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EPISODE DESCRIPTION:In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, Joe Eames helps us kick off a series on Developer Experience with an episode all about Cognitive Load. Joe introduces the concept of Cognitive Load and helps us understand why it's such a crucial aspect of Developer Experience (DevX). By understanding and managing Cognitive Load, software engineers can deploy changes more easily, understand code more effectively, and work more efficiently with processes and tools. Get ready to walk away with practical insights and strategies to reduce Cognitive Load, ultimately improving your work, productivity, and overall sense of happiness at work. This is… the dev life.LINKS:https://ng-conf.org/https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/joe-eames?exp=3https://www.herodevs.com/Working effectively with legacy code CONNECT WITH US:Joe Eames - @josepheamesBrooke Avery - @jediBraveryPreston Lamb - @PrestonJLamb
EPISODE DESCRIPTION:In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, Joe Eames helps us kick off a series on Developer Experience with an episode all about Cognitive Load. Joe introduces the concept of Cognitive Load and helps us understand why it's such a crucial aspect of Developer Experience (DevX). By understanding and managing Cognitive Load, software engineers can deploy changes more easily, understand code more effectively, and work more efficiently with processes and tools. Get ready to walk away with practical insights and strategies to reduce Cognitive Load, ultimately improving your work, productivity, and overall sense of happiness at work. This is… the dev life.LINKS:https://ng-conf.org/https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/joe-eames?exp=3https://www.herodevs.com/Working effectively with legacy code CONNECT WITH US:Joe Eames - @josepheamesBrooke Avery - @jediBraveryPreston Lamb - @PrestonJLamb
Kicking off season 7 of the Angular Plus Show - the O.G. Angular Podcasters - Joe Eames & Aaron Frost! They are hard at work prepping for ng-conf 2024 coming up March 18-22, 2024. They took time out of their busy schedules to tell us some of what they have planned. Take a listen and let them talk you into getting tickets for ng-conf. It may be the best thing you could do for your career! More about Joe & Frosty:X: @josepheames @aaronfrostLinkedIn: Joe Eames Aaron FrostFollow us on X: The Angular Plus Show The Angular Plus Show is a part of ng-conf. ng-conf is a multi-day Angular conference focused on delivering the highest quality training in the Angular JavaScript framework. Developers from across the globe converge on Salt Lake City, UT every year to attend talks and workshops by the Angular team and community experts.Join: http://www.ng-conf.org/Attend: https://ti.to/ng-confFollow: https://twitter.com/ngconf https://www.linkedin.com/company/ng-conf https://bsky.app/profile/ng-conf.bsky.social https://www.facebook.com/ngconfofficialRead: https://medium.com/ngconf Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@ngconfonline Stock media provided by JUQBOXMUSIC/ Pond5
To mark our 200th episode of the Ladylike Podcast this episode is ALL MEN!! These stories were recorded at Ladylike Presents: MANLIKE as part of the Lincoln Lodge's Future of Comedy Festival last weekend. Each our our eligible bachelors* told a gross story before I listed the pros and cons of dating them and auctioned them off for a “date.” Our performers were: Joe Eames - https://www.instagram.com/_joe_eames/ Rory Rusch - https://www.instagram.com/roaaaary/ Kyle Scanlan - https://www.instagram.com/kylescanlan/ Ben Gerber - https://www.instagram.com/bengerber_/ *primarily men in long term monogamous relationships The Ladylike Podcast is produced by Gena Gephart: https://www.instagram.com/genagephart Theme song is Type of Wound by Natalie Grace Alford: https://nataliegracealford1.bandcamp.com Follow Ladylike: https://www.facebook.com/ladylikechicago https://www.instagram.com/ladylikechicago https://twitter.com/ladylikechicago Contact us: genagephart@gmail.com
Protractor has been a staple of Angular E2E testing since the beginning, but news of its deprecation saw it being removed from the Angular library in Version 15. With so many Angular applications still using Protractor for E2E tests, Endbridge is a tool that developers might reach for to bridge the gap between the legacy Protractor tools and more modern tools like Cypress. Joe Eames joins us in this episode to talk about how we can decide when tests are worth changing, when they should be left alone, and when a tool like Endbridge might be appropriate.Find out more at endbridge.dev and www.legionbuilds.com/dice Find us and our guests on twitter:Joe Eames @josepheamesThe Angular Plus Show (@AngularShow)The Angular Plus Show is a part of ng-conf. ng-conf is a multi-day Angular conference focused on delivering the highest quality training in the Angular JavaScript framework. Developers from across the globe converge on Salt Lake City, UT every year to attend talks and workshops by the Angular team and community experts.Follow us on twitter @ngconfOfficial Website: https://www.ng-conf.org/
Join us at ng-conf 2023!ng-conf | June 14-15, 2023Workshops | June 12-13, 2023 Location | Salt Lake City, UT ng-conf is a multi-day Angular conference focused on delivering the highest quality training in the Angular JavaScript framework. 1500+ developers from across the globe converge on Salt Lake City, UT every year to attend talks and workshops by the Angular team and community experts.Follow us on twitter https://twitter.com/ngconf
Joe Eames, Chicago Comedian, not to be confused with LeBron James, joins us on Thought Cops this week! Support the show on Patreon Field Notes This week, Ted Cruz gets into a fight with a 3 year old puppet on Sesame Street, yes, again. Also Chris Pratt talks about blowing people's minds with his Mario voice, as well as crying because of internet bullying. Sorry Chris! Our bad. Join the Thought Cops Deputy Patrol Support the show on Patreon Join the Thought Cops Discord! Click here to buy Thought Cops shirts, hoodies, stickers, and mugs. Like what we do? Buy us a Ko-fi! Episode produced by Commissioner Zwick Leave the show a voicemail at 312-788-7361 or thoughtcopspodcast@gmail.com
Since the beginning of Angular, Joe Eames has been an integral part of teaching millions of new developers through his courses on Pluralsight and his Angular conference, ng-conf. In this episode, we talk with Joe about effective strategies to learn new skills, retain knowledge, and the importance of immersion and community and their impact on career growth. ng-conf.org info@ng-conf.org @josepheameshttps://app.pluralsight.com/profile/author/joe-eames
SHOW SUMMARY:Nobody wants to be a brown-noser, but it IS nice to stand out at your job. In this episode of NgXP, Joe Eames from XLTS and ng-conf talks about how, from junior to senior, extroverted to introverted, YOU can shine at your job! We go over key attributes, techniques, tips, and much, much, more so you can be a standout employee and reach your highest potential. LINKS:https://twitter.com/josepheameshttps://xlts.dev/angularjshttps://enterprise.ng-conf.org/CONNECT WITH US:Joe Eames @josepheamesBrooke Avery @JediBraveryErik Slack @erik_slack
SHOW SUMMARY:For this episode of NgXP, Joe Eames from ng-conf and Thinkster.io joins us to discuss the pros and cons and the ins and outs of pair programming. What exactly is pair programming and why would you want to invest time in such a process? Who exactly is it for? What are the best practices for pair programming and when is it most effective? You'll get answers to all these questions and so much more!LINKS:https://twitter.com/josepheameshttps://enterprise.ng-conf.org/https://thinkster.io/CONNECT WITH US:Joe Eames @josepheamesBrooke Avery @JediBraveryErik Slack @erik_slack
Max and Brian talk to comedian, Joe Eames about his illustrious high school football career, even more impressive radio career and Max storms out of the room! If you or anyone you know has any personal experiences with the Wahlbergs, leave us a voicemail at (312) 834-7059! Check out more comedy by Max Shanker, Brian Lirot, Elsie How & Chris Trani! Our theme music is by Dylan James with rap lyrics by the amazing Pat Bolduc! Listen on Amazon Prime / Audible
I spoke with Joe Eames. Joe is an educator with over 20 courses published on Pluralsight. When you look at his courses, you will quickly realize that Joe focus a lot on Test Driven Development and Angular. He has also acquired Thinkster a few years back, which is a learning site with courses on front-end development. Joe loves putting together tech events and he is one of the original ng-conf organizers. ng-conf is the most well-known Angular Conference and at the time there was no conference like that in the Angular space. We have explored a bit the challenges of putting together an event like that. Joe also mentioned that nowadays he is a sales engineer as part of a new venture with a friend. They are helping clients with extended support for an older version of Angular called AngularJS. All-in-all, I just had a great time talking to the super nice Joe Eames. Listen to this conversation to understand why Joe says that the things that you don't get paid for are the ones most valuable to you. Enjoy the chat! Full show notes and links: https://SoloCoder.com/82
In the inaugural episode of Adventures in Angular, the panelists talk to Miško Hevery about the birth of AngularJS. Panel Aaron Frost Charles Max Wood Joe Eames Brian Ford Guest Miško Hevery Sponsors Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Next Level Mastermind Picks Aaron- 105" S9W Curved Smart 4K UHD TV Aaron- Can I Use Aaron- Eric Elliott JS Brian- Angular JS Joe- Spotify: Mandatory fun by "Weird AI" Yankovic Joe- Spotify Premium Charles- Pretty JS Charles- Mod Header Miško- SEO, DIGITAL MARKETING CONSULTING & INTERNET ADVERTISING
In the inaugural episode of Adventures in Angular, the panelists talk to Miško Hevery about the birth of AngularJS. Panel Aaron Frost Charles Max Wood Joe Eames Brian Ford Guest Miško Hevery Sponsors Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Next Level Mastermind Picks Aaron- 105" S9W Curved Smart 4K UHD TV Aaron- Can I Use Aaron- Eric Elliott JS Brian- Angular JS Joe- Spotify: Mandatory fun by "Weird AI" Yankovic Joe- Spotify Premium Charles- Pretty JS Charles- Mod Header Miško- SEO, DIGITAL MARKETING CONSULTING & INTERNET ADVERTISING
In the inaugural episode of Adventures in Angular, the panelists talk to Miško Hevery about the birth of AngularJS. Panel Aaron Frost Charles Max Wood Joe Eames Brian Ford Guest Miško Hevery Sponsors Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Next Level Mastermind Picks Aaron- 105" S9W Curved Smart 4K UHD TV Aaron- Can I Use Aaron- Eric Elliott JS Brian- Angular JS Joe- Spotify: Mandatory fun by "Weird AI" Yankovic Joe- Spotify Premium Charles- Pretty JS Charles- Mod Header Miško- SEO, DIGITAL MARKETING CONSULTING & INTERNET ADVERTISING
We bring you the audio from our recent state of JavaScript panel with Pluralsight authors John Papa, Joe Eames and Jeremy Morgan. Their fun conversation covers topics including: JavaScript’s bad rap Do low code/no code advancements threaten developers? Is there a right or wrong JS framework to use Which JavaScript frameworks = which Star Wars characters
In this four-part series, the Angular Show breaks down testing in Angular. Do you test? Should you have automated tests? And if you do test, what types of tests should you implement? Should you unit test? Should you have end-to-end tests? What about integration tests? This series tackles all of these questions and more.In part one, panelists Aaron Frost and Jennifer Wadella invite Joe Eames, CEO of Thinkster.io and Pluralsight author, along with Shai Reznik, founder and author of testangular.com, to share their knowledge and love of unit testing in Angular.While you are most likely performing manual testing, you may not be leveraging automated testing. Automated testing enables us to prevent regressions, increasing the quality of our applications. While many of us may not be leveraging automated testing, it can be extremely valuable when moving fast, when we have multiple developers on a team or in the code base, and perhaps even multiple teams in an organization that is sharing the same code and repository. The end result is confidence. Having a high level of confidence in shipping quality software provides significant value. Of course, implementing an automated testing strategy comes at a cost. Weighing the benefits with the cost is critical and should not be missed in your organization or team.Don't forget to subscribe so you can be notified when Testing Series Part 2 on using Jest for unit testing in Angular is available for download!
As software engineers and programmers, we work and live in an environment that is ever-expanding. Staying current in technology is not only a necessity in our career but often a challenge as well. As a result, entire industries have sprung up to assist us in meeting these challenges, the education sector being at the forefront of those industries. But then the question arises: Of all the options, which modality of learning is best? The answer is often a combination of your personal preference, how much time you have, and the required effectiveness.In episode 23 of The Angular Show, panelists Aaron Frost, Brian Love, Shai Reznik, and Jennifer Wadella invite Joe Eames, author at Pluralsight & CEO of Thinkster.io, to share his knowledge and love for teaching and learning. Joe has taught many of us on topics ranging from the Fundamentals of Angular to unit and end-to-end testing. Listen in as Joe teaches us about the modalities of learning and the advantages and disadvantages of each, and how we can effectively choose tools that will put us on effective learning pathways for achieving optimum success.@josepheames
Joe Eames stops by to discuss training techniques and curriculum building that is focused on enabling students to learn more effectively. Joe on Twitter https://twitter.com/josepheames Joe's FREE Fundamentals of Angular course on Thinkster https://thinkster.io/topics/fundamentals-of-angular ----------------------------------------------- Angular Air is powered by StreamYard! It has been an amazing solution for our production pipeline. And it is 100% browser based. No app install needed! Want to host a live show with multiple guests? Check out StreamYard. https://streamyard.com/?pal=5070140888580096 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/angularair/support
The Angular Show hosts its premier podcast. The panelists (Aaron Frost, Joe Eames, Jennifer Wadella, Brian Love, Alyssa Nicoll, Shai Reznik) kick things off in true Angular-Community fashion. Guests Jeff Cross and Mike Hartington join the Angular Show hosts to discuss Angular 9, their favorite Angular bug, and the strangest conversation they've ever had with a stranger on a plane.* Don't forget to share this episode with your friends on social media.
Recording date: 2019-12-05John Papa @John_PapaWard Bell @WardBellDan Wahlin @DanWahlinCraig Shoemaker @craigshoemakerJoe Eames @JosephEamesResources:Cypress.ioAvoid the Suck of Testing with Cypress.io by Joe EamesUnit Testing with Joe EamesRun automated tests from test plans on AzureBuild, test, and deploy JavaScript and Node.js appsTDDCode Smell for the "God Object"Single Responsibility PatternsIstanbul tools for code coverageReview Code Coverage in Azure Dev OpsCode coverage for Pull RequestsWorking Effectively with Legacy CodeTest driven development by exampleCleanCoders.comFinal ThoughtsTypeScriptMulan trailerVueJS AmsterdamNG ConfBaby Yoda plyaing with musicAltiplano
In this episode of React Native Radio Charles Max Wood continues interviewing speakers at RxJS Live. First, he interviews Mike Ryan and Sam Julien. They gave a talk about Groupby, a little known operator. They overview the common problems other mapping operators have and how Groupby addresses these problems. The discuss with Charles where these types of operators are most commonly used and use an analogy to explain the different mapping operators. Next, Charles talks to Tracy Lee. Her talk defines and explains the top twenty operators people should use. In her talk, she shows real-world use cases and warns against gotchas. Tracy and Charles explain that you don’t need to know all 60 operators, most people only need about 5-10 to function. She advises people to know the difference between the different types of operators. Tracy ends her interview by explaining her desire to inspire women and people of minority groups. She and Charles share their passion for diversity and giving everyone the chance to do what they love. Dean Radcliffe speaks with Charles next and discusses his talk about making React Forms reactive. They discuss binding observables in React and how Dean used this in his business. He shares how he got inspired for this talk and how he uses RxJS in his everyday work. The final interview is with Joe Eames, CEO of Thinkster. Joe spoke about error handling. He explains how he struggled with this as did many others so he did a deep dive to find answers to share. In his talk, he covers what error handling is and what it is used for. Joe outlines where most people get lost when it comes to error handling. He also shares the three strategies used in error handling, Retry, Catch and Rethrow and, Catch and Replace. Charles shares his admiration for the Thinkster teaching approach. Joe explains what Thinkster is about and what makes them special. He also talks about The DevEd podcast. Panelists Charles Max Wood Guests Mike Ryan Sam Julien Tracy Lee Dean Radcliffe Joe Eames Sponsors NxPlaybook.com - Use code ‘NXDEVCHAT’ for 50% off the official https://nx.dev/React Advanced Workspaces course! CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links https://www.rxjs.live/ RxJS Live Youtube Channel https://twitter.com/mikeryandev https://twitter.com/samjulien https://twitter.com/ladyleet? https://www.npmjs.com/package/rx-helper https://twitter.com/deaniusol https://twitter.com/josepheames https://devchat.tv/dev-ed/ https://www.facebook.com/React-Round-Up https://twitter.com/reactroundup
In this episode of React Native Radio Charles Max Wood continues interviewing speakers at RxJS Live. First, he interviews Mike Ryan and Sam Julien. They gave a talk about Groupby, a little known operator. They overview the common problems other mapping operators have and how Groupby addresses these problems. The discuss with Charles where these types of operators are most commonly used and use an analogy to explain the different mapping operators. Next, Charles talks to Tracy Lee. Her talk defines and explains the top twenty operators people should use. In her talk, she shows real-world use cases and warns against gotchas. Tracy and Charles explain that you don’t need to know all 60 operators, most people only need about 5-10 to function. She advises people to know the difference between the different types of operators. Tracy ends her interview by explaining her desire to inspire women and people of minority groups. She and Charles share their passion for diversity and giving everyone the chance to do what they love. Dean Radcliffe speaks with Charles next and discusses his talk about making React Forms reactive. They discuss binding observables in React and how Dean used this in his business. He shares how he got inspired for this talk and how he uses RxJS in his everyday work. The final interview is with Joe Eames, CEO of Thinkster. Joe spoke about error handling. He explains how he struggled with this as did many others so he did a deep dive to find answers to share. In his talk, he covers what error handling is and what it is used for. Joe outlines where most people get lost when it comes to error handling. He also shares the three strategies used in error handling, Retry, Catch and Rethrow and, Catch and Replace. Charles shares his admiration for the Thinkster teaching approach. Joe explains what Thinkster is about and what makes them special. He also talks about The DevEd podcast. Panelists Charles Max Wood Guests Mike Ryan Sam Julien Tracy Lee Dean Radcliffe Joe Eames Sponsors NxPlaybook.com - Use code ‘NXDEVCHAT’ for 50% off the official https://nx.dev/React Advanced Workspaces course! CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links https://www.rxjs.live/ RxJS Live Youtube Channel https://twitter.com/mikeryandev https://twitter.com/samjulien https://twitter.com/ladyleet? https://www.npmjs.com/package/rx-helper https://twitter.com/deaniusol https://twitter.com/josepheames https://devchat.tv/dev-ed/ https://www.facebook.com/React-Round-Up https://twitter.com/reactroundup
In this episode of React Native Radio Charles Max Wood continues interviewing speakers at RxJS Live. First, he interviews Mike Ryan and Sam Julien. They gave a talk about Groupby, a little known operator. They overview the common problems other mapping operators have and how Groupby addresses these problems. The discuss with Charles where these types of operators are most commonly used and use an analogy to explain the different mapping operators. Next, Charles talks to Tracy Lee. Her talk defines and explains the top twenty operators people should use. In her talk, she shows real-world use cases and warns against gotchas. Tracy and Charles explain that you don’t need to know all 60 operators, most people only need about 5-10 to function. She advises people to know the difference between the different types of operators. Tracy ends her interview by explaining her desire to inspire women and people of minority groups. She and Charles share their passion for diversity and giving everyone the chance to do what they love. Dean Radcliffe speaks with Charles next and discusses his talk about making React Forms reactive. They discuss binding observables in React and how Dean used this in his business. He shares how he got inspired for this talk and how he uses RxJS in his everyday work. The final interview is with Joe Eames, CEO of Thinkster. Joe spoke about error handling. He explains how he struggled with this as did many others so he did a deep dive to find answers to share. In his talk, he covers what error handling is and what it is used for. Joe outlines where most people get lost when it comes to error handling. He also shares the three strategies used in error handling, Retry, Catch and Rethrow and, Catch and Replace. Charles shares his admiration for the Thinkster teaching approach. Joe explains what Thinkster is about and what makes them special. He also talks about The DevEd podcast. Panelists Charles Max Wood Guests Mike Ryan Sam Julien Tracy Lee Dean Radcliffe Joe Eames Sponsors Infinite Red G2i CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links https://www.rxjs.live/ RxJS Live Youtube Channel https://twitter.com/mikeryandev https://twitter.com/samjulien https://twitter.com/ladyleet? https://www.npmjs.com/package/rx-helper https://twitter.com/deaniusol https://twitter.com/josepheames https://devchat.tv/dev-ed/ https://www.facebook.com/ReactNativeRadio/ https://twitter.com/R_N_Radio
