The Web Platform Podcast

A weekly show covering the latest in browser features, standards, and the tools developers use to build for the Web of today and beyond. Each week, hosts Danny, Amal, Leon, and Justin are joined by a special guest to discuss the latest developments and features that you may just want to use in your next project.

207: Qwik 11/14/2022

207: Qwik Danny takes to the virtual road and conducts and investigative report while Erik and Justin contemplate the nature of lantern hanging in the post-interview follow-up. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/24997872

206: Astro 10/24/2022

206: Astro In this investigative report, Erik interview Fred K. Schott, CEO of Astro Inc and founder of the Astro, an all-in-one web framework for building fast, content-focused websites. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/24754251

205: The Sad State of Job Interviews 10/17/2022

205: The Sad State of Job Interviews It's not you it's me. Danny, Erik, and Justin discuss the problem with web dev interviews, the questions, the horror stories, and why they root for everyone who walks into their office looking for a job. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/24460161

204: The Good, The Bad, The Design Systems 10/10/2022

204: The Good, The Bad, The Design Systems The Man with No Name Returns! Well, not so much. For Erik, Danny, and Justin, the discussion turns to the love and hate relationship of design systems. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/24460026

203: Learning Losses For the Web Platform 10/03/2022

203: Learning Losses For the Web Platform Do developers still learn the foundational aspects of the Web Platform? Justin and Erik dates themselves and argue about what them there whippersnappers are learning about building on the web platform today. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/24459936

202: Meditations on Microfrontends 09/26/2022

202: Meditations on Microfrontends Danny returns from an meditating in the woods and of a discussion around microfrontends emerges. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/24459846

201: Evolution of Modern JavaScript live @ OpenJS World 2020 07/21/2020

201: Evolution of Modern JavaScript live @ OpenJS World 2020 To say the way we use and write JavaScript has evolved since the launch of ES2015 is an understatement. Atomics, TypedArrays, globalThis, and function generators are just a few ways JavaScript has grown up to meet the needs of a growing web platform. But it's not just language that has evolved, it's our entire toolchain as we have come to rely on compiled JavaScript as the "new normal". Join for a very special episode of The Web Platform podcast as we discuss all this and more with our invited expert on all things ECMA - Jordan Harband at OpenJS World 2020. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: <a href="https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/201-evolution-of-modern-javascript-live-@-openjs-world-2020">https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/201-evolution-of-modern-javascript-live-@-openjs-world-2020</a>   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates <a href="https://twitter.com/TheWebPlatform">@TheWebPlatform</a>. /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/15301343

200: Pika and Snowpack 06/29/2020

200: Pika and Snowpack Episode 200 marks the return of Amal Hussein back to the panel! Amal, Danny, and Erik chat with Fred K. Schott about Pika, Snowpack, and the future of web development and tooling. Snowpack is an innovative approach to creating fast dev environments without crazy reloading times and complications. That is only the tip of the iceberg for Pika. A plethora of tools for modern web development is here and ready for you. /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/15008405

199: Deno 06/15/2020

199: Deno Deno is a secure runtime for JavaScript & TypeScript created by the creator of Node.js (Ryan Dahl). David Else, software developer at Else Web Development, has been working with the project for a while aND talks with Danny and Erik about the latest Deno release. /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/14834078

TWPP-198 05/12/2020

TWPP-198 Danny and Erik talk about working from home during the COVID-19 Quarantine, what they’ve been doing in their spare time, and open source work as well. /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/14390621

197: Modern HTML 03/25/2020

197: Modern HTML Dave Rupert, podcaster and web developer, talks with us about modern HTML practices. In a world full of JavaScript where does HTML & CSS fit in? What are the roles of Web Components and web standards? /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/13695026

196: Lean Web Dev 03/07/2020

196: Lean Web Dev It is a “wild web” out there and with all the complicated tooling and frameworks for web developers building web applications can be complex and obtuse. Chris Ferdinandi talks about simplifying our developer experience while focusing on the end user. Chris is a teacher, author, and practical web developer who "believes there’s a simpler, more resilient way to make things for the web." /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/13450673

