typescript

Electron, not a walk in the park

Recently, a project I worked on was considering using Electron as a fallback technology for an initial Progressive Web Application. At the time, the assumption was that since Electron uses Chromium, a browser, it should allow application developers to not only use the features of a PWA but also gain native access to technologies, such … Read More

TechChat Tuesdays #58: A “Qwik” Front-End Episode with Drew DeCarme

Host Ken Rimple welcomes Chariot consultant and resident front-end expert Drew DeCarme to the show. The two talk TypeScript 5.0, specifying Javascript with the TC39, Qwik, and more. Host Notes Philly Emerging Tech is back for 2023! We’re back in-person, with a livestream ticket option as well. In-person seating is limited, so take advantage of … Read More

TechChat Tuesdays #46: Dev News and Kotlin Deep Dive

This week, Ken Rimple and Sujan Kapadia cover various stories from the world of Dev News – before dedicating the rest of the show to a deep dive on Kotlin. They also answer a few questions from viewers! Host Notes ETE is back for 2022! We’re virtual again this year, but don’t miss another great … Read More

Vue 3.0 Might Be a Big Deal

Vue 3.0 was released on Friday.  I’m just pointing that out, so feel free to stop reading this right now.  Head over to their release notes to get the news from the proverbial horse’s mouth.

If you really want to take it from me, here’s why I think that’s a big deal…

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Philly ETE 2020 – Matt Gilbride & Drew DeCarme – Typesafe Design Systems

Check out our YouTube playlist to watch all the talks from Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise 2020. Abstract What is a design system? The answer depends on which part of the software development team you ask. To web developers, it is often synonymous with a low-level library of components. Those components are used interchangeably to … Read More

Philly ETE 2020 – Kevin Qian – Deno: Experiments with Javascript and Typescript

Check out our YouTube playlist to watch all the talks from Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise 2020. Abstract 11 years have passed since Node.js brought JavaScript to the server-side. As Node.js was gaining momentum and becoming one of the most popular server platforms, JavaScript itself continued to evolve in its own independent direction. Furthermore, with … Read More

What's New in Ionic 2

Now that Angular 2 is final, I thought I’d take another look at Ionic 2. With an Ionic 2 Release Candidate also available, hopefully everything will be a bit more stable from here on forward… (Hopefully.) In any case, here are some of the differences I’ve found in Ionic 2 compared to Ionic 1: The … Read More