Bart decided to take a closer look at the JavaScript keywords ‘this’ and ‘static’ and boy am I glad he did. He said it was the hardest lesson he’s put together so far. It’s a convoluted topic but he gives great explanations as always. You can find his tutorial at pbs.bartificer.net/… mp3 download
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Chit Chat Across the Pond is a weekly interview show on the topic of technology, or sometimes just with someone really interesting.
CCATP #518 – Joe Dugandzic on How He Went from Youtuber to Full-Time Project/Marketing Manager at Lynky
Joe Dugandzic of Smarter Home Life has been on the show several times in the past year talking about Home Automation. This time he’s on to talk about how being a Youtuber working on Home Automation landed him a full-time job at a home automation startup company called Lynky. It’s a story of his technical […]
Continue readingCCATP #517 – Bart Busschots on PBS 47 – ES6 Polymorphism
In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart teaches us about inheritance (relationships between classes) and polymorphism. Now he said polymorphism is a concept that throws most first-level college students, but in an odd twist, I didn’t find it confusing at all! Plus, he lets us play with cows, ducks and turkeys in his example […]
Continue readingCCATP #516 – Bart Busschots on PBS 46 – ES6 Spread Operator, Arrow Functions & Classes
In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart adds one more thing to the list of changes to arrays, and that’s the spread operator. Then we’ll learn how to get rid of the “const self = this” kludge for callbacks using the arrow functions. After that, we learn the basics of classes, a concept introduced […]
Continue readingCCATP #515 – Allison Hartley on Trials & Tribulations of a New iPhone
This week our guest is Allison Hartley. Allison is the Manager of the Napa Branch of the California department of Rehabilitation, and a podcaster. She co-hosts both the Tech Doctor Podcast with Dr. Robert Carter (dr-carter.com/…) and That Blind Tech Show (blindabilities.com/…). Allison joins us to talk about the less than smooth experience she had […]
Continue readingCCATP #514 – Bart Busschots on PBS 45 – ES6 Arrays & Strings
In this week’s Programming By Stealth, Bart starts by actually giving me credit for leading him to rethink his strategy on the use of const and let. He was nudged along in the strategy by the most awesome Jill. Then Bart goes on to reveal even more of the joy that is JavaScript ES6. He […]
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CCATP #513 – Tom Merritt on Net Neutrality
Tom Merritt, host of Daily Tech News Show, joins us to explain the implications of the different rulings of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding Internet traffic in the United States. He’ll attempt to clarify the difference between the 2002 ruling where broadband was declared an information service provider and the 2015 ruling where it […]
Continue readingCCATP #512 – Kaylee on Tech in Japan
This week our guest is Kaylee of the Zettai Geek Dayo podcast. You con find the podcast at platypuspodcasts.com and you can find Kaylee on Twitter at @kayleedayo. mp3 download Importance of IR Blasters for IoT in Japan Allison’s definition of IR Blaster televisions.reviewed.com/… IRKit getirkit.com/… Japanese Web Design – compare: http://www.yahoo.com vs. http://www.yahoo.co.jp iPhone […]
Continue readingCCATP #511 – Bart Busschots on PBS 44 – ES6 Arguments & Objects
In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots teaches us new ways to deal with arguments and objects in JavaScript ES6. We learn how to set default argument values for functions in a way that is self-documenting. He explains how variadic (aka Rest) arguments allow you to shove all of the arguments of a […]
Continue readingCCATP #510 – Dr. Maryanne Garry on Many Memory Questions
This week our guest is Dr. Maryanne Garry, a professor from the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Dr. Garry is a scientific researcher into memory, memory distortions, false memories, the myth of repression and its overlap with the law. This is her third appearance on Chit Chat Across the Pond, and has pretty much […]
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