Frontend Union Podcast Andrey Salomatin

Today on the podcast we have Ilya Pukhalski. We talk about chat bots, their use cases, variations and challenges people face developing them.

Guest: Ilya Pukhalski
https://twitter.com/pukhalski
https://github.com/pukhalski

Links:
Meekan, a bot for scheduling meetings: https://meekan.com/slack/

Slack Bot API https://api.slack.com/bot-users
Kik Bot Dashboard https://dev.kik.com/#/home
Skype Bot API https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/bots/docs/api/chat
An article by Seth Rosenberg "How To Build Bots for Messenger" https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2016/04/12/bots-for-messenger/

Books:

Spencer Johnson, Kenneth H. Blanchard "Who Moved my Cheese" http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4894.Who_Moved_My_Cheese_
Steve Krug "Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability" http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18197267-don-t-make-me-think-revisited
Books by Guy Kawasaki http://guykawasaki.com/books/


Host: Andrey Salomatin
https://twitter.com/filipovskii

Princiya is coming to Frontend Union Conf to share some insights about Natural User Interfaces and how can we create them in the browser.

On the podcast we talk about her work, startups and interesting books.

Follow Princiya on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/princi_ya

Check out the conference:
http://frontend-union.co/

Resources:

Aiaioo Labs Blog https://aiaioo.wordpress.com/
Douglas Crockford "JavaScript: The Good Parts" http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2998152-javascript
Kyle Simpson "You Don't Know JS" series https://www.goodreads.com/series/139311-you-don-t-know-js

Our guest today is Oleg Podsechin. A developer, an entrepreneur, a founder of meetups in Moscow, Helsinki and St. Petersburg.

We talk about challenges of running a meetup, Oleg’s background, must-read books and more.

If you complete the challenge from Oleg, you'll have a chance to get a free ticket!

Guest:
Oleg Podsechin - https://twitter.com/olegpodsechin

Resources:

Meetabit – a platform for meetups https://meetabit.com/
MoscowJS http://moscowjs.ru/
HelsinkiJS https://meetabit.com/communities/2
PiterJS https://meetabit.com/communities/1
Helsinki Meta Meetup https://meetabit.com/communities/5

Books:

Douglas Crockford "JavaScript: The Good Parts" http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596517748.do
Ash Maurya "Running Lean" http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13078769-running-lean


The challenge:

CommunityJS is a list of JS and front end developer communities around
the world. To take part in the challenge, go to
https://github.com/CommunityJS/CommunityJSData and create a pull
request with as many new communities as you can find that aren't
already listed in the main repo or other pull requests. Then, tweet
out a link to your PR @frontend_union. The winner will be whoever
creates a PR with the most number of new communities by August 9th.

We're starting a series of interviews with speakers from #func2106. Our first guest is Martin Splitt. At the conference, he will talk about building interactive worlds in WebGL.

We speak about applications of 3D graphics in the browser, Martin’s talk, must-read books and interesting presentations.

If you answer the question from Martin at the end of the show, you'll have a chance to get a free ticket!

Guest:
Martin Splitt - https://twitter.com/g33konaut http://geekonaut.de/
Martin’s experiments - http://geekonaut.de/experiments.html

Resources:

WebGL https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGL_API
ThreeJS http://threejs.org/
A-Frame https://aframe.io/

Books:

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs https://www.amazon.com/Structure-Interpretation-Computer-Programs-Engineering/dp/0262510871
The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error https://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Understanding-Human-Error/dp/0754648265
Don't Make Me Think https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability/dp/0321344758
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship https://www.amazon.com/Clean-Code-Handbook-Software-Craftsmanship/dp/0132350882

Talks:

Raquel Vélez: Evolution of a Developer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP1q6oIVco4
JavaScript: The Good Parts - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596517748.do
Denis Radin: Rendering HTML via WebGL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oGQucDOaoY
Steven Wittens: Making WebGL Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNO_CYUjMK8