195: Platforms and Priorities 02/27/2020

195: Platforms and Priorities Brian Kardell, Developer Relations at Igalia, talks us through specs and features in standards and why those get prioritized or deprioritized. What is the ‘special sauce’ that goes into getting a feature pushed into standards and then implemented across browsers? What can developers do to get a better idea of these features and when to expect them in browsers. Also, how can developers contribute to these features? Brian has been working a long time in the developer community and browser standards. /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/13326929

194: Off the Main Thread 10/22/2019

194: Off the Main Thread For a lot of software developers running code in separate threads is a common tool to reach for. On the web they are not nearly as widely used but can be just as powerful. Join us this week as Surma talks us through just how useful workers can be and some of the challenges they can help developers solve. /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/11732318

193: Modern Web Toolchains 10/02/2019

193: Modern Web Toolchains What is a web developer toolchain? It seems that, like most web development questions, it depends on many factors. There are build tools, testing, CI, and much more. Danny and Erik go through some of their current tools they use for development and explain how these have evolved over time. /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/11483561

192: Ionic and React are Friends 09/15/2019

192: Ionic and React are Friends In 2019, when developers think of Ionic and particularly the Ionic Framework they might think of Angular and Stencil. What about that VDOM thing called React? That’s on the other side of web developers minds...right? Actually…..it’s everywhere and now it’s part of Ionic. Mike Hartington (@mhartington) joins The Web Platform podcast again. This time Mike discusses Ionic’s latest incarnation of its framework using powerful React Components. /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/11252402

191: The State of Webcomponents 09/04/2019

191: The State of Webcomponents Web component have been a favorite topic here on the Web Platform Podcast for a while now. After years of waiting Web components finally seem like they are ready for prime time. Browser support is great and only getting better and more and more frameworks have an excellent inter-op story. Join us this week as we chat with Ben Farrell all about how web components may have finally arrived. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/11114495

190: All The Angular 08/09/2019

190: All The Angular As a treat for the start of your summer Angular is has a new major release. Angular version 8 brings some exciting features to both the core libraries as well as the Angular CLI. Stephen Fluin joins us this week to talk all about what is new in Angular version 8 as well as a tiny bit about what is coming for Angular in future. Pull up a lawn chair, crack a beverage and enjoy learning about Angular. (unless the weather is bad or it isn't summer where you live) Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/10835909

189: Developing with VSCode 05/02/2019

189: Developing with VSCode VSCode has become incredibly popular, very quickly. We're joined this week by Ahmad Awais, the creator of vscode.pro and the insanely popular VSCode theme Shades of Purple and learn about the VSCode extension ecosystem and how beneficial it can be to have your editor written with the technologies you know and love. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/9619241

188: You Don't Know JS? 04/18/2019

188: You Don't Know JS? Kyle Simpson, the author of the extremely popular "You Don't Know JS?" book series has been a JavaScript developer for 20 years which is a long time considering JavaScript is only 24. Join us this week and witness Kyles obvious passion for the language, hear about his past experiences (like creating a compiler with PHP) and what it's like to be part of the JS community from the beginning. Visit the website for This Week in Web, 15% off conference tickets, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/9443480

187: An update on WebRTC 03/28/2019

187: An update on WebRTC Get an update on everything that is happening in the wonderful world of WebRTC. WebRTC powers a staggering number of applications most of us use every day and has some exciting use cases you probably never even thought of. As a developer WebRTC is certainly one of those technologies you should be taking a look at. In this weeks episode get the latest from one of WebRTCs leading authorities Tsahi Levent-Levi. Check out This Week in Web for a 15% discount on Amsterdam JSNation conference tickets! Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/9177911

