<![CDATA[John Papa]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/https://www.johnpapa.net/favicon.pngJohn Papahttps://www.johnpapa.net/Ghost 6.26Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:11:17 GMT60<![CDATA[The Next.js for Angular - Analog on Web Rush #290]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/the-next-js-for-angular-analog-on-web-rush-290/669fff84fd70c600019b5301Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:00:49 GMTBrandon Roberts talks with us about Analog, the meta framework for Angular he works on. How have meta frameworks changed, why aren't these features inside of Angular, what do developers need to know about Analog that differs from Angular, and what's next for Analog?

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Recording date: July 18, 2024

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  • 00:39 What's the next thing you're going to be working on?
  • 01:44 Welcome Brandon Roberts back
  • 03:34 What is AnalogJS?
  • 05:54 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 07:00 How have meta frameworks changed over the years?
  • 13:31 Getting frustrated at the lack of convention in Angular
  • 15:02 Why are these features in a meta framework instead of being part of Angular?
  • 17:10 What do I need to learn to use Analog that differs from Angular?
  • 20:45 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 21:44 How do I need to think about designing an app to use Analog?
  • 32:38 What's next for Analog?
  • 34:49 Final thoughts

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]]><![CDATA[VS Code to the Cloud in 60 Seconds on Web Rush #289]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/vs-code-to-the-cloud-in-60-seconds-on-web-rush-289/6696c92b8a89150001160777Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:00:46 GMTDheeraj & Haripriya join us to talk about their new extension, Learn Cloud, for VS Code that helps you get up to speed with the various cloud options for hosting and running your code.

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Recording date: Jul 12, 2024

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  • 00:59 Introducing Dheeraj Bandaru and Haripriya Mehta
  • 08:26 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 09:22 How do I install Learn Cloud?
  • 12:00 Is Azure actually free or how does it work when I sign up?
  • 15:50 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 16:52 What is Azure PAS?
  • 19:09 What's the difference between static web apps, container apps, and app service?
  • 25:17 How doe sit work if you're deploying your own app?
  • 27:04 Can I switch to other apps or am I stuck?
  • 28:36 What's the final steps with Learn Code?
  • 29:30 Final thoughts

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]]><![CDATA[Make AI Useful For You on Web Rush #288]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/make-ai-useful-for-you-on-web-rush-288/668c5a5f892cee000175354fThu, 11 Jul 2024 12:00:11 GMTGrace Taylor talks with John about ways to make AI more useful for developers, using tools like Better Together to build better apps, how it knows what developer's intent is, what services is Better Together using, and more.

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Recording date: July 1, 2024

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  • 00:42 What is Canada Day, eh?
  • 01:22 Introducing Grace Taylor
  • 02:53 What is Better Together?
  • 05:53 How does it work to figure out what's best for my app?
  • 08:21 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 09:26 How do you know what the developer's intent is?
  • 12:13 What interesting ways are users using AI?
  • 15:07 What services are you using to build Better Together?
  • 16:43 Is it the platform's job to make UX better, or should the industry teach prompt writing?
  • 18:03 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 18:58 How can AI do better at supporting languages other than English?
  • 23:48 How do code optimizations work?
  • 29:40 What kind of feedback have you gotten?
  • 31:38 Where can people learn more about Better Together?
  • 32:58 Final thoughts

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]]><![CDATA[Why You As A Developer Must Care About Managing Your APIs on Web Rush #287]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/why-you-as-a-developer-must-care-about-managing-your-apis-on-web-rush-287/6684819a892cee000175353eThu, 04 Jul 2024 12:00:30 GMTChris Noring talks with us about why web APIs should be important to developers, how people should manage their APIs, working without a database, do smaller APIs need a load balancer, the importance of security for your APIs, and why the developer experience is important for API management.

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Recording date: June 27, 2024

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  • 01:09 Introducing Chris Noring
  • 03:06 What is a web API developer?
  • 07:24 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 08:28 How should people manage their APIs?
  • 13:38 Have you tried working without a database?
  • 17:24 Is load balancing needed on smaller APIs?
  • 21:44 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 22:37 The importance of API security
  • 27:22 Why is developer experience that API management could help with?
  • 37:44 Final thoughts

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]]><![CDATA[Fast Development with Visual Studio on Web Rush #286]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/fast-development-with-visual-studio-on-web-rush-286/6679ff116a7ce50001134f86Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:00:42 GMTLaurent Bugnion talks with us about using Visual Studio to develop for the web, how Copilot works inside of Visual Studio, and where he sees Visual Studio going in the future.

