The Nikos Show
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#7 - Integration Tests
Nikos and Ken discuss integration tests and a project for recording interactions. They also discuss ergonomics and workplace posture. Test Recorder Smart Table
#6 - Becoming A Front End Developer
In this episode we discussed getting started as a front end web developer. Blog Post: Getting Started As As Front-End Developer CSS Tricks A List Apart A Book Apart Jeffrey Zeldman Shop Talk Show Online education: Pluralsight Code School Treehouse Egghead Frontend Masters
#5 - Module Imports + Other Languages
In this episode Ken and Nikos talked about module imports in TypeScript for use in the Chrome web browser. We touched on dynamic module imports, non-JavaScript languages that compile to JavaScript, online training vs. in-person training, and much more. Dynamic Modules Elm Language United States Travel Ban Brexit Follow us on Twitter @learnwithuspod
#4 - Contributing to Open Source
This week Ken and Nikos talked about: Open source license agreements for GitHub Nikos's Projects: Solar Popup Vanilla TypeScript Ken's Projects: Visual Studio Code Gist Extension FitVids.JS HackHands (by PluralSight) 5 X 60 mental arithmetic ES6 module loading in Chrome Go (game) Checkers Vanilla JS First Pull Request Up For Grabs
#3 - Teaching Ember + Mobile Applications
This week Ken and Nikos talked about: Teaching Ember Mob Programming Progressive Web Apps Krav Maga (self-defense) training .NET Fringe Julian Assange TypeScript Tips You might not need to transpile your JavaScript HTTP/2 Bobby Johnson - Presentation about Everyday Developers Follow us on Twitter at @learnwithuspod
#2 - Modern JavaScript + World Issues
This weeks episode was a bit darker than we would have liked. We pushed on. Our discussion was mostly centered around teaching the latest features in JavaScript and challenging ourselves to disprove Stack Overflow answers. We made a point to acknowledge we don't know what we are doing when it comes to native mobile application development with React Native and NativeScript.
#1 - An Introduction + Teaching JavaScript
Ken and Nikos talk about teaching JavaScript fundamentals and what they wish to accomplish in the next week. Nikos is teaching a group of 8 developers. Ken and Nikos review the challenges of learning frameworks and what you should know prior to learning Ember JS. Ken pre-launched TypeScript A Day, a daily newsletter with tips and tricks for TypeScript developers. The subscriber count is lower than he expected. He's hopeful to get more subscribers before launch.