186: How we got into web development 03/21/2019

186: How we got into web development We all got here somehow. This week Danny Blue and Leon Revill share how they got into web development. The web is a big place so how did those who do this as a career end up here? Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/9090494

185: Houdini 02/28/2019

185: Houdini Houdini is a set of specs and APIs which expose low-level CSS capabilities allowing developers to break the mould and capitalize on performance gains. Surma who is a web advocate at Google joins us this week to enlighten us on the use-cases and capabilities of these APIs and how they are going to impact the web. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/8824031

184: MDN Web Docs 02/26/2019

184: MDN Web Docs Finding documentation about the web and its various platform APIs used to be a fragmented experienced across a wide range of sites with not quite the right information. When all hope seemed lost, Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) Web Docs became the clearinghouse for not only Mozilla related docs but also the web in general. In this episode, we talk with Mozilla's Ali Spivak (@Ali Spivak) and Kadir Topal (@atopal), as well as MDN Product Advisory Board member and ex-Mozilla/current Googler Robert Nyman (@robertnyman) about the ongoing growth of MDN and how the browser vendors and developers alike are beginning to bring better web platform documentation to all. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/8788064

183: Web Standards, DevTools, and Browser Preview for Visual Studio Code 02/07/2019

183: Web Standards, DevTools, and Browser Preview for Visual Studio Code Since Visual Studio Code burst onto the code editor scene, the steady improvements have made a number of web-related development tasks easier to handle. In this episode, we speak with web standards contributor and PM on the Visual Studio Code Kenneth Auchenberg (@auchenberg) on a wide range of topics. From VS Code's beginnings and current open source model, to Kenneth's recent experiments with Chrome headless in VS Code via browser-preview extension, this is an episode not to miss. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/8560097

182: Calibre and Web Performance Monitoring 02/04/2019

182: Calibre and Web Performance Monitoring With an ever-expanding array of devices, connectivity, and growing usage in new markets, the need for web performance has never been stronger. Beyond single testing for a given metric, how do you achieve and monitor your progress? To help us learn more about performance, Ben Schwarz (@benschwarz), founder of Calibre, joins us to discuss various facets of web performance, how monitoring can help achieve your goals, and just why he thinks performance budgets aren't an end-all solution for most developers. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/8490986

181: Learning Design 01/25/2019

181: Learning Design For many developers, design can be a mystifying topic. For many designers, writing code isn't their daily task. In this episode designer and developer Erik Kennedy walks through common approaches and talks about who designers and developers can better work together to bring forth happiness inducing products. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/8394776

180: web.dev 01/17/2019

180: web.dev web.dev is a new developer resource released at Chrome Dev Summit last year to help developers with topics such as fast load times, network resilience, SEO and more. With integrated lighthouse, the automated performance auditing tool, it can analyse your sites and provide deep insight into what you can do to improve. Join us this week with Rob Dodson to talk all about how web.dev came about, why it is so important, all its great features and what could be coming in the future. Oh! and listen for a chance to WIN a FREE ticket to React Amsterdam, the largest React conference worldwide! Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/8291840

179: Developing For Voice 12/13/2018

179: Developing For Voice Voice interfaces are more common than ever and devices like the Google Home and Amazon's Echo are becoming deeply ingrained in our day-to-day lives. This week we talk about developing for voice both for the web and beyond. We discuss how developing voice-based applications differs from traditional UI based applications and the challenges involved. Dustin Coates shares plenty of tips and resources to help you get stuck into developing for voice. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/7904390

178: Chrome Dev Summit Recap 12/05/2018

178: Chrome Dev Summit Recap This week we cover many of the great things announced at Chrome Dev Summit 2018. We talk about some of the exciting new things coming to the web, the new resource for web developers (web.dev) how the Squoosh app brings together all of the latest modern best practices including web workers, web assembly and PWA techniques to deliver a great experience and Justin opens with a priceless Santa impression - what more could you need to kick off your December? Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates . /episode/index/show/thewebplatform/id/7811531

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