PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocket

About the show

PodRocket covers everything you need to know about frontend web development on a weekly basis. Join LogRocket cofounder Ben Edelstein, the LogRocket engineering team, and more, as they interview experienced developers about all the libraries, frameworks, and tech industry issues they deal with every day.

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Episodes

  • React Hooks broke my tests with Daniel Afonso

    April 12th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  31 mins 30 secs
    react, react hooks

    React Hooks can seem great, but when it comes time for testing, they can point out issues. Daniel Afonso, Dev Advocate at OLX, teaches us how to reconfigure how to test React applications to work better with React Hooks.

  • Refactoring large JavaScript codebases with Michele Riva

    April 11th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  26 mins 33 secs
    javascript codebases, orama search, refractoring

    We welcome back Michele Riva, co-founder and CTO of Orama Search, to discuss how developers can easily refactor large JavaScript codebases.

  • Node.js runtimes with Erick Wendel

    April 7th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  28 mins 44 secs
    bun, deno, javascript, node js

    With JavaScript runtimes like Deno and Bun becoming increasingly popular, Node.js core team member Erick Wendel comes on to talk about how he created his own Node.js runtime and why he did it.

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    Polypane with Kilian Valkhof

    April 5th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  33 mins 37 secs
    polypane

    Kilian Valkhof created a browser made for developers. We talk to Kilian about Polypane, developer experience, and more!

  • Writing (really) good tests with Markus Oberlehner

    April 4th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  27 mins 53 secs
    test driven development, test writing

    Markus Oberlehner, software architect, speaker, and open source contributor, comes onto the show to talk about how to better write tests with test-driven development.

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    Your UI/UX questions answered

    March 31st, 2023  |  Season 3  |  45 mins 41 secs
    ui, ux, web design

    You had questions about UI and UX design, and we answered. We go through your questions with our panel of experts, Adam Argyle, Stephanie Eckles, and Stacy Kvernmo.

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    Faster frontends with Remix with Chance Strickland

    March 29th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  29 mins 24 secs
    remix, shopify

    Chance Strickland, Senior Software Engineer at Shopify, returns to the pod to talk about how Remix helps developers create faster frontends from the backend.

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    Qwik with Yoav Ganbar

    March 28th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  32 mins 37 secs
    builder.io, qwik, react

    Yoav Ganbar is a DevRel at Builder.io and host of the FedBites podcast. Yoav joins us to talk about Builder.io, using React inside Qwik, and more.

  • The state of JS frameworks with Chris Ferdinandi

    March 24th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  27 mins 20 secs
    frameworks, javascript, transitional web

    Chris Ferdinandi joins us on PodRocket to talk about JavaScript frameworks, the transitional web, and why more is not always better.

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    Developer Experience with Nuxt with Anthony Fu

    March 22nd, 2023  |  Season 3  |  28 mins 29 secs
    dev tools, nuxt

    Nuxt, Vue, and Vite core team member Anthony Fu joins us to talk about the recent implementation of Nuxt’s dev tools and how they benefit developers.

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    TypeScript in Nuxt and Vue with Daniel Kelly

    March 21st, 2023  |  Season 3  |  22 mins 32 secs
    nuxt, typescript, vue

    Daniel Kelly, teacher and content creator at the Vue School, joins the show to talk about how TypeScript has evolved when working within Nuxt and Vue.

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    Living on the Edge with Anthony Campolo

    March 17th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  33 mins 48 secs
    edge

    In this episode, Anthony Campolo returns to PodRocket to talk about the Edge, what it is, and why you are hearing about it so much.

  • Building Elk with Daniel Roe

    March 15th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  32 mins 55 secs
    elk, mastodon, nuxt

    With the increase usage of Mastodon as a Twitter alternative, Daniel Roe, part of the Nuxt core team, returns to talk about building Elk, a Mastodon client, using Nuxt.

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    Streaming server rendering with Suspense with Shaundai Person

    March 14th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  24 mins 19 secs
    react 18, react suspense, streaming server rendering

    Shaundai Person, Senior Software Engineer at Netflix, joins us to talk about React 18 and streaming server rendering using React Suspense.

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    Gatsby is joining Netlify with Kyle Mathews

    March 10th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  31 mins 4 secs
    gatsby, netlify

    Gatsby founder, Kyle Mathews, joins us on PodRocket to talk about Netlify’s recent acquisition of Gatsby and what this means for the future.

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    Fully Typed Web Apps with Kent C. Dodds

    March 8th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  31 mins 24 secs
    web apps

    Kent C. Dodds has a blog post for everything, and in today’s episode he returns to PodRocket to talk about his blog post, “Fully Typed Web Apps.”