Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:00:00 +0000
<div class="trix-content"> <div>Panel</div><pre>Nicholas C. Zakas (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) AJ O’Neal (twitter github blog) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) <br /></pre><div>Discussion<br /> 01:24 - Nicholas Zakas Introduction</div><pre>Box Maintainable JavaScript by Nicholas C. Zakas High Performance JavaScript (Build Faster Web Application Interfaces) by Nicholas C. Zakas Yahoo <br /></pre><div>02:19 - What Makes Maintainable JavaScript?</div><pre>Code Layout Clever Solutions (“Chicken Blood Solutions”) <br /></pre><div>04:39 - Formatting</div><pre>Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Broken Window Theory <br /></pre><div>07:33 - Architecture</div><pre>aura Nicholas Zakas: The Scalable JavaScript Application Architecture Feature Encapsulation <br /></pre><div>14:11 - 'High Performance Javascript' and the balance between short-term and long-term knowledge<br /> 19:17 - Important conventions for a team to follow</div><pre>Styles Mini Design Patterns Readability <br /></pre><div>26:14 - Tools & Techniques</div><pre>Style Guide <br /></pre><div>28:31 - Breaking the continuous integration build<br /> 31:14 - Linting</div><pre>JSLint <br /></pre><div>32:35 - Developing skills for architecting things</div><pre>Experience Personal Trait of Curiosity Component-based and Systems-based software engineers <br /></pre><div>37:52 - Architecture and Maintainability</div><pre>Testability Backbone.js <br /></pre><div>43:28 - Creating common conventions that will apply across projects</div><div>Picks</div><pre>Domo (Joe) Pluralsight (Joe) Game Dev Tycoon (Joe) The Star Wars (Joe) Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move! by Keith Peters (Merrick) ng-conf (Merrick) Kveikur by Sigur Rós (Merrick) makemeasandwich (AJ) Sleep (AJ) Jekyll Themes (Jamison) Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests by Steve Freeman (Jamison) A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. (Jamison) DevChat.tv (Chuck) Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Nicholas) StePhest Colbchella '013 - Time to Dance (Nicholas) Evolution of Music - Pentatonix (Nicholas) <br /></pre><div>Next Week<br /> Meteor.js with Marcus Phillips and Fred Zirdung<br /> Transcript</div><div>[Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at BlueBox.net.] </div><div>[This episode is sponsored by Component One, makers of Wijmo. If you need stunning UI elements or awesome graphs and charts, then go to Wijmo.com and check them out.] </div><div>[This podcast is sponsored by JetBrains, makers of WebStorm. Whether you’re working with Node.js or building the frontend of your web application, WebStorm is the tool for you. It has great code quality and code exploration tools and works with HTML5, Node, TypeScript, CoffeeScript, Harmony, LESS, Sass, Jade, JSLint, JSHint, and the Google Closure Compiler. Check it out at JetBrains.com/WebStorm.]</div><div>CHUCK: Hey everybody and welcome to episode 75 of the JavaScript Jabber show. This week on our panel, we have Joe Eames.</div><div>JOE: Hey, everyone.</div><div>CHUCK: AJ O’Neal.</div><div>AJ: I can hit unmute. I'm here.</div><div>CHUCK: Jamison Dance.</div><div>JAMISON: Hello, friends.</div><div>CHUCK: Merrick Christensen.</div><div>MERRICK: Hey, guys.</div><div>CHUCK: I’m Charles Max Wood from DevChat.TV. This week, we have a special guest, that’s Nicholas Zakas.</div><div>NICHOLAS: Yup, you got it.</div><div>CHUCK: So, since you haven’t been on the show before, do you want to introduce yourself?</div><div>NICHOLAS: Sure. I'm a software engineer that is working for Box currently. I think a lot of people probably know me from the books that I've written, mostly on the topic of JavaScript and the talks that I've given also on that topic. And a lot of that relates back to my work when I ... Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/javascript-jabber/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
