Episode 360: JSJ 356: Build Websites Like It's 2005 with Keith Cirkel
JavaScript Jabber
English - March 19, 2019 10:00 - 56 minutes - 64.7 MB - ★★★★ - 56 ratingsHow To Education Technology javascript programming browser internet web programmer developer framework front end node Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Sponsors
Triplebyte
Sentry use the code “devchat” for $100 credit
Clubhouse
CacheFly
Panel
Chris Ferdinandi
Aimee Knight
Aaron Frost
AJ O’Neal
Joined by special guest: Keith Cirkel
Episode Summary
In this episode of JavaScript Jabber, Keith Cirkel, Senior Application Engineer at GitHub, briefly explains the projects he is working with and moves on to the recent changes done by GitHub to their website, including the decision to remove jQuery, and not choosing a popular framework such as React or Vue. He talks about some problems in using Internet Explorer 11, how these GitHub changes can help with certain browser compatibility issues, and a few challenges the team had to face during the redesigning process.
The panelists then discuss event delegation, performance considerations, Polyfill.io and web components. Keith gives some insight into accessibility and they talk about related user concerns.
Links
Keith’s website
Keith’s GitHub
Keith’s Twitter
GitHub Engineering blog
Financial Times – Polyfill service
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Aaron Frost:
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Aimee Knight:
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Joe Eames:
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Things I don’t know as of 2018
AJ O’Neal:
Isopropyl alcohol
Bang good electronics
Soldering Iron – Hakko, X-Tronic
Keith Cirkel:
GitHub careers
Heston’s Pod & Chips
Brexit
Chris Ferdinandi:
52 things I learned in 2018
Learn Vanilla JS
Special Guest: Keith Cirkel.
Sponsors
Triplebyte
Sentry use the code “devchat” for $100 credit
Clubhouse
CacheFly
Panel
Chris Ferdinandi
Aimee Knight
Aaron Frost
AJ O’Neal
Joined by special guest: Keith Cirkel
Episode Summary
In this episode of JavaScript Jabber, Keith Cirkel, Senior Application Engineer at GitHub, briefly explains the projects he is working with and moves on to the recent changes done by GitHub to their website, including the decision to remove jQuery, and not choosing a popular framework such as React or Vue. He talks about some problems in using Internet Explorer 11, how these GitHub changes can help with certain browser compatibility issues, and a few challenges the team had to face during the redesigning process.
The panelists then discuss event delegation, performance considerations, Polyfill.io and web components. Keith gives some insight into accessibility and they talk about related user concerns.
Links
Keith’s website
Keith’s GitHub
Keith’s Twitter
GitHub Engineering blog
Financial Times – Polyfill service
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Picks
Aaron Frost:
Bag Man
What It’s Like to Be A Woman on the Internet
Aimee Knight:
Smooth Sailing with Kubernetes
Joe Eames:
GitHub Free users get free unlimited private repositories
Swig
Things I don’t know as of 2018
AJ O’Neal:
Isopropyl alcohol
Bang good electronics
Soldering Iron – Hakko, X-Tronic
Keith Cirkel:
GitHub careers
Heston’s Pod & Chips
Brexit
Chris Ferdinandi:
52 things I learned in 2018
Learn Vanilla JS
Special Guest: Keith Cirkel.