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**Web Rush**

Dive into JavaScript and Web development stories with hosts John Papa, Ward Bell, Craig Shoemaker, and Dan Wahlin. Web Rush is a weekly podcast where we tackle the challenges facing Web developers today and invite expert guests on the show to share their experience solving concrete problems while building real Web applications. Listen for practical insights and honest talk about the topics you are facing today, with Web Rush. Sponsored by AG Grid and Nrwl.io

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Episode 180: Functional Web Apps with Simon MacDonald Apr 21, 2022

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Recording date: 3/31/2002

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Simon MacDonald @Macdonst

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00:53 Guest introduction
02:05 What are fuctional web apps?
03:29 Why do we need functional web apps?
07:22 Sponsor: Ag Grid
08:25 Do we still need static assets or HTML?
14:05 What's the process to build a form based application?
18:21 It's still faster than pregenerating the data?
20:00 What affects cold starts in JavaScript environments?
22:29 Sponsor: Ionic
23:08 How is this different from microservices?
28:48 Is this more like micro apps than micro services?
30:18 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Episode 179: Visual Testing with Ramona Schwering Apr 14, 2022

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Recording date: Thursday, March 24

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Ramona Schwering @leichteckig

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00:34 Hiking and puppies
03:05 Guest introduction
05:45 When do I want to use this kind of testing?
08:31 Sponsor: Ag Grid
09:34 When do you enable visual testing?
17:03 Can you ignore areas of the display if you don't want it to test?
18:14 How do you test for responsive design?
21:42 What about Applitools?
23:12 Sponsor: Narwhal
23:44 When a difference is spotted, how do you work with that?
25:36 What issues have come up when learning about visual testing?
29:36 How do you fit visual testing alongside other testing?
36:03 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Episode 178: Tailwind CSS with Shawn Wildermuth Apr 07, 2022

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Recording date: 03/17/2022

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Shawn Wildermuth @ShawnWildermuth

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00:50 Diving in to Tailwind
01:35 Guest introduction
03:44 What is Tailwind?
06:04 When does Tailwind work best?
10:32 Sponsor: Ionic
11:07 Tailwind classes and components
17:04 What is flex?
17:41 Pruning your CSS
27:56 Sponsor: Ag Grid
29:00 How does Tailwind interact with React or TSX?
32:36 Can you use Sass with Tailwind?
33:49 How does Tailwind handle dark or light theming?
36:38 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Episode 177: OSS Sustainability and NPM Module Ecosystem with Matteo Collina Mar 31, 2022

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Recording date: March 17, 2022

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Matteo @MatteoCollina

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02:25 Guest introduction
05:25 Live vs virtual conferences
06:38 npm Ecosystem and Security
09:07 Update on Fastify
12:06 Sponsor: Narwhal
12:40 Were you able to start with this process in the beginning of Fastify?
15:30 Front end vs back end concerns
17:20 Serverless vs server based cold starts
22:37 How Fastify helps with security issues
24:05 Why is my npm modules folder so big?
26:56 Sponsor: Ag Grid
28:01 Vulnerabilities in open source
33:01 What do people who aren't able to code do?
34:01 Security tips for using node

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Episode 176: Micro Front Ends with Josh Thomas Mar 24, 2022

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Recording date: March 10, 2022

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Josh Thomas @Jthoms1

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02:06 Guest introduction
04:05 What is Micro Front Ends?
04:37 Why is it simpler?
06:25 What challenge or issue is this solving?
07:30 Is it a good option for existing projects or for new apps?
08:28 Sponsor: Ionic
09:00 What is greenfield vs brownfield?
11:57 What do you pass to micro front ends?
15:15 How do you decide when to break something apart?
16:48 What are some of the difficulties in doing this?
17:54 Sponsor: Ag Grid
18:53 How does this apply in the mobile web?
20:27 What is modular federation?
25:46 Does it happen for marketing reasons?
30:39 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Episode 175: Skulpt with Meredydd Luff Mar 17, 2022

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Recording date: 03/03/2022

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Meredydd Luff https://twitter.com/meredydd

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01:22 Guest introduction
01:57 Catch us up on Anvil and Skulpt
04:13 How do you avoid HTML & CSS?
06:12 Sponsor: Ag Grid
07:22 What is Skulpt?
10:59 Does Skulpt have source maps?
18:50 Running Python in the browser
25:32 Insulating you from other languages
29:52 Sponsor: Narwhal
30:29 The story behind putting this all together
40:15 Could it be a way to learn how to program?
44:56 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Episode 174: Where Should You Go for Authentic Tech Advice? Mar 10, 2022

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Recording date: Feb 24, 2022

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

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02:35 Where do you go to learn about new technologies?
09:12 Sponsor: Ag Grid
10:13 What method do you use to find good educational content?
16:48 Jotai vs. Recoil
22:35 Sponsor: Ionic
23:12 What should a beginner look for?
27:26 John's repo using front end libraries
31:39 Writing docs for new technology
33:57 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Episode 173: Getting the Best out of TypeScript with Maina Wyclyffe Mar 03, 2022

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Recording date: Feb 17, 2022

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Maina Wyclyffe @mwycliffe_dev

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01:03 Ward's haircut
02:06 Guest introduction
03:40 What made you want to use TypeScript?
05:51 How do you decide when to use TypeScript?
09:08 Sponsor: Ag Grid
10:07 How do you deal with null in TypeScript?
14:37 Are TypeScript enums are bad?
20:12 What are your pet peeves in TypeScript?
21:36 Sponsor: Nx
22:12 What's your second pest peeve?
27:25 Why would you create a type from another type?
35:52 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Episode 172: Becoming A Tech Author During The Pandemic with Aristeidis Bampakos Feb 24, 2022

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Recording date: 2022-02-10

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Aristeidis Bampakos @abampakos

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01:48 Guest introduction
03:19 How did you get started in teaching Angular?
08:12 Sponsor: Ag Grid
09:16 How did you schedule writing about Angular?
11:52 How did you decide when to write a book?
14:52 Dan's intro to tech story
17:17 Craig's origin story
18:02 What lessons did you learn on your journey?
24:14 Any tips for people procrastinating?
25:23 Sponsor: Ionic
26:02 Craig's tips for dealing with procrastination
31:34 What are your motivations for writing?
33:21 What was the process for a second book?
36:03 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Episode 171: Stop worrying about JavaScript frameworks with Sasha Shynkevich Feb 17, 2022

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Recording date: 2/3/2022

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Sasha Shynkevich @neesoglasnaja

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01:25 Guest introduction
02:20 How did you get into this topic?
06:45 Sponsor: Narwhal Nx
07:17 Who are the people who don't know what to do?
11:24 How do you help people pick technologies?
19:41 What is the state of Javascript?
22:32 Sponsor: Ag Grid
23:42 How do you know if a framework is a good one to run with?
26:06 How do you find community to learn?
28:36 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

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