The Web Platform Podcast

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 tickets! Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/187-an-update-on-webrtc   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

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 @TheWebPlatform.

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 Robert Nyman (@robertnyman) about the ongoing growth of MDN and how the browser vendors and developers alike are beginning to bring better web platform documentation to all. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/184-mdn-web-docs   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

Since Visual Studio Code burst onto the code editor scene, the steady improvements have made a number of web-related development tasks easier to handle. In this episode, we speak with web standards contributor and PM on the Visual Studio Code Kenneth Auchenberg (@auchenberg) on a wide range of topics. From VS Code's beginnings and current open source model, to Kenneth's recent experiments with Chrome headless in VS Code via browser-preview extension, this is an episode not to miss. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/183-visual-studio-code Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

With an ever-expanding array of devices, connectivity, and growing usage in new markets, the need for web performance has never been stronger. Beyond single testing for a given metric, how do you achieve and monitor your progress? To help us learn more about performance, Ben Schwarz (@benschwarz), founder of Calibre, joins us to discuss various facets of web performance, how monitoring can help achieve your goals, and just why he thinks performance budgets aren't an end-all solution for most developers. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/182-calibre-and-web-performance-monitoring Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

For many developers, design can be a mystifying topic. For many designers, writing code isn't their daily task. In this episode designer and developer Erik Kennedy walks through common approaches and talks about who designers and developers can better work together to bring forth happiness inducing products. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/181-learning-design Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

web.dev is a new developer resource released at Chrome Dev Summit last year to help developers with topics such as fast load times, network resilience, SEO and more. With integrated lighthouse, the automated performance auditing tool, it can analyse your sites and provide deep insight into what you can do to improve. Join us this week with Rob Dodson to talk all about how web.dev came about, why it is so important, all its great features and what could be coming in the future. Oh! and listen for a chance to WIN a FREE ticket to React Amsterdam, the largest React conference worldwide! Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/180-webdev   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

Voice interfaces are more common than ever and devices like the Google Home and Amazon's Echo are becoming deeply ingrained in our day-to-day lives. This week we talk about developing for voice both for the web and beyond. We discuss how developing voice-based applications differs from traditional UI based applications and the challenges involved. Dustin Coates shares plenty of tips and resources to help you get stuck into developing for voice. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/179-developing-for-voice   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

This week we cover many of the great things announced at Chrome Dev Summit 2018. We talk about some of the exciting new things coming to the web, the new resource for web developers (web.dev) how the Squoosh app brings together all of the latest modern best practices including web workers, web assembly and PWA techniques to deliver a great experience and Justin opens with a priceless Santa impression - what more could you need to kick off your December? Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/178-chrome-dev-summit-recap   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

Tyler McGinnis joins us this week to talk about the importance of community outreach, how he got into teaching and what keeps him going. We talk about how publishing content like blog posts and other training material can generate exciting opportunities and learn how Tyler makes a living doing what he loves without the need for complicated marketing campaigns. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/177-community-outreach   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

Feeling empowered to design on the web can be a challenge. With the recently demoed Project VisBug by Adam Argyle (@argyleink) at Chrome Dev Summit, that's changing. VisBug allows any website to become an artboard to be shaped, allowing designers and developers alike a new set of freedom to find joy with designing on the web. In this episode, we dive into the challenges of designing for the web, how VisBug helps alleviate some of the pain points, and just what's next for the latest in punk rock web development tools. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/176-visbug   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

Gatsby brings together React, Webpack and modern JavaScript in a way that makes a performant experience the default experience. In this weeks episode join us with Jason Lengstorf and learn how Gatsby can do this and some of the other great products that Gatsby are working on. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/175-gatsby   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

Brave is a modern browser that puts the user first. This week learn all about Brave, find out why it's faster than Chrome and Safari and how it uses blockchain technology to pay users for their attention and content creators for their work. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/174-brave-browser   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

Nuxt.js is a framework for creating Vue.js applications, you can choose between Universal, Static Generated or Single Page application. Vue.js has exploded in popularity and along with it, some excellent tools have been created. This week on the Web Platform podcast our hosts chat with Sébastien Chopin (@Atinux) to learn about Nuxt.js, the challenges of universal applications and how Nuxt.js can help. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/173-nuxtjs   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

Babel, a build tool that has enabled web developers to build tomorrows JavaScript today, has finally hit it’s version 7 release. It’s been a long 3 years and Henry Zhu (@left_pad) along with the Babel core team have a lot to share with us. In this episode, Henry discusses the process of building Babel 7 as well as the new features we have long awaited from TypeScript integration to Macros and much more. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/172-behind-the-scenes-of-babel-7 Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

CSS can seem like magic sometimes, but it really isn't! Join us with Aimee Knight and take an in-depth look at how the browser actually uses CSS. We talk about performance, hardware acceleration, debugging CSS issues, common pitfalls and all the things to make working with CSS easier. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/171-css-indepth   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

This week learn why performance testing is so important, how to sell it to the business and which are Justin's favourite tools for getting the job done. Performance testing is a big topic but it's never been easier to get started thanks to simple and easy to use tools. Justin has considerable experience in this area and he shares his methodology and experience so we can all get started to ensure the apps and sites we build are fast and provide a top-notch user experience. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/170-performance-testing-tools   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

This week we talk about Customized Built-in Elements, part of the Custom Elements specification which hasn't had as much attention as other parts of the Web Component specs. Customized Built-in Elements allow developers to extend native DOM elements and add additional functionality. In this episode learn all about how they work, what benefits they provide and some practical use-cases along with a discussion on browser support for this exciting feature of the platform. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/169-extending-the-dom-with-web-components   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.

This week we discuss the important topic of SEO and how JavaScript impacts what search bots are able to crawl on your sites. Learn what developers can do to improve SEO for their sites which rely on JavaScript along with some tips and tricks from SEO expert Tomasz Rudzki. Visit the website for This Week in Web, resources & more: https://thewebplatformpodcast.com/168-javascript-seo   Follow The Web Platform podcast on Twitter for regular updates @TheWebPlatform.