Do you want to level up in your career? Do you want to become a top 1% developer? Today on the show, Charles provides three simple steps you can implement today to help get you there. In this episode… Have a side project Learn something every day Commit code every day Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Charles - Top End Devs | Conferences Charles - Top End Devs | Meetups Charles – Innova OBD2 Code Reader Charles- BMK 200W Car Power Inverter DC 12V to 110V AC Car Inverter 4 USB P...
Aug 11, 2022•33 min
If you are testing an Angular application, then at some point, you will be required to test asynchronous behavior. Today on the show, guests Stephen Cooper and Mona Peirov share about how you can validate your internal models with async Angular testing and integrate AG Charts into your workflows. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Understanding async tests in Angular JavaScript Charts: Overview Stephen Cooper Twitter: @SCooperDev LinkedIn: Mana Peirov Twitter: @ManaPeirov Picks ...
Jul 28, 2022•49 min
Meetups are a remarkably easy and convenient way to connect and network with others. Today on the show, Charles shares his various strategies on how to make the most of Meetups, whether to network to find a better job, learn something new, collaborate with others, get counsel about your career or current work problems, or simply enjoy the human connection and community with others. Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Ch...
Jul 21, 2022•28 min
Nx is a smart, fast and extensible build system with first class monorepo support and powerful integrations, and it has a powerful core and a rich plugin ecosystem. Today, Charles interviews Angular expert Lars Gyrup Brink Nielsen to discuss the benefits of the Nx build framework. In this episode… Nx fundamentals Benefits and downsides Nx workspace generation Distributed task execution (DTE) Future feature releases Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links The Angular Developer's Nx Ha...
Jul 15, 2022•41 min
One of the upcoming future features in the Angular framework will revolve around “Standalone Components” (SC) vs. “Optional NgModules”. When SC makes NgModules optional, it depreciates their value in the long run and could lead us to determine their necessity. Given that Angular is an enterprise framework, can we have modulars in an angular application or should we eliminate this? Angular expert Rainer Hahnekamp joins the show to share his perspective on how SC will affect modularity in an Angul...
Jul 07, 2022•45 min
Charles Max Wood is the master architect behind Top End Devs, which includes 11 unique podcast shows for DevOps. Today on the show, Subrat interviews Charles on how to launch, grow, and monetize a podcast show from scratch. He shares his process, the strategies to launch, various tools, sites, and apps, how to build an audience, and how to monetize a show. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Trusted CDN Provider | Faster Content Delivery | CacheFly Podcast Hosting and Analytics -...
Jun 30, 2022•55 min
Tomas Trajan, Google Developer Expert for Angular and Web technologies, joins the show today to discuss NgRx and best practices. They deliberate the main integrations for NgRx with Angular, various implementation strategies, and more. This is an exciting conversation you won’t want to miss! In this Episode… NgRx overview NgRx best practices NgRx and Angular implementation Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Links Level Up You...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Hossein Mousavi shares his methodology to angular form by presenting his template driven approach vs. reactive form approach. They also discuss the differences between form control, form group, and form array, and how you can build upon the elements within Angular through modular patterns and object-oriented project paradigms. Finally, they discuss how the Angie directive allows you to create web applications by routing requests to controllers and directives and referencing data models in a fash...
May 05, 2022•40 min
Do you want to become a 10x top end developer? Do you want to take your career to the next level? Charles provides a 7 step roadmap to get you there: 1) Learn something new everyday. a. 10-15 minutes, learn something new that can help you move the needle forward in your career. b. Make 1% incremental progress everyday will compound to 37x better yearly. Everything adds up. 2) Commit code daily and practice your craft. a. Practice makes perfect, try something new. 3) Meet someone new every week. ...
Apr 28, 2022•29 min
Sometimes your development skills lead you into a role other than full time code sherpa. If you're wondering which ways you can take your career to have some new adventures, listen to this episode with Karl Hughes, Subrat Mishra and Charles Max Wood.Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links draft.dev Alternative Career Paths for Software Engineers How to start freelance technical blogging How writing can advance your career as a developer Picks Charles- Scythe | Board Game | BoardGameG...
