JavaScript: Islands, Sprinkles, and Frameworks with Zach Briggs and David Copeland

Episode 005: JavaScript: Islands, Sprinkles, and Frameworks Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right or leave us a review on iTunes! Summary Dave Copleand (@davetron5000) and Zach Briggs (@theotherzach) join Noel Rappin (@noelrap) for a Tech Done Right discussion of JavaScript practices. When does it makes sense to build single page JavaScript app? How can your JavaScript and Rails interact? Is it an island of interactivity or a sprinkle of JavaScript? Which frameworks are handling community management well (hint: not Angular)? And how do you test any of this? Guests Dave Copeland: Author of Rails, Angular, Postgres, and Bootstrap Zach Briggs: JavaScript Practice Lead at Table XI Show Notes 02:15 - Reasons to Build a Single-Page App Conway’s Law 09:37 - The Ease of Building Web Over Single-Page Apps 11:30 - Tooling; Navigating Good Choices vs Bad Choices 14:31 - Setup Bower webpack Browserify Broccoli Yarn The Asset Pipeline 16:30 - Combining a Rails App and a JavaScript App 18:34 - AngularJS; 1 vs 2 Angular React Vue.js 33:05 - Testing jasmine-rails gem Test Double 35:35 - TypeScript Elm Tips & Resources: Dave: Check out Test Double. Zach: As a developer, don’t feel forced into choosing between a single-page app and a non-single-page app on the first day of development. There are infinite points in between when it comes to interactivity. Noel: Read about frameworkless JavaScript in Noel’s book Master Space and Time With JavaScript.Special Guests: Dave Copeland and Zach Briggs.Sponsored By:Table XI: A trusted UX design + software development company. We are 35 meticulous and curious minds in Chicago with a 15 year history of building websites, mobile applications and custom digital experiences for everyone from startups to storied brands. Our partners trust us to create innovative solutions that drive their businesses forward.