In this episode of Adventures in Angular Charles Max Wood continues interviewing speakers at RxJS Live. First, he interviews Mike Ryan and Sam Julien. They gave a talk about Groupby, a little known operator. They overview the common problems other mapping operators have and how Groupby addresses these problems. The discuss with Charles where these types of operators are most commonly used and use an analogy to explain the different mapping operators. Next, Charles talks to Tracy Lee. Her talk defines and explains the top twenty operators people should use. In her talk, she shows real-world use cases and warns against gotchas. Tracy and Charles explain that you don’t need to know all 60 operators, most people only need about 5-10 to function. She advises people to know the difference between the different types of operators. Tracy ends her interview by explaining her desire to inspire women and people of minority groups. She and Charles share their passion for diversity and giving everyone the chance to do what they love. Dean Radcliffe speaks with Charles next and discusses his talk about making React Forms reactive. They discuss binding observables in React and how Dean used this in his business. He shares how he got inspired for this talk and how he uses RxJS in his everyday work. The final interview is with Joe Eames, CEO of Thinkster. Joe spoke about error handling. He explains how he struggled with this as did many others so he did a deep dive to find answers to share. In his talk, he covers what error handling is and what it is used for. Joe outlines where most people get lost when it comes to error handling. He also shares the three strategies used in error handling, Retry, Catch and Rethrow and, Catch and Replace. Charles shares his admiration for the Thinkster teaching approach. Joe explains what Thinkster is about and what makes them special. He also talks about The DevEd podcast. Panelists Charles Max Wood Guests Mike Ryan Sam Julien Tracy Lee Dean Radcliffe Joe Eames Sponsors Sentry -use the code "devchat" for 2 months free on Sentry's small plan CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links https://www.rxjs.live/ RxJS Live Youtube Channel https://twitter.com/mikeryandev https://twitter.com/samjulien https://twitter.com/ladyleet? https://www.npmjs.com/package/rx-helper https://twitter.com/deaniusol https://twitter.com/josepheames https://devchat.tv/dev-ed/ https://www.facebook.com/adventuresinangular https://twitter.com/angularpodcast
In this episode of Adventures in Angular Charles Max Wood continues interviewing speakers at RxJS Live. First, he interviews Mike Ryan and Sam Julien. They gave a talk about Groupby, a little known operator. They overview the common problems other mapping operators have and how Groupby addresses these problems. The discuss with Charles where these types of operators are most commonly used and use an analogy to explain the different mapping operators. Next, Charles talks to Tracy Lee. Her talk defines and explains the top twenty operators people should use. In her talk, she shows real-world use cases and warns against gotchas. Tracy and Charles explain that you don’t need to know all 60 operators, most people only need about 5-10 to function. She advises people to know the difference between the different types of operators. Tracy ends her interview by explaining her desire to inspire women and people of minority groups. She and Charles share their passion for diversity and giving everyone the chance to do what they love. Dean Radcliffe speaks with Charles next and discusses his talk about making React Forms reactive. They discuss binding observables in React and how Dean used this in his business. He shares how he got inspired for this talk and how he uses RxJS in his everyday work. The final interview is with Joe Eames, CEO of Thinkster. Joe spoke about error handling. He explains how he struggled with this as did many others so he did a deep dive to find answers to share. In his talk, he covers what error handling is and what it is used for. Joe outlines where most people get lost when it comes to error handling. He also shares the three strategies used in error handling, Retry, Catch and Rethrow and, Catch and Replace. Charles shares his admiration for the Thinkster teaching approach. Joe explains what Thinkster is about and what makes them special. He also talks about The DevEd podcast. Panelists Charles Max Wood Guests Mike Ryan Sam Julien Tracy Lee Dean Radcliffe Joe Eames Sponsors Sentry -use the code "devchat" for 2 months free on Sentry's small plan CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links https://www.rxjs.live/ RxJS Live Youtube Channel https://twitter.com/mikeryandev https://twitter.com/samjulien https://twitter.com/ladyleet? https://www.npmjs.com/package/rx-helper https://twitter.com/deaniusol https://twitter.com/josepheames https://devchat.tv/dev-ed/ https://www.facebook.com/adventuresinangular https://twitter.com/angularpodcast
In this episode of Adventures in Angular Charles Max Wood continues interviewing speakers at RxJS Live. First, he interviews Mike Ryan and Sam Julien. They gave a talk about Groupby, a little known operator. They overview the common problems other mapping operators have and how Groupby addresses these problems. The discuss with Charles where these types of operators are most commonly used and use an analogy to explain the different mapping operators. Next, Charles talks to Tracy Lee. Her talk defines and explains the top twenty operators people should use. In her talk, she shows real-world use cases and warns against gotchas. Tracy and Charles explain that you don’t need to know all 60 operators, most people only need about 5-10 to function. She advises people to know the difference between the different types of operators. Tracy ends her interview by explaining her desire to inspire women and people of minority groups. She and Charles share their passion for diversity and giving everyone the chance to do what they love. Dean Radcliffe speaks with Charles next and discusses his talk about making React Forms reactive. They discuss binding observables in React and how Dean used this in his business. He shares how he got inspired for this talk and how he uses RxJS in his everyday work. The final interview is with Joe Eames, CEO of Thinkster. Joe spoke about error handling. He explains how he struggled with this as did many others so he did a deep dive to find answers to share. In his talk, he covers what error handling is and what it is used for. Joe outlines where most people get lost when it comes to error handling. He also shares the three strategies used in error handling, Retry, Catch and Rethrow and, Catch and Replace. Charles shares his admiration for the Thinkster teaching approach. Joe explains what Thinkster is about and what makes them special. He also talks about The DevEd podcast. Panelists Charles Max Wood Guests Mike Ryan Sam Julien Tracy Lee Dean Radcliffe Joe Eames Sponsors Sentry -use the code "devchat" for 2 months free on Sentry's small plan CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links https://www.rxjs.live/ RxJS Live Youtube Channel https://twitter.com/mikeryandev https://twitter.com/samjulien https://twitter.com/ladyleet? https://www.npmjs.com/package/rx-helper https://twitter.com/deaniusol https://twitter.com/josepheames https://devchat.tv/dev-ed/ https://www.facebook.com/adventuresinangular https://twitter.com/angularpodcast
In this episode of React Native Radio Charles Max Wood continues interviewing speakers at RxJS Live. First, he interviews Mike Ryan and Sam Julien. They gave a talk about Groupby, a little known operator. They overview the common problems other mapping operators have and how Groupby addresses these problems. The discuss with Charles where these types of operators are most commonly used and use an analogy to explain the different mapping operators. Next, Charles talks to Tracy Lee. Her talk defines and explains the top twenty operators people should use. In her talk, she shows real-world use cases and warns against gotchas. Tracy and Charles explain that you don’t need to know all 60 operators, most people only need about 5-10 to function. She advises people to know the difference between the different types of operators. Tracy ends her interview by explaining her desire to inspire women and people of minority groups. She and Charles share their passion for diversity and giving everyone the chance to do what they love. Dean Radcliffe speaks with Charles next and discusses his talk about making React Forms reactive. They discuss binding observables in React and how Dean used this in his business. He shares how he got inspired for this talk and how he uses RxJS in his everyday work. The final interview is with Joe Eames, CEO of Thinkster. Joe spoke about error handling. He explains how he struggled with this as did many others so he did a deep dive to find answers to share. In his talk, he covers what error handling is and what it is used for. Joe outlines where most people get lost when it comes to error handling. He also shares the three strategies used in error handling, Retry, Catch and Rethrow and, Catch and Replace. Charles shares his admiration for the Thinkster teaching approach. Joe explains what Thinkster is about and what makes them special. He also talks about The DevEd podcast. Panelists Charles Max Wood Guests Mike Ryan Sam Julien Tracy Lee Dean Radcliffe Joe Eames Sponsors Infinite Red G2i CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links https://www.rxjs.live/ RxJS Live Youtube Channel https://twitter.com/mikeryandev https://twitter.com/samjulien https://twitter.com/ladyleet? https://www.npmjs.com/package/rx-helper https://twitter.com/deaniusol https://twitter.com/josepheames https://devchat.tv/dev-ed/ https://www.facebook.com/ReactNativeRadio/ https://twitter.com/R_N_Radio
In this episode of JavaScript Jabber Charles Max Wood continues interviewing speakers at RxJS Live. First, he interviews Mike Ryan and Sam Julien. They gave a talk about Groupby, a little known operator. They overview the common problems other mapping operators have and how Groupby addresses these problems. The discuss with Charles where these types of operators are most commonly used and use an analogy to explain the different mapping operators. Next, Charles talks to Tracy Lee. Her talk defines and explains the top twenty operators people should use. In her talk, she shows real-world use cases and warns against gotchas. Tracy and Charles explain that you don’t need to know all 60 operators, most people only need about 5-10 to function. She advises people to know the difference between the different types of operators. Tracy ends her interview by explaining her desire to inspire women and people of minority groups. She and Charles share their passion for diversity and giving everyone the chance to do what they love. Dean Radcliffe speaks with Charles next and discusses his talk about making React Forms reactive. They discuss binding observables in React and how Dean used this in his business. He shares how he got inspired for this talk and how he uses RxJS in his everyday work. The final interview is with Joe Eames, CEO of Thinkster. Joe spoke about error handling. He explains how he struggled with this as did many others so he did a deep dive to find answers to share. In his talk, he covers what error handling is and what it is used for. Joe outlines where most people get lost when it comes to error handling. He also shares the three strategies used in error handling, Retry, Catch and Rethrow and, Catch and Replace. Charles shares his admiration for the Thinkster teaching approach. Joe explains what Thinkster is about and what makes them special. He also talks about The DevEd podcast. Panelists Charles Max Wood Guests Mike Ryan Sam Julien Tracy Lee Dean Radcliffe Joe Eames Sponsors ABOUT YOU |aboutyou.com/apply Sentry -use the code "devchat" for 2 months free on Sentry's small plan CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ___________________________________________________________ Links https://www.rxjs.live/ RxJS Live Youtube Channel https://twitter.com/mikeryandev https://twitter.com/samjulien https://twitter.com/ladyleet? https://www.npmjs.com/package/rx-helper https://twitter.com/deaniusol https://twitter.com/josepheames https://devchat.tv/dev-ed/ https://www.facebook.com/javascriptjabber https://twitter.com/JSJabber