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Recording date: Jun 20, 2024

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  • 00:39 Where in the world is Ward Bell?
  • 01:59 Introducing Laurent Bugnion
  • 03:03 What is Visual Studio?
  • 08:02 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 09:03 What is Dev Box?
  • 12:03 What does it look like to use Visual Studio for web development?
  • 24:38 The advantage of not caring what the cool kids are doing
  • 25:47 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 26:51 How is Copilot inside of Visual Studio to work with?
  • 29:08 How do I enable CoPilot inside Visual Studio?
  • 35:22 Where do you see Visual Studio going?

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]]><![CDATA[The Best of Build for Developers on Web Rush #285]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/the-best-of-build-for-developers-on-web-rush-285/6671ea8f6a7ce50001134f73Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:00:37 GMTAnthony Bartolo returns to talk about new capabilities with AI for Windows. We discuss the extensibility features of GitHub CoPilot, the Snapdragon developer kit for Windows, and insights into AI integration into Microsoft Teams.

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Recording date: Jun 6, 2024

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  • 01:50 Introducing Anthony Bartolo
  • 04:26 What does PC + AI mean for Windows?
  • 09:05 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 10:05 What is Phi-3?
  • 14:20 How much space do you need on your drive for this?
  • 18:20 What's Phi-3 with SLM's?
  • 24:35 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 25:32 What is GitHub CoPilot Extensibility?
  • 32:40 Snapdragon developer kit for Windows
  • 38:15 AI integration into Teams

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]]><![CDATA[App Spaces: Simplifying App Development in Azure on Web Rush #284]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/app-spaces-new-way-you-can-developer-apps-in-the-cloud-on-web-rush-284/6667451fd674910001a935aaThu, 13 Jun 2024 12:00:07 GMTElliot Hamai talks with us about using App Spaces from Azure, the difference between static and container apps, when region is important, how it integrates with GitHub, and what a Saas like experience means when it comes to app spaces.

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Recording date: May 30, 2024

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  • 00:27 Introducing Elliot Hamai
  • 03:20 Why should app spaces be interesting to web developers?
  • 04:40 What's the difference between Azure container apps vs static apps?
  • 07:19 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 08:22 Why would I want to use static web apps?
  • 14:19 GitHub integration is key
  • 18:57 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 19:58 Is it app component or static app component?
  • 22:20 Why is region important?
  • 28:58 Where can people learn more?
  • 31:05 What's a Saas-like experience in app spaces?

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]]><![CDATA[npm Updates: Love 'em or Hate 'em? on Web Rush #283]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/npm-updates-love-em-or-hate-em-on-web-rush-283/665e379b1db46a000144fbd3Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:00:02 GMTIs upgrading via npm worse now than it used to be, or are there things that can be done to help you when you're needing to upgrade a project? Can CoPilot help with knowing what the security risks are before upgrading? And what is a peer dependency error?

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Recording date: May 23, 2024

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  • 00:27 npm shaming?
  • 02:57 Is upgrading via npm worse now than it used to be?
  • 11:47 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 12:37 Does how much of an upgrade you're doing matter with npm?
  • 22:13 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 23:00 Getting the wrong version of node
  • 26:01 What if I get a "peer dependency error" issue?
  • 29:53 Would CoPilot be helpful here?

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]]><![CDATA[Are You Evolving with your Developer Tools? on Web Rush #282]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/are-you-evolving-with-your-developer-tools-on-web-rush-282/664ced0f76a6c90001dabbfeThu, 23 May 2024 12:00:05 GMTLiam Hampton talks about his top picks for developer tools, how GitHub Actions can be a way to level up, what the Azure Developer CLI is, and the struggles of learning new languages as a developer.

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Recording date: May 9, 2024

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  • 00:28 Are you evolving with your dev tools?
  • 02:14 Introducing Liam Hampton
  • 05:15 What kind of developer tools are we talking about?
  • 09:41 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 10:41 Learning a second language is more difficult than learning the first one
  • 15:38 Where does GitHub Actions fit?
  • 17:28 What is the Azure Developer CLI?
  • 27:27 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 28:28 What are your favorite developer tools?
  • 33:41 Final thoughts

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]]><![CDATA[What You Need to Know About the Proposal for Signals in JavaScript on Web Rush #281]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-proposal-for-signals-in-javascript-on-web-rush-281/6643b9bec880bc00017570c7Thu, 16 May 2024 12:00:49 GMTManfred Steyer helps us understand how Signals works in Angular, as well as it's importance in general. How are Signals going to change our world? Why is asynchronicity important? And what is Signals replacing that we're doing currently?

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Recording date: May 2, 2024

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  • 00:28 Sending Ward off on an adventure
  • 01:44 The evolution of signals
  • 06:00 TC39 Proposal for Native Signals in JavaScript
  • 08:23 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 09:26 How are signals going to change our world?
  • 18:23 What is double count doing that's different than count?
  • 23:16 Why is it important that it's asynchronous?
  • 27:15 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 28:10 What is signals replacing?
  • 33:28 What do people need to know about signals?

