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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 22: Secure Javascript with npm with Adam Baldwin Mar 05, 2019

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Recording date: 2019-01-31

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Adam Baldwin @adam_baldwin

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00:57 Guest Introduction
02:23 Javascript security in the news
05:29 Should we be worried about this happening again?
06:54 What's the best course of action when you see security warnings?
08:56 What is Greenkeeper?
10:18 Sponsor: Nativescript
10:52 Comparing npm audit and snyk
14:33 What do people who want to have a corporate acccount do?
21:22 Using a real world example
24:08 Are there times where it can't figure out what to do?
26:16 Isn't there a way to just keep malware out of the registry?
28:22 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
29:23 What's a bad actor?
34:17 FaceTime group call bug
36:05 Recommended tips for security
39:34 What's the state of 2 factor auth?
42:31 When we pass software to clients, how can we secure things?
45:08 Someone to follow

Episode 21: Dynamically Generated Forms in Angular with Raul Jimenez Feb 26, 2019

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Recording date: 2019-01-29

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @danwahlin

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01:57 Guest introduction
03:11 Why do you need dynamically generated forms?
04:45 How much does the app know about the PDF before?
11:20 How often do you run into customers needing a dynamically generated form?
16:20 Sponsor: Nativescript
16:54 Is it difficult to do in React or Vue?
21:31 How are you doing positioning?
22:59 How do you handle cross property validation?
32:31 How do you tell a user something is wrong?
38:48 What challenges remain?
39:42 Sponsor: DevIntersection
40:22 Any advice for when you hand off a project to a developer?
46:03 Someone to follow

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Episode 20: npm Tooling with Kat Marchan Feb 19, 2019

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Recording date: 2019-01-17

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Kat Marchán @MaybeKatz

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02:16 Guest introduction
04:01 What is NPX?
07:18 Do you have favorite things you run with NPX?
08:47 How did you go from concept to NPX?
10:47 What is Tink?
13:29 Sponsor: Native Script
14:03 Unexploding Ward's brain about Tink
17:40 Making solutions to problems people already have
19:20 How do you go from conception to realization?
21:25 The importance of UX for CLI
25:22 Is the a discoverability issue?
29:54 What kind of team do you work with?
30:51 Sponsor: DevIntersection
31:38 Where did the name Tink come from?
32:57 What is NPM CI?
37:35 How do companies get their own npm server?
43:47 Someone to follow

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Episode 19: JavaScript Development - Should You Buy or Build, with Guest Wes Bos Feb 11, 2019

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Recording date: 2019-01-17

John Papa @John_Papa

Dan Wahlin @danwahlin

Ward Bell @WardBell

Wes Bos @wesbos

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01:47 Guest introduction
05:33 Is Express still the dominant tool to use?
06:41 What kind of headaches does building your own stack bring?
08:58 Why not use an off the shelf payment system?
10:20 Using Stripe from Node or React?
13:03 Sponsor: NativeScript
13:37 How was integrating Stripe?
16:07 Buy vs build
20:27 When did you create your course platform?
21:26 Why rewrite something that works?
25:59 Sponsor: DevIntersection
26:46 Nginx usage
31:27 How'd you decide what to use when you designed it?
32:10 What are you using for authentication?
36:29 Someone to follow

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Episode 18: Vue in Enterprise Apps with Chris Fritz Feb 05, 2019

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Recording date: 2019-01-15

John Papa @John_Papa

Dan Wahlin @danwahlin

Chris Fritz @chrisvfritz

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01:56 Guest introduction
03:39 What is an enterprise application?
05:10 Our environment shapes the way we think
06:55 What percentage are moving from server rendered to a single page app?
11:38 Sponsor: DevIntersection
12:23 Typescript
16:45 Why not just use Typescript?
19:51 Are people leaning towards classes and decorators?
24:11 Tips for organizing and structuring projects
36:01 What does the enterprise boilerplate give us?
37:40 Sponsor: Native Script
38:14 How does Vue work with mobile?
40:28 Web browser mobile vs native approach?
42:17 How do you optimize your app for performance?
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Episode 17: Serverless with Jeff Hollan Jan 29, 2019