Apr 14, 2022•59 min
To build or to buy, that IS the question. In this episode, Charles talks with Carl Bergenhem about the BIG updates in Kendo UI, as well as how to navigate the tricky waters of building your own components. “I think the first thing to look at is what you’re trying to accomplish. There might be hyper specialized scenarios, but when it comes to picking something off the shelf, it depends on what kind of UI you’re building.” - Carl Bergenhem In This Episode1) What you NEED to know about Angular’s up...
Mar 17, 2022•46 min
Your toolbelt needs some upgrading. In this episode, Charles sits down with Jared Youtsey, a developer who’s taken productivity to the next level and will show you how to do the same. “Having the right tooling in place makes a big difference in productivity.” - Jared Youtsey In This Episode1) Why having the correct tooling is HUGE for productivity 2) Jared’s go-to tools for adding jet fuel to your efficiency and accuracy 3) How to implement snippets and autofill to make your life easier (especia...
Mar 10, 2022•41 min
If your Angular needs a home, look no further than your own desktop! In this episode, the group talks to Sam Basu to learn ALL the deets about integrating Angular into your desktop properly. They lay out how PWAs CAN work (if done correctly), the big differences between cross-platform vs. one basket, and why 2022 is gonna be a GOOD year for Angular. “The desire to see ‘web stuff’ on native is nothing new, and it’s good to have choices in Angular.” - Sam Basu In This Episode1) How PWAs ARE an opt...
Mar 03, 2022•1 hr 8 min
This ain’t your granddaddy’s browser. In this episode, Charles and Subrat sit down with Eric Simons, a developer who’s on the forefront of expanding for what’s possible for your toolchain in browsers. They lay out a BIG trend you oughta know, how these programs can help you level up your security, and how the “Google Docs” approach gives a hint for some remarkable developments coming this year and beyond. “Browsers have gotten a lot more pliable and robust over the past half decade.” - Eric Simo...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr
Well, it depends. In this episode, Charles sits down with Aristeidis Bampakos, a Greek developer at Google who knows a thing or two (or seven) about how to use dependency injectors right. They talk about why DI’s could be a blessing OR a curse, how the “component hierarchy” can affect your whole structure, and the ONE thing you should know before you give up on your injector. “We must never forget that Angular is cross-platform. The actual way Angular works with injection is when you provide the...
Feb 03, 2022•16 min
Here’s your SIGNAL to try SignalR. In this episode, Charles and Armed sit down with Andrew Evans, a software developer who’s keen on Microsoft’s newest toy. They discuss the best way to integrate SignalR with Angular, how SignalR is different from Socket IO, and the future of web sockets and modern apps. “With these new web standards, I would just leverage whatever tools work best for you, your company, and your customers.” - Andrew Evans In This EpisodeWanna try Microsoft’s new toy? Andrew lays...
Jan 27, 2022•38 min
IF you don’t want to use If statements, THEN what? We’ve got you. In this episode, Charles sits down with Yiu Pang (Leo) Chan, a software developer whose expertise in Angular has helped hospitals weather the COVID storm on their systems. They talk about Leo’s go-to tips for building a robust dashboard, the biggest way Angular changed Leo’s game, and Leo’s #1 choice for building stacks in 2022. “OOP summarizes things very well and gives the user quick insight to see how it’s performing. It’s a br...
Jan 13, 2022•28 min
Ever feel like a damsel in distress held captive by app limitations? Never fear! In this episode, Charles and Sani sit down with Patricio Vargas, a software developer who’s an expert on PWA’s and enriching the customer experience. They cover why PWA’s have “superpowers”, a user statistic that will scare the connection issues right out of you, and why Clubhouse fell from grace (and what others apps can learn from it).“One of the reasons Angular is great is because, with one command, all the setup...
Jan 06, 2022•50 min
Subrat and Chuck sit down and discuss what they're working on and where they're heading going forward. They've both changed work situations and are doing new things. They also talk about the stuff going on outside of work.Panel Charles Max Wood Subrat Mishra Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Charles- [Upper Deck Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game]( ) Charles- Dotcom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Yo...
