It's all about the squiggles
Nick is joined by Josh Goldberg & Dimitri Mitropoulos to discuss SquiggleConf, a new conference focused on web dev tooling. We explore the motivations behind creating a conference dedicated to developer tools, the challenges of organizing both conferences and local meetups, and strategies for building engaged tech communities.
We also discuss the importance of developer tooling, the pandemic’s impact on tech events, and share insights on encouraging new speakers and creating inclusive environments & more!
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Featuring:
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Josh Goldberg – GitHub, X
Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
SquiggleConf
ESLint
TypeScript ESLint
Mocha
Learning TypeScript book
Michigan TypeScript
Boston TS Club
NebraskaJS
Oh My Zsh (tool by Robbie Russell)
React
Vue
Go programming language
TypeScript
New England Aquarium conference venue
Squiggle Conf Discord
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Going flat with ESLint
Josh Goldberg joins Nick & Chris to discuss the latest updates from ESLint, typescript-eslint & the new flat config format. They also discuss creating reusable configs & project generators before pivoting to talk about a new conference focused on developer tooling. Finally, Chris & Josh talk about the past, present & future of Mocha.
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Featuring:
Josh Goldberg – GitHub, X
Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
Christopher Hiller – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
ESLint’s new config system
Announcing typescript-eslint v8 Beta
dprint
Yeoman
Squiggle Conf
eslint-plugin-eslint-comments
JavaScript’s with keyword
Mocha
eslint-nibble
create-typescript-app
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Ten years of TypeScript bliss
Nick celebrates a decade of writing everyone’s favorite language with guest Josh Goldberg, who contributes to TypeScript, maintains typescript-eslint, and is an all-around great person! Jerod is also here to join the celebration, but let’s keep that a secret from him!
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Featuring:
Josh Goldberg – GitHub, X
Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
Nick’s been writing TypeScript for a decade
TSConf
TypeScript 2.0 announcement
Nick’s utility type for deeply-nested objects
Kaka Ruto Vim tweet
A Language Server for Postgres
Learning TypeScript - Josh’s book
Deno
Bun
|> pipeline operator
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ESLint and TypeScript
Josh Goldberg joins Nick, Chris & a very nasally-sounding KBall for a fun conversation around TypeScript ESLint. They discuss why we need ESLint when we have TypeScript, some useful rules in typescript-eslint, how it works, and a few hot takes along the way!
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Featuring:
Josh Goldberg – GitHub, X
Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Christopher Hiller – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
📘 Learning TypeScript
typescript-eslint.io
@ts-expect-error
Execute Program
Chris’s Amazon Profile
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