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Recording date: 2019-01-03

John Papa @John_Papa

Dan Wahlin @danwahlin

Jeff Hollan @JeffHollan

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01:20 Guest introductions
02:10 What is a project manager at Microsoft?
03:52 What's the profile of a customer you talk to?
05:39 Why would I use serverless over containers?
10:25 What is serverless? Where would I use it?
13:43 Why not use serverless for everything?
21:07 Sponsor: Progress
21:52 How does scaling work with serverless?
30:29 Being reactive vs proactive
33:25 Can you use serverless to monitor serverless?
37:50 Are there boundaries on the complexity of functions you can run?
39:52 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
40:52 Are people using microservices into serverless?
43:27 How easy is it to monitor functions on serverless?
49:51 What other options are available for serverless?
51:37 What's the most common language used at Azure?
52:49 Someone to follow

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Episode 16: Style Guides in React with Sara Vieira Jan 22, 2019

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Recording date: 2018-12-13

John Papa @John_Papa

Dan Wahlin @danwahlin

Sara Vieira @NikkitaFTW / @YLDio

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00:43 Guest introduction
03:11 Switching from Angular to React
07:48 Going all Facebook
12:51 How big was the styleguide?
14:44 How did developers access the styleguide?
16:28 Sponsor: Progress
17:07 How do you use CSS with React?
22:27 Writing styleguide for React?
26:23 Flexibility vs stability
29:40 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
30:39 Working with styleguides on a live site
35:39 Bringing new people on with the styleguide
36:40 What lessons have you learned from building apps?
38:50 Someone to follow

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Episode 15: Did You Just Screw Up the UI? with Ryan Burgess of Netflix Jan 15, 2019

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Recording date: 2018-11-29

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

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00:56 Mailbag question
06:34 Guest introduction
08:32 Have you screwed up the UI?
09:55 How do we A/B test UI changes well?
13:14 How do you decide who to test?
15:38 Defining light and dark vs a/b
20:45 Sponsor: Progress
21:21 Does Netflix A/B test during a show?
23:23 How big should a feature be to A/B test?
27:38 Are there seperate SPAs for signups, members, and streaming?
29:34 How do you make A/B testing actionable?
33:11 What tools do you recommend for A/B testing?
35:00 Sponsor:
36:05 How do I get the right metric?
37:55 UI Don't's
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Episode 14: Productive Code Reviews with Chris Fritz Jan 08, 2019

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Recording date: 2018-11-29

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Chris Fritz @ChrisvFritz

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1:00 Introduction of Chris & mailbag question on how to do code review
9:00 Code reviews with employees vs outside contractors/consultants
15:00 How do you adjust your communication for different people?
17:00 Sponsor: Nativescript
18:00 Styleguide for review
24:20 Having a process with automation to catch things.
26:50 What about comments in code?
32:40 Questions to ask during code reviews.
33:45 Sponsor: Ideablade
35:05 How do internal docs help?
39:00 VS Code snippets
41:50 Running too fast while trying to solve problems creates more problems.
46:00 Someone to follow

Episode 13: Building Code Sandbox with Ives van Hoorne Jan 01, 2019

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Recording date: 2018-11-29

John Papa https://twitter.com/john_papa

Ward Bell https://twitter.com/wardbell

Dan Wahlin https://twitter.com/danwahlin

Ives van Hoorne https://twitter.com/compuives

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CodeSandbox https://codesandbox.io
Elixr https://elixir-lang.org/
Erlang https://www.erlang.org/
Reactjs https://reactjs.org/
NPM https://www.npmjs.com/
Serverless https://martinfowler.com/articles/serverless.html
Unpkg https://unpkg.com/
Pupeteer https://github.com/GoogleChrome/puppeteer
Kubernetes https://kubernetes.io/
Redux https://redux.js.org/
Cerebral https://github.com/cerebral/cerebral
CodePen https://codepen.io
Monaco https://github.com/Microsoft/monaco-editor
Code https://code.visualstudio.com/
Typescript https://www.typescriptlang.org/
Flow https://flow.org/en/docs/frameworks/react/

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1:00 Mailbag question: Will VSCode editor replace the current editor?
3:01 What is Codesandbox and how did you get into it?
6:30 What kinds of challenges did you face when launching Codesandbox?
10:00 What are you using for serverless functions?
13:10 Why use serverless?
16:10 Sponsor: Nativescript
17:15 Moving away from serverless for some things?
23:10 What do you think of suspense or hooks?
24:20 Why does the world need Codesandbox?
28:00 What does Codesandbox use for linting?
31:00 Sponsor: IdeaBlade https://www.ideablade.com
32:30 What is Codesandbox written in?
35:20 How are the users of Codesandbox using types?
36:20 How do you keep up with the latest versions of software?
41:00 How do you handle concurrent users?
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