JSJ 419: Google App Script with Ben Collins

Learn to Build Your Own Games with Jason's Course (Get 10% Off with Code DEVCHAT)Over the years, I've had dozens of developers tell me that they got into programming because they wanted to build video games. Today, it's easier and more approachable than ever. This episode dives into how to get started with game development.Jason Weimann has built games for big studios and has been teaching others to build video games with the Unity game engine. Jason talks through his journey into game development and explains how others can get started with building all sorts of games using the Unity game engine.You can get started prototyping a game by dragging a few elements in and writing a minimal amount of C#. Chuck and Jason compare front-end components to game components and then explain the ins and outs of building and designing a game. Learn to Build Your Own Games with Jason's Course (Get 10% Off with Code DEVCHAT) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/javascript-jabber/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/javascript-jabber--6102064/support.

11 Dec 202031min

Testing JavaScript Applications by Lucas da Costa (Coupon for 40% off: podjsjabber19)Lucas da Costa literally wrote the book on testing JavaScript. He's also maintainer on ChaiJS and Sinon. The podcast follows a three part structure for testing: Entrance tests, integration tests, and structural tests. These form a pyramid of testing that has the entrance tests at the base and the structural and system tests at the top. The episode also covers TDD and approaches to different kinds of JavaScript testing.PanelAJ O’NealAimee KnightSteve EdwardsGuestLucas da CostaSponsorsAudible.comRaygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialLinksTesting JavaScript Applications bookLucas' WebsiteLucas' Terminal GuideWhy Flat Earthers are Bad at QAPicksLucas - HiDPI (Retina) on any displayLucas - RDM:Lucas - Quartz Debug (XCode Additional Tools)Aimee - Vanilla-todoAJ - iTerm2AJ - Fish ShellAJ - Cloud Encabulator linkSteve - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRupqYXNUVwLucas - The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker (Audiobook)Lucas - On Writing WellLucas - Actionable Agile Metrics For Predictability: An IntroductionLucas - https://github.com/neovim/neovimTesting JavaScript Applications by Lucas da Costa (Coupon for 40% off: podjsjabber19)Special Guest: Lucas F. Costa.Sponsored By:Raygun: Raygun now offers Real User Monitoring of Core Web Vitals. Start your 14-day free trial now.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/javascript-jabber/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/javascript-jabber--6102064/support.

8 Dec 20201h 10min

Go Check Out ButterCMS to Add Content to Your Apps!Do you need to add a content engine like a blog or podcast to your product’s website? Don’t want to maintain a separate WordPress installation? Why not use a Headless CMS?Jake Lumetta from ButterCMS joins Charles Max Wood to discuss how Headless CMS’s work and how they can add functionality to your application with a minimum of effort and very little maintenance. They also compare Headless CMS’s to the alternatives and explain when one choice is better for a team than the other.Go Check Out ButterCMS to Add Content to Your Apps!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/javascript-jabber/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/javascript-jabber--6102064/support.

4 Dec 202023min

The panel continues its discussion of various JavaScript programming topics, and whether or not they are required knowledge for JavaScript programmers. This time the debate gets even more heated with topics such as promises and async / await, regular expressions (regex), the DOM and Service Workers. Ultimately we conclude that some you must indeed know to be successful at JavaScript development, but some you just need to know enough about to know to stay away from them.PanelAJ O’NealAimee KnightSteve EdwardsDan ShappirCharles Max WoodLinksJSJ 449: The Things Every JavaScript Developer Must Knowhttps://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/151312PicksAimee - The MarkupAimee - Yasso Frozen YogurtDan - picks Steve Edwards (volunteer firefighter) for his service and saving livesAJ - XKCD DependencyAJ - YC’s How to Start a StartupAJ - https://webinstall.dev/arcAJ - https://webinstall.dev/un7z (still not working)AJ - HarakaAJ - EmkeiAJ - MxtoolboxAJ - Mail-tester.comAJ - https://blog.codinghorror.com/so-youd-like-to-send-some-email-through-code/Steve - https://blog.logrocket.com/new-features-in-vue-3-and-how-to-use-them/Charles - https://brendon.com/podcast/Charles - https://stimulusjs.org/Charles - https://github.com/alpinejs/alpineSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/javascript-jabber/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/javascript-jabber--6102064/support.

