JSJ 339: Node.js In Motion Live Video Course from Manning with PJ Evans

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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:00:00 +0000

<div class="trix-content"> <div><strong>Panel: </strong></div><ul> <li>Aimee Knight</li> <li>AJ O’Neal</li> <li>Charles Max Wood</li> </ul><div> <strong>Special Guest: </strong>PJ Evans</div><div>In this episode, the panel talks with PJ Evans who is a course developer and an instructor through Manning’s course titled, “Node.js in Motion.” This course is great to learn the fundamentals of Node, which you can check out <a href="https://www.manning.com/livevideo/nodejs-in-motion">here!</a> The panel and PJ talk about this course, his background, and current projects that PJ is working on. Check out today’s episode to hear more!</div><div><strong>Show Topics:</strong></div><div>0:00 – <a href="https://www.telerik.com/kendo-ui?utm_medium=social-paid&amp;utm_source=devchattv&amp;utm_campaign=kendo-ui-awareness-jsjabber">Advertisement: KENDO UI</a> </div><div>0:36 – Chuck: Welcome and our panel consists of Aimee, AJ, myself, and our special guest is PJ Evans. Tell us about yourself and your video course! <a href="https://www.manning.com/livevideo/nodejs-in-motion"><em>NODE JS in Motion</em></a> is the title of the course. Can you tell us more?</div><div>1:29 – PJ: <a href="https://www.manning.com/livevideo/nodejs-in-motion">It’s a fantastic course.</a> </div><div>2:25 – Chuck: You built this <a href="https://www.manning.com/livevideo/nodejs-in-motion">course</a> and there is a lot to talk about.</div><div>2:36 – Aimee: Let’s talk about Node and the current state. </div><div>2:50 – Chuck: Here’s the latest features, but let’s talk about where do you start with this course? How do you get going with Node? What do people need to know with Node?</div><div>3:20 – Aimee.</div><div>3:24 – <em>PJ talks about Node and his course!</em> </div><div>4:02 – PJ: The biggest headache with Node is the...</div><div>4:13 – Chuck.</div><div>4:19 – PJ: I am sure a lot of the listeners are familiar with callback hell.</div><div>4:50 – Aimee: Let’s talk about the complexities of module support in Node!</div><div>5:10 – PJ: It’s a horrible mess.</div><div>5:17 – Aimee: Maybe not the tech details but let’s talk about WHAT the problem is?</div><div>5:31 – PJ: You are talking about Proper Native ES6 right?</div><div>They are arguing about how to implement it. </div><div>6:11 – PJ: My advice is (if you are a professional) is to stick with the LT6 program. No matter how tensing those new features are!</div><div>6:46 – Aimee: It could be outdated but they had to come back and say that there were tons of complexities and we have to figure out how to get there.</div><div>7:06 – PJ: They haven’t found an elegant way to do it.</div><div>7:15 – Panel: If it’s a standard why talk about it?</div><div>Seriously – if this is a standard why not implement THE standard?</div><div>7:38 – PJ.</div><div>8:11 – Panel.</div><div>8:17 – Aimee: I would love to talk about this, though!</div><div>8:24 – Chuck: I want to talk about the course, please.</div><div>8:30 – PJ.</div><div>8:54 – Chuck: We will keep an eye on it.</div><div>9:05 – PJ.</div><div>9:16 – PJ: How is it on the browser-side?</div><div>9:33 – Aimee: I don’t want to misspeak.</div><div>9:41 – Chuck: I don’t know how complete the forms are.</div><div>9:49 – Aimee: I don’t want to misspeak.</div><div>9:56 – PJ: I just found the page that I wanted and they are calling it the .MJS or aka the Michael Jackson Script. You can do an import from...</div><div>Some people think it’s FINE and others think that it’s a TERRIBLE idea.</div><div>10:42 – Chuck: “It sounds like it’s a real <em>THRILLER!”</em> </div><div>10:52 – Panel.</div><div>11:25 – Panel: When you start calling things the Michael Jackson Solution you know things aren’t well.</div><div>11:44 – Aimee: Just to clarify for users...</div><div>11:57 – Chuck: I want to point us towards the course: NODE.JS.</div><div><em>Chuck asks two questions. </em></div><div>12:34 – PJ: The concepts aren’t changing, but the informa... Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/javascript-jabber/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy