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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 71: Angular at Scale Feb 18, 2020

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Recording date: 2020-01-02

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Jeremy Likness @JeremyLikness

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01:59 Guest introduction
08:34 Why is Javascript better today?
11:05 Sponsor: Ag Grid
12:06 jQuery normalizing the DOM
23:32 What's worked and what hasn't worked?
32:23 How should people keep things organized across teams?
45:21 Final thoughts

Episode 70: React Performance with Ken Wheeler Feb 11, 2020

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Recording date: 2019-12-12

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Ken Wheeler @Ken_Wheeler

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02:05 Guest introduction
02:21 What is Spectacle?
08:48 What brought you into this space?
09:43 Sponsor: Ag Grid
10:50 Why do I fix performance issues I can't see?
20:15 What is a spot update?
25:17 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
26:19 What kind of performance gains can be had?
33:08 What kind of tools are you using to test and measure?
35:17 How do you get started?
38:55 Top 3 performance tips
42:18 Final thoughts

Episode 69: React with PWA and Ionic with Ely Lucas Feb 04, 2020

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Recording date: 2019-12-10

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Ely Lucas @ElyLucas

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02:33 Guest intro
04:31 What is Ionic?
09:03 Why is it important that Ionic works across frameworks?
09:47 Sponsor: Ag Grid
10:51 What can the latest version of Ionic do?
15:06 Why should I use Ionic instead of React Native?
19:40 Who is the audience for this?
27:46 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
28:51 How do you access phone features from Ionic?
34:52 How is testing done?
43:49 What about Vue or Vanilla Javascript?
45:11 Final thoughts

Episode 68: The Truth Behind Testing - Joe Eames Jan 28, 2020

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Recording date: 2019-12-05

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Joe Eames @JosephEames

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Episode 67: JAMstacking with the Great Gatsby - Sam Julien Jan 21, 2020

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Recording date: 2019-12-05

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Sam Julien @samjulien

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01:27 Guest intro
03:26 What's Gatsby?
06:53 What problem does this solve?
11:23 What benefits are there for the user?
17:17 What are the hurdles to using Gatsby?
23:39 Creating a course to learn Gatsby
26:18 What's deployment like with Gatsby?
30:39 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
31:39 What is Next?
36:59 What happens when you build Gatsby?
38:41 Who is Gatsby for?
42:11 Final thoughts

Episode 66: Vanilla JavaScript and HTML - No frameworks. No libraries. No problem. Jan 14, 2020

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Recording date: 2019-12-03

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

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02:25 Why?
10:06 Why not use Fetch?
16:52 Sponsor: Ag Grid
17:56 What is a template?
26:02 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
27:13 How do you feel about JSX?
42:34 What did we learn?

Episode 65: Art and Code with Ali Spittel from 6B Jan 07, 2020

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Recording date: 2019-11-26

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Ali Spittel @ASpittel

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02:34 Guest introduction
06:06 Experience with frameworks
08:34 How do you teach?
10:52 Sponsor: Ag Grid
11:54 Who are the students you're workign with?
17:39 Variety of paths to learning to code
25:06 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
26:14 How do you present something to students?
28:02 What stuck out to you about frameworks?
39:06 Where does teaching fit into your career?
40:15 The intersection of art and code
44:03 Final thoughts

Episode 64: Twitched at Birth with Brian Clark Dec 31, 2019

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Recording date: 2019-11-12

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Brian Clark @_clarkio

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Episode 63: Building a design system and mentoring with Neha Sharma Dec 17, 2019

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John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Neha Sharma @HelloNehha

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01:43 Guest introduction
03:24 Topic introductions
04:26 What do applications look like now?
05:21 How do you decide what to modernize to?
08:13 Sponsor: Nrwl
08:44 What is a design system?
15:15 What about web components?
19:26 What are some surprises from feedback?
20:22 Sponsor: Ag Grid
21:19 Final thoughts for people coming in to the industry

Episode 62: Why You Should Use Linters with Aleksandra Shinkevich Dec 10, 2019

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John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Aleksandra Shinkevich @Neesoglasnaja

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01:47 Guest introduction
03:23 What do linters do?
05:48 How do you make sure linters are working properly?
08:25 Sponsor: Nrwl
09:00 Do you run linters at other times?
16:56 Sponsor: Ag Grid
18:02 What about Prettier?
23:13 CSS linters
24:52 What common problems are there with linters?

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