Awesome JavaScript Podcasts
Webdev, Programming and Life
Podcasts
(in alphabetical order)
| Name | Description | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Chats with Kent | Kent C. Dodds interviews interesting people | @kentcdodds |
| FreeCodeCamp | Interviews and talks by developers | @ossia |
| Hope in Source | A podcast about faith and open source | @nayafia @left_pad |
| IRL | Online Life is Real Life | @manoushz |
| JavaScript Air | The live broadcast podcast all about JavaScript | @kentcdodds |
| React 30 | Conversations with people in react ecosystem in 30 min | @mjackson @ryanflorence @kentcdodds |
| React Podcast | Conversations about React with your favorite developers. A lot of insight into their thinking, lives and upcoming features in React | @chantastic @mjackson |
| React Native Radio | Conversations about React with industry experts | Josh Justice, Charles Max Wood |
| Soft Skills Engineering | Topics about life as a software engineer. "It takes more than great code to be a great engineer." | @jergason @djsmith42 |
| Software Engineering Daily | Interviews with people about building softwares | @the_prion |
| Syntax.fm | Wes and Scott talk about JS, new things in webdev and life. Includes a lot of tasty treats. | @wesbos @stolinski |
| The Changelog | Conversations with the hackers, leaders, and innovators of software development | @adamstac @jerodsanto |
| This Developer's Life | A podcast about developers and their lives. | @robconery |
Episodes
(in reverse chronological order)
| Name | Podcast link | Date | Description | Good folk(s) in the episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From PHP to React and GraphQL | React podcast | Jan 16, 2020 | Facebook's journey | @leeb @chantastic |
| Building steam games with react | Syntax.fm | Sep 4, 2019 | Build games with web technology | @drewconley13 @wesbos @stolinski |
| Performance that Matters | React Native Radio | Aug 13, 2019 | Performance tips for React Native apps | @nparashuram, Josh Justice, Charles Max Wood |
| Code rage and code review etiquette | Soft skills engineering | Aug 12, 2019 | Good ways to give feedback | @jergason @djsmith42 |
| A Rundown Of What's Next For React | Chats with Kent | Aug 6, 2019 | Future of React | @dan_abramov @kentcdodds |
| Realigning Your Model of React After Hooks | Chats with Kent | Aug 6, 2019 | Reasoning behind hooks and their applications | @dan_abramov @kentcdodds |
| Facebook GraphQL | Software Engineering Daily | Jul 19, 2019 | Origin of GraphQL and how it evolved | @leeb |
| Facebook Open Source Management | Software Engineering Daily | Jul 18, 2019 | OSS management in FB | @tomocchino |
| Facebook Engineering Culture | Software Engineering Daily | Jul 16, 2019 | FB engineering culture and how it evolved | Raylene Yung |
| Facebook PHP | Software Engineering Daily | Jul 15, 2019 | Scaling PHP at Facebook | Keith Adams |
| Frontend Security | Syntax.fm | Jul 8, 2019 | Tips for improving security of your site | @wesbos @stolinski |
| Facebook Engineering | Software Engineering Daily | May 13, 2019 | How FB engineering evolved | Pete Hunt, @the_prion |
| Facebook React | Software Engineering Daily | May 16, 2019 | Dan discusses how the team works around React and managing an open source project at the company | @dan_abramov @the_prion |
| Develop your career | React podcast | May 9, 2019 | Creating value and gaining traction | @chantastic @kentcdodds |
| Version Responsibly | React podcast | Apr 25, 2019 | Semver, maintaining open source libraries and the social aspect of package versions | @chantastic @mjackson |
| Shawn Wang left a $350K/year finance job to learn to code | FreeCodeCamp | Apr 15, 2019 | Why and how behind the decision, inspirational story | @swyx @ossia |
| Bike Shedding | Syntax.fm | Apr 1, 2019 | Hotly debated issues that may not matter in the long run in development. Linting rules, code formatting and styles | @wesbos @stolinski |
| Where are all the old developers and Do I not ask enough questions? | Soft Skills Engineering | Apr 1, 2019 | Why the software industry is skewed in age and a strange case of asking questions on slack for a remote job | @jergason @djsmith42 |
| How to find freelance clients | Syntax.fm | Mar 20, 2019 | Tips on finding clients and dealing with them | @wesbos @stolinski |
