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JavaScript Jabber

Charles M Woodtopenddevs.com
Stay current on JavaScript, Node, and Front-End development. Learn from experts in programming, careers, and technology every week.

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Episodes

075 JSJ Maintainable JavaScript with Nicholas Zakas

PanelNicholas C. Zakas (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:24 - Nicholas Zakas IntroductionBox Maintainable JavaScript by Nicholas C. Zakas High Performance JavaScript (Build Faster Web Application Interfaces) by Nicholas C. Zakas Yahoo 02:19 - What Makes Maintainable JavaScript?Code Layout Clever...

Sep 13, 201358 min

074 JSJ Grunt with Ben Alman

PanelBen Alman (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Ryan Florence (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:34 - Ben Alman IntroductionBocoup 02:54 - “Cowboy”Cowboy Coder 06:53 - The Birth of GruntEnder make rake jake 14:34 - Installing Globally & PluginsJSHint grunt-cli lodash async 20:43 - Managing the project and releasing new versions 22:32 - What is Grunt? What does it do?jQue...

Sep 06, 20131 hr 14 min

073 JSJ React with Pete Hunt and Jordan Walke

PanelPete Hunt (twitter github blog) Jordan Walke (twitter github) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:34 - Pete Hunt IntroductionInstagram Facebook 02:45 - Jordan Walke Introduction 04:15 - ReactReact - GitHub 06:38 - 60 Frames Per Second 09:34 - Data Binding 12:31 - Performance 17:39 - Diffing Algorithm 19:36 - DOM M...

Aug 30, 201356 min

072 JSJ Screencasts

PanelJamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:31 - Screencasting ExperiencePluralsight: AngularJS Fundamentals - Joe Pluralsight: jQuery Advanced Topics - Joe Pluralsight: Testing Clientside JavaScript - Joe Teach Me To Code - Chuck 02:44 - Getting into Screencasting 06:16 - Screencasting and JavaScript JabberSharing Knowledge RailsCasts (Ruby) NSScreencast (iOS) 09:45 - JavaScript Screencas...

Aug 23, 201350 min

071 JSJ JavaScript Strategies at Microsoft with Scott Hanselman

PanelScott Hanselman (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Aaron Frost (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:14 - Scott Hanselman IntroductionCommunity Program Manager for Web Tools at Microsoft Azure and Web Tools ASP.NET Runtime 03:17 - Microsoft and JavaScriptMicrosoft Build Developer Conference Scott Hanselman: Angle Brackets, Curly Braces, One ASP.NET and the Cloud Json.NET 13:40 - The Cost of Web DevelopmentTool...

Aug 16, 201357 min

070 JSJ Book Club: JavaScript Allongé with Reginald Braithwaite

PanelReginald Braithwaite (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 02:08 - Reg Braithwaite IntroductionGithub 03:46 - JavaScript Allongé by Reginald Braithwaite 06:43 - The Y CombinatorKestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity by Reginald Braithwaite 14:26 - Book Summary/PerspectiveFunctions QED,...

Aug 09, 20131 hr 7 min

069 JSJ The Application Cache with Jake Archibald

PanelJake Archibald (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:14 - Jake Archibald IntroductionWorks on Developer Relations on the Google Chrome Team 01:57 - The Application CacheEric Bidelman: A Beginner's Guide to Using the Application Cache - HTML5 Rocks Down Fall 07:12 - Working with Single Page Apps 08:40 - Detecting ConnectivityExpress.js Yehuda Katz: Extend the Web Forward 15:42 - Running Offline...

Aug 02, 201351 min

068 JSJ ES6 with Aaron Frost

PanelAaron Frost (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Discussion 01:36 - Aaron Frost IntroductionWeb Developer at Domo 1.21 Gigawatts – Chromeapps with Angularjs and Node (Aaron Frost and Dave Geddes) JS.next: A Manager’s Guide by Aaron Frost 02:21 - ECMAScript and JavaScriptBrendan Eich talking about the Lord Of The Rings Comparison JScript ActionScript 06:02 - TC39 on ECMANotes from the TC39 Meetings 06:4...

Jul 26, 201348 min

067 JSJ Testem with Toby Ho

PanelToby Ho (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Aaron Frost (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 00:53 - Aaron Frost IntroductionDomo 1.21 Gigawatts - Chromeapps with Angularjs and Node (Aaron Frost and Dave Geddes) 02:45 - Toby Ho Introductiontestem Toby Ho - Testem: Interactive JS Test Runner Toby Ho: Better TDD Workflow via Exclusive Tests in Jasmine and Mocha 03:06 - testemAutotest guard Jasmine Mocha QUnit Buste...

