To say the way we use and write JavaScript has evolved since the launch of ES2015 is an understatement. Atomics, TypedArrays, globalThis, and function generators are just a few ways JavaScript has grown up to meet the needs of a growing web platform. But it's not just language that has evolved, it's our entire toolchain as we have come to rely on compiled JavaScript as the "new normal". Join for a very special episode of The Web Platform podcast as we discuss all this and more with our...

Episode 200 marks the return of Amal Hussein back to the panel! Amal, Danny, and Erik chat with Fred K. Schott about Pika, Snowpack, and the future of web development and tooling. Snowpack is an innovative approach to creating fast dev environments without crazy reloading times and complications. That is only the tip of the iceberg for Pika. A plethora of tools for modern web development is here and ready for you.

Deno is a secure runtime for JavaScript & TypeScript created by the creator of Node.js (Ryan Dahl). David Else, software developer at Else Web Development, has been working with the project for a while aND talks with Danny and Erik about the latest Deno release.

Danny and Erik talk about working from home during the COVID-19 Quarantine, what they’ve been doing in their spare time, and open source work as well.

Dave Rupert, podcaster and web developer, talks with us about modern HTML practices. In a world full of JavaScript where does HTML & CSS fit in? What are the roles of Web Components and web standards?

It is a “wild web” out there and with all the complicated tooling and frameworks for web developers building web applications can be complex and obtuse. Chris Ferdinandi talks about simplifying our developer experience while focusing on the end user. Chris is a teacher, author, and practical web developer who "believes there’s a simpler, more resilient way to make things for the web."

Brian Kardell, Developer Relations at Igalia, talks us through specs and features in standards and why those get prioritized or deprioritized. What is the ‘special sauce’ that goes into getting a feature pushed into standards and then implemented across browsers? What can developers do to get a better idea of these features and when to expect them in browsers. Also, how can developers contribute to these features? Brian has been working a long time in the developer community and browser...

For a lot of software developers running code in separate threads is a common tool to reach for. On the web they are not nearly as widely used but can be just as powerful. Join us this week as Surma talks us through just how useful workers can be and some of the challenges they can help developers solve. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/194-off-the-main-thread   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates...

What is a web developer toolchain? It seems that, like most web development questions, it depends on many factors. There are build tools, testing, CI, and much more. Danny and Erik go through some of their current tools they use for development and explain how these have evolved over time. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/193-modern-web-toolchains   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

In 2019, when developers think of Ionic and particularly the Ionic Framework they might think of Angular and Stencil. What about that VDOM thing called React? That’s on the other side of web developers minds...right? Actually…..it’s everywhere and now it’s part of Ionic. Mike Hartington (@mhartington) joins The Web Platform podcast again. This time Mike discusses Ionic’s latest incarnation of its framework using powerful React Components.

Web component have been a favorite topic here on the Web Platform Podcast for a while now. After years of waiting Web components finally seem like they are ready for prime time. Browser support is great and only getting better and more and more frameworks have an excellent inter-op story. Join us this week as we chat with Ben Farrell all about how web components may have finally arrived. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more:...

As a treat for the start of your summer Angular is has a new major release. Angular version 8 brings some exciting features to both the core libraries as well as the Angular CLI. Stephen Fluin joins us this week to talk all about what is new in Angular version 8 as well as a tiny bit about what is coming for Angular in future. Pull up a lawn chair, crack a beverage and enjoy learning about Angular. (unless the weather is bad or it isn't summer where you live) Visit the website for This Week...

VSCode has become incredibly popular, very quickly. We're joined this week by Ahmad Awais, the creator of vscode.pro and the insanely popular VSCode theme Shades of Purple and learn about the VSCode extension ecosystem and how beneficial it can be to have your editor written with the technologies you know and love. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/189-developing-with-vscode   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for...

Kyle Simpson, the author of the extremely popular "You Don't Know JS?" book series has been a JavaScript developer for 20 years which is a long time considering JavaScript is only 24. Join us this week and witness Kyles obvious passion for the language, hear about his past experiences (like creating a compiler with PHP) and what it's like to be part of the JS community from the beginning. Visit the website for This Week in Web, 15% off conference tickets, resources & more:...

Get an update on everything that is happening in the wonderful world of WebRTC. WebRTC powers a staggering number of applications most of us use every day and has some exciting use cases you probably never even thought of. As a developer WebRTC is certainly one of those technologies you should be taking a look at. In this weeks episode get the latest from one of WebRTCs leading authorities Tsahi Levent-Levi. Check out This Week in Web for a 15% discount on Amsterdam JSNation conference...

We all got here somehow. This week Danny Blue and Leon Revill share how they got into web development. The web is a big place so how did those who do this as a career end up here? Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/186-how-did-you-get-into-web-development? Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

Houdini is a set of specs and APIs which expose low-level CSS capabilities allowing developers to break the mould and capitalize on performance gains. Surma who is a web advocate at Google joins us this week to enlighten us on the use-cases and capabilities of these APIs and how they are going to impact the web. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/185-houdini   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates...

Finding documentation about the web and its various platform APIs used to be a fragmented experienced across a wide range of sites with not quite the right information. When all hope seemed lost, Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) Web Docs became the clearinghouse for not only Mozilla related docs but also the web in general. In this episode, we talk with Mozilla's Ali Spivak (@Ali Spivak) and Kadir Topal (@atopal), as well as MDN Product Advisory Board member and ex-Mozilla/current Googler...