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228 JSJ React Native with Nader Dabit and Mike Grabowski Sep 07, 2016

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Code-sharing between mobile and web apps with React NativeUsing native code and JavascriptWhat to know about developing with React NativeThe importance of toolingLive and hot-reloadingUpdating your app on the flyPossible difficulties faced by transitioning to React NativeBridging between native API’s and React NativeWriting apps in Swift or React NativeThe future of React NativeHow to start a React Native project Resources:Frontend Masters Hired.com Rollbar Microsoft Code Push React Native Radio Episode 8 Tadeu Zagallo’s WebsiteSpecial Guests: Mike Grabowski and Nader Dabit.
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227 JSJ Fostering Community Through React with Benjamin Dunphy, Berkeley Martinez, and Ian Sinnott Aug 31, 2016

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03:08 - Benjamin Dunphy Introduction

04:07 - Berkeley Martinez Introduction

04:19 - Ian Sinnott Introduction

05:19 - The React Codebase12:38 - Other Important Parts of the React Ecosystem14:22 - The Angular vs the React Ecosystem and Community

The Learning Curve
create-react-app

22:07 - CommunityDeveloper Experience

Functional Programming

26:56 - Getting Connected to the React Community

29:34 - Conferences

33:28 - Technology From the Community

redux
ThunderCats.js
38:23 - Choices Are Expanding; Not Shrinking
Linting

40:19 - The Future of React42:39 - Starting More Communities Picks

This Developing Story (Aimee)
Nashville (Aimee)
Nodevember (Aimee)
egghead.io: React in 7 Minutes (Ben)
Lee Byron: Immutable User Interfaces @ Render 2016 (Ben)
Nick Schrock: React.js Conf 2016 Keynote (Ben)
create-react-app (Ian)
Functional Programming Jargon (Ian)
The Serverless Framework (Ian)
Ben's Blog (Berkeley)
Isaac Asimov’s Robot Series (Berkeley)
Vsauce: The Zipf Mystery (Berkeley)
Kinesis Advantage for PC & Mac (Dave)

Special Guests: Benjamin Dunphy, Berkeley Martinez, and Ian Sinnott.
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226 JSJ Test Doubles with Justin Searls Aug 24, 2016

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React Remote Conf and Angular Remote Conf 03:15 - Justin Searls Introduction

04:13 - Testing

08:44 - Mocking

14:45 - Starting These Concepts as a Junior Developer

Test-driven Development

17:55 - testdouble.js vs. sinon.js

NIH = Not Invented Here

26:39 - Duck Typing, Monkey Patching, Duck Punching32:22 - Node.js Negativity

Design, Resources
- Martin Fowler’s Refactoring and Patterns Books
- Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software by Eric Evans

42:52 - Community45:08 - The AAA Rule: Arrange, Act, Assert51:19 - Error Messages Picks

Unemployment (Jamison)
React Rally (Jamison)
Julia Evans' Tweet: how to be a wizard programmer (Jamison)
See the good in people (Aimee)
Sinon.JS (Joe)
How to Stay Motivated: Developing the Qualities of Success by Zig Ziglar (Chuck)
The Harry Potter Series (Chuck)
RetroPie (Justin)
How Elm can Make you a Better JavaScript Programer (Justin)
NEJS Conf (Justin)

Special Guest: Justin Searls.
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225 JSJ Functional Programming with John A. De Goes Aug 17, 2016

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03:08 - John A. De Goes Introduction

04:07 - PureScript JavaScript Jabber Episode #189: PureScript with John A. De Goes and Phil Freeman04:58 - “Purely Functional” 09:18 - Weaknesses With Functional Programming

14:36 - Organizing a FP Codebase

John A. De Goes: A Modern Architecture for FP

17:54 - Beginners and Functional Programming; Getting Started

Learning About the History of Functional Programming
Hiring Junior Devs to do FP

28:20 - The Rise of Functional Programming in JavaScript-land32:08 - Handling Existing Applications36:03 - Complexity Argument41:53 - Weighing Language Tradeoffs; Alt.js
Picks

Nadia Odunayo: The Guest: A Guide To Code Hospitality @ RailsConf 2016 (Aimee)
React Rally (Jamison)
Cleanup Algorithm (Jamison)
PostgreSQL Exercises (Jamison)
iPad Pro (Chuck)
Smart Keyboard for iPad Pro (Chuck)
Apple Pencil (Chuck)
GoodNotes (Chuck)
John A. De Goes: Halogen: Past, Present, and Future (John)
slamdata (John)

Special Guest: John A. De Goes.
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224 JSJ Cypress.js with Brian Mann Aug 10, 2016

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Angular Remote Conf and React Remote Conf 03:18 - Brian Mann Introduction

03:33 - Cypress.io 04:09 - Selenium 08:56 - Cypress vs Selenium16:54 - Similarities: Cypress and Protractor 18:22 - Mocking API Data20:40 - Getting Started with Cypress and The Migration Process21:54 - Testing30:31 - Handling Data on the Backend34:16 - What’s coming next in Cypress?Special Guest: Brian Mann.
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223 JSJ WebStorm with Dennis Ushakov Aug 03, 2016

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React Remote Conf and Angular Remote Conf 03:18 - Dennis Ushakov Introduction

03:54 - Writing an IDE in Java

04:50 - Specs05:43 - WebStorm Defined

Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

06:19 - IDEs vs Text Editors08:31 - Building an IDE

Language Support
External Tool Support
Abstract Syntax Tree (AST)

13:00 - Code Reuse15:07 - Prioritizing Features17:11 - Why is IDE tooling important?