In this episode of JavaScript Jabber Charles Max Wood continues interviewing speakers at RxJS Live. First, he interviews Mike Ryan and Sam Julien. They gave a talk about Groupby, a little known operator. They overview the common problems other mapping operators have and how Groupby addresses these problems. The discuss with Charles where these types of operators are most commonly used and use an analogy to explain the different mapping operators. Next, Charles talks to Tracy Lee. Her talk defines and explains the top twenty operators people should use. In her talk, she shows real-world use cases and warns against gotchas. Tracy and Charles explain that you don’t need to know all 60 operators, most people only need about 5-10 to function. She advises people to know the difference between the different types of operators. Tracy ends her interview by explaining her desire to inspire women and people of minority groups. She and Charles share their passion for diversity and giving everyone the chance to do what they love. Dean Radcliffe speaks with Charles next and discusses his talk about making React Forms reactive. They discuss binding observables in React and how Dean used this in his business. He shares how he got inspired for this talk and how he uses RxJS in his everyday work. The final interview is with Joe Eames, CEO of Thinkster. Joe spoke about error handling. He explains how he struggled with this as did many others so he did a deep dive to find answers to share. In his talk, he covers what error handling is and what it is used for. Joe outlines where most people get lost when it comes to error handling. He also shares the three strategies used in error handling, Retry, Catch and Rethrow and, Catch and Replace. Charles shares his admiration for the Thinkster teaching approach. Joe explains what Thinkster is about and what makes them special. He also talks about The DevEd podcast. Panelists Charles Max Wood Guests Mike Ryan Sam Julien Tracy Lee Dean Radcliffe Joe Eames Sponsors ABOUT YOU |aboutyou.com/apply Sentry -use the code "devchat" for 2 months free on Sentry's small plan CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ___________________________________________________________ Links https://www.rxjs.live/ RxJS Live Youtube Channel https://twitter.com/mikeryandev https://twitter.com/samjulien https://twitter.com/ladyleet? https://www.npmjs.com/package/rx-helper https://twitter.com/deaniusol https://twitter.com/josepheames https://devchat.tv/dev-ed/ https://www.facebook.com/javascriptjabber https://twitter.com/JSJabber
In this episode of JavaScript Jabber Charles Max Wood continues interviewing speakers at RxJS Live. First, he interviews Mike Ryan and Sam Julien. They gave a talk about Groupby, a little known operator. They overview the common problems other mapping operators have and how Groupby addresses these problems. The discuss with Charles where these types of operators are most commonly used and use an analogy to explain the different mapping operators. Next, Charles talks to Tracy Lee. Her talk defines and explains the top twenty operators people should use. In her talk, she shows real-world use cases and warns against gotchas. Tracy and Charles explain that you don’t need to know all 60 operators, most people only need about 5-10 to function. She advises people to know the difference between the different types of operators. Tracy ends her interview by explaining her desire to inspire women and people of minority groups. She and Charles share their passion for diversity and giving everyone the chance to do what they love. Dean Radcliffe speaks with Charles next and discusses his talk about making React Forms reactive. They discuss binding observables in React and how Dean used this in his business. He shares how he got inspired for this talk and how he uses RxJS in his everyday work. The final interview is with Joe Eames, CEO of Thinkster. Joe spoke about error handling. He explains how he struggled with this as did many others so he did a deep dive to find answers to share. In his talk, he covers what error handling is and what it is used for. Joe outlines where most people get lost when it comes to error handling. He also shares the three strategies used in error handling, Retry, Catch and Rethrow and, Catch and Replace. Charles shares his admiration for the Thinkster teaching approach. Joe explains what Thinkster is about and what makes them special. He also talks about The DevEd podcast. Panelists Charles Max Wood Guests Mike Ryan Sam Julien Tracy Lee Dean Radcliffe Joe Eames Sponsors ABOUT YOU |aboutyou.com/apply Sentry -use the code "devchat" for 2 months free on Sentry's small plan CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ___________________________________________________________ Links https://www.rxjs.live/ RxJS Live Youtube Channel https://twitter.com/mikeryandev https://twitter.com/samjulien https://twitter.com/ladyleet? https://www.npmjs.com/package/rx-helper https://twitter.com/deaniusol https://twitter.com/josepheames https://devchat.tv/dev-ed/ https://www.facebook.com/javascriptjabber https://twitter.com/JSJabber
Experts Deborah Kurata, Hampton Paulk, Jonathan Mills and Joe Eames discuss the frameworks and processes driving modern web development. This breakout session was one of the most popular at Pluralsight LIVE 2019, and we’re excited to bring you the audio of their conversation. Real Talk JavaScript podcast *** If you enjoy this episode, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Please send any questions or comments to podcast@pluralsight.com.
In this episode of the DevEd podcast, the panel discusses Testing and Test Driven Development. They start the conversation by talking about automated testing with the help of unit tests using various tools available. Luis explains the terms regression testing, refactoring, mocking, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). Everyone shares their experience with testing, mainly how and when they started learning automated testing and their journey with it so far. They then dive into the learning aspect of testing including some of the best ways to learn unit testing and give great tips and tools along the way. The next topic discussed is Test Driven Development - the definition, division of the development community into those support the methodology and those who do not, and more importantly, how effective it can be, it's benefits and drawbacks and the comparison between TDD and BDD (Behaviour Driven Development). They also talk about mocking, how testing can improve the quality of applications, and visual testing. In the end, they each mention their most favourite and least favorite testing tools. Panel Joe Eames Luis Hernandez Jesse Sanders Mike Dane Sam Julien Sponsors Thinkster.io Adventures in Angular ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links Uncle Bob - TDD The Magic Tricks of Testing by Sandi Metz Code Kata TDD Kata 1 - Roy Osherove cypress Jest SuperTest Testable Picks Mike Dane: YouTube Music Luis Hernandez: Microsoft Whiteboard Jesse Sanders: Tile for Keys Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Final Trailer Easter Eggs Sam Julien: Strange Planet - Nathan W. Pyle Joe Eames: Stackbit The DevEd podcast is produced by Thinkster.io and published by DevChat.TV. Question #1: What is regression and refactoring? Regression is handling new changes that affect or break legacy code, refactoring is changing the way code is written without changing the functionality. Question #2: What are ways to learn unit-testing? Learning by example, practicing using open source codes, studying existing tests from a large codebase, trying to increase code-coverage, writing simple math based tests and Code Katas. Question #3: What is TDD? Writing tests before designing the implementation code, red-green-refactor approach - write a test and make it fail (red), write code to make it pass (green) and eventually refactor the code. Question #4: What is a mock? Artificially created responses that can be used and controlled by tests.
In this episode of the DevEd podcast, the panel discusses Testing and Test Driven Development. They start the conversation by talking about automated testing with the help of unit tests using various tools available. Luis explains the terms regression testing, refactoring, mocking, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). Everyone shares their experience with testing, mainly how and when they started learning automated testing and their journey with it so far. They then dive into the learning aspect of testing including some of the best ways to learn unit testing and give great tips and tools along the way. The next topic discussed is Test Driven Development - the definition, division of the development community into those support the methodology and those who do not, and more importantly, how effective it can be, it's benefits and drawbacks and the comparison between TDD and BDD (Behaviour Driven Development). They also talk about mocking, how testing can improve the quality of applications, and visual testing. In the end, they each mention their most favourite and least favorite testing tools. Panel Joe Eames Luis Hernandez Jesse Sanders Mike Dane Sam Julien Sponsors Thinkster.io Adventures in Angular ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links Uncle Bob - TDD The Magic Tricks of Testing by Sandi Metz Code Kata TDD Kata 1 - Roy Osherove cypress Jest SuperTest Testable Picks Mike Dane: YouTube Music Luis Hernandez: Microsoft Whiteboard Jesse Sanders: Tile for Keys Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Final Trailer Easter Eggs Sam Julien: Strange Planet - Nathan W. Pyle Joe Eames: Stackbit The DevEd podcast is produced by Thinkster.io and published by DevChat.TV. Question #1: What is regression and refactoring? Regression is handling new changes that affect or break legacy code, refactoring is changing the way code is written without changing the functionality. Question #2: What are ways to learn unit-testing? Learning by example, practicing using open source codes, studying existing tests from a large codebase, trying to increase code-coverage, writing simple math based tests and Code Katas. Question #3: What is TDD? Writing tests before designing the implementation code, red-green-refactor approach - write a test and make it fail (red), write code to make it pass (green) and eventually refactor the code. Question #4: What is a mock? Artificially created responses that can be used and controlled by tests.
