

Thunder Nerds
Frederick Philip Von Weiss, and Brian Hinton
A conversation with the people behind the technology, that love what they do… and do tech good.
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Apr 27, 2019 • 18min
214 – Carl Smith 🎙 Front End Design Conference 2019
https://bureauofdigital.com/https://twitter.com/carlsmithhttp://frontenddesignconference.com/speakers.php
A theater major who decided to act like he understood business, Carl spent 14 years in advertising before launching his digital agency, nGen Works, in 2003.
nGen ran for 12 years, constantly experimenting with different models of management and team structure, including the Jellyfish Model which was flat before flat was cool.
Towards the end of nGen’s run, Carl attended the very first Bureau event and fell madly in love with the concept of building community in the web industry. So much so that a few years later he closed nGen to take over the Bureau in 2016. Now Carl spends every day connecting digital professionals to give them the support they need.
Also.. Llamas with Hats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJOwdrTA8Gw

Apr 27, 2019 • 3min
212 – 🎙 Front End Design Conference 2019
We are LIVE at FEDC 2019… A Conference for Web Professionals Who Love their Community, the Web, and Learning. http://frontenddesignconference.com
St. Petersburg, Florida / April 25th-26th / The Paladium Theatre
Guest Interviews
Carl Smith – https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/carl-smith-front-end-design-conference-2019/Andy Vitale – https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/andy-vitale-front-end-design-conference-2019/Andrea Cannistra – https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/andrea-cannistra-front-end-design-conference-2019/Adam Kuhn – https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/adam-kuhn-front-end-design-conference-2019/Guil Hernandez – https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/guil-hernandez-front-end-design-conference-2019/Michelle Brownstein – https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/michelle-brownstein-front-end-design-conference-2019/Jared Ponchot – https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/jared-ponchot-front-end-design-conference-2019/Brian Hinton and Frederick Weiss – https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/brian-hinton-and-frederick-weiss-fedc-2019/

Apr 12, 2019 • 56min
211 – 🤔 Ego vs The Design Process with Ignacio Garcia
In this episode we get to talk with Chief Experience Officer, Ignacio Garcia. We discuss Ignacio’s day-to-day as an Experience Officer. We chat about the very real challenge of ego vs the design process, and how to address it.
Then we dive into one of Ignacio’s passion projects, the UX+DEV SUMMIT. The SUMMIT focuses on bridging gaps between various disciplines in unique and engaging ways by combining different areas of specialization with emphasis on collaboration. The goal of UX+DEV SUMMIT is to increase awareness of effective approaches and applications of UX.
Episode Sponsor
https://pantheon.io/Everything your business needs for digital speed and agility.
Links
Twitter: twitter.com/ignacioghLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ignaciogh/Website: http://www.ignaciogh.com/UX is Shaping The Future in Product Design, Development & Design: https://www.slideshare.net/IgnacioGarciaHuidobr/ux-is-shaping-the-future-in-product-design-development-designArt Basel: https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beachBM Interactive Group: https://bminteractivegroup.com/User Experience Training: https://bminteractivegroup.com/ux-training/Website Owners Manual by Paul Boag: https://www.amazon.com/Website-Owners-Manual-Successful-Websites/dp/1933988452UX+DEV SUMMIT 2018 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiuqHIttx0ct2FCuEXaBWRtgCtmoz-bLH🎙️ UX+DEV SUMMIT 2018 with Ignacio Garcia-Huidobro & Michael Vargas: https://www.thundernerds.io/2018/05/uxdev-summit-2018-with-ignacio-garcia-huidobro-michael-vargas/UX+DEV Summit: https://uxdsummit.com/UX+DEV Summit 2019: http://2019.uxdsummit.com/

Apr 6, 2019 • 4min
192 – ⚡️ Live at VueConf US 2019
We’re live at the VueConf US 2019 Conference: March 26-27https://us.vuejs.org/
The official Vue.js conference in the USA moved to Tampa, Florida this year at the beautiful Straz Center for the Performing Arts.
Guest Interviews
Adam Jahr https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/adam-jahr-vueconf-us-2019/Alex Kyriakidis Rolf Haug https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/alex-kyriakidis-rolf-haug-vueconf-us-2019/Chris DeMars https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/chris-demars-vueconf-us-2019/Damian Dulisz https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/damian-dulisz-vueconf-us-2019/Divya Sasidharan https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/divya-sasidharan-vueconf-us-2019/Gregg Pollack https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/gregg-pollack-vueconf-us-2019/Jacob Schatz https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/jacob-schatz-vueconf-us-2019/Jen Looper https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/jen-looper-vueconf-us-2019/John Papa https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/john-papa-vueconf-us-2019/Krystal Campioni https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/krystal-campioni-vueconf-us-2019/Maria Lamardo https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/maria-lamardo-vueconf-us-2019/Michele Cynowicz https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/michele-cynowicz-vueconf-us-2019/Mike Hartington https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/mike-hartington-vueconf-us-2019/Miriam Suzanne https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/miriam-suzanne-vueconf-us-2019/Natalia Tepluhina https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/natalia-tepluhina-vueconf-us-2019/Rahul Kadyan https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/rahul-kadyan-vueconf-us-2019/Sarrah Vesselov https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/sarrah-vesselov-vueconf-us-2019/Tessa https://www.thundernerds.io/2019/04/tessa-vueconf-us-2019/