“Code is read a lot more than it’s written.”

19:57 - Refactorings

The Dynamic Nature of JavaScript
TypeScript-specific Refactorings

23:35 - Next Versions of Webstorm

Early Access Program

25:07 - Framework Support; Usage Data28:12 - Other Technology and Framework Support31:12 - Working for JetBrains 32:17 - Release Cycles and Procedures

Early Access Program

34:39 - Java Source Code Contribution

Kotlin

Picks

Jesse Kriss: Human scale technology (Jamison)
React Rally (Jamison)
Vote (Chuck)
Transmit (Chuck)
Steam Squad (Dennis)
Ergobaby Four Position 360 Baby Carrier (Dennis)

Special Guest: Dennis Ushakov.
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222 JSJ Nodal with Keith Horwood Jul 27, 2016

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02:35 - Keith Horwood Introduction

02:50 - Nodal | nodal

05:41 - Frameworks07:56 - Async Flow; Callback Execution

Brian LeRoux

10:29 - Nodal Use Cases13:11 - GraphQL 15:07 - PostgreSQL 17:56 - Developer Evolution

github.com/poly/dotcom

24:05 - Scheduled Tasks and Migrations

Sidekiq

28:57 - ORM Flexibility33:14 - API Payloads35:24 - The ORM40:37 - Testing43:10 - 1.0?45:18 - Getting Started Picks

The 2016 UtahJS Conference (Dave)
Writing good code: how to reduce the cognitive load of your code (Aimee)
Natural Calm (Aimee)
Unplugging from technology (Chuck)
#CodeNewbie (Chuck)
Angular Remote Conf (Chuck)
React Remote Conf (Chuck)
Rails Remote Conf (Chuck)
All Remote Confs (Chuck)
React, IoT, Bots, APIs — Why Web Development Needs a Change (Keith)
fortran-machine (Keith)

Special Guest: Keith Horwood .
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221 JSJ Visual Studio Code with Wade Anderson Live From Microsoft Build 2016 Jul 20, 2016

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This episode was recorded live from The Microsoft Build Conference 2016. In this episode we chatted with Wade Anderson of Microsoft about Visual Studio Code. You can follow him on Twitter, or check out what he’s done over on GitHub. Picks

Parks and Recreation (Wade)
VidAngel (Wade)

A special thanks again goes out to Richard Campbell and Carl Franklin from .NETRocks for putting this podcast series together! You rock!Special Guest: Wade Anderson.
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220 JSJ Teaching JavaScript with Kyle Simpson Jul 13, 2016

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02:25 - Kyle Simpson Introduction

Twitter
GitHub
Blog
“Getify”
You-Dont-Know-JS
[Pluralsight] Advanced JavaScript by Kyle Simpson

04:43 - Development => Teaching

Front End Masters

16:20 - Inheritance and Delegation29:40 - Evolving a Language36:23 - Cohersion

50:37 - Performance

The Width Keyword

54:33 - Developer Education Programs and The Skill of Teaching Picks

Adam Tornhill: Code, Crime, Complexity: Analyzing software with forensic psychology @ TEDxTrondheim (Aimee)
Your Code as a Crime Scene: Use Forensic Techniques to Arrest Defects, Bottlenecks, and Bad Design in Your Programs by Adam Tornhill (Aimee)
Planet Money Episode 704: Open Office (Jamison)
Zooko's Triangle (Jamison)
The Barkley Marathons (Jamison)
React Rally (Jamison)
X-Men: Apocalypse (Joe)
America's Got Talent (Joe)
Overwatch (Joe)
Stack (Kyle)
Jeremy Keith: A web for everyone (Kyle)
Jeremy Keith: Regressive Web Apps (Kyle)

Special Guest: Kyle Simpson.
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219 JSJ Learning JavaScript in 2016 Jul 06, 2016

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Check out Newbie Remote Conf! 02:44 - What it Takes to Learn JavaScript in 201604:03 - Resources: Then vs Now09:42 - Are there prerequisites? Should you have experience?20:34 - Choosing What to Learn

The iPhreaks Show Episode #153: Using Mobile Devices to Manage Diabetes with Scott Hanselman

28:19 - Deciding What to Learn Next31:19 - Keeping Up: Obligations As a Developer34:22 - Deciding What to Learn Next (Cont’d)42:01 - Recommendations

Picks

accidentally nonblocking (Jamison)
choo (Jamison)
Web Rebels (Jamison)
React Rally (Jamison)
Grab The Gold (Aimee)
node-for-beginners (Aimee)
Procrastinate On Purpose by Rory Vaden (Chuck)
Newbie Remote Conf (Chuck)
Get A Coder Job (Chuck)

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