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]]><![CDATA[How Secure is Your AI? on Web Rush #280]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/how-secure-is-your-ai-on-web-rush-280/663aa930f454750001523f71Thu, 09 May 2024 12:00:56 GMTAnthony Bartolo walks us through the various ways to think about security in your code, whether you're using AI to help write your code or you want to use AI to help make sure your code is secure.

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Recording date: April 25, 2024

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  • 01:04 Introducing Anthony Bartolo
  • 06:44 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 07:51 How should developer think about security and AI?
  • 16:57 Are these like linting tools for security?
  • 20:27 What's the difference between CoPilot for Security and Microsoft Sentinel?
  • 28:22 What's the difference between ChatGPT and GitHub CoPilot?
  • 33:46 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 34:49 How do I keep my source code safe from AI vulnerability?
  • 39:20 Final thoughts

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]]><![CDATA[How Cool it is to be a .NET developer on Web Rush #279]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/how-cool-it-is-to-be-a-net-developer-on-web-rush-279/6630170f79bbaf00011dbab7Thu, 02 May 2024 12:00:48 GMTFrank Boucher answers our questions about what it's like to be a .NET developer in 2024 including the ability to use multiple environments or platforms, what Blazer is, and how .NET development has changed since you last tried it.

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Recording date: April 18, 2024

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  • 00:29 Is it cool to be a .NET developer?
  • 03:44 Introducing Frank Boucher
  • 05:30 What is Open at Microsoft?
  • 07:43 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 08:47 Do you enjoy the community or the language?
  • 14:18 If you develop in .NET, can you use multiple environments or platforms?
  • 17:28 What is Blazer?
  • 21:58 Where does Web Assembly fit?
  • 30:28 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 31:29 Are there load time issues?

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]]><![CDATA[Python Web Apps on Web Rush #278]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/python-web-apps-on-web-rush-278/66282b5b79bbaf00011dbaa5Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:00:36 GMTAlfredo Deza talks with us about why he likes Python, how to encourage writing tests, breaking functions into multiple functions, and how people can learn more about Python.

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Recording date: Apr 11, 2024

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  • 00:28 Welcome!
  • 01:35 Introducing Alfredo Deza
  • 02:59 What's your Olympic story?
  • 06:02 What lessons from being an athlete into technology?
  • 09:51 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 10:48 Why Python?
  • 23:29 Software engineers dislike writing tests
  • 26:13 How should developers balance the principles of testing?
  • 31:34 Happy birthday to Ward
  • 32:44 How do you break functions into multiple functions?
  • 36:46 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 37:36 Where should people go to learn more?

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]]><![CDATA[AI-powered UI Controls on Web Rush #277]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/ai-powered-ui-controls-on-web-rush-277/66201fda6d6a4a0001f13222Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:00:04 GMTBruno Capuano talks with us about .NET smart components and integrating them with AI, using it for smarter text field areas, where else AI is being used that we might not expect, and how can we make sure to have some guardrails for AI tokens in our applications.

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Recording date: April 4, 2024

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  • 00:28 Do you want smart or dumb AI?
  • 01:58 Introducing Bruno
  • 03:42 What is a .net smart component with AI?
  • 08:26 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 09:24 What's a smart text area?
  • 12:56 What is rag as it relates to AI?
  • 18:11 How do we bring this to production as a developer?
  • 23:28 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 24:21 Where else is AI being implemented?
  • 26:20 How can companies make sure they don't overspend on AI tokens?
  • 30:05 What have you built and learned from?
  • 32:43 Final thoughts

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]]><![CDATA[What’s Possible with AI Agents? on Web Rush #276]]>https://www.johnpapa.net/whats-possible-with-ai-agents-on-web-rush-276/66141f7c6821a00001a1c495Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:00:52 GMTChris Noring talks with Craig about AI agents, how you can use them together with various data points you may already have, how they differ from assistants like Siri or Alexa, and how CoPilot Studio could be a good starting point for a no-code AI agent solution.

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Recording date: 03/28/2024

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  • 00:30 Introducing Chris Noring
  • 01:19 How do you think about AI agents?
  • 04:28 How do you define an AI agent?
  • 05:56 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 06:59 Why do we need AI agents?
  • 09:24 Is there a distinction between an agent vs an assistant?
  • 12:07 How do I create an agent for my own usage?
  • 20:02 How would you decide on a framework to work with?
  • 29:03 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 29:58 What is CoPilot Studio and how does it differ?
  • 34:12 Final thoughts

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