My Angular Story hosts Stephen Cooper,Developer at G-Research from London. Joe Eames guest hosts this week's show to talk about Stephen's journey as an Angular developer and latest contribution to Angular. In college, Stephen majored in Math and Computer Science and felt that he enjoyed Computer Science aspect more. At G-Research,which is an algorithmic trading platform, Stephen works as a programmer in quantitative research and analysis. Stephen explains where Angular fits in that context. Joe and Stephen discuss how much math is necessary for working as a developer and Stephen mentions while his background may have helped him in getting the job, he doesn't use math that much in his daily work. Joe then asks Stephen about the talk he gave at AngularConnect which was Stephen's first major conference talk. Stephen talks about how he prepared for it and the blog piece he wrote about it at dev.to My Journey to AngularConnect 2019. Host: Joe Eames Joined By Special Guest: Stephen Cooper Sponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan Adventures in .NET CacheFly ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood will be out on November 20th on Amazon. Get your copy on that date only for $1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Links https://dev.to/cooperdev/my-journey-to-angularconnect-2019-238b Stephen's Twitter Stephen's LinkedIn Building with Ivy: rethinking reactive Angular | Mike Ryan | #AngularConnect 2019 Picks Joe Eames: Miniature Wargaming Painting Stephen Cooper: https://dev.to/
My Angular Story hosts Stephen Cooper,Developer at G-Research from London. Joe Eames guest hosts this week's show to talk about Stephen's journey as an Angular developer and latest contribution to Angular. In college, Stephen majored in Math and Computer Science and felt that he enjoyed Computer Science aspect more. At G-Research,which is an algorithmic trading platform, Stephen works as a programmer in quantitative research and analysis. Stephen explains where Angular fits in that context. Joe and Stephen discuss how much math is necessary for working as a developer and Stephen mentions while his background may have helped him in getting the job, he doesn't use math that much in his daily work. Joe then asks Stephen about the talk he gave at AngularConnect which was Stephen's first major conference talk. Stephen talks about how he prepared for it and the blog piece he wrote about it at dev.to My Journey to AngularConnect 2019. Host: Joe Eames Joined By Special Guest: Stephen Cooper Sponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan Adventures in .NET CacheFly ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood will be out on November 20th on Amazon. Get your copy on that date only for $1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Links https://dev.to/cooperdev/my-journey-to-angularconnect-2019-238b Stephen's Twitter Stephen's LinkedIn Building with Ivy: rethinking reactive Angular | Mike Ryan | #AngularConnect 2019 Picks Joe Eames: Miniature Wargaming Painting Stephen Cooper: https://dev.to/
My Angular Story hosts Stephen Cooper,Developer at G-Research from London. Joe Eames guest hosts this week's show to talk about Stephen's journey as an Angular developer and latest contribution to Angular. In college, Stephen majored in Math and Computer Science and felt that he enjoyed Computer Science aspect more. At G-Research,which is an algorithmic trading platform, Stephen works as a programmer in quantitative research and analysis. Stephen explains where Angular fits in that context. Joe and Stephen discuss how much math is necessary for working as a developer and Stephen mentions while his background may have helped him in getting the job, he doesn't use math that much in his daily work. Joe then asks Stephen about the talk he gave at AngularConnect which was Stephen's first major conference talk. Stephen talks about how he prepared for it and the blog piece he wrote about it at dev.to My Journey to AngularConnect 2019. Host: Joe Eames Joined By Special Guest: Stephen Cooper Sponsors Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan Adventures in .NET CacheFly ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood will be out on November 20th on Amazon. Get your copy on that date only for $1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Links https://dev.to/cooperdev/my-journey-to-angularconnect-2019-238b Stephen's Twitter Stephen's LinkedIn Building with Ivy: rethinking reactive Angular | Mike Ryan | #AngularConnect 2019 Picks Joe Eames: Miniature Wargaming Painting Stephen Cooper: https://dev.to/
In this week's episode of the DevEd podcast, the panelists talk on comments in programming. To give a context of the chosen topic, Joe mentions that he sends out regular newsletters to Thinkser.io subscribers related to a variety of concepts, and has recently been sending out some on code smells, in one of which he talks about commenting. He gives an idea of what code smells are, and shares his opinion on using comments. His point of view is that a comment can be looked at as a failure or an inability to express the code functionality or even the technology involved, or is needed to make the code completely readable to other programmers. Comments can become out of date or get replaced. The other panelists join in the discussion on whether comments are good or bad, and they state that for beginners they can be very useful while not so much for experienced programmers. Too many comments can cause a mess, so they ideally should be used for large complex functions. They are mostly used to specify if refactoring is needed at a later stage, they should explain the "why" instead of "how", and in general the code should ideally be self-sufficient. They talk about when do they actually like to use comments. If a certain piece of code is doing something unusual or non-obvious or might break the consistency with the rest of the code, then it is imperative to explain why it is written that way. It can also be a good idea to document things for new or junior developers in the team in order to explain what is going on or what should not be done, and also to pair program with them in case things are not clear. Commit messages could be a replacement for comments as well. Comments are also useful when static values and constants such as URLs or UIDs are used in the code, and for explaining specific error mechanisms. They share great practical advice for programmers who are in the earlier stages of their software development career and have generally been taught to use comments by their professors or mentors. The tips they give include taking time to look through the codebase, checking how and where comments are being used by other developers, refactoring the code to write more readable functions wherever things are unclear, using good naming conventions, trying to write self-documenting code, asking a lot of questions to whoever has written the code including asking the reasons why it is written a certain way, and not being afraid to add comments of your own. They then discuss some replies to the newsletter sent by Joe about code smells related to the importance of comments in the messy reality of engineering, pros and cons of their usefulness, tradeoff between maintaining self-documented vs heavily documented code. They end the show with picks. The DevEd podcast is produced by Thinkster.io and published by DevChat.TV. Panel Joe Eames Jesse Sanders Luis Hernandez Preston Lamb Mike Dane Sponsors Thinkster.io The Freelancers' Show React Round Up CacheFly Picks Luis Hernandez: Sourcetree Mike Dane: Google Fi Preston Lamb: Office Ladies podcast Jesse Sanders: Tesla cars Joe Eames: Gaslands Question #1: What are code smells? A pattern that indicates that there may be a problem in the code with a possibility of improvement. Question #2: When should comments be used? Comments could be useful for beginners, not so much for experienced folk. Too many comments can cause a mess, so they ideally should be used only for large complex functions. They can be used to specify if refactoring is needed at a later stage, and for explaining the "why" instead of "how". Question #3: What are some good reasons to use comments? 1. If a certain piece of code is doing something unusual/non-obvious/might break the consistency with the rest of the code. 2. For new or junior developers on the team in order to explain what is going on or what should not be done. 3. When using static values and constants. Question #4: Tips for new developers regarding comments? 1. Taking time to look through the codebase. 2. Checking how and where comments are being used by other developers. 3. Refactoring the code to write more readable functions wherever things are unclear, using good naming conventions. 4. Trying to write self-documenting code, asking a lot of questions to whoever has written the code including the reasons why it is written a certain way. 5. Not being afraid to add comments of your own.
In this week's episode of the DevEd podcast, the panelists talk on comments in programming. To give a context of the chosen topic, Joe mentions that he sends out regular newsletters to Thinkser.io subscribers related to a variety of concepts, and has recently been sending out some on code smells, in one of which he talks about commenting. He gives an idea of what code smells are, and shares his opinion on using comments. His point of view is that a comment can be looked at as a failure or an inability to express the code functionality or even the technology involved, or is needed to make the code completely readable to other programmers. Comments can become out of date or get replaced. The other panelists join in the discussion on whether comments are good or bad, and they state that for beginners they can be very useful while not so much for experienced programmers. Too many comments can cause a mess, so they ideally should be used for large complex functions. They are mostly used to specify if refactoring is needed at a later stage, they should explain the "why" instead of "how", and in general the code should ideally be self-sufficient. They talk about when do they actually like to use comments. If a certain piece of code is doing something unusual or non-obvious or might break the consistency with the rest of the code, then it is imperative to explain why it is written that way. It can also be a good idea to document things for new or junior developers in the team in order to explain what is going on or what should not be done, and also to pair program with them in case things are not clear. Commit messages could be a replacement for comments as well. Comments are also useful when static values and constants such as URLs or UIDs are used in the code, and for explaining specific error mechanisms. They share great practical advice for programmers who are in the earlier stages of their software development career and have generally been taught to use comments by their professors or mentors. The tips they give include taking time to look through the codebase, checking how and where comments are being used by other developers, refactoring the code to write more readable functions wherever things are unclear, using good naming conventions, trying to write self-documenting code, asking a lot of questions to whoever has written the code including asking the reasons why it is written a certain way, and not being afraid to add comments of your own. They then discuss some replies to the newsletter sent by Joe about code smells related to the importance of comments in the messy reality of engineering, pros and cons of their usefulness, tradeoff between maintaining self-documented vs heavily documented code. They end the show with picks. The DevEd podcast is produced by Thinkster.io and published by DevChat.TV. Panel Joe Eames Jesse Sanders Luis Hernandez Preston Lamb Mike Dane Sponsors Thinkster.io The Freelancers' Show React Round Up CacheFly Picks Luis Hernandez: Sourcetree Mike Dane: Google Fi Preston Lamb: Office Ladies podcast Jesse Sanders: Tesla cars Joe Eames: Gaslands Question #1: What are code smells? A pattern that indicates that there may be a problem in the code with a possibility of improvement. Question #2: When should comments be used? Comments could be useful for beginners, not so much for experienced folk. Too many comments can cause a mess, so they ideally should be used only for large complex functions. They can be used to specify if refactoring is needed at a later stage, and for explaining the "why" instead of "how". Question #3: What are some good reasons to use comments? 1. If a certain piece of code is doing something unusual/non-obvious/might break the consistency with the rest of the code. 2. For new or junior developers on the team in order to explain what is going on or what should not be done. 3. When using static values and constants. Question #4: Tips for new developers regarding comments? 1. Taking time to look through the codebase. 2. Checking how and where comments are being used by other developers. 3. Refactoring the code to write more readable functions wherever things are unclear, using good naming conventions. 4. Trying to write self-documenting code, asking a lot of questions to whoever has written the code including the reasons why it is written a certain way. 5. Not being afraid to add comments of your own.
This week's episode of the DevEd podcast is joined by Hudson Baker. Hudson has been a developer for five years now, specializing in Angular, and is currently working at BrieBug Software. The panel kickstarts the episode by answering the basic question - What is Gatsby? Sam explains that it is a static site generator which means that it takes in data and converts that into static files that can be hosted on any server. It has a lot of tooling and build process stuff built-in, and uses modern javascript concepts along with GraphQL to build fast-performance static sites. It is also a part of JAMStack. Speaking on what languages and technologies it is based on, Sam elaborates that Gatsby is built with React, the build process is webpack, the content can be written in markdown or any outside sources, and data querying is done using GraphQL. The next topic of discussion is static sites. They talk at length about what static sites are, if they can be written without a static site generator, the difference between Gatsby and other frameworks such as Angular and React, what makes the sites static, how to identify them, and how to make a clear distinction between static and dynamic sites. Next, they discuss that Gatsby can be a good starting point for people interested in learning React because it has a plethora of cool inbuilt tools, plugins and pre-packaged templates which can make the learning process easier, rather than starting to learn React from scratch. From a teaching perspective, React is a better choice if the goal is to teach web applications, whereas Gatsby is good for teaching how to build websites. They talk about the difference between Gatsby and server-side rendering frameworks such as Next.js. Luis explains that in server-side rendering, there is data on one side and template on the other, and each time a request is made to the server, the data and template are assembled on the fly and not at build time. On the contrary, in case of Gatsby, this is done at build time, so everything that is sent from the server is basically pre-calculated. Talking about performance considerations, he says that in server-side rendering there is a price to pay in terms of just-in-time calculations. Sam also chimes in with his views on the comparison and mentions that they are really close performance-wise and feature-wise. They then move on to discussing the learning aspect of Gatsby. Sam explains that if developers possess some knowledge about things like React, GraphQL, CSS in JS, etc., it can be easy to get fast results with Gatsby, however, it is still possible to secure some quick wins by using a simple starter project as a template and building on it. He then talks about the best use of Gatsby being in content-based sites, portfolios, product sales pages and so on. Joe asks how does Gatsby deal with adding other aspects on top of it, to which Sam answers that there may be some tweaking needed to get things done, but overall it works well given that there are a ton of plugins available to get things from external resources. Joe talks about learning GraphQL, and Sam explains how much of it is used in Gatsby. He talks about the positives of Gatsby documentation and the developer community. They end the show with picks. The DevEd podcast is produced by Thinkster.io and published by DevChat.TV. Panel Joe Eames Brooke Avery Sam Julien Jesse Sanders Mike Dane Luis Hernandez Joined by special guest: Hudson Baker Sponsors Thinkster.io Adventures in .NET - Devchat.tv Elixir Mix CacheFly Links Hudson's Twitter Comparison of Gatsby vs Next.js Picks Luis Hernandez: Focused and Diffuse: Two Modes of Thinking Mike Dane: Splitwise Jesse Sanders: Grumpy Cat :( DuckDuckGo Hudson Baker: Storybook Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Brooke Avery: Star Wars Pinball Sam Julien: Overcooked! Joe Eames: Claudia.js What is Gatsby? It is a static site generator that takes in data and converts it into static files that can be hosted on any server. It has a lot of tooling and build process stuff built-in, and uses modern javascript concepts along with GraphQL to build fast-performance static sites. What languages and technologies is Gatsby based on? Gatsby is built with React, the build process is webpack, the content can be written in markdown or any outside sources, and data querying is done with GraphQL. What is the difference between Gatsby and server-side rendering frameworks such as Next.js? In server-side rendering, there is data on one side and template on the other, and each time a request is made to the server, the data and template are assembled on the fly and not at build time. On the contrary, in case of Gatsby, this is done at build time, so everything that is sent from the server is pre-calculated. How does Gatsby deal with adding extra aspects on top of the basic functionality? There may be some tweaking required to get things done, but overall it works well given that there are a ton of plugins available to get things from external resources.
