Today, we'll be talking about some p5.js 2.0's latest update and overhaul, new experimental React 19 features, and 10 years of Solid.js and the revolutions that came along with it. Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

Joël talks with fellow thoughtboter Sara about the different ways developers can help one another across the various stages of an app’s lifecycle. They highlight the importance of utilising notes early on to clarify your work for others who may need it later down the line, how tooling can aid with this at all stages of development, and what lessons…

Start taking notes in this episode as Joël and Valerie discuss the different ways in which they structure their note taking systems to improve their workflows. Together they cover the best ways to get started with serious note taking, how to best map out your thoughts so they make the most sense when you come back round to them, as well as examinin…

Today, we'll be talking about some OpenAI's newest GPT 4.1, o3 and o4-mini models, their Codex CLI Programming AI Agent, Updates from the TC39 Conference, and Hako, a new 800KB JavaScript runtime. Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your…

Joël and thoughtbot colleague Sally Hall set out to find an answer to the question, what exactly are the differences between paper data structures and digitals ones? They compare the different ways humans store and access data, from rolodexs to the dewey decimal system, browsing a system vs searching it, and how the digital age has changed the way …

Today, we'll be talking about some must-know JavaScript features in 2025, Google's vibe coding platform, Firebase Studio, and more! Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!By Jam.dev

Joël and fellow thoughtboter Aji Slater examine the unfamiliar world of Typescript and various ways of working within it’s system. They lay out the pros and cons of Typescript over other environments such as Ruby and Elm and discuss their experience of adopting LLM partners to assist in their workflows. Using ChatGPT and Claude to verify code and t…

Today, we'll be talking about the React 19.1 update, Bare, a new JavaScript runtime, Safari's 18.4 update, and more. Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!By Jam.dev

Today, we'll be talking about Next.js' security vulnerability, ChatGPT-4o's game-changing image generation features and how it can be used in JavaScript apps, and The State of Vue.js Report 2025! Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your …

Today, we'll be talking about the the Next.js vs. TanStack debate, and how TanStack might just be better and more pocket-friendly, rsdoctor for rspack and webpack, and OpenAI o1's huge pricing problem. Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with…

Joël enlists the help of thoughtbot colleague Sally Hall as they dive into the complex world of time zones, daylight savings, measurements and coding. Together they discuss their struggles with daylight savings throwing off their recent project reporting, the constant struggles of writing for different time zones and why writing your own code is ne…

Today, we'll be talking about the TypeScript compiler being re-written in Go, Google Chrome's new HTML attributes, Google's Gemma 3 AI model family, and more! Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

Today, we'll be talking about Lynx, a new JavaScript framework from TikTok claiming to be a React Native killer, the latest TypeScript 5.8 release with important updates for Node.js users, the latest JavaScript usage stats worldwide, and more. Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for …

Today, we'll be talking about the 2 updates to Bun v1.2.3 and v1.2.4, Doom running entirely on TypeScript, and OpenAI's GPT 4.5 Launch. Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!By Jam.dev

Joël turns to fellow thoughtboter Jimmy Thigpen as he looks to expand his knowledge about the wide world of Typescripts. Together they discuss the differences between Typescript and other common systems such as Elm and Javascript, how to best handle their edge cases and error flags, as well as the benefits of using Zod as your typescript library. —…

In today's episode, we'll be talking about some upcoming JavaScript features based on new TC39 proposals, Deno v2.2, and ESLint now having CSS support! Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

Joël talks with fellow thoughtboter Fritz Meissner about the thinking process behind his latest kata project and the vast world of coding problems. Fritz explains why he developed the noisy animals kata and how it helped to better understand and streamline his code, the best ways to break down conditionals and how to clean them up efficiently withi…

In today's episode, we'll be talking about the deprecation of Create React App and it's alternatives, Vercel's Fluid Compute Model, and ESM as the new JavaScript Default. Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

In today's episode of This Week in JavaScript, we'll be talking about the JavaScript temporal object, which is now getting browser support, an interesting React library that evaluates your code, and of course, new and updated developer tools! Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for w…

Joël is joined by fellow thoughtboter Aji Slater as they discuss their previous experiences in designing content for workshops. Learn how to best structure your workshop for an audience, the benefits of a workshop over a talk and vice versa, as well as how to tackle the different hurdles your audience might face when working through your presentati…

In today's episode, we’re talking about TypeScript 5.8 Beta's precision updates, some helpful WebAssembly tricks, and some handy developer tools to make your life faster and smoother. Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

In today's episode, we'll be checking out Mozilla's newest Machine Learning API, all the big updates to Bun 1.2, and some more developer tools! Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

In today's episode, we'll be checking out a new JavaScript framework, some TypeScript hacks to make your life easier, updates from Bun, and some new developer tools. Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

In today's episode of This Week in JavaScript, we have new updates from Node.js, new developer tools, and the latest edition of the JavaScript Rising Stars report! Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

In today's episode of This Week in JavaScript, we'll be talking about the best JavaScript frameworks you can learn in 2025, Laravel and Next.js coming head-to-toe with one another with their updated features, and new developer tools! Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly upd…

Happy New Year from The Bike Shed! Tune in to the one wrapped edition that really matters this holiday season, The Bike Shed Wrapped! Recap the year with Joël and Stephanie as they reminisce over their favourite moments of 2024. The pair discuss ways they’ve stepped outside their comfort zone to gain a different perspective on their work, the growt…

In today's holiday special episode of This Week in JavaScript, we'll be talking about new developer tools, as always, Google's Peoject IDX and Material UI's newest React component library! Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends…

Stephanie is joined by follow thoughtbot-er Steve Polito as they discuss his latest GitHub resource, Botcasts. Find out why Steve was so keen to make the app, what he learnt about Hotwire in the process and why he thinks you should stop listening to the show in your current pod-catcher and pick it up in Botcasts instead! -- Try building Botcasts fo…

In today's episode of This Week in JavaScript, we'll be talking about the State of JavaScript 2024 results, GitHub Copilot being finally free, and new developer tools! Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

It’s officially the holidays at the Bike Shed! Defrag your hard drives and take a break with Joël and Stephanie as they breakdown different ways to manage your focus during the day. The pair discuss separating coding time from thinking time when working, the pros and cons of blocking out time for different tasks and clever ways to move seamlessly f…

In today's episode of This Week in JavaScript, there's a new Rust-based JavaScript engine, React 19 is finally stable, and we have a fresh new set of developer tools! Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

Joël and Stephanie go back to fundamentals as they pick apart some recent conversations they’ve been having around the office. Together they discuss the advantages of GraphQL over a REST API, how they utilise JSONB over a regular column or table, and the use-cases for and against a frontend framework like React. But what’s the theme that ties all t…

In today's episode of This Week in JavaScript, we've broken down the latest JavaScript controversy, the all-new Vite 6, Astro 5's freshest new features, and more. Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

One of the most challenging things about starting out as a developer is how much you need to master all at once. And with so much to learn, it can be difficult for experts to guide fresh developers and advise them on where to focus first. Luckily, some skills will always be useful, no matter what language you’re coding in. In today’s episode, Steph…

In today's episode of This Week in JavaScript, we've covered the latest Tailwind CSS v4 Beta release, a new Rust-based React Framework, probably the best JavaScript animation library, and more. Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your fr…

How can tests serve beyond just catching bugs in code? In this episode, Stephanie and Joël dive into the various roles that tests can play in a developer's toolkit. Covering all the fundamentals, from aiding knowledge transfer and documentation to ensuring accountability in code reviews, they explore the unexpected ways that tests support developer…