Frontend Greatness

Ari-Pekka Koponen
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A podcast that helps frontend developers go from good to great. Hosted by Ari Koponen.

  1. Automated Visual Testing With Kimmo Brunfeldt

    30/08/2021

    Automated Visual Testing With Kimmo Brunfeldt

    Kimmo Brunfeldt a software developer and an entrepreneur joins Ari Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "Automated Visual Testing." In this episode: - Common challenges with visual testing - Tools for visual testing - Discussion on if visual testing worth all the trouble --- Episode Notes Social - Kimmo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kimmobrunfeldt - Ari on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponen Show Notes - Swarmia: https://www.swarmia.com/ - PhantomJS: https://phantomjs.org/ - CasperJS: https://github.com/casperjs/casperjs - SlimerJS: https://github.com/laurentj/slimerjs - Puppeteer: https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer - Playwright: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright - Squint: https://github.com/kimmobrunfeldt/squint - Cypress: https://www.cypress.io/ - Percy: https://percy.io/ - Chromatic: https://www.chromatic.com/ Kimmo's Recommendations - Frontend Focus: https://frontendfoc.us/ - Dan Abramov's blog: https://overreacted.io/

    48 min
  2. Cross-Platform Frontend Development with Sallar

    28/07/2021

    Cross-Platform Frontend Development with Sallar

    Sallar, an independent software engineer and the co-creator of the open-source Buttercup password manager joins Ari Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "Cross-Platform Frontend Development." In this episode: - What should every frontend developer know about cross-platform frontend development? - Pro-tips for cross-platform frontend development - Common cross-platform platform myths busted --- Episode Notes Social - Sallar on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sallar - Buttercup on Twitter: https://twitter.com/buttercup_pw - Ari on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponen Show Notes - "Building the Future of Our Desktop Apps" from Spotify Engineering: https://engineering.atspotify.com/2021/04/07/building-the-future-of-our-desktop-apps/ - Electron.js: Ehttps://www.electronjs.org/ - Expo: https://expo.dev/ - React Native: https://reactnative.dev/ - Flutter: https://flutter.dev/ Sallar's Recommendations - Read timeless books - Just build something all by yourself

    45 min
  3. DX is UX With Evyatar

    16/06/2021

    DX is UX With Evyatar

    Evyatar, a Front End Engineer at Facebook and the author of the Vest validations framework joins Ari Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "DX is UX." In this episode: - Why developer experience and ergonomics matter? - How you build tools and libraries that developers love to use? - How are DX and UX principles similar. --- Episode Notes Social - Evyatar's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlushEvyatar - Ari's Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponen Show Notes - Evyatar's blog post on DX: https://medium.com/fiverr-engineering/creating-apis-for-the-human-developer-c0f51a6d9366 - Vest: https://github.com/ealush/vest - Yup: https://github.com/jquense/yup - Zod: https://github.com/colinhacks/zod - Joi: https://github.com/sideway/joi Evyatar's Recommendations - "The Design of Everyday Things" by Donald A. Norman: https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/dp/1452654123 - Christoph Nakazawa's blog: https://cpojer.net/

    47 min
  4. Better Web Typography with Oliver Schöndorfer

    27/05/2021

    Better Web Typography with Oliver Schöndorfer

    Oliver Schöndorfer, a UI Designer and Typographer, who helps developers improve their websites through pimped typography joins Ari Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "Better Web Typography." Oliver's YouTube Channel “Pimp my Type”: http://pimpmytype.com Newsletter with weekly font recommendations for web and app design: https://pimpmytype.com/newsletter In this episode: - How can you make typography on the web better? - Choosing fonts for your next web project - Using variable fonts to improve typography and performance --- Episode Notes Social - Oliver's Twitter: https://twitter.com/glyphe - Pimp My Type: http://pimpmytype.com - Ari's Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponen Show Notes - Web Almanac - Fonts: https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2020/fonts/ - "5 steps to faster web fonts": https://iainbean.com/posts/2021/5-steps-to-faster-web-fonts/ - Prevent Faux Fonts: https://alistapart.com/article/say-no-to-faux-bold/ - Avoid Google Fonts: https://wicki.io/posts/2020-11-goodbye-google-fonts/ - Rasmus Anderssons (@rsms): https://twitter.com/rsms - The "Il1 ag" rule. Oliver's Recommendations - Zack Leatherman: https://twitter.com/zachleat - "Web Typography" by Richard Rutter: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Web-Typography-designing-typography-responsive/dp/099566420X - Typography.guru on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/typographyguru

