Protractor has been a staple of Angular E2E testing since the beginning, but news of its deprecation saw it being removed from the Angular library in Version 15. With so many Angular applications still using Protractor for E2E tests, Endbridge is a tool that developers might reach for to bridge the gap between the legacy Protractor tools and more modern tools like Cypress. Joe Eames joins us in this episode to talk about how we can decide when tests are worth changing, when they should be left alone, and when a tool like Endbridge might be appropriate. Find out more at endbridge.dev and www.l ..read more

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: What can ultimate frisbee teach you about becoming the ultimate software engineer? Quite a bit, as it turns out! In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, Nrwl Architect Isaac Mann talks about his reflections back on organizing an ultimate frisbee league in college and how he’s using those same principles now in his career as a programmer. What past experiences do you have that taught you skills you can use to find more success in your career as well? Go long for the throw, this is sure to be a goal. This is… The Dev Life! LINKS: https://twitter.com/MannIsaac htt ..read more

When Angular 16 dropped on May 3rd, so did a lot of jaws. It's hard to believe that the Angular team was able to pack so much into a single release. In this episode of the podcast we talk with Minko Gechev of the Angular team about some of the most exciting features and what these improvements may mean for future versions of the framework. Find us and our guests on twitter Minko Gechev: @mgechev The Angular Plus Show @AngularShow The Angular Plus Show is a part of ng-conf. ng-conf is a multi-day Angular conference focused on delivering the highest quality training in the Angular JavaScript f ..read more

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Every company wants to establish an effective, successful system for keeping employees happy and, yes, bringing in money. So why and how are some companies more able to achieve this than others? What are they doing that makes them every dev’s dream company to work for? In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, Rob Ocel from This Dot Labs helps us dive into these questions and uncover some of the tips and tools for building a winning team culture. It may or may not involve tacos and Hungarian pizza, but either way, this is… The Dev Life! LINKS: https://twitter.com ..read more

Hydration is the process of taking a pre-rendered static HTML file and turning it into a fully functional interactive SPA by attaching JavaScript event listeners and state management. This allows for faster initial page load times and improved search engine optimization (SEO) while still retaining the benefits of a SPA. Currently, Angular performs hydration by destroying and rebuilding the entire DOM. This works, but it's not ideal. In this episode we welcome Ben Holmes to the show to learn about Astro. Astro is a modern static site builder and development framework that enables developers to ..read more

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Whether it’s on the job or in your personal life, we all know that change is bound to happen. So how do you cope with it effectively when it’s here? In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, we sit down with software engineer and founder of TinyConf, Ady Ngom, to talk all about managing change as it comes and goes in life, or even becomes your new norm. Sit down, relax, and hold on to your passports… This is… The Dev Life! LINKS: https://twitter.com/adyngomdiscord.gg/angular CONNECT WITH US: Ady Ngom - @adyngom Brooke Avery - @jediBravery Preston Lamb - @Preston ..read more

In Nx, a generator is a command-line tool that helps you create and scaffold new projects, applications, and libraries within an Nx workspace. The generators are part of the Nx Devkit, a collection of tools and libraries that provide an opinionated approach to building scalable and maintainable Angular applications and libraries. In this episode we welcome Zack DeRose to the podcast to learn about Nx generators, the value they provide, and how to get started creating our own generators. Learn more about Nx and check out more of Zack's work on Medium. Find us and our guests on twitter: @zackd ..read more

In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, Preston Lamb, Jason Warner and Stephen Cooper talk about some of the highlights of Angular’s version 15 release. They cover several pieces of the update that excite them or that give the developer experience a boost. Afterwards, Brooke and Preston have a further discussion on the topic with some additional insights and thoughts. LINKS: https://twitter.com/SCooperDev https://dev.to/scooperdev https://www.ag-grid.com/ CONNECT WITH US: Brooke Avery - @jediBravery Preston Lamb - @PrestonJLamb Stephen Cooper - @SCooperDev Jason Warner - @xocomil_ ..read more

This week we are joined by Todd Gardner from Request Metrics and TrackJs as we talk about observability and gathering meaningful metrics on Angular applications. We discuss tools and strategies to leverage observability to detect security threats and to provide users the best experience possible. Find us and our guests on twitter: @toddhgardner The Angular Plus Show (@AngularShow) / Twitter The Angular Plus Show is a part of ng-conf. ng-conf is a multi-day Angular conference focused on delivering the highest quality training in the Angular JavaScript framework. 1500+ developers from across t ..read more

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this Dev Life edition of the Angular Plus Show, we have an open conversation with Angular GDE and master content creator, Todd Motto, about mental and physical health as a software engineer. Todd shares his experiences of struggling with mental health and how getting physically active has helped him to find better balance and happiness in life. What can you be doing to find that same kind of balance and happiness in your life too? Pull out your Pokemon cards and settle in - This is…. The Dev Life! LINKS: https://twitter.com/toddmotto https://ultimatecourses.com/ https ..read more