushed a lot for what you can do with this.” - Matt“Today we’re starting to see really interesting, really large projects getting built with this approach.” - Matt“If you can farm 100% of your backend off to third parties, I feel like that really limits a lot of the interesting things you can do as a developer.” - BrianPICKS: Early History of Smalltalk (Jamison) React Rally 2016 videos (Jamison) FiveStack.computer (Jamison) Falsehoods programmers believe about time (Aimee) Nodevember conference (Aimee) 48 Days Podcast (Charles) Fall of Hades by Richard Paul Evans (Charles) Jon Benjamin Jazz (Brian) RailsConf 2016 (Brian) React Native (Brian) Book of Ye Podcast (Brian) Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson (Matt)Sequoia Capital website Sphero website Isomorphic rendering on the Jam Stack by Phil HawksworthSPONSORS:Front End Masters Hired.comSpecial Guests: Brian Douglas and Matt Christensen.
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233 JSJ Google Chrome Extensions with John Sonmez Oct 12, 2016

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02:50 The definition of a plug-in03:31 The definition of an extension05:09 The way to determine the plug-ins and extensions you are running08:22 How to create an extension file11:02 The appeal of creating extensions13:26 How John got into creating extensions15:48 Ways to organize extensions19:38 Aspects of chrome that will affect extensions23:23 Packaging for the Chrome store26:22 Using dev tools29:42 Conflicting plug-ins/extensions and how to deal with them31:30 Open source extensions32:32 A quick way to create an extensionQUOTES:“I teach software developers how to be cool.” –John Sonmez“There wasn’t an ability to extend the dev tools, but now there is.” –John Sonmez“One quick way to create an extension is just to take one of these sample apps…and then just start modifying it…” –John SonmezPICKS: “Django Unchained” Website “Using Angular 2 Patterns in Angular 1.x” Apps Egghead Course Girls’ Life vs. Boys’ Life on Refinery29 Webinar Jam Software “Five Mistakes That are Keeping You From Getting Hired” Webinar Screencastify Chrome Extension How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big Book on Amazon The Complete Software Developers Career Guide Book in Progress Simple Programmer Website Simple Programmer on YoutubeSpecial Guest: John Sonmez.
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232 JSJ GunDB and Databases with Mark Nadal Oct 05, 2016

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03:45 What makes the Gun database engine special07:00 Defining a database12:58 The CAP Theorem22:56 What Graphs are and how they function (circular references)30:32 Gun and rotational disk systems32:08 Gun’s optimizations for performance in ensuing versions39:55 The prevalence of open source companies42:45 Further discussing the CAP Theorem and its nuances50:33 Gun’s purpose and design52:13 What a Firebase is54:22 How to get started with Gun - Visit Gun Tutorial, Gun's Github Page, andGun Node ModuleQUOTES:“I think the database should bend to your application’s demands, rather than you having to bend to the database’s demands.” –Mark Nadal“…The protocol that GUN defines is something that can be implemented in any language. Because GUN is in the language, you don’t have the context which latency of having to make an HTTP call or socket request…” –AJ O’Neill“Let’s demystify the black magic of CAP.” –Mark NadalPICKS:Dan North’s Deliberate Learning Video 8Tracks Internet Radio Pokemon Indigo League on NetflixDaplie Personal Cloud Young Frankenstein Movie Mystic Vale Card GameJS Remote Conference React Remote Conference Farm Heroes Super Saga Game AppSpecial Guest: Mark Nadal.
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