| Bootcamps, schools and self-learning | Syntax.fm | Mar 13, 2019 | The hosts dive into their early lives and pros and cons of these three paths | @wesbos @stolinski |
| Rock Star programmer and sharing salry with coworkers | Soft Skills Engineering | Mar 11, 2019 | Hotly debated topics | @jergason @djsmith42 |
| Authentication: local storage, cookies, sessions and tokens | Syntax.fm | Mar 4, 2019 | Discussions about various authentication strategies | @wesbos @stolinski |
| Decide with your human brain | React Podcast | Feb 28, 2019 | The new React profiler, windowing and performance optimization with the brain | @brian_d_vaughn @chantastic |
| Managing lives - productivity and focusing tools | Syntax.fm | Feb 27, 2019 | Staying productive and focussed | @wesbos @stolinski |
| Tips to succeed on YouTube | Syntax.fm | Feb 25, 2019 | Valuable tips on improving and growing your YouTube channel | @wesbos @stolinski |
| Be wrong, learn in public and r/reactjs | React Podcast | Feb 20, 2019 | The benefits of learning in public, being wrong, reddit and upcoming features in React | @swyx @chantastic |
| Better living through side projects | Syntax.fm | Feb 18, 2019 | Why side projects and coming up with ideas | @wesbos @stolinski |
| How to email busy people | Syntax.fm | Feb 11, 2019 | Tips and tricks | @wesbos @stolinski |
| Tips for work life balance | Syntax.fm | Jan 16, 2019 | Tips and tricks, finding the balance | @wesbos @stolinski |
| A good open source password manager | The Changelog | Nov 28, 2018 | Perry talks about Buttercup, an open source password manager and the challenges around security | @perry_mitchell @adamstac @jerodsanto |
| React today and tomorrow | React Podcast | Oct 31, 2018 | The upcoming goodness in React and what the core team is up to | @sebmarkbage @sophiebits @dan_abramov @acdlite @brian_d_vaughn @mjackson |
| Faith and Open source | Hope in Source | Oct 16, 2018 | Discussions about faith and open source | @nayafia @left_pad |
| Ditch Authority | React Podcast | Oct 2, 2018 | Sunil Pai talks about his career and a lot of CSS | @threepointone @chantastic |
| Uber's data platform | Software engineering daily | May 24, 2018 | Uber data infrastructure architecture | Zhenxiao Luo, @the_prion |
| Emotion | React podcast | May 15, 2018 | CSS-in-JS and internals of how they works | @kyehohenberger @mjackson |
| JSON, JSONP and CORS | Syntax.fm | Aug 6, 2018 | Conceptual differences | @wesbos @stolinski |
| Preventing and Dealing with Burnout in Web Development | Syntax.fm | Apr 11, 2018 | How to avoid and get over burnout | @wesbos @stolinski |
| Babel and open source sustainability | React podcast | Mar 30, 2018 | Conversation with Henry Zhu | @left_pad @mjackson |
| 20 Easy Win Performance Tips | Syntax.fm | Mar 21, 2018 | Easy to include perf tips for websites | @wesbos @stolinski |
| Ten Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer (2) | Freecodecamp | Jan 15, 2018 | Part 2 of the series | @hosseeb |
| Ten Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer | Freecodecamp | Jan 9, 2018 | Part 1 of the series | @hosseeb |
| Recording Screencasts - Hardware, Software, Dos and Don'ts | Syntax.fm | Mar 14, 2018 | Discussions about recording setup | @wesbos @stolinski |
| All Your Data Are Belong to Us | IRL | June 26, 2017 | Cookies, tracking and data selling | @manoushz |
| Origins of React | React 30 | Jul 13, 2016 | The story behind with the creator of React | @jordwalke @mjackson @ryanflorence @kentcdodds |
| Mentors and Stock Options | Soft skills engineering | May 9, 2016 | All you need to know about stock options | @jergason @djsmith42 |
| The past, present, and future of JavaScript | JavaScript Air | Dec 9, 2015 | The origin story of JavaScript and what the future holds | @brendaneich @kentcdodds @getify @pamasaur @drboolean @tylermcginnis33 @linclark @mzabriskie @kwuchu @dan_abramov |
| Getting Fired | This Developer's Life | Aug 18, 2010 | Stories on getting fired | @robconery Sara J Chipps Ayende Rahien |
Hi
These are some really good podcasts that I enjoy. I've recently started listening to podcasts while cooking and commuting so I thought I'd put up a list here. I use the Google Podcasts Pocketcasts app for listening to these, all of the podcasts are also available on it.
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