This week's episode of the DevEd podcast is joined by Hudson Baker. Hudson has been a developer for five years now, specializing in Angular, and is currently working at BrieBug Software. The panel kickstarts the episode by answering the basic question - What is Gatsby? Sam explains that it is a static site generator which means that it takes in data and converts that into static files that can be hosted on any server. It has a lot of tooling and build process stuff built-in, and uses modern javascript concepts along with GraphQL to build fast-performance static sites. It is also a part of JAMStack. Speaking on what languages and technologies it is based on, Sam elaborates that Gatsby is built with React, the build process is webpack, the content can be written in markdown or any outside sources, and data querying is done using GraphQL. The next topic of discussion is static sites. They talk at length about what static sites are, if they can be written without a static site generator, the difference between Gatsby and other frameworks such as Angular and React, what makes the sites static, how to identify them, and how to make a clear distinction between static and dynamic sites. Next, they discuss that Gatsby can be a good starting point for people interested in learning React because it has a plethora of cool inbuilt tools, plugins and pre-packaged templates which can make the learning process easier, rather than starting to learn React from scratch. From a teaching perspective, React is a better choice if the goal is to teach web applications, whereas Gatsby is good for teaching how to build websites. They talk about the difference between Gatsby and server-side rendering frameworks such as Next.js. Luis explains that in server-side rendering, there is data on one side and template on the other, and each time a request is made to the server, the data and template are assembled on the fly and not at build time. On the contrary, in case of Gatsby, this is done at build time, so everything that is sent from the server is basically pre-calculated. Talking about performance considerations, he says that in server-side rendering there is a price to pay in terms of just-in-time calculations. Sam also chimes in with his views on the comparison and mentions that they are really close performance-wise and feature-wise. They then move on to discussing the learning aspect of Gatsby. Sam explains that if developers possess some knowledge about things like React, GraphQL, CSS in JS, etc., it can be easy to get fast results with Gatsby, however, it is still possible to secure some quick wins by using a simple starter project as a template and building on it. He then talks about the best use of Gatsby being in content-based sites, portfolios, product sales pages and so on. Joe asks how does Gatsby deal with adding other aspects on top of it, to which Sam answers that there may be some tweaking needed to get things done, but overall it works well given that there are a ton of plugins available to get things from external resources. Joe talks about learning GraphQL, and Sam explains how much of it is used in Gatsby. He talks about the positives of Gatsby documentation and the developer community. They end the show with picks. The DevEd podcast is produced by Thinkster.io and published by DevChat.TV. Panel Joe Eames Brooke Avery Sam Julien Jesse Sanders Mike Dane Luis Hernandez Joined by special guest: Hudson Baker Sponsors Thinkster.io Adventures in .NET - Devchat.tv Elixir Mix CacheFly Links Hudson's Twitter Comparison of Gatsby vs Next.js Picks Luis Hernandez: Focused and Diffuse: Two Modes of Thinking Mike Dane: Splitwise Jesse Sanders: Grumpy Cat :( DuckDuckGo Hudson Baker: Storybook Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Brooke Avery: Star Wars Pinball Sam Julien: Overcooked! Joe Eames: Claudia.js What is Gatsby? It is a static site generator that takes in data and converts it into static files that can be hosted on any server. It has a lot of tooling and build process stuff built-in, and uses modern javascript concepts along with GraphQL to build fast-performance static sites. What languages and technologies is Gatsby based on? Gatsby is built with React, the build process is webpack, the content can be written in markdown or any outside sources, and data querying is done with GraphQL. What is the difference between Gatsby and server-side rendering frameworks such as Next.js? In server-side rendering, there is data on one side and template on the other, and each time a request is made to the server, the data and template are assembled on the fly and not at build time. On the contrary, in case of Gatsby, this is done at build time, so everything that is sent from the server is pre-calculated. How does Gatsby deal with adding extra aspects on top of the basic functionality? There may be some tweaking required to get things done, but overall it works well given that there are a ton of plugins available to get things from external resources.
In this week's episode of the DevEd podcast, the panelists talk to Tara Z. Manicsic. Tara is an Angular Developer Experience Engineer at Netlify, a blogger, and loves to work in her community educating and learning from other developers. The topic for this episode is work-life balance with an emphasis on balancing learning as a programmer. The first thing they discuss is if programmers are good at balancing work-life. The general consensus is that they aren't, but mostly because they love their job, and it is also always fun to learn newer technologies and concepts. They talk about hackations and coding in beautiful environments away from their regular desks. They talk about some strategies to maintain a good work-life balance especially in high-pressure scenarios where the work seems to never get over. They suggest time management, blocking off hours and segregating them into strictly work and non-work periods. Tara mentions working non-traditional hours while having an infant at home, while Brooke explains how to schedule things beforehand so that knowing the tasks ahead of time helps in managing them effectively. Others chip in with their suggestions as well. Tara also speaks on the importance of having a good manager with realistic expectations. They then touch on work-life balance from the perspective of managers too, where they advise them to make sure that their employees work reasonable hours, check in with them regularly and encourage them to take personal time off for their own mental health. They share their experiences related to death marches and the stress associated with it. They mention that while working as a junior developer in a high pressure environment that is hard to keep up with, it can be hard to change jobs. To deal with these kind of situations, they talk about how important it is to like the work being done, and if it is not something enjoyable, it is time to start looking for something completely different or take some time to unwind. Trying to do interesting things such as reading books, listening to music or podcasts at work during lunchtime, or while commuting, can also help in thriving in such environments. The next point discussed is how to deal with the need to learn along with working at a regular job and still manage to maintain a balance. Consuming relevant content in the background while going about our day-to-day chores, not underestimating the learning done on the job, carving out time for self development during work hours, writing regular blog posts of things learned which can eventually lead to an awesome portfolio, are some great recommendations. The last thing the panelists talk about is organizational tools for an awesome work-learn-life balance. They suggest Toggle, Asana, OmniFocus and Calendar. Luis mentions that given that we are constantly bombarded with information, it can be beneficial to sift through that, remove the unnecessary noise and concentrate on what is needed to free up significant amount of time. Joe recommends using a bullet journal, being physical and tactile while organising rather than digital, and Mike suggests switching the airplane mode on, among other things. Tara and Sam talk about meditation and mindfulness. They end the show with picks. The Dev Ed podcast is produced by Thinkster.io and published by DevChat.TV. Panel Joe Eames Brooke Avery Sam Julien Luis Hernandez Mike Dane Joined by special guest: Tara Z. Manicsic Sponsors Thinkster.io Adventures in DevOps - Devchat.tv The Freelancers Show CacheFly Links Tara's Twitter Picks Joe Eames: Beginner's Guide to Bullet Journaling | How to Start a Bullet Journal Boho Berry Bullet Journal introduction Tara Z. Manicsic: Check out the local children's museums JAMstack conf Mike Dane: LingQ Brooke Avery: Sporcle Star Wars Myths & Fables Luis Hernandez: Rework Getting Things Done Sam Julien: The Great British Bake Off How to maintain a great work-life balance, as an employee? Good time management, blocking off hours and segregating them into strictly work and non-work periods, scheduling tasks ahead of time. How to maintain a great work-life balance, as a manager? Making sure that employees work reasonable hours, checking in with them regularly and encouraging them to take personal time off for their own mental health. How to maintain a great work-learn-life balance? Consuming relevant content in the background while going about our day-to-day chores, not underestimating the learning done on the job, carving out time for self development during work hours, writing blog posts of things learned eventually leading to an awesome portfolio. What are some organizational tools to maintain work-life balance? Toggle, Asana, OmniFocus, Calendar, Bullet journals, Meditation
In this week's episode of the DevEd podcast, the panelists talk to Tara Z. Manicsic. Tara is an Angular Developer Experience Engineer at Netlify, a blogger, and loves to work in her community educating and learning from other developers. The topic for this episode is work-life balance with an emphasis on balancing learning as a programmer. The first thing they discuss is if programmers are good at balancing work-life. The general consensus is that they aren't, but mostly because they love their job, and it is also always fun to learn newer technologies and concepts. They talk about hackations and coding in beautiful environments away from their regular desks. They talk about some strategies to maintain a good work-life balance especially in high-pressure scenarios where the work seems to never get over. They suggest time management, blocking off hours and segregating them into strictly work and non-work periods. Tara mentions working non-traditional hours while having an infant at home, while Brooke explains how to schedule things beforehand so that knowing the tasks ahead of time helps in managing them effectively. Others chip in with their suggestions as well. Tara also speaks on the importance of having a good manager with realistic expectations. They then touch on work-life balance from the perspective of managers too, where they advise them to make sure that their employees work reasonable hours, check in with them regularly and encourage them to take personal time off for their own mental health. They share their experiences related to death marches and the stress associated with it. They mention that while working as a junior developer in a high pressure environment that is hard to keep up with, it can be hard to change jobs. To deal with these kind of situations, they talk about how important it is to like the work being done, and if it is not something enjoyable, it is time to start looking for something completely different or take some time to unwind. Trying to do interesting things such as reading books, listening to music or podcasts at work during lunchtime, or while commuting, can also help in thriving in such environments. The next point discussed is how to deal with the need to learn along with working at a regular job and still manage to maintain a balance. Consuming relevant content in the background while going about our day-to-day chores, not underestimating the learning done on the job, carving out time for self development during work hours, writing regular blog posts of things learned which can eventually lead to an awesome portfolio, are some great recommendations. The last thing the panelists talk about is organizational tools for an awesome work-learn-life balance. They suggest Toggle, Asana, OmniFocus and Calendar. Luis mentions that given that we are constantly bombarded with information, it can be beneficial to sift through that, remove the unnecessary noise and concentrate on what is needed to free up significant amount of time. Joe recommends using a bullet journal, being physical and tactile while organising rather than digital, and Mike suggests switching the airplane mode on, among other things. Tara and Sam talk about meditation and mindfulness. They end the show with picks. The Dev Ed podcast is produced by Thinkster.io and published by DevChat.TV. Panel Joe Eames Brooke Avery Sam Julien Luis Hernandez Mike Dane Joined by special guest: Tara Z. Manicsic Sponsors Thinkster.io Adventures in DevOps - Devchat.tv The Freelancers Show CacheFly Links Tara's Twitter Picks Joe Eames: Beginner's Guide to Bullet Journaling | How to Start a Bullet Journal Boho Berry Bullet Journal introduction Tara Z. Manicsic: Check out the local children's museums JAMstack conf Mike Dane: LingQ Brooke Avery: Sporcle Star Wars Myths & Fables Luis Hernandez: Rework Getting Things Done Sam Julien: The Great British Bake Off How to maintain a great work-life balance, as an employee? Good time management, blocking off hours and segregating them into strictly work and non-work periods, scheduling tasks ahead of time. How to maintain a great work-life balance, as a manager? Making sure that employees work reasonable hours, checking in with them regularly and encouraging them to take personal time off for their own mental health. How to maintain a great work-learn-life balance? Consuming relevant content in the background while going about our day-to-day chores, not underestimating the learning done on the job, carving out time for self development during work hours, writing blog posts of things learned eventually leading to an awesome portfolio. What are some organizational tools to maintain work-life balance? Toggle, Asana, OmniFocus, Calendar, Bullet journals, Meditation