    47 min
  5. From Redux to XState with David Khourshid

    05/05/2021

    From Redux to XState with David Khourshid

    David Khourshid, the creator of XState, a pianist, and a software developer, joins Ari Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "From Redux to XState." In this episode: - Which parts of Redux you can replace with XState? - Can/should you manage all your state with state machines? - How to persuade your colleagues to use state machines? --- Episode Notes Social - David's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidKPiano - Ari's Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponen Show Notes - XState: https://xstate.js.org/ - XState Visualizer: https://xstate.js.org/viz/ - XState Catalogue: https://xstate-catalogue.com - "Video with Rainbow colored shirts": https://youtu.be/7erJ1DV_Tlo - Emmet: https://emmet.io/ David's Recommendations - Statecharts.dev: https://statecharts.dev/ - Matt Pocock: https://twitter.com/mpocock1 - XState Discord: https://discord.gg/xstate - Keyframers Youtube: https://youtube.com/keyframers - Constructing the User Interface with Statecharts: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589003

    39 min
  6. Building an Online Network of Peers with Chris Bongers

    21/04/2021

    Building an Online Network of Peers with Chris Bongers

    Chris Bongers is a digital nomad and the author of daily-dev-tips.com joins A-P Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "Building an Online Network of Peers." In this episode: - How Christ ended building a network of peers. - Why a network of peer outside your current company is so valuable. - How to find and connect with peers online. --- This episode is sponsored by Supermetrics. They are hiring Senior React Developers: https://careers.supermetrics.com/jobs/1070468-senior-react-developer --- Episode Notes Social - Chris' Twitter: https://twitter.com/DailyDevTips1 - A-P's Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponen Show Notes - Daily Dev Tips Blog: https://daily-dev-tips.com/ - Blogging for Devs: https://bloggingfordevs.com/ - Reactiflux: https://www.reactiflux.com/ Chris' Recommendations - Hacktoberfest: https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/ - Hackathons - Instead of consuming, interact with content. - daily.dev: http://daily.dev/ - Hashnode: https://hashnode.com/ - Dev.to: http://dev.to/ - freeCodeCamp: https://www.freecodecamp.org/ - The Odin Project: https://www.theodinproject.com/

    41 min
  7. Building Complex Forms with Erik Rasmussen

    07/04/2021

    Building Complex Forms with Erik Rasmussen

    Erik Rasmussen, the author of two popular form libraries, Redux Form and Final Form, joins A-P Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "Building Complex Forms." In this episode: - What every frontend developer should know about building forms. - How Redux Form led to the birth of Final Form and what issues it solves. - Form validation and performance optimization tips. --- Episode Notes Social - Erik's Twitter: https://twitter.com/erikras - A-P's Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponen Show Notes - Erik's website: https://erikras.com/ - Erik's "Happy Hour Podcast": https://twitter.com/happyhourdotfm - Final Form: https://final-form.org/ - Redux Form: https://redux-form.com/ - React Hook Form: https://react-hook-form.com/ - Formik: https://formik.org/ - Yup: https://github.com/jquense/yup/ - React Select: https://react-select.com/ - Final Form examples: https://final-form.org/docs/react-final-form/examples/ Erik's Recommendations - Kent C. Dodds: https://twitter.com/kentcdodds - Josh W. Comeau: https://twitter.com/JoshWComeau - David K: https://twitter.com/DavidKPiano - Harry Wolff: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdeMp2ZBnovi12THmLc47g

    55 min
  8. Sharing Code using NPM Libraries with Eemeli Aro

    24/03/2021

    Sharing Code using NPM Libraries with Eemeli Aro

    Eemeli Aro, an open-source developer and a Software Developer at Vincit, joins A-P Koponen on the Frontend Greatness podcast to talk about "Sharing Code using NPM Libraries." In this episode: - How to make an impact by developing Open Source libraries - Pro tips for sharing code within your own organization when using NPM libraries - How to get started with building NPM libraries --- Episode Notes Social - Eemeli's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eemeli_Aro - A-P's Twitter: https://twitter.com/apkoponen Show Notes - Vincit: https://www.vincit.fi/en/ - Github Packages: https://github.com/features/packages - JFrog Artifactory: https://jfrog.com/artifactory/ - npm-pack: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-pack - Conventional Commits: https://www.conventionalcommits.org/ - standard-version: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version - Create your own NPM card: https://natterstefan.medium.com/how-to-create-your-personal-npm-business-card-816dfc66ca8 - Good First Issue: https://goodfirstissue.dev/ Eemeli's Recommendations - Read other people's code: Pick a few libraries with great documentation and see how they're built.

    51 min
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A podcast that helps frontend developers go from good to great. Hosted by Ari Koponen.

Information

  • Creator
    Ari-Pekka Koponen
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Ari-Pekka Koponen
  • Show Website
    Frontend Greatness