Jul 19, 201349 min

066 JSJ Transitioning to JavaScript

PanelJoe Eames (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:10 - Making the transition from one primary language to JavaScript 01:30 - Merrick’s ExperienceActionScript 03:32 - Joe’s Experience.NET Microsoft 07:46 - Moving from C# to JavaScriptMisconceptions 09:25 - JavaScript Misconceptions 10:59 - Chuck’s ExperienceRuby on Rails 14:25 - Rails and JavaScript Avoidance 15:25 - Microsoft and JavaScript Avo...

Jul 05, 201341 min

065 JSJ Build Tools with Adam Hawkins

PanelAdam Hawkins (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:16 - Adam Hawkins IntroductionJavaScript Application Build Tools: Adam Hawkins 003 JSJ Build Tools 01:51 - What Are Build Tools? 02:46 - Build ProcessEmber.js CoffeeScript Sass Grunt.js Yeoman RequireJS minispade jQuery 09:15 - MinificationHandlebars.js barber 10:30 - Ruby on RailsClient-Side Applications 16:43 ...

Jun 28, 20131 hr 1 min

064 JSJ Ember Tools with Ryan Florence

PanelRyan Florence (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:28 - Ryan Florence IntroductionInstructure Canvas Network 03:04 - Ember 101 05:03 - Ember.js Workflow047 JSJ Specialized vs Monolithic with James Halliday and Tom Dale ember-tools 07:14 - CommonJS vs RequireJSr.js browser-build 09:58 - prego 11:39 - Generators 14:45 - Testin...

Jun 21, 201350 min

063 JSJ Burnout

PanelJamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:47 - BurnoutGoogle: define burnout 04:57 - Pair Programming 06:19 - Burnout GuiltThought-workers vs Laborers 10:15 - Positive Reinforcement 11:18 - Causes of BurnoutProlonged periods of high stress Crappy jobs Long hours OCD Organizational challenges Fighting Bikeshedding Difficult work environment Twitter Com...

Jun 14, 201349 min

062 JSJ Dojo with Dylan Schiemann

PanelDylan Schiemann (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 00:57 - Dylan Schiemann IntroductionThe Dojo Toolkit CEO of SitePen 01:14 - DojoTD Ameritrade The Wall Street Journal JPMorgan Chase & Co TD Bank voro.com Esri 04:40 - Why is Dojo relevant today?Peter Higgins: #dadt (Dojo already did that) 07:00 - AMD and RequireJSPerformance ...

Jun 07, 20131 hr 1 min

061 JSJ Functional Reactive Programming with Juha Paananen and Joe Fiorini

PanelJuha Paananen (twitter github blog) Joe Fiorini (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:20 - Joe Fiorini IntroductionInteraction Developer at Designing Interactive in Cleveland, OH 01:42 - Juha Paananen IntroductionSoftware Developer at Reaktor in Helsinki, Finland 02:30 - Functional Reactive Pro...

May 31, 201350 min

060 JSJ Development Environments

PanelAJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:09 - Mac, Windows or Linux?tmux Emacs Homebrew DigitalOcean 05:41 - ToolsJenkins CI TeamCity 07:49 - Editors and IDEsVim MacVim MacVim Alloy Fork The NERD tree Sublime Text Chocolat TextMate JetBrains WebStorm David Laing: Customise your .gitattributes to become a Git Ninja 16:03 - Software & Tools cont’dGrunt...

May 24, 201359 min

059 JSJ jQuery Mobile with Todd Parker

PanelTodd Parker (twitter github) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 00:53 - Todd Parker IntroductionFilament Group 01:21 - DevChat.tv Indiegogo Campaign 01:55 - jQuery MobilejQuery UI 04:13 - Responsive web design 06:17 - Mobile & Proxy BrowsersWebKit Opera & Opera Mini Amazon Silk 14:06 - Enhancements 17:11 - Plugging jQuery Mobile into Deskt...

May 17, 201326 min

058 JSJ Building Accessible Websites with Brian Hogan

Use this link and code JAVAJAB to get 20% off your registration for FluentConf 2013!PanelBrian Hogan (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 00:55 - Brian Hogan IntroductionHTML5 and CSS3: Develop with Tomorrow's Standards Today by Brian Hogan tmux: Productive Mouse-Free Development by Brian Hogan Web Development Recipes by Brian P. Hogan,...

May 10, 201351 min

057 JSJ Functional Programming with Zach Kessin

Use this link and code JAVAJAB to get 20% off your registration for FluentConf 2013!PanelZachary Kessin (twitter github Mostly Erlang Podcast) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 00:55 - Zach Kessin IntroductionProgramming HTML5 Applications Building Web Applications with Erlang Product Structure Mostly Erlang Podcast 03:01 - Functional ProgrammingHaskell LISP Scheme Erlang Underscore...

May 02, 201344 min

056 JSJ Marionette.js with Derick Bailey

Use this link and code JAVAJAB to get 20% off your registration for FluentConf 2013!PanelDerick Bailey (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Tim Caswell (twitter github howtonode.org) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:03 - Derick Bailey IntroductionKendo UI 02:11 - Marionette.jsBackbone.js Zombie Views 06:57 - How backbone.js helps with large-scale applicationsScalabi...

