Simplifying Developer Environments With the Right Tools • Christian Heilmann & Julian Wood

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted at GOTO Copenhagen.
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Read the full transcription of this interview here

Christian Heilmann - uthor of Several JS Books & Previously Worked at Yahoo, Mozilla & Microsoft
Julian Wood - Developer Advocate at AWS

RESOURCES
codepo8.github.io/more-developer-tools-tricks
codepo8.github.io/dearconsole
devtoolstips.org
canidev.tools

Christian
christianheilmann.com
@codepo8
toot.cafe/@codepo8
github.com/codepo8
linkedin.com/in/christianheilmann

Julian
@julian_wood
wooditwork.com
linkedin.com/in/julianrwood

DESCRIPTION
Developers often face challenges in setting up their development environments and experience a lot of time wasted on customization. In this episode of GOTO Unscripted, Julian Wood interviews Christian Heilmann, former principal program manager for developer tools at Microsoft. Christian emphasizes the need to break free from the traditional monolithic IDE and debugging tools by leveraging the power of web technology and standardizing extensions. By highlighting the importance of contextual tooling, where interfaces learn from user behavior and provide automated suggestions and simplified workflows, he aims to streamline the development process and make it more accessible, empowering developers to focus on writing code rather than navigating complex environments.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Christian Heilmann & Jens Oliver Meiert • The Developer Advocacy Handbook
Christian Heilmann & Russ Ferguson • Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax
Christian Heilmann & Mark Norm Norman Francis • Web Development Solutions
Multiple Authors • Web Accessibility

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