Adventures in Angular

To build or to buy, that IS the question. In this episode, Charles talks with Carl Bergenhem about the BIG updates in Kendo UI, as well as how to navigate the tricky waters of building your own components. “I think the first thing to look at is what you’re trying to accomplish. There might be hyper specialized scenarios, but when it comes to picking something off the shelf, it depends on what kind...

Your toolbelt needs some upgrading. In this episode, Charles sits down with Jared Youtsey, a developer who’s taken productivity to the next level and will show you how to do the same. “Having the right tooling in place makes a big difference in productivity.” - Jared Youtsey In This Episode1) Why having the correct tooling is HUGE for productivity  2) Jared’s go-to tools for adding jet fuel to you...

If your Angular needs a home, look no further than your own desktop! In this episode, the group talks to Sam Basu to learn ALL the deets about integrating Angular into your desktop properly. They lay out how PWAs CAN work (if done correctly), the big differences between cross-platform vs. one basket, and why 2022 is gonna be a GOOD year for Angular. “The desire to see ‘web stuff’ on native is noth...

This ain’t your granddaddy’s browser. In this episode, Charles and Subrat sit down with Eric Simons, a developer who’s on the forefront of expanding for what’s possible for your toolchain in browsers. They lay out a BIG trend you oughta know, how these programs can help you level up your security, and how the “Google Docs” approach gives a hint for some remarkable developments coming this year and...

Well, it depends. In this episode, Charles sits down with Aristeidis Bampakos, a Greek developer at Google who knows a thing or two (or seven) about how to use dependency injectors right. They talk about why DI’s could be a blessing OR a curse, how the “component hierarchy” can affect your whole structure, and the ONE thing you should know before you give up on your injector. “We must never forget...

Here’s your SIGNAL to try SignalR. In this episode, Charles and Armed sit down with Andrew Evans, a software developer who’s keen on Microsoft’s newest toy. They discuss the best way to integrate SignalR with Angular, how SignalR is different from Socket IO, and the future of web sockets and modern apps. “With these new web standards, I would just leverage whatever tools work best for you, your co...

IF you don’t want to use If statements, THEN what? We’ve got you. In this episode, Charles sits down with Yiu Pang (Leo) Chan, a software developer whose expertise in Angular has helped hospitals weather the COVID storm on their systems. They talk about Leo’s go-to tips for building a robust dashboard, the biggest way Angular changed Leo’s game, and Leo’s #1 choice for building stacks in 2022. “OO...

Ever feel like a damsel in distress held captive by app limitations? Never fear! In this episode, Charles and Sani sit down with Patricio Vargas, a software developer who’s an expert on PWA’s and enriching the customer experience. They cover why PWA’s have “superpowers”, a user statistic that will scare the connection issues right out of you, and why Clubhouse fell from grace (and what others apps...

Subrat and Chuck sit down and discuss what they're working on and where they're heading going forward. They've both changed work situations and are doing new things. They also talk about the stuff going on outside of work. Panel Charles Max Wood Subrat Mishra Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Charles- [Upper Deck Legend...

Get Lifetime Access to Mani's Entrepreneurship Pack and Book Club . Use coupon code "GREAT"Mani has summarized hundreds of business books that outline how to build, grow, and operate a business and he shares his expertise with Chuck and the listeners in this special episode. Chuck and Mani discuss what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. They talk about their businesses on a regular basis an...

Georgi Parlakov outlines the problems he's had using the Angular Test-Bed and what he's done to move to a different system. He's built a library called scuri to help him build and run his tests in a way that make it easy to standardize the tests he runs. Panel Armen Vardanyan Charles Max Wood Guest Georgi Parlakov  Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links friends | GParlakov Portfolio G...

Francesco Leardini joins the adventure to discuss how to build PWA's using Angular. In some ways it's pretty straightforward. In other ways, you need to invent ways to get what you need. Francesco explains how to pull in the various features that make up PWA's and the advantages of using them with your Angular applications to enhance your users' experience. Panel Charles Max Wood Guest Francesco L...

  Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Double Your Productivity by 5pm Today" Deal Coupon Code: "DEEP" for a GIANT discountMani provides us with strategies and tactics to get Deep Work time and how to get our minds into that focused state for hours at a time. He has read hundreds of books that have taught him the secrets to getting more done by getting into this state. He starts by telling us how he...

Charles Max Wood talks about what has brought about the new direction he's heading in with Top End Devs and talks about some of the things that have led to this new direction. He'll be going into more at https://topenddevs.com/podcast Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Sponsored By: Coaching | Top End De...

Tom Smykowski joins the adventure to discuss the VS Code plugin that he wrote to help people avoid some of the mistakes commonly made within Angular apps. The reminders appear inline in the editor. He also explains how to build VS Code extensions. 10% DISCOUNT: Summon The JSON Discount code: ADVENTURES Panel Charles Max Wood Guest Tom Smykowski Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Raygun | Click h...

Armen and Chuck discuss the ESLint NGRx plugin. They go over what it adds to ESLint and some of the things that you should be looking for as you write NGRx code in order to make it more uniform, concise, and easy to read. Armen also talks about his experience contributing to the plugin. Panel Armen Vardanyan Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Raygun | Click here to get started o...

Catalin Ciubotaru joins the adventure to discuss how to get Angular Universal to send server side HTTP codes to the browser from the back-end when Angular is geared toward the front-end and doesn't natively send status codes. Panel Charles Max Wood Subrat Mishra Guest Catalin Ciubotaru  Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator PodcastBootcamp.io Level Up | Devchat.tv Links Angular life: Server Status...

Marco Zuccaroli joins the adventure to discuss deploying an Angular application using serverless and basic devops to get an application deployed once the original devops guy was gone. He walks through the things he learned and the architecture he deployed to make the application work. Panel Charles Max Wood Guest Marco Zuccaroli  Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Raygun | Click here to get star...

Armen takes the lead this week to discuss TypeScript usage and how to bring in mixins into the picture as you build more complicated applications with TypeScript. Panel Armen Vardanyan Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator PodcastBootcamp.io Level Up | Devchat.tv Picks Armen- Our Planet Charles- Masters of Doom Charles- Ready Player Two Charles- The Chosen Charles- Top End Devs Con...

Wycliffe Maina is a Kenyan developer who has written several articles about TypeScript. He joins the adventure to discuss the ins and outs and several tips and tricks for using TypeScript in your Angular and other applications. Panel Armen Vardanyan Subrat Mishra Guest Wycliffe Maina Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial PodcastBootcamp.i...

Philipp Kief is a German developer who walks through how to manage and capture errors in your Angular application and how to display them to users. He discusses how he standardized error handlers in his applications and what he does to make sure that they get logged someplace. Panel Charles Max Wood Richard Sithole Subrat Mishra Guest Philipp Kief Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | De...

Tomas Trajan is a developer from Slovakia living in Switzerland. He talks about his experiences using streams, observables, and RxJS in Angular over the last several years. He gives a few lessons and examples of when and how it should be used in your applications. Panel Armen Vardanyan Charles Max Wood Sani Yusuf Subrat Mishra Guest Tomas Trajan Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Raygun | Click...

Pavel Tuzov is a developer at Microsoft who has recently written about building reactive Angular applications using RxJS and Observables. He and Chuck have a conversation about how to build reactive applications and the tools Angular gives you to approach programming with a Reactive paradigm. Panel Charles Max Wood Guest Pavel Tuzov Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Level Up | Devchat.tv Links...

Charles Max Wood leads the conversation about how to stay current on all the stuff going on in technology and Angular. Given the pace that things move at in technology, it's impossible to stay up on everything. Chuck shares his strategies for staying on top of the things that make a difference in your career. Panel Charles Max Wood Subrat Mishra Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Raygun | Click...

Michael Hladky rejoins the Adventure to have more discussions around performance and the push pipe. He jumps in and explains the let directive and leads into the other ways of managing changes in your Angular apps. Panel Sani Yusuf Subrat Mishra Guest Michael Hladky Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links Twitter: Michael Rx Hladky ( @Michael_Hladky ) Picks Sani- Angular. Training Sani- The Psy...