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The XTists

Seasoned, Nerdy Technologists and Developers discuss a wide range of topics in front-end application development, taking cues from their own experiences. Think upbeat experience technology conversations.

Episodes

  1. 15/07/2021

    04. Micro Frontends Architecture in Practice Pt. 1 w/ Rakesh Menon & Gautam Chadha

    This is the first part of a two-part series. To be continued in Ep. 5. This episode is hosted by AnuRock. Today we are joined by Rakesh and Gautam to talk about micro frontends. Rakesh Menon is a Senior Experience Technology Architect and a polyglot developer who specializes in JavaScript. He works with different teams to implement and enforce engineering best practices and modern standards. He’s perhaps best known for consulting on GraphQL and Micro frontends. Gautam Chadha is a hands-on Senior Experience Technology Architect, specialized in building high-performance web applications. He has architected enterprise applications for Financial, Retail and Hospitality clients. He has also worked in multiple implementations of micro-frontends and microservices in Node.js and demand driven design using GraphQL. Topics: What is a micro frontend? Micro frontends vs. library of components Independent deployability and testability Different approaches to stitch together micro frontends to create a unified application: client-side composition, server-side composition, edge-side includes Routing Communication patterns State management How to compose a page with a couple of components from Frontend A, one from Frontend B, another couple from Frontend C, and so on Microservices as an inspiration model Core/Platform vs. Domain teams Backend for frontend (BFF) strategy Quick Snip: Real-world case study of micro frontends including challenges (by Sudhir Madaan) Transition music courtesy https://mixkit.co

    46 min
  2. 25/01/2021

    01. No Website Should Be Without Accessibility w/ Sailesh Raghavan

    This episode is hosted by AnuRock. Today we are joined by none other than Sailesh Raghavan. Sailesh is a Senior Director Technology who currently leads the Experience Technology domain comprising of React, Angular, Node, and Full Cycle developers for Publicis Sapient in India. He has also been involved in setting up the India XT domain and community and seen growth from a team of just 60-odd in 2009 to more than 1000 XTs today. Sailesh joins us today to discuss web accessibility, a topic very close to his heart. He has personally overseen the development of several fully accessible enterprise web solutions. We are glad to have him share his thoughts and viewpoints about the much ignored yet critical topic. Topics: Guidelines: WCAG, ATAG, UAAG A, AA, AAA conformance The three a11y buckets – Design, Code, Content Testing tools: WAVE Toolbar, AChecker, Pa11y, React aXe Screen Readers: JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver A11y Auditing Organizations: Level Access, EqualWeb No Mouse Thursdays A11y Experts @ PS: Dinesh Kaushal, Alison Walden Sailesh's Accessibility blog: https://medium.com/engineered-publicis-sapient/accessibility-the-mandatory-nice-to-have-620f35346dcf Side Bytes: Measure What Matters: OKRs: The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth (John Doerr) The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals (Chris McChesney, Jim Huling, and Sean Covey) The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Patrick Lencioni) The Innovators by Walter Issacson Syntax Podcast Transition music courtesy https://mixkit.co

    40 min

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Seasoned, Nerdy Technologists and Developers discuss a wide range of topics in front-end application development, taking cues from their own experiences. Think upbeat experience technology conversations.