Today’s episode of the Dev Ed podcast is joined by Tyler Legget, a structural engineering major working in the construction field primarily, and also on a number of side projects including property development, designing and building homes, co-founder of a company that made software for cycling race management. He also worked as a Product Manager on a platform that managed complex inventory of wood products. He then got involved in ng-conf, which spawned into an event management company called Zero Slope Events which he manages currently. Zero Slope Events provides event planning for conferences such as ng-conf, React conf and so on. After listening to Tyler’s diverse background where coding had been only a partial activity, Joe asks what made him not go into full-fledged software development. Tyler answers that while he enjoyed different aspects and the variety of it, he never felt like making a career out of it. To determine if software development may not be a good career, it needs to be tried first, one has to see if it fits their skillset and work ethic. The panelists also share that it is very important to enjoy the task at hand, be able to fully immerse into the work and not keep waiting for the day to get over. Even though the public notion is that developers get paid really well, salary should not be the only criteria for a career switch, it is basically like setting yourself up for a lifelong disappointment or even failure. The good news, however, is that you can always go back to what you were doing if you do not enjoy it. Job shadowing is a good idea to closely see the day-to-day workings of the job and make an informed decision. They then discuss if there are any situations where programming languages have proved to be extremely beneficial to the job. They give examples of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access where they were able to do awesome things and automate stuff, which piqued their interest in programming in general, and was also helpful to other team members as well, which can eventually foray into development. Teaching can also lead up to becoming a developer, through situations such as involving the search for good materials. Problem-solving is a great way to get into it as well, as are hobbies involving building or customizing things. The panelists discuss tools that help in programming, automate or organizing things while working. They recommend some great ones like the Office suite, Glitch, CMS systems, Webflow, If This Then That (IFTTT), Zapier, StackBlitz, Google docs, YouTube, Airtable and Stack Overflow. They then move onto talking about techniques to help out developers when they get stuck on something on the job and there is no one to turn to, during which they suggest a basic google search, YouTube videos, Stack Overflow, and Twitter channels. When trying to get better at programming, not just for fun but in a task-focused manner, some effective resources can be reading books including but not limited to the Dummies series, YouTube tutorials and Meetup groups. Speaking on finding platforms to work with custom applications, Shopify, WordPress, Google pages, can be of great help if working on your own. As the applications get more complex, it can be advantageous to hire a professional. Finally, in terms of hiring expenses, do not compromise on quality, make sure the requirements are clear and really know what the person can offer. Panel Joe Eames Brooke Avery Jesse Sanders Preston Lamb Luis Hernandez Joined by special guest: Tyler Leggett Sponsors Thinkster.io Adventures in .NET - Devchat.tv Adventures in Angular - Devchat.tv CacheFly Links Zero Slope Events Glitch Webflow IFTTT Zapier StackBlitz Airtable Stack Overflow Picks Jesse Sanders: Nebo Preston Lamb: Our Fake History podcast Luis Hernandez: unDraw Brooke Avery: Webflow Star Wars: Galaxy Edge - Disney Parks Tyler Leggett: Reply All
Today’s episode of the Dev Ed podcast is joined by Tyler Legget, a structural engineering major working in the construction field primarily, and also on a number of side projects including property development, designing and building homes, co-founder of a company that made software for cycling race management. He also worked as a Product Manager on a platform that managed complex inventory of wood products. He then got involved in ng-conf, which spawned into an event management company called Zero Slope Events which he manages currently. Zero Slope Events provides event planning for conferences such as ng-conf, React conf and so on. After listening to Tyler’s diverse background where coding had been only a partial activity, Joe asks what made him not go into full-fledged software development. Tyler answers that while he enjoyed different aspects and the variety of it, he never felt like making a career out of it. To determine if software development may not be a good career, it needs to be tried first, one has to see if it fits their skillset and work ethic. The panelists also share that it is very important to enjoy the task at hand, be able to fully immerse into the work and not keep waiting for the day to get over. Even though the public notion is that developers get paid really well, salary should not be the only criteria for a career switch, it is basically like setting yourself up for a lifelong disappointment or even failure. The good news, however, is that you can always go back to what you were doing if you do not enjoy it. Job shadowing is a good idea to closely see the day-to-day workings of the job and make an informed decision. They then discuss if there are any situations where programming languages have proved to be extremely beneficial to the job. They give examples of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access where they were able to do awesome things and automate stuff, which piqued their interest in programming in general, and was also helpful to other team members as well, which can eventually foray into development. Teaching can also lead up to becoming a developer, through situations such as involving the search for good materials. Problem-solving is a great way to get into it as well, as are hobbies involving building or customizing things. The panelists discuss tools that help in programming, automate or organizing things while working. They recommend some great ones like the Office suite, Glitch, CMS systems, Webflow, If This Then That (IFTTT), Zapier, StackBlitz, Google docs, YouTube, Airtable and Stack Overflow. They then move onto talking about techniques to help out developers when they get stuck on something on the job and there is no one to turn to, during which they suggest a basic google search, YouTube videos, Stack Overflow, and Twitter channels. When trying to get better at programming, not just for fun but in a task-focused manner, some effective resources can be reading books including but not limited to the Dummies series, YouTube tutorials and Meetup groups. Speaking on finding platforms to work with custom applications, Shopify, WordPress, Google pages, can be of great help if working on your own. As the applications get more complex, it can be advantageous to hire a professional. Finally, in terms of hiring expenses, do not compromise on quality, make sure the requirements are clear and really know what the person can offer. Panel Joe Eames Brooke Avery Jesse Sanders Preston Lamb Luis Hernandez Joined by special guest: Tyler Leggett Sponsors Thinkster.io Adventures in .NET - Devchat.tv Adventures in Angular - Devchat.tv CacheFly Links Zero Slope Events Glitch Webflow IFTTT Zapier StackBlitz Airtable Stack Overflow Picks Jesse Sanders: Nebo Preston Lamb: Our Fake History podcast Luis Hernandez: unDraw Brooke Avery: Webflow Star Wars: Galaxy Edge - Disney Parks Tyler Leggett: Reply All
In this episode of the Dev Ed podcast, the panelists talk to Joe Skeen. Joe is a Developer and a Mentor, who started tinkering with computers since childhood and later taught himself web languages. After getting into University, he started working with strongly typed languages as well. He gives a brief background of himself and his work and shares his Angular journey. The panel discusses the most effective steps involved in mentoring a brand new developer who is just starting out. The first thing that can be done is to hone any skills the developers already possess through their previous line of work or education so as to ensure a smooth transition into a new environment. Another idea is giving them relevant and meaningful things to practice which are needed for the job or the project rather than something vague or generic. They need to feel motivated and connected to the things they are learning. Another piece of advice is, as a mentor, make sure to be there for them, keep the commitment strong, don’t leave things unfinished and do not quit in the middle. As they are putting in a lot of effort into being a good developer, it is very important that the mentor puts in consistent effort as well. Give them constructive feedback. Practicing is the best way to learn something extremely well. Building apps and personal projects is a great way to put things into practice, leading to more and more learning in the process, so recommending beginner developers to create something based on the theoretical knowledge gained can be an effective suggestion. From the beginning, bringing them to meetings even though things are going above their head, keeping them actively involved thereby creating a feeling of belonging and being included, and making sure that they are aware that the team works interdependently, are crucial to boosting their motivation and self-confidence as well. They then discuss the differences between mentoring someone in a work environment versus mentoring a friend. In the professional sense, there tends to be more motivation since they are getting paid for learning or doing the job. But on a personal level, this gets harder as it is easy to give up and thus the responsibility of continuing falls on the mentors. Pair programming is a great technique to understand things through the process of working with someone. In the context of dealing with people who carry the attitude that they know more than the mentors, the panelists state that there is no need for mentoring as it simply cannot be done. It is important to have a conversation to make things clear and understand what is required from everyone involved. It helps to get to know the person better in this case, and respect and humility should be both ways. Making them comfortable, having open discussions on any mistakes and failures faced along the way, removing embarrassment around these topics and stressing on the fact that it is ok to not know something, giving them opportunities to share what they have learned before, are some of the remedial actions that can be taken while dealing with seemingly difficult individuals. Shedding light on the other side of things, they talk about dealing with developers who feel discouraged and helpless given that they are new to the workplace and everyone else seems to know more than them. They discuss giving them confidence so that they are capable of handling stuff on their own, accepting them as major contributors from the get-go, believing in them, repeating things if they don’t understand something, making sure to not overwhelm them, and giving positive feedback and achievable goals, making yourself vulnerable to them so that they can relate to it. The bottom line is no one is an expert and everyone is learning just like them. While talking about dealing with developers who write bad code, panelists mention pair programming, learning how to do things the right way from industry experts, teaching by example, having formal code reviews, and maintaining a balance between criticism and appreciation. They end the show on the note that the relationship between the mentor and mentee is the most important part of mentoring. Panel Joe Eames Brooke Avery Luis Hernandez Joined by special guest: Joe Skeen Sponsors Thinkster.io Adventures in DevOps - Devchat.tv My Angular Story - Devchat.tv CacheFly Links Joe’s Twitter Joe on Medium Picks Luis Hernandez: The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition Brooke Avery: Magic Jigsaw Puzzles Joe Eames: Netlify Deploying Apps to Netlify Joe Skeen: Dominion Companion Dominion Companion Randomizer
