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    Frontend Coffee Break

    Take a break, grab a cup of coffee and join us to discuss what's new in frontend development and, why not, outside of it? Jesus 'Chucho' Castañeda is a Senior Frontend Software Engineer and Ricard Torres is a Principal Frontend Software Engineer, both at Cognizant Netcentric. We bring your most needed monthly break. Tune in!
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    Episodes (28)

    Ep. #26: How much UX should a FE developer know?

    Ep. #26: How much UX should a FE developer know?

    We discuss UI, UX, design and the role of the frontend developer. 

    Reading recommendations

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    - Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo
    - Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@ricard

    Ep. #25: Open sourcing our FE Build

    Ep. #25: Open sourcing our FE Build

    Today we're joined by Dragan Filipovic, Senior Front-end Software Engineer at Cognizant Netcentric. We talk how he spearheaded the initiative to open source our FE Build.

    A Frontend build system that can be used in both AEM and non-AEM projects.

    Try it out here:
    https://github.com/Netcentric/fe-build

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    - Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@ricard

    Ep. #21: How to find time for career development?

    Ep. #21: How to find time for career development?

    How can you find time for your career development? ⏱️ Here’s our take on it:   

    In the latest episode of the hit Frontend Coffee Break podcast, we discuss the strategies that frontend leads and managers employ to make room for growth amidst their daily responsibilities.

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    - Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@ricard

    Ep. #20: Is Mobile First still a thing in 2023?

    Ep. #20: Is Mobile First still a thing in 2023?

    Is the mobile-first mindset still relevant in the world of development? 🧐 Here’s the deal:

    Today we discuss the best practices and approaches for developing websites and apps for mobile devices.

    Chucho mentions Ricard's library for Two Way Data Binding, here it is: https://github.com/quicoto/two-way-data-binding

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    Ep. #18: Core Web Vitals in 2023

    Ep. #18: Core Web Vitals in 2023

    Looking for a better way to optimize and improve your project’s web performance? 🚀 We’ve got you covered:

    Today Chucho and Ricard are joined by Ines Akrap, Senior Web Performance Engineer, for insights into Core Web Vitals in 2023.

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    - Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo
    - Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@ricard

    Additional resources:
    🔗 https://github.com/Netcentric/progux

    Ep. #16: Reacting to Rich Harris' video on frameworks and the web

    Ep. #16: Reacting to Rich Harris' video on frameworks and the web

    Today we react! It's not necessary but it would give you more context if you watched first Rich Harris' video before listening to the episode. If not, that's ok too, we'll try to give you as much context as possible.


    Rich Harris' video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXCipjbcQfM


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    - Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@ricard

    Ep. #15: Is progressive enhancement worth it?

    Ep. #15: Is progressive enhancement worth it?

    There is one question on the minds of web developers and tech enthusiasts everywhere: How 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 relevant is progressive enhancement and graceful degradation in 2023?

    In the latest episode of the Frontend Coffee Break podcast, we spill the tea on whether these approaches are still worth it, as well as the best techniques to get the most out of them according to the device you’re using.

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    - Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo
    - Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@ricard

    Ep. #14: FE Web Performance: the good stuff

    Ep. #14: FE Web Performance: the good stuff

    We talk about what we look for on a website when it comes to web performance. What are the basic things we first check? What tools do we use?

    FE developers even if not web performance experts need to be able to identify issues and how to solve them.

    At Cognizant Netcentric we've written some articles about web performance, have a look:
    https://www.netcentric.biz/insights/2019/01/web-font-performance
    https://www.netcentric.biz/insights/2021/08/css-loading-strategies-1
    https://www.netcentric.biz/insights/2021/09/css-loading-strategies-2

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    - Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@ricard

    Ep. #13: Should you document your code?

    Ep. #13: Should you document your code?

    Time to get real: Should you 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 document your code?

    We’re breaking it down in the latest episode of the Frontend Coffee Break podcast.

    Our resident experts, Jesús and Ricard, weigh in on whether you should document your code, how often this should be done, and why every developer should use JSDoc on a daily basis.
     
    What's your take on this topic? Any recommendations we might’ve missed?

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    - Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@ricard

    Ep. #12: JavaScript debugging process

    Ep. #12: JavaScript debugging process

    Take a moment to consider your current JavaScript debugging process. 

    Thankfully, we're dropping some hot tips to make things run smoothly.

    In the latest episode of the hit Frontend Coffee Break podcast, Ricard and Chucho delve into the most effective ways to debug JavaScript in 2023, which’ll save every developer loads of time and frustration.

    What’s your preferred way to debug JavaScript? Any tips or recommendations we might’ve missed? 🐛

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    Ep. #11: What is a skill map and why you should have one

    Ep. #11: What is a skill map and why you should have one

    How do you know what to learn next? What's the required skills to move to the next level of your career? 
    Do the skills in job offers reflect what you do on your day to day?

    Today we discuss that and how we've implemented for FE at Cognizant Netcentric.

    Here some roadmaps to get inspired:

    What do you recommend?

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    - Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@ricard