1 Dec 20201h 12min

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 was passed over for a promotion at Qualcomm in favor of someone younger and less experienced and how that inspired him to figure out what the other guy was doing differently. He learned that he needed to get more done with the time he was spending on his projects.The trick? Deep Work!Deep Work is the ability to spend uninterrupted, focused time on a task to bend your entire mind toward the goal.Other developers call it "Flow" or "the Zone."Mani 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. Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Double Your Productivity by 5pm Today" Deal Coupon Code: "DEEP" for a GIANT discount Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/javascript-jabber/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/javascript-jabber--6102064/support.

27 Nov 202047min

Imagine a world in which your editor / IDE can actually write some of your code for you. Where you're able to produce software faster and more efficiently because your development environment "knows" what you want to do, based on code you've written before. Turns out you can start experiencing this in the present using the free TabNine editor extension by Codata. In this episode Kyle Simpson, Codata's Lead of Developer Empowerment, joins the panel to describe how they use Machine Learning to enhance and accelerate software development. Kyle explains what's already possible in the present, and what ML technology promises to enable in the future for developer experience.PicksAimeeTerraform cost estimation: https://github.com/antonbabenko/terraform-cost-estimationDanhttps://www.se.rit.edu/~tabeec/RIT_441/Resources_files/How To Write Unmaintainable Code.pdfKylehttps://medium.com/nmc-techblog/introducing-the-async-cookie-store-api-89cbecf401fAJ3-Wolf Moon: https://amzn.to/3dGkRE6Watchexec: https://webinstall.dev/watchexecDotenv: https://webinstall.dev/dotenvSpecial Guest: Kyle Simpson. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/javascript-jabber/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/javascript-jabber--6102064/support.

24 Nov 202045min

Imagine a world in which your editor / IDE can actually write some of your code for you. Where you’re able to produce software faster and more efficiently because your development environment “knows” what you want to do, based on code you’ve written before. Turns out you can start experiencing this in the present using the free TabNine editor extension by Codata. In this episode Kyle Simpson, Codata’s Lead of Developer Empowerment, joins the panel to describe how they use Machine Learning to enhance and accelerate software development. Kyle explains what’s already possible in the present, and what ML technology promises to enable in the future for developer experience.SponsorsRaygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialAudible.comCacheFlyPanelAJ ONealAimee KnightDan ShappirSpecial GuestKyle SimpsonLinkstabnine AI autocomplete with Vim (REACTION)How To Write Unmaintainable CodePicksAimeeTerraform cost estimationAJ3-Wolf MoonWatchexecDotenvKyle SimpsonIntroducing: The Async Cookie Store API Follow JavaScript Jabber on Twitter: @JSJabber Special Guest: Kyle Simpson.Sponsored By:Raygun: Raygun now offers Real User Monitoring of Core Web Vitals. Start your 14-day free trial now.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/javascript-jabber/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/javascript-jabber--6102064/support.

17 Nov 202057min

This week the panel talks with a UK boot camp student about her decision to switch careers and learn to program. They discuss unique challenges such as being part of an underrepresented group and entering the field during a pandemic. Additionally, they discuss technology choices and overall, seek to gain a deeper understanding of the state of JavaScript for new developers.SponsorsRaygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialAudible.comCacheFlyPanelAimee KnightDan ShappirSteve EdwardsSpecial GuestLaura HarveyPicksAimeeGoReleaserhttps://www.purpose.jobs/blog/hiring-tech-jobs-has-increased-in-midwestern-citiesDanTechnical Tweetstwitter.com/kentcdodds/statusLaura Harveyhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/lauracharveyhttps://dev.to/lauracharvey Follow JavaScript Jabber on Twitter: @JSJabber Special Guest: Laura Harvey.Sponsored By:Raygun: Raygun now offers Real User Monitoring of Core Web Vitals. Start your 14-day free trial now.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/javascript-jabber/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/javascript-jabber--6102064/support.

10 Nov 202057min