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Episode 1 - Introductions

DownloadWelcome to Upfront Podcast! In this short episode, we introduce ourselves, our aims for the podcast and talk a little about Heisenberg, an open source project we’ve both been working on...

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Episode 2 - JavaScript Applications with Derick Bailey

DownloadIn Episode 2 of Upfront Podcast we chat with JavaScript and Backbone expert Derick Bailey about the merits of using Backbone for JavaScript applications. We also chat about Marionette, Derick’s...

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Episode 3 - CSS Layouts with Phil Nash

DownloadIn our 3rd episode we catch up with developer Phil Nash to talk about CSS Layouts and what’s hopefully going to be available to us down the road. Phil explains why floats are not the best...

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Episode 4 - Mentoring and Accessibility with Laura Kalbag

DownloadThis week we grabbed designer Laura Kalbag and asked her about mentoring people new to the industry and also about accessibility, and why some developers treat it as an after thought at best,...

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Episode 5 - Perch, CSS and hosting with Rachel Andrew

DownloadThis week we spoke to Rachel Andrew on hosting “Gotchas” and the really little content management system “Perch”.Show NotesRachel AndrewRachel’s book on CSS3 Layout ModulesPerch CMS

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Episode 6 - Design and Shipping with Jack Smith

DownloadNo Jack F this week as he’s off skiing in Bulgaria, but Ben caught up with designer Jack Smith to chat about design, the responsive web, designing in the browser, workflows and shipping, along...

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Episode 7 - Workflow and Tooling

DownloadNo guest this week I’m afraid! We took this week to catch up, answer some questions from listeners and discuss workflow and tooling on a Chromebook and in the “cloud”.Show NotesMeteor D3.js...

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Episode 8 - Testing with Andy Appleton

DownloadThis week we caught up with developer Andy Appleton to talk about testing, specifically JavaScript testing. We cover the difference between TDD and BDD, Unit Tests vs Integration Tests,...

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Episode 9 - CSS with Harry Roberts

DownloadThis week we were joined by Harry Roberts to discuss all things CSS, including CSS preprocessors and his CSS framework, Inuit CSS, along with some Git and Github chatter too.Show NotesHarry on...

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Episode 10 - Side Projects with Dan Eden

DownloadThis week designer, developer and student Dan Eden jumped on board to chat about his love of side projects, debate if a University degree is worthwhile and share some of his favourite design...

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Episode 11 - Ember.js and Generalism with Jon Gold

DownloadThis week Jon Gold joined us to chat about JavaScript frameworks (in particular Ember.js), designers coding and developers designing.Show NotesJon on TwitterJon’s WebsiteMakeshiftEmber.js...

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Episode 12 - MeteorJS and Side Projects with Sacha Greif

DownloadFor our final episode of Season 1 we grabbed Sacha Greif to talk about MeteorJS and his passion for side projects.Thanks to everyone for all your feedback on this season; we’re taking a 4 week...

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S02 Episode 1 - Giveaways and Side Projects

DownloadWe’re back! Just the two of us this week to kick off Season 2. We talk about all the free stuff we’ve got to give away (see below) and move on to what we’ve been up to over the last month or so...

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S02 Episode 2 - Tooling with Patrick Hamann

DownloadThis week Guardian client-side engineer Patrick Hamann joins us to tell us about how The Guardian are utilising tools like Bower, Grunt and others.Show NotesGuardian Mobile SiteBowerYeomanThe...

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S02 Episode 3 - Playing with Syd Lawrence

DownloadThis week Syd Lawrence joins us to tell us about how we should let developers play and stick to what we enjoy.Show NotesWe Make Awesome Sh.itSearch InstagramThe 10 Hour Side ProjectGo...

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S02 Episode 4 - Angular with Tom Ashworth

DownloadThis week Tom Ashworth jumped infront of the microphone and became our first guest to be recorded through Google Hangouts. We enjoyed it and we’re probably going to use it from now on, which...

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S02 Episode 5 - Sass with Ben Frain

DownloadThis week Ben Frain joined us to chat Sass and how to get yourself up ‘n running with a Sass powered project. He’s a UI Developer for Bet365 and gives a great overview of tools like Grunt,...

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S02 Episode 6 - Firefox OS and JavaScript

DownloadIt’s the half way mark of season 2! No guest this week so Ben and Jack have to go it alone. In this episode we chat about Firefox OS and talk about situations where potentially developers can...

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S02 Episode 7 - Web Gigs with Dan Donald

DownloadThis week, BBC front-end developer Dan Donald joined us to chat about his side project Break The Page and his excellent series of web gigs; Speak the Web.Show NotesDan on TwitterSpeak the...

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S02 Episode 8 - Performance with Steve Workman

DownloadThis week front-end performance expert Steve Workman chats to us to help us improve performance in our websites. We talk about the responsive images solution and other techniques for keeping...

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S02 Episode 9 - NodeJS with Michael Heap

DownloadThis week there’s no Ben unfortunately but guest Michael Heap steps up to talk about his extensive work with Node.js. We discuss how to get started with Node, which modules make their way into...

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