Tag: JavaScript
Episode 402: Rich Harris on the Svelte Javascript Framework
Rich Harris, author of the Javascript module bundler Rollup, discusses with SE Radio’s Adam Conrad his Javascript framework Svelte as a high-performance alternative to mainstay frameworks such as React, Angular, and Vue. They begin with a brief overview of Svelte and how it came to be, then dive in on the compiler-as-a-framework concept, briefly discussing its […]
Episode 399: Sumit Kumar on Building Maps using Leaflet
Sumit Kumar, Head of Engineering at SHARE NOW, talks about creating mapping applications in JavaScript using the Leaflet library. Jeremy Jung spoke with Sumit about what leaflet is and when to use it; sources for street map tile layers; using GeoJSON to store markers and shapes; raster vs vector data; working with live sources like […]
Episode 394: Chris McCord on Phoenix LiveView
Chris McCord, author of the Phoenix Framework and Programming Phoenix 1.4, discusses Phoenix’s LiveView functionality to showcase the power of real-time applications without the need for writing a single line of JavaScript. Host Adam Conrad spoke with Chris McCord about the basics of LiveView, how it was created, and the best use cases for integrating […]
Episode 384: Boris Cherny on TypeScript
Boris Cherny, author of Programming TypeScript, speaks with Nate Black explaining how TypeScript can scale Javascript projects to larger teams, larger code bases, and across devices. TypeScript is a “gradually typed” language, which allows you to add compile time verification to a JavaScript project bit by bit. TypeScript aims to be practical by catching common […]
Episode 382: Michael Chan on Learning ReactJS
Michael Chan of the React Podcast discusses React, a front end JavaScript framework. Host Jeremy Jung spoke with Chan about what React is, when to introduce it, and how to learn it without being overwhelmed. Michael explains how JSX combines JavaScript and HTML-like markup to build components and how it decides how to automatically manipulate […]
