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BONUS: How to Speed Up Your Website For Fun and Profit with Inian Parameshwaran Jan 29, 2021

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Use the code DEVCHAT at https://devchat.tv/fast to get double the capacity and traffic from Dexecure.Inian Parameshwaran is the CEO of Dexecure and an expert in speeding up websites. Inian walks Charles Max Wood through the intricacies of measuring website speed and explains which metrics matter and for which concerns. He goes over the benefits to SEO and user experience and then does a deep dive on how to begin speeding up your website so Google will rank it higher and your users don’t lose interest while waiting for a response from your application.Special Guest: Inian Parameshwaran.Sponsored By:

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JSJ 468: The case for JavaScript iterators, part 1 Jan 26, 2021

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Iterators and generators were introduced into JavaScript way back in 2015, yet they remain an underused and often misunderstood features of the language. In this episode Dan describes the purpose of iterators, how they're implemented in JavaScript, and why you're using them even if you aren't aware that you are, via the spread operator for example. The panel then discusses the pros and cons of iterators in JavaScript, and why most devs don't explicitly use them.Panel

Aimee Knight
AJ O’Neal
Dan Shappir

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Breaking Chains with Pipelines in Modern JavaScript

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Aimee- Month of Lunches Manning Series
AJ- SnapDrop
AJ- Syncthing | webinstall.dev
AJ- Brave Browser
AJ- Brandon Sanderson Stormlight / Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
AJ- Ready Player One / Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
Dan- Covid-19 Vaccine
Dan- Netflix Series: The Queen's Gambit

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Aimee- GitHub | linkedin/school-of-sre
AJ- Package-Relative Requires with Basetag
AJ- Miniscript / Subscript
AJ- webinstall.dev/ffmpeg
AJ- Stand up Desk Setup
AJ- Horizon Chase Turbo
AJ- Need for speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered
Dan- Inspirational Character: Chuck Yeager
Luis- Visit Cape Canaveral and watch either Space X Launch or NASA Launch
Luis- Visit Kennedy Space Center
Steve- 2 PORT KVM HDMI 2.0 VIDEO SWITCH

Special Guest: Luis Atencio.Sponsored By:

JSJ 466: Infrastructure as Code with Christian Nunciato Jan 12, 2021

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Christian Nunciato works on a system called Pulumi, which is a system that allows you to build infrastructure with code. This is usually aimed at the cloud and allows us to use tools to manage infrastructure and do setups and updates.Panel

Aimee Knight
AJ O’Neal
Steve Edwards

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Christian Nunciato

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Aimee- GitHub- networktocode/awesome-network-automation
AJ- Bound- Audiobook Player
AJ- GitHub- videolan/vlc-ios
AJ- gitdeploy | webinstall.dev
Christian- TV series: Schitt's Creek
Christian- The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker
Steve- xkcd: Nerd Sniping

Special Guest: Christian Nunciato.Sponsored By:

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JSJ 465:The Power of Micro Front-Ends with Michael Geers Jan 05, 2021

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Micro-services have been very popular on the backend for a while now. But can this architecture be applied to the front-end as well? Should it be applied to the front-end? Michael Geers, who literally wrote the book on micro-fronts ends, explains what they are and why they can be a powerful architectural pattern especially when implementing large-scale projects. He also describes how Web Components can be used to enable this type of application architecture.Panel

Dan Shappir
Steve Edwards

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Michael Geers

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Dan- US Election 2020
Michael- Learning Software and Well Crafted Interactive Learning Solutions
Michael- Morse Typing Trainer
Steve- The Greatest Showman (2017)

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BONUS: How to Crush Your Biggest Goals in 2021 Jan 01, 2021

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(Coupon Code: GOALS for a massive discount)Mani Vaya joins Charles Max Wood to walk him through the 6 pillars of success that lead to meeting your goals.Mani has read thousands of books on success, setting and achieving goals, and personal growth and has distilled these 6 principles from the books and then figured out how to put them into practice.He and Chuck walk through the principles and strategies that create success and allow you to set goals that will bring you the things you want during the next year or so.Listen to this episode to learn how to crush your biggest goals in 2021. Get the 2020 Goal Setting Workshop + Success Accelerator Deal HERE
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JSJ 464: Web Components FTW with Ben Farrell Dec 29, 2020

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Components have become the go-to method for structuring and composing UIs on the Web. Usually this means relying on a JavaScript framework such as React, Vue, or Angular. But it turns out that there is a standard mechanism for creating components built into browsers. Ben Farrell who wrote a book on this mechanism - Web Components - joins the panel to explain what they are, how they work, and why they are a great, light-weight alternative to JavaScript frameworks.Panel

Aimee Knight
AJ O’Neal
Dan Shappir
Steve Edwards

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Ben Farrell

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Aimee- You should expect "equal pay for equal work" at your new remote job
AJ- Keeping things fresh with stale-while-revalidate
AJ- Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
AJ- Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
AJ-OpenAudible
Ben- Medium by Adobe
Ben- Gravity sketch
Ben- Tvori
Dan- Web performance case study: Wikipedia page previews
Steve- 13-inch MacBook Pro

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JSJ 463: Building Web Applications with Firebase Dec 23, 2020

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Steve and AJ talk with Gareth Brown, author of the recently released Manning video course “Building Web Applications with Firebase”. They discuss what Firebase is, the services it offers, and how it is used in different types of applications, both large and small.Panel

AJ O’Neal
Steve Edwards

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Gareth Brown

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AJ- Zelda Plush Doll
AJ-Bokoblin Plush Dolls
AJ- Everything GameCube Homebrew in 6 Minutes!
AJ- webinstall.dev
Steve- Outkick
Gareth- Rabbit Hole by New Yok Times
Gareth- The Social Dilemma
Gareth-Screened out

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BONUS: Start Building Video Games with Jason Weimann Dec 11, 2020

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Learn to Build Your Own Games with Jason's Course (Get 10% Off with Code DEVCHAT)Over the years, I've had dozens of developers tell me that they got into programming because they wanted to build video games. Today, it's easier and more approachable than ever. This episode dives into how to get started with game development.Jason Weimann has built games for big studios and has been teaching others to build video games with the Unity game engine. Jason talks through his journey into game development and explains how others can get started with building all sorts of games using the Unity game engine.You can get started prototyping a game by dragging a few elements in and writing a minimal amount of C#. Chuck and Jason compare front-end components to game components and then explain the ins and outs of building and designing a game. Learn to Build Your Own Games with Jason's Course (Get 10% Off with Code DEVCHAT)
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JSJ 462: The Ultimate Guide to JavaScript Testing with Lucas da Costa Dec 08, 2020

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Testing JavaScript Applications by Lucas da Costa (Coupon for 40% off: podjsjabber19)Lucas da Costa literally wrote the book on testing JavaScript. He's also maintainer on ChaiJS and Sinon. The podcast follows a three part structure for testing: Entrance tests, integration tests, and structural tests. These form a pyramid of testing that has the entrance tests at the base and the structural and system tests at the top. The episode also covers TDD and approaches to different kinds of JavaScript testing.Panel