Apr 19, 20131 hr 2 min

055 JSJ Web Developer Skills

Use this link and code JAVAJAB to get 20% off your registration for FluentConf 2013! Panel AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Discussion 00:57 - What does it mean to be a “web developer” “T-shaped skills” 11:01 - Minumum level entry skills you need to become a web developer HTML CSS JSHint Jade less.js jquery 19:39 - CSS Jade 24:24 - Mid-Senior level skills you need to become a web developer Net...

Apr 12, 201340 min

054 JSJ JavaScript Parsing, ASTs, and Language Grammar w/ David Herman and Ariya Hidayat

Use this link and code JAVAJAB to get 20% off your registration for FluentConf 2013!PanelDavid Herman (twitter blog Effective JavaScript) Ariya Hidayat (twitter github blog) Tim Caswell (twitter github howtonode.org) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 00:48 - David Herman and Ariya Hidayat Introduction044 JSJ Book Club: Effective JavaScript with David ...

Apr 05, 201359 min

053 JSJ Software Team Dynamics

Use this link and code JAVAJAB to get 20% off your registration for FluentConf 2013! PanelJoe Eames (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 02:48 - External ConflictsDealing with people outside your own team 07:04 - Areas of Expertise 08:45 - Expectations and DeadlinesMultiple Layers of Hierarchy Differences in Goals 13:47 - Flatter St...

Mar 29, 201347 min

052 JSJ Node & NPM with Isaac Schlueter

Use this link and code JAVAJAB to get 20% off your registration for FluentConf 2013! PanelIsaac Schlueter (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:33 - Isaac Schlueter IntroductionNPM Node 02:33 - Node Backstoryv8 SpiderMonkey Joyent 05:37 - Node and New FeaturesNode.js v0.10.0 Manual & Documentati...

Mar 22, 20131 hr 1 min

051 JSJ Finding a Job

PanelAJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:02 - Panelist employment backgrounds04:34 - Programming job marketNetworking 06:31 - How to get a job doing what you likeBetterServers Skunkworks project 09:36 - Qualifications11:40 - How you find jobsBeing active in online and offline communities Mailing list advertisement Recruiters and job boards 15:51 - Resumes19:27 - Interviews“I don’t know....

Mar 15, 201353 min

050 JSJ QUnit with Jörn Zaefferer

Panel Jörn Zaefferer (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:15 - Jörn Zaefferer IntroductionjQuery QUnit 02:32 - QUnitjQuery Mobile Introduction to Unit Testing | QUnit 06:59 - Built-in support for HTML fixtures for your tests08:50 - Unit Testingjoshuaclayton / specitmmonteleone / pavlov11:57 - Assertionsfn:deep-equal 15:49 - Why use QUnit?unit testing - QUnit vs Jasm...

Mar 08, 201334 min

049 JSJ MooTools with Valerio Proietti and Arian Stolwijk

PanelValerio Proietti (twitter github) Arian Stolwijk (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:08 - Arian Stolwijk IntroductionMooTools Developer Symbaloo 01:39 - Valerio Proietti IntroductionMooTools Creator Spotify 02:21 - What is MooTools?Github - MooTools 07:04 - The Class Systemmootools / prime 09:36 - Milk10:25 - Design GoalsGh...

Mar 01, 201346 min

048 JSJ Why JavaScript Is Hard

PanelJoe Eames (twitter github blog) Tim Caswell (twitter github howtonode.org) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Discussion 00:56 - Why JavaScript is hard to learn02:30 - This05:30 - Bind09:11 - Browsers11:01 - Class-based inheritancePrototypal inheritance 16:37 - New function18:51 - Closures20:51 - JavaScript is asynchronous22:14 - Variable scopingHoisting 26:14 - Numbers and math(AJ joins the podcast) == ’s vs === ’s 32:15 - Thing...

Feb 22, 20131 hr 4 min

047 JSJ Specialized vs Monolithic with James Halliday and Tom Dale

PanelTom Dale (twitter github blog Tilde Inc.) James Halliday (twitter github substack.net) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Tim Caswell (twitter github howtonode.org) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:52 - James Halliday Introductionbrowserify 02:37 - Tom Dale IntroductioniCloud Ember.js Big Data & Hadoop 04:47 - Specialized vs Monolithicgithub...

Feb 15, 201358 min

046 JSJ Staying Current

PanelJoe Eames (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 03:19 - The Future of JavaScript and ES6es-discuss -- Discussion of ECMAScript @esdiscuss six ES6 in node.js @brendaneich (Brendan Eich)@rwaldron (Rick Waldron)10:18 - Getting News about JavaScript@derickbailey (Derick Bailey) @tjholowaychuk (TJ Holowaychuk aka Vision Media) @substack (James Halliday) @maxodgen (Max ...

Feb 08, 201345 min
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