Apr 6, 2019 • 23min
193 – Adam Jahr ⚡️ VueConf US 2019
https://us.vuejs.orghttps://twitter.com/adamjahr
Vuex Explained Visually
Understand Vue’s state management pattern through a visual walkthrough.

Apr 6, 2019 • 23min
194 – Rolf Haug & Alex Kyriakidis ⚡️ VueConf US 2019
https://twitter.com/hootlexhttps://us.vuejs.orghttps://twitter.com/rahaug
Vuex Demystified – Application State Management
In Vue.js is quite simple to work with components, and share data among them using events and props – especially in small to medium projects. When an application starts growing, managing components state might become tedious and overwhelming. This is where Vuex comes to our rescue. Vuex is a state management pattern and official library for Vue.js applications. It serves as a centralized store for all the components in an application, with rules ensuring that the state can only be mutated in a predictable fashion.
By the end of the workshop, attendees will be able to develop elegant, debuggable, maintainable, and organized applications using a centralized store. No prior experience with Vuex is needed.
We will answer the common question “When should I use Vuex?” and work on real-world features.
Outline
Understanding State Management Patterns
What is Vuex and what problems solves
Core concepts including Mutations, Actions, and Getters
Modularising the store
Composing Vuex assets using Higher-Order Functions
Implementing Vuex pseudo-cache
Best practices, common gotchas, and application architecture

Apr 6, 2019 • 18min
195 – Chris DeMars ⚡️ VueConf US 2019
https://twitter.com/saltnburnemhttps://us.vuejs.org
UI Developer – Microsoft MVP – Google Developer Expert – International Speaker

Apr 6, 2019 • 22min
196 – Damian Dulisz ⚡️ VueConf US 2019
https://twitter.com/damianduliszhttps://us.vuejs.org
Ridiculously Reusable Components in Vue.js
Components are the bread and butter of most modern front-end frameworks, such as Vue.js. They help you structure and manage your application by glueing together your application logic and the interface. However, as an application grows, it’s components tend to get bigger and harder to reason about.
This workshop will demonstrate how to efficiently design your components by focusing on maximum flexibility while avoiding premature optimisation. Throughout the workshop, we’ll build a set of components for a preexisting application. Following the evolving requirements, we will then perform a series of refactoring cycles to explore different possible solutions and patterns/anti-patterns.
We’ll also talk about good practices for managing responsibilities of our components. By the end of the workshop, you should be able to write future-proof components that are easy to work with and resilient to changes.

Apr 6, 2019 • 28min
197 – Divya S ⚡️ VueConf US 2019
https://us.vuejs.orghttps://twitter.com/shortdiv
Building Fast and Semantic Input Masks in VueJS
Input masking is a common pattern in form design that guide users to enter information in the correct format in a consistent manner. Typically this involves formatting user input according to the type of data they represent like dates, phone numbers, addresses and credit card numbers. You can achieve an input mask in Vue by leaning heavily Vue’s reactivity system chiefly methods, computed, and watchers. In this talk, we will cover the distinction between the various components that make up Vue’s reactivity system and how to leverage it in order to create semantic and robust input elements that respond seamlessly to user feedback.

Apr 6, 2019 • 27min
198 – Gregg Pollack ⚡️ VueConf US 2019
https://twitter.com/greggpollackhttps://us.vuejs.org
Getting Started with Nuxt.js
So you know the Vue basics but keep on hearing about this Nuxt.js framework. Perhaps you’re wondering if you should use it on your next project? In this talk Gregg Pollack will visually explain why you should care about Nuxt and cover all the basics of using the framework to create scalable Vue applications. By the end you’ll see why Gregg describes Nuxt.js as: production ready Vue which helps you employ best practices as you build.


