React Round Up

Panel: Charles Max WoodLucas ReisJustin Bennett (guest host) Special Guests: Gant Laborde In this episode, the panel talks with Gant who has been programming for twenty years. In the past, he has been an adjunct professor and loves to teach. Finally, he talks at conferences and enjoys sharing his ideas. The panel talks about the React State Museum, among many other topics, such as: React Native, Flux, Redux, Agile, and XState. Show Topics: 1:24 – Chuck: What do you do? 2:02 – Chuck and Gant: We met at React Rally at 2016. 2:17 – Gant: I have my own sticker branding with a friend in Japan who is genius. She draws all these characters. They are my business card now. 2:41 – Chuck: React State Museum- talk about its brief history and what it is? 2:54 – Gant: React is this beautiful thing of passing these functional capsules around and managing them. Once you start creating another component, the question is how do you actually manage all of these components? We are all so happy to be on the cutting edge

Panel: - https://twitter.com/cmaxw?ref_src=twsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Eauthor- Lucas Reis (NY)- Nader Dabit Special Guests: http://cwbuecheler.com In this episode, the panel talks with http://cwbuecheler.com who is a web developer and moved into JavaScript in 2000. Christopher runs his own business, and records and edits videos among many other responsibilities. He also has a lot of hobbies, and guitars are one of them. Check out today’s episode where the panel and Christopher talk about how to form a tutorial course from start to finish. Show Topics: 2:38 – Chuck: I always am fascinated by how there are a lot of programmers who are musicians. 3:00 – Panelist: Yes, I agree. Coding takes creativity. People who are programmers are surprisingly into different arts where it asks for the person’s creativity. 3:17 – Panelist: Video games, music, cocktails, etc. 4:05 – Guest: Yes, for a while I liked to make beer. My current kitchen doesn’t allow for it now, though. 4:25 – Chuck: So y

Panel: Charles (Chuck) Max WoodLucas Reis Special Guests: Charles Lowell & Taras Mankovski In this episode, the panel talks with two special guests Charles and Taras. Charles Lowell is a principle engineer at Frontside, and he loves to code. Taras works with Charles and joined Frontside, because of Charles’ love for coding. There are great personalities at Frontside, which are quite diverse. Check out this episode to hear about microstates, microstates with react, OM, Redux, and much more! Show Topics: 2:32 – Chuck: Why do we need it (microstates) and why do we need another state library? 2:42 – Charles answers Chuck’s question. Charles goes to explain that if you need to increment the number, you don’t need to do it with microstates. 3:41 – Another suggestion is given on this topic. 5:13 – The application isn’t hard in-of-itself. 6:45 – Chuck makes comments, and asks: It seems to be more like object-oriented approach? 7:44 – Objects compose much more easily. When you are dealing with pure func

Panel: Charles Max WoodNader Dabit Special Guests: Josh Saint Jacque  In this episode, the panel talks with Josh St. Jacque who is married with two kids and with one on the way. He is a professional product manager and software engineer. Ruby on Rails got him started on his career path and journey. Check-out today’s episode where the panel discusses functional and class components, among many other things! Show Topics: 2:12 – Let’s have a conversation about functional components. 3:20 – Chuck to Nader: “What is your preference between class and functional components?” 4:18 – Nader to Josh: “What is your take on pure components” 5:20 – Who makes these architectural decisions at T-Mobile? 5:46 – Josh: It really depends on the team and the project depending on how they want to proceed. Josh mentions Angular among other things. 7:38 – Chuck to Josh: It seems that through your post you are trying to make code easier? 8:01 – Josh’s background is Ruby, and basic principles. 9:12 – Question directed to J

Panel: Charles Max WoodNader DabitLucas Reis Special Guests: Luis Vieira In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk to Luis Vieira about his “Building large scale react applications in a monorepo”. Luis works in Portugal at a company called FarFetch as a front-end architect where he works mostly on JavaScript and infrastructure. They talk about the rationale behind his article, shared components, and what Lerna is and what is does. They also touch on Semantic Versioning, the difference between monolithic application and a monorepo, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Luis introFront-end architect at FarFetchWorks with JavaScriptRationale behind his articleDividing a project in multiple packagesSharing components between multiple applicationsEditing shared componentsWorking in a monorepoSimplifies managing between different projectsRequires more toolingWhat is Lerna?If you put multiple packages in one repo, how do you deal with things like the Git history getting mixed up?VersioningHo

