Ken Rimple

ng-conf 2015 – Misko Hevery's Angular 2.0 Keynote – syntax, approach

We start our coverage of ng-conf 2015 with day 2's keynote by Misko Hevery, because that's what everyone had been waiting for since the debut of 2.x at his keynote back at ng-conf Europe. This time, Misko laid out the rationale for the platform rewrite quite clearly, explaining that it was driven by developer productivity needs and performance.

DevNews #96 – ng-conf 2015 – day 1 recap – Angular 2, 1.4 and more

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Salt Lake City, Utah, is a beautiful place to have a conference. The organizers must realize that, as they planned ski trips and other events all around the show. That said, I’ve been locked up in my hotel room for the most part digesting what I’ve learned in Day 1. There is a live stream … Read More

DevNews #95 – We talk about new AWS services, Angular JS 2.0 surfaces, and the Apple Car is a thing?

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In this episode, we talk about Waitr and Protractor, two Jasmine WebDriver APIs, Angular 2.0 surfaces, we talk about Apple’s self-driving car, and discuss a bunch of new Amazon AWS features including Cloud Trail for Route53 and health checks. Stay to the end for our silly Apple Car jokes.

DevNews #94 – The triumphant return (again) – Windows all over the place, Chrome 41 beta, Raspberry Pi and more

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We talk about the Raspberry Pi quad-core Windows-capable $35 computer, Windows everywhere, Chrome 41 beta and its march to ECMAScript 6, and much more. Also we give you a preview of Philly ETE – an amazing conference – now in early bird registration for just $410.

Technologies We're Watching for Early 2015

A group of Charioteers sat down last week to discuss some of the technologies and tools we have been and will be watching in 2015 – some beginning to establish themselves in the enterprise, and some still in early stages of adoption.

Chariot CEO Mike Rappaport featured in Engagement Strategies Magazine

Mike Rappaport, Chariot’s Founder and CEO, was recently featured in Engagement Strategies magazine. His interview discusses how Chariot’s culture has created an environment which encourages continued learning and is supportive of research by the employees. Read the full article here.

TechCast #84 – AngularJS creator Misko Hevery on Angular 2.0 and x.ai team on Amy Ingram, A/I calendar assistant

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Today’s show features the creator of the landmark Javascript framework, AngularJS. I spoke to Misko Hevery about the rise of Angular in our current, “Good Parts JS” ECMAScript 5 world, how it evolved, and his focus on the next chapter, Angular 2.0. My second guests, Alex Poon and Matt Casey, have created the AI-based digital assistant, Amy Ingram, for coordinating meeting schedules by reading and responding to real email texts and learning your preferences.

DevNews #93 – Angular 2.0 news, Ember reaches 1.8.0, and Minecraft to learn programming?

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Gource — open source visualization tool, example Haydle visualization Ember 1.8.0 — the move to HTMLBars React.js: How does it fit in with everything else? GitHub Enterprise on AWS At AWS ReInvent this week – AWS Lambda – cloud computing functionally– oh and there’s support for Docker via containers Rob Eisenberg leaves Angular team Khan … Read More

JavaScript's Odd Parts – Configurable Functions as a DSL

As some of you may be moving from Java to JavaScript, you’ll find there are a number of ways to program – using objects, functions, or a hybrid approach. A common style of API you’ll see in the wild lends itself to expressive object definitions, while at the same time being easy to use to … Read More