In this episode of the Dev Ed podcast, the panelists talk to Joe Skeen. Joe is a Developer and a Mentor, who started tinkering with computers since childhood and later taught himself web languages. After getting into University, he started working with strongly typed languages as well. He gives a brief background of himself and his work and shares his Angular journey. The panel discusses the most effective steps involved in mentoring a brand new developer who is just starting out. The first thing that can be done is to hone any skills the developers already possess through their previous line of work or education so as to ensure a smooth transition into a new environment. Another idea is giving them relevant and meaningful things to practice which are needed for the job or the project rather than something vague or generic. They need to feel motivated and connected to the things they are learning. Another piece of advice is, as a mentor, make sure to be there for them, keep the commitment strong, don’t leave things unfinished and do not quit in the middle. As they are putting in a lot of effort into being a good developer, it is very important that the mentor puts in consistent effort as well. Give them constructive feedback. Practicing is the best way to learn something extremely well. Building apps and personal projects is a great way to put things into practice, leading to more and more learning in the process, so recommending beginner developers to create something based on the theoretical knowledge gained can be an effective suggestion. From the beginning, bringing them to meetings even though things are going above their head, keeping them actively involved thereby creating a feeling of belonging and being included, and making sure that they are aware that the team works interdependently, are crucial to boosting their motivation and self-confidence as well. They then discuss the differences between mentoring someone in a work environment versus mentoring a friend. In the professional sense, there tends to be more motivation since they are getting paid for learning or doing the job. But on a personal level, this gets harder as it is easy to give up and thus the responsibility of continuing falls on the mentors. Pair programming is a great technique to understand things through the process of working with someone. In the context of dealing with people who carry the attitude that they know more than the mentors, the panelists state that there is no need for mentoring as it simply cannot be done. It is important to have a conversation to make things clear and understand what is required from everyone involved. It helps to get to know the person better in this case, and respect and humility should be both ways. Making them comfortable, having open discussions on any mistakes and failures faced along the way, removing embarrassment around these topics and stressing on the fact that it is ok to not know something, giving them opportunities to share what they have learned before, are some of the remedial actions that can be taken while dealing with seemingly difficult individuals. Shedding light on the other side of things, they talk about dealing with developers who feel discouraged and helpless given that they are new to the workplace and everyone else seems to know more than them. They discuss giving them confidence so that they are capable of handling stuff on their own, accepting them as major contributors from the get-go, believing in them, repeating things if they don’t understand something, making sure to not overwhelm them, and giving positive feedback and achievable goals, making yourself vulnerable to them so that they can relate to it. The bottom line is no one is an expert and everyone is learning just like them. While talking about dealing with developers who write bad code, panelists mention pair programming, learning how to do things the right way from industry experts, teaching by example, having formal code reviews, and maintaining a balance between criticism and appreciation. They end the show on the note that the relationship between the mentor and mentee is the most important part of mentoring. Panel Joe Eames Brooke Avery Luis Hernandez Joined by special guest: Joe Skeen Sponsors Thinkster.io Adventures in DevOps - Devchat.tv My Angular Story - Devchat.tv CacheFly Links Joe’s Twitter Joe on Medium Picks Luis Hernandez: The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition Brooke Avery: Magic Jigsaw Puzzles Joe Eames: Netlify Deploying Apps to Netlify Joe Skeen: Dominion Companion Dominion Companion Randomizer
Episode Summary In this episode of the Dev Ed podcast, the panelists talk to Nell Shamrell-Harrington, Principal Engineer at Chef Software. Nell introduces herself and gives a brief background about her software development journey so far and talks about how she started working with DevOps. She is also a co-host of the Adventures in DevOps podcast on Devchat.tv. The meaning of the term DevOps can be quite cloudy, so before discussing learning DevOps, they talk about what it actually means and how it differs from traditional development. Nell breaks down the term and describes in detail the approach of merging developers and operational professionals. Joe highlights the cultural aspect of DevOps and how it plays into the way of working. Nell explains the right way of organizing teams, the internal interactions among them, accountability, and some of the dos and don'ts involved. Other panelists chime in with their views on the DevOps culture as well. They discuss the best practices, challenges faced, eliminating silo and sharing responsibility. They tackle the question of how to encourage seamless communication among teams and avoid conflicts. Nell explains that what works well in these cases instead of getting everyone together leading to chaos and blame games, is selecting representatives from both development and operations and ironing out the miscommunication. The next topic of discussion is why should a beginner developer care about DevOps at all. As applications become more complex, the need arises to think about their underlying infrastructure in order to optimize them and it is beneficial to have an idea of where they might be deployed. As a developer progresses from the beginning stages to advanced ones, it is natural to know about the deployment environment, data centres, and DevOps concepts in general. Due to advancements in technology, these areas have become very accessible as well. They steer the discussion towards what parts of DevOps should one focus on while getting started, given that there are a plethora of tools and technologies involved. Nell advises listeners to pick any major cloud provider and learn the basics by working with it, which can later be applied to any other cloud provider. She also recommends learning programming languages to get a good software development foundation. Sam shares his own experience with Digital Ocean and highly recommends their learning materials. Mike and Jesse suggest understanding how Continuous Integration works and mention that it is a great starting point. Mike points out that knowing that there are multiple environments at play - staging, production, testing and so on, helps a great deal. Speaking about Docker, Nell says that while it is an amazing technology which made containers extremely usable on a large scale, it is not a good idea to run the entire infrastructure on just containers, given that containers can be very ephemeral and there is a risk of losing data. For learning purposes though, she recommends Docker as it runs well on local environments. She explains what Chef is and the difference between Docker and Chef. The panelists then describe what Netlify is, how it works, and how good it is from the learning perspective. They then talk about some great resources for beginners to start with, Nell recommends Kubernetes, and explains what it means to orchestrate containers. Sam talks about Bruno Krebs' Kubernetes tutorial and Thinkster's Docker courses as awesome learning materials. They end the show with picks. Panel Joe Eames Sam Julien Jesse Sanders Luis Hernandez Mike Dane Joined by special guest: Nell Shamrell-Harrington Sponsors Thinkster.io Sustain Our Software - Devchat.tv My Ruby Story - Devchat.tv CacheFly Links Nell's Twitter Adventures in DevOps The Phoenix Project Digital Ocean The Illustrated Children’s Guide to Kubernetes Kubernetes Tutorial Docker Courses - Thinkster.io Picks Luis Hernandez: Markdown Mike Dane: Day One Sam Julien: Ulysses app Nell Shamrell-Harrington: Round Health Jesse Sanders:
Episode Summary In this episode of the Dev Ed podcast, the panelists talk to Nell Shamrell-Harrington, Principal Engineer at Chef Software. Nell introduces herself and gives a brief background about her software development journey so far and talks about how she started working with DevOps. She is also a co-host of the Adventures in DevOps podcast on Devchat.tv. The meaning of the term DevOps can be quite cloudy, so before discussing learning DevOps, they talk about what it actually means and how it differs from traditional development. Nell breaks down the term and describes in detail the approach of merging developers and operational professionals. Joe highlights the cultural aspect of DevOps and how it plays into the way of working. Nell explains the right way of organizing teams, the internal interactions among them, accountability, and some of the dos and don'ts involved. Other panelists chime in with their views on the DevOps culture as well. They discuss the best practices, challenges faced, eliminating silo and sharing responsibility. They tackle the question of how to encourage seamless communication among teams and avoid conflicts. Nell explains that what works well in these cases instead of getting everyone together leading to chaos and blame games, is selecting representatives from both development and operations and ironing out the miscommunication. The next topic of discussion is why should a beginner developer care about DevOps at all. As applications become more complex, the need arises to think about their underlying infrastructure in order to optimize them and it is beneficial to have an idea of where they might be deployed. As a developer progresses from the beginning stages to advanced ones, it is natural to know about the deployment environment, data centres, and DevOps concepts in general. Due to advancements in technology, these areas have become very accessible as well. They steer the discussion towards what parts of DevOps should one focus on while getting started, given that there are a plethora of tools and technologies involved. Nell advises listeners to pick any major cloud provider and learn the basics by working with it, which can later be applied to any other cloud provider. She also recommends learning programming languages to get a good software development foundation. Sam shares his own experience with Digital Ocean and highly recommends their learning materials. Mike and Jesse suggest understanding how Continuous Integration works and mention that it is a great starting point. Mike points out that knowing that there are multiple environments at play - staging, production, testing and so on, helps a great deal. Speaking about Docker, Nell says that while it is an amazing technology which made containers extremely usable on a large scale, it is not a good idea to run the entire infrastructure on just containers, given that containers can be very ephemeral and there is a risk of losing data. For learning purposes though, she recommends Docker as it runs well on local environments. She explains what Chef is and the difference between Docker and Chef. The panelists then describe what Netlify is, how it works, and how good it is from the learning perspective. They then talk about some great resources for beginners to start with, Nell recommends Kubernetes, and explains what it means to orchestrate containers. Sam talks about Bruno Krebs' Kubernetes tutorial and Thinkster's Docker courses as awesome learning materials. They end the show with picks. Panel Joe Eames Sam Julien Jesse Sanders Luis Hernandez Mike Dane Joined by special guest: Nell Shamrell-Harrington Sponsors Thinkster.io Sustain Our Software - Devchat.tv My Ruby Story - Devchat.tv CacheFly Links Nell's Twitter Adventures in DevOps The Phoenix Project Digital Ocean The Illustrated Children’s Guide to Kubernetes Kubernetes Tutorial Docker Courses - Thinkster.io Picks Luis Hernandez: Markdown Mike Dane: Day One Sam Julien: Ulysses app Nell Shamrell-Harrington: Round Health Jesse Sanders:
Joe began his love of programming on an Apple III in BASIC. Although his preferred language is JavaScript, he has worked professionally with many other languages and just about every major Microsoft language. He is currently a consultant and freelance author for Pluralsight.com. Joe has always had a strong interest in education, and has worked both full- and part-time positions as a technical teacher for over fifteen years. He is a frequent blogger and speaker, organizer of the AngularJS conference known as ng-conf (www.ng-conf.org), organizer of the UtahJS user group, and a panelist on the JavaScript Jabber podcast (http:// javascriptjabber.com
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