Panel: Nader DabitSia KaramalegosLucas Reis Special Guests: Orta Therox In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk to Orta Therox about his 2 years of experience with React Native at Artsy. Orta has about 15 years of native Mac and iOS development experience and about 2 ½ years ago, his team decided to start writing their iOS app in React Native. They talk about the different popular blog posts about React Native, why his team decided to switch over to React Native, and the effects of team size on the success of the fit of React Native in each company’s app. They also touch on professional growth, how they have trained their employees, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Orta introReact Native and JavaScriptReact Native at Artsy blog postReact Native at Airbnb blog postSuspenseWeb engineeringTaking different approachesBeing a better way to build an iOS appAdoption coming from a native perspectiveDoes the size of the team matter?Product verticalsHow do you balance the need for profes

Panel: Sia KaramalegosLucas Reis Special Guests: Jordan Eldredge In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk to Jordan Eldredge about his project Webamp. Jordan’s first introduction to programming had to do with music which led him to work both as a singer to now being an engineer. They talk about how common it is for programmers to have diverse backgrounds, especially in front-end developers, what Webamp and Winamp are, and what he originally wrote Webamp in. they also touch on his inspiration for creating this project, his journey in creating Webamp, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Jordan introStudied music (opera) in collegeForced himself to learn PHP and MySQLCommon in front-end developing to have people with diverse backgroundsWhy do you think it’s so common to have diverse backgrounds?Front-end web development is very youngSelf-taught developersWhat is Webamp?Reimplementation of Winamp in JavaScriptWhat is Winamp?What did you originally write Webamp in?What was the inspirat

Panel: Nader DabitSia Karamalegos Special Guests: Tanmai Gopal In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk to Tanmai Gopal. Tanmai is the founder at Hasura, where they have been building a GraphQL tooling that helps accelerate being able to use GraphQL for app developers. They talk about what Hasura is and what inspired him to build it, what Haskell does to Postgres, and query variables in GraphQL. They also touch on the importance of being aware of the database, how authorization works, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Tanmai introFounder of HasuraHas been building applications for about a decadeFocus on functional programmingHow did you get into React?Using Redux and GaphQLHow long has Hasura been around?What inspired you to build Hasura?Eliminating the middle layerThe elevator pitch of HasuraDo you offer a database as a service?Slightly different than writing your own resolversWhat Haskell does to PostgresQuery variables in GraphQLPrepared statements in PostgresMaking queries f

Panel: Nader DabitSia Karamalegos Special Guests: Tracy Lee, Jay Phelps, and Ben Lesh In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk to Tracy Lee, Jay Phelps, and Ben Lesh about RxJS and redux-observable. Tracy, Jay, and Ben are the RxJS ThisDot Media group and where they do support contracts for RxJS, staff augmentation, developer relations, and put on events. They talk about what observables are and what they are trying to solve, the most common use cases for getting started with observables, and what Promises and Async/Await are. They also touch on what they like most about RxJS, how versatile it is, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Tracy, Jay, and Ben introThisDotRxJSWhat is an observable?What problems are observables trying to solve?JavaScriptLearn observablesMaking everything functional in the libraryMeans of encapsulating values you want pushed at you later onDownside to observablesLittle bit of a learning curveMost common uses for getting started with observablesCan Promises

Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Vesa Juvonen In this episode, the React Round Up panel talks to Vesa Juvonen about building SharePoint extensions with JavaScript. Vesa is on the SharePoint development team and is responsible for the SharePoint Framework, which is the modern way of implementing SharePoint customizations with JavaScript. They talk about what SharePoint is, why they chose to use JavaScript with it, and how he maintains isolation. They also touch on the best way to get started with SharePoint, give some great resources to help you use it, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Vesa introWhat is SharePoint?Has existed since 2009People either know about it and use it or don’t know what it isBaggage from a customization perspectiveWhy JavaScript developers?Modernizing developmentSharePoint FrameworkMicrosoft Ignite ConferenceIs there a market for it?System integratorsAngular Element and ReactReact for SharePoint Framework back-endSupports VueReact Round Up PodcastHow do you m

