The Angular Plus Show

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, we talk with Alejandro Cuba Ruiz about how to think outside of the box as a developer and how creative problem solving will lead to better code and more efficient teams. This is… the Dev Life! LINKS: https://twitter.com/zorphdark Medium | ng-Champions https://alejandrocuba.com/ Alejandro’s recommended song: “Como los peces” by...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Watch out for Cupid, we're all falling in LOVE over here at the Dev Life!... ng-conf speaker and mentoring guru at World Class Engineers, Joe Skeen, Joins this episode for a heart-filled dive into the commonly unloved practice of Unit Testing. We talk about proven strategies for unit testing, common pitfalls, favorite tools and libraries, unit testing with AI, and SOoo much mo...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, we talk with author, podcaster, and content creator Robert Guss from HowToCode.io all about, developing, well, YOU! While technical skills are crucial, we explore how cultivating hobbies and talents beyond coding can actually enhance your job performance. This is… the Dev Life LINKS: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rguss/ https://...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, Angular GDE & Co-Founder of Trellis.org joins the podcast to talk all about how software engineers and programmers can go from writing code to entering the world of entrepreneurship. From evaluating the viability of your ideas to selecting the right tech stack, we dive into the decision-making process that can lay down the...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, we pull out the magnifying glass and leave no stone unturned as we dive into the art of better debugging for a “less-stress” dev life. YouTuber and PluralSight author Tony Alicea and guest host Jordan Powell join Brooke to talk about the process of smarter debugging, digging deep to catch those elusive bugs and developing a pr...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Pragmatic and Agile Programming are about as essential to and foundational as it comes when being a software engineer. But for tips and concepts written over 20 years ago, how much have Pragmatic & Agile Programming changed in our modern world with greater diversity and new tech such as AI? How much has stayed the same? In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, we...

It's always a privilege to be able to attend a large in person conference, so what can you do to make the most of the experience? What do you do after the event to keep that feeling of community going? In this episode we talk with Markus Ingvarsson about his experience attending Ng Conf for the first time in person and how he has worked hard to give back to the community. Get to know our guest: Li...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Suddenly jobless? Or maybe not but what if it happens in the future? As RxJS Core Team Lead Ben Lesh has learned, even with a rockstar resume, you never know when you could find yourself unexpectedly unemployed. Ben joins this episode of The Dev Life to talk about his experience of recently being laid off and shares advice for what to do if you find yourself in a similar situa...

In this "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" inspired live from ng-conf episode of The Angular Plus Show, we welcome to the stage: Johanna Pearce, Stephen Cooper, Cecelia Martinez, and Ankita Sood. Not only will we test their Angular Knowledge and general ability to rhyme, but we're going to do it live on stage at Ng Conf in Salt Lake City. Find us and our guests on twitter: @jhannapearce @SCooperDev @ceceli...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Move over Monopoly!... In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, Quantarius “Q-Letor” Ray from JB Hunt, talks all about the pros & cons to the competitive side of being a software engineer and lessons he’s learned from competitive board & video games for pushing yourself to achieve ultimate success. Q shares how companies can foster healthy progression without...

If someone says it can't be done in Angular, you can bet Brandon Roberts has a branch going to prove that indeed it can. In this week's episode, we talk Analog Js with Brandon and all of the parts that needed to come together to build this full stack Angular meta-framework. Twitter @brandontroberts https://ngrx.io https://analogjs.org https://opensauced.pizza Find us on Twitter The Angular Plus Sh...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, Brooke & guest host Jordan Powell sit down with university professor and software engineer, John Christiansen from Limble CMMS to talk about growing your skills and knowledge base on the job as a programmer. John shares lessons learned worked with his students and how we can apply those same lessons as professionals as we...

Qwik is a new kind of framework that is resumable (no eager JS execution and no hydration), built for the edge and familiar to React developers. In this episode we welcome Misko Hevery to learn about Qwik, the problems it solves, and how Qwik is optimized for building highly performant web applications that are resumable. Learn more about Qwik: qwik.builder.io builder.io Find us and our guests on...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: You have ideas for an app or two but aren’t quite sure where to start. Or maybe you’ve started but keep hitting some road blocks. In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, Brooke & guest host Jordan Powell talk with our first three-peat guest, Colum Ferry, Senior Developer from NxDevTools, all about his new application and side project - GrammarGuru. Colum shares...

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 th...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: What can ultimate frisbee teach you about becoming the ultimate software engineer? Quite a bit, as it turns out! In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, Nrwl Architect Isaac Mann talks about his reflections back on organizing an ultimate frisbee league in college and how he’s using those same principles now in his career as a programmer. What past experiences do you...

When Angular 16 dropped on May 3rd, so did a lot of jaws. It's hard to believe that the Angular team was able to pack so much into a single release. In this episode of the podcast we talk with Minko Gechev of the Angular team about some of the most exciting features and what these improvements may mean for future versions of the framework. Find us and our guests on twitter Minko Gechev: @mgechev T...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Every company wants to establish an effective, successful system for keeping employees happy and, yes, bringing in money. So why and how are some companies more able to achieve this than others? What are they doing that makes them every dev’s dream company to work for? In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, Rob Ocel from This Dot Labs helps us dive into these quest...

Hydration is the process of taking a pre-rendered static HTML file and turning it into a fully functional interactive SPA by attaching JavaScript event listeners and state management. This allows for faster initial page load times and improved search engine optimization (SEO) while still retaining the benefits of a SPA. Currently, Angular performs hydration by destroying and rebuilding the entire...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Whether it’s on the job or in your personal life, we all know that change is bound to happen. So how do you cope with it effectively when it’s here? In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, we sit down with software engineer and founder of TinyConf, Ady Ngom, to talk all about managing change as it comes and goes in life, or even becomes your new norm. Sit down, rela...

In Nx, a generator is a command-line tool that helps you create and scaffold new projects, applications, and libraries within an Nx workspace. The generators are part of the Nx Devkit, a collection of tools and libraries that provide an opinionated approach to building scalable and maintainable Angular applications and libraries. In this episode we welcome Zack DeRose to the podcast to learn about...

In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, Preston Lamb, Jason Warner and Stephen Cooper talk about some of the highlights of Angular’s version 15 release. They cover several pieces of the update that excite them or that give the developer experience a boost. Afterwards, Brooke and Preston have a further discussion on the topic with some additional insights and thoughts. LINKS: https://twi...

This week we are joined by Todd Gardne r from Request Metrics and TrackJs as we talk about observability and gathering meaningful metrics on Angular applications. We discuss tools and strategies to leverage observability to detect security threats and to provide users the best experience possible. Find us and our guests on twitter: @toddhgardner The Angular Plus Show ( @AngularShow ) / Twitter The...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, we have an open conversation with Angular GDE and master content creator, Todd Motto, about mental and physical health as a software engineer. Todd shares his experiences of struggling with mental health and how getting physically active has helped him to find better balance and happiness in life. What can you be doing to find...

Signals are coming to Angular! So what does that mean for RxJs? In this episode we invite Ben Lesh to get his take on what the Signals story means for RxJs and Angular. How can Signals and RxJs work together, when one might be the better tool, and what bad patterns should developers watch out for as they begin to implement Signals in their code. Learn more about Ben Lesh Find us and our guests on...