In this episode, Adam talks to David Heinemeier Hansson about Basecamp's new JavaScript framework "Stimulus" as well as David's new YouTube series "On Writing Software Well."

Show Notes

Topics include:

• What JavaScript looked like at Basecamp before Stimulus
• Why Basecamp chose to create a new framework instead of using React, Angular, or Vue
• How Basecamp uses server-rendered partials instead client-side templates
• Why David decided to start "On Writing Software Well"
• Evaluating patterns in practice and choosing between conflicting approaches
• Using concerns/mixins to organize classes with many features
• Applying resourceful routing to singular resources

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Links:

• Stimulus Homepage
• Stimulus on GitHub
• David's blog post introducing Stimulus
• Turbolinks
• Webpacker
• "Server-generated JavaScript Responses (SJR)" (2013)
• respond_to, returning multiple formats from the same Rails controller
• "On Writing Software Well" 
  • 1: Removing the need for code comments
  • 2: Using callbacks to manage auxiliary complexity
  • 3: Using globals when the price is right
  • 4: Not every model is backed by a database
  • 5: Testing without test damage or excessive isolation
• Basecamp's "Getting Real" YouTube channel

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A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.