Panel: Charles Max WoodLucas ReisSia Karamalegos In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk about finding a job as a developer. Charles is getting ready to release a course on finding a job and he finds that he is always getting asked about how new developers can find a job. They talk about how they all found their first coder job, picking your target company, and understanding what you want in a job. They also touch on Charles’ upcoming course, the importance of showing initiative, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Sign up to chat with Charles at DevChat.tv/15MinutesWhy they want to touch on this topicGet used to failureCodeSchoolHack Night meetupGoing to meetups to slowly start networkingMaking friends with developers in your communityNetworking before you need a jobLearning and helping mindsetDon’t be afraid to ask if people are hiringHow did you figure out what your target company was?Checking out the culture of a companyUnderstanding the travel involvedFigure out what you like

Panel: Charles Max WoodAlyssa NichollWard Bell Special Guests: David Cramer In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk to David Cramer about error tracking and troubleshooting workflows. David is the founder and CEO of Sentry, and is a software engineer by trade. He started this project about a decade ago and it was created because he had customers telling him that things were broken and it was hard to help them fix it. They talk about what Sentry is, errors, workflow management, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: David introFounder and CEO of SentryWhat is Sentry?Working with PHPDe-bugger for productionFocus on workflowGoal of SentryTriaging the problemWorkflow managementSentry started off as an open-source side projectInstrumentation for JavaScriptEmber, Angular, and npmGot their start in PythonLogsTotally open-sourceMost compatible with run-timeCan work with any languageDeep contextsDetermining the root causeAnd much, much more! Links: SentryJavaScriptEmberAngularnpmPythonSent

Panel: Charles Max WoodLucas ReisNader Dabit Special Guests: Alex Moldovan In this episode of React Round Up, the panel discusses the article Evolving Patterns in React with its author, Alex Moldovan. Alex is from Romania and works at Fortech as an engineering manager where he works mostly with the front-end development. He also is one of the co-founders of JSHeroes, which is the biggest JavaScript conference in Romania that also has a growing international community behind it. They answer some of Charles questions about React, talk about his article, their thoughts on the new changes, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Lucas was on React Round Up Episode 11Lucas intro – works for Zocdoc as a senior front-end developerAlex introAt Fortech as an engineering managerCo-founder of JSHeroesHis article Evolving Patterns in ReactReact.createClass rather than ES6 classStarted working with React in 2015React and ReduxNobody knew how to actually build an application in React in the beginningMixinsWh

Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Ori Zohar and Gopinath Chigakkagari In this episode, the React Round UP panelists discuss Cloud-Hosted DevOps with Ori Zohar and Gopinath Chigakkagari at Microsoft Build. Ori is on the product team at VSTS focusing on DevOps specifically on Azure. Gopinath is the group program manager in VSTS primarily working on continuous integration, continuous delivery, DevOps, Azure deployment, etc. They talk about the first steps people should take when getting into DevOps, define DevOps the way Microsoft views it, the advantages to automation, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Ori and Gopi introVSTS – Visual Studio Team ServicesVSTS gives developers the ability to be productiveDeveloper productivityWhat’s the first big step people should be taking if they’re getting into DevOps?The definition of DevOpsThe people and the processes as the most important pieceDevOps as the best practicesAutomating processesWhat people do when things go wrong is what really count

Panel: Charles Max WoodSia KaramalegosNader Dabit Special Guests: Jared Palmer In this episode of React Round Up, the panel discusses the article React, Redux, and JavaScript Architecture with the author James Sinclair. James is a web developer in Australia and he works at Squiz were he focuses on building a digital web place. They talk about his article and why he chose to write it, where he falls on the whole Redux debate, how to convince people to come to Redux, and much more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: James introReact, Redux, and JavaScript ArchitectureWhy were the people you are working with wary of leaving JavaScript?jQueryGreat article on explaining why we use ReactWhy React can be fastIs your team now moving to React or have they already moved over?Where do you fall on the Redux debate?Redux’s “disadvantages” are actually advantagesWhat is your current stack of choice?DownshiftConditioner.jsMost React tutorials assume you’re working on a single-page web appSprinkles of jQueryLearnin

Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Rachel MacFarlane and Matt Bierner In this episode, the React Round Up panelists discuss Visual Studio Code with Rachel MacFarlane and Matt Bierner, who are both developers on Visual Studio Code. They talk about what the workflow at Visual Studio Code looks like, what people can look forward to coming out soon,  and how people can follow along the VS Code improvements on GitHub and Twitter. They also touch on their favorite extensions, like the Docker extension and the Azure extension and their favorite VS Code features. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Rachel and Matt introMonth to month workflow of Visual Studio CodeVS Code JavaScript, TypeScript, and Mark Down supportWorking on GitHub and within the communityCheck out new features incrementally with insidersCommunity-driven workWhat is coming out in Visual Studio Code?GitHub helps to determine what they work onWorking on Grid ViewImproved settings UIHighlighting unused variables in your codeImprovements w

Panel: Nader Dabit Special Guests: Jared Palmer In this episode of React Round Up, the panel discusses Razzle and other projects with Jared Palmer. Jared is the lead engineer at The Palmer Group, where he spends his time building apps and services for companies that have been underserved by the recent technological changes. They talk about what Razzle is, the benefit of server-side rendering, and the difficulties he faced putting this project together. They also touch on why he chose to create Razzle and some of his other projects like Backpack and After.js. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Jared introHow he got into programmingFell into programming by accidentWhat is Razzle?Create React App with server-side renderingGatsbyGoal of RazzleWhat are the benefits of adding server-side rendering?The power of ReactNext.jsReact can hydrate once it renders on the serverRazzle is thin layer around 2 Webpack watch tasksHow do you handle routing?React RouterAfter.jsPerformance pros to server-side renderingIs

Panel: Charles Max Wood Special Guests: Matt Hernandez and Amanda Silver In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panelists discuss Visual Studio Code and the VS Code Azure Extension with Matt Hernandez and Amanda Silver at Microsoft Build. Amanda is the director of program management at Microsoft working on Visual Studio and VS Code. Matt works on a mix between the Azure and the VS Code team, where he leads the effort to build the Azure extensions in VS code, trying to bring JavaScript developers to Azure through great experiences in VS Code. They talk about what’s new in VS Code, how the Azure extension works, what log points are, and much more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Amanda introMatt introWhat’s new in VS Code?VS Code coreVS Live ShareShared TerminalNow have Linux supportLive Share is now public to the world for freeWhat would you use Shared Terminal for?Are there other things coming up in VS Code?Constantly responding to requests from the communityLive Share works for any languageHow d

Panel: Nader Dabit Special Guests: Paul Gray In this episode of React Round Up, the panel discusses the future of higher order components and render props with Paul Gray. Paul is a software developer at an educational technology company called Learning Objects. They have a learning platform there that helps instructional designers create better contents. They talk about how he got into programming and React, when you would want to use HOCs and render props, and chainable components. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Paul introReactHow long have you been working with React?How did you get into programming?TI-89 Calculators in high schoolSoftware engineering degree in collegeBig fan of HOCs when they came outChainable componentsChainable components APIPromisesAnatomy of render prop componentsTypeScriptasync/await GitHub GistUse casesTool to share reusable code in ReactHow long has this been in the works?With StateMappChain functionFunctional ProgrammingFunctional Programming in Scala by Paul Chiusano

Panel: Charles Max WoodCory House Special Guests: Lucas Reis In this episode of React Round Up, the panel discusses simple React patterns with Lucas Reis. Lucas works as a senior front-end developer at Zocdoc and previously worked in Brazil for an ecommerce company called B2W. He recently wrote a blog post about simple React patterns that really took off and became popular on the web. They talk about this blog post, what defines a successful pattern, and then they discuss the different patterns that he has discovered in his years of React programming. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Lucas introTries to write blog posts as much as possibleSimple React Patterns blog postReactWhat does he mean by “successful” patterns?Three things that define good patternsDefine successful?The mix componentThe Container/Branch/View patternFirst successful pattern he has foundSeparation of concernsCommon concern: are we worried about mixing concerns?If/elseCan you encapsulate in the view?Pattern matchingReact loadabl