Dec 16, 2021•47 min
Get Lifetime Access to Mani's Entrepreneurship Pack and Book Club . Use coupon code "GREAT"Mani has summarized hundreds of business books that outline how to build, grow, and operate a business and he shares his expertise with Chuck and the listeners in this special episode.Chuck and Mani discuss what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. They talk about their businesses on a regular basis and Chuck's been getting a lot of requests for entrepreneurship help.He and Mani talk about the 3 prima...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Georgi Parlakov outlines the problems he's had using the Angular Test-Bed and what he's done to move to a different system.He's built a library called scuri to help him build and run his tests in a way that make it easy to standardize the tests he runs.Panel Armen Vardanyan Charles Max Wood Guest Georgi Parlakov Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links friends | GParlakov Portfolio GitHub - gparlakov/scuri Angular TestBed considered harmful! | by Georgi Parlakov | Angular In Depth | M...
Dec 09, 2021•38 min
Francesco Leardini joins the adventure to discuss how to build PWA's using Angular. In some ways it's pretty straightforward. In other ways, you need to invent ways to get what you need.Francesco explains how to pull in the various features that make up PWA's and the advantages of using them with your Angular applications to enhance your users' experience.Panel Charles Max Wood Guest Francesco Leardini Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | ...
Dec 02, 2021•47 min
Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Double Your Productivity by 5pm Today" Deal Coupon Code: "DEEP" for a GIANT discountMani provides us with strategies and tactics to get Deep Work time and how to get our minds into that focused state for hours at a time.He has read hundreds of books that have taught him the secrets to getting more done by getting into this state.He starts by telling us how he was passed over for a promotion at Qualcomm in favor of someone younger and less experienced and how th...
Nov 25, 2021•47 min
Charles Max Wood talks about what has brought about the new direction he's heading in with Top End Devs and talks about some of the things that have led to this new direction.He'll be going into more at https://topenddevs.com/podcast Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End Devs : Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let...
Nov 18, 2021•46 min
Tom Smykowski joins the adventure to discuss the VS Code plugin that he wrote to help people avoid some of the mistakes commonly made within Angular apps. The reminders appear inline in the editor. He also explains how to build VS Code extensions. 10% DISCOUNT: Summon The JSON Discount code: ADVENTURES Panel Charles Max Wood Guest Tom Smykowski Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Level Up | Devchat.tv Links 8 Visual Studio Code Assist...
Nov 04, 2021•47 min
Armen and Chuck discuss the ESLint NGRx plugin. They go over what it adds to ESLint and some of the things that you should be looking for as you write NGRx code in order to make it more uniform, concise, and easy to read.Armen also talks about his experience contributing to the plugin.Panel Armen Vardanyan Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Level Up | Devchat.tv Picks Armen- Dune Charles- Viscounts of The West Kingdo...
Oct 21, 2021•55 min
Catalin Ciubotaru joins the adventure to discuss how to get Angular Universal to send server side HTTP codes to the browser from the back-end when Angular is geared toward the front-end and doesn't natively send status codes.Panel Charles Max Wood Subrat Mishra Guest Catalin Ciubotaru Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator PodcastBootcamp.io Level Up | Devchat.tv Links Angular life: Server Status Codes with Angular Universal GitHub: Catalin Ciubotaru ( FunnyGhost ) Twitter: Ciubotaru Catalin ( @_u...
Oct 13, 2021•49 min
Marco Zuccaroli joins the adventure to discuss deploying an Angular application using serverless and basic devops to get an application deployed once the original devops guy was gone.He walks through the things he learned and the architecture he deployed to make the application work.Panel Charles Max Wood Guest Marco Zuccaroli Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial PodcastBootcamp.io Links Deploy an Angular application on AWS using serve...
Oct 07, 2021•37 min
Armen takes the lead this week to discuss TypeScript usage and how to bring in mixins into the picture as you build more complicated applications with TypeScript.Panel Armen Vardanyan Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator PodcastBootcamp.io Level Up | Devchat.tv Picks Armen- Our Planet Charles- Masters of Doom Charles- Ready Player Two Charles- The Chosen Charles- Top End Devs Contact Armen: Armen Vardanyan Armen Vardanyan – Medium Twitter: Armen Vardanyan ( @Armandotrue ) Contac...
Sep 30, 2021•4 min
Wycliffe Maina is a Kenyan developer who has written several articles about TypeScript. He joins the adventure to discuss the ins and outs and several tips and tricks for using TypeScript in your Angular and other applications.Panel Armen Vardanyan Subrat Mishra Guest Wycliffe Maina Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial PodcastBootcamp.io Links Type Narrowing in TypeScript Template Literal Types in TypeScript Transforming Types in TypeS...
Sep 23, 2021•46 min
