JavaScript Debugging

[toddhgardner]

Title Idea: JavaScript Debugging

Idea: Tools and techniques for debugging JavaScript applications. Understanding stacktraces, async stacktracing, sourcemaps, realtime tracing, etc.

Could be 2 shows, one for browser, one for node.

Potential guest(s): @toddhgardner, @jaymundx

If you haven't heard of JavaScript Air before, it's a live broadcast podcast all about JavaScript. Shows happen every Wednesday at 12:00 Central Time. For more information about being a guest, see this Google Doc.

If you've been listed as a potential guest above, please comment on this issue about whether you're interested in coming on to talk about the subject and your availability (or unavailability) for the next few weeks. Thanks!

[kentcdodds]

@toddhgardner, did you mean @xjamundx? Or is @jaymundx supposed to reference someone else?

[toddhgardner]

No, you're correct. Damn, i gotta double check these things first :p.
I saw him do a talk at MtnWestJS a few years ago about what PayPal was doing and it was cool. Not sure if he's still in the space though.

[xjamundx]

Right @toddhgardner we both had error handling talks back to back. You know....@StinkyDofu from netflix has been talking a lot about error handling in node lately (here's a recent http://www.slideshare.net/AlexLiu24/to-err-is-human-54101650) also his colleague has a talk about debugging here http://yunong.io/2015/11/13/debugging-node-js-in-production/. They might be good folks. I've been focusing more heavily client-side lately so I may be a bit rusty in the node debugging area!

[kentcdodds]

@xjamundx, thanks for the referral. Though I don't think that @StinkyDofu is a user on GitHub. Typo?

[xjamundx]

Try @DonutEspresso

[kentcdodds]

What do you think @DonutEspresso?

[DonutEspresso]

Hey folks - @yunong and I have definitely been spending more time on the Node.js side of things. Yunong's experience with debugging in Node is ace, and you'll definitely want him on board for the Node stuff. I'd be happy to join too, depends on how many guests you want. :) I think Yunong's traveling for the next week or two though.

[kentcdodds]

I'm fine with a bunch of guests (probably up to 4 or so). @toddhgardner, @DonutEspresso, and @yunong (if you're interested which I hope you are!), please tell me your availability for these dates:

• 30 December 2015
• 20 January 2015
• 27 January 2015
• 3 February 2015
• 10 February 2015

[kentcdodds]

Oh, and remember the show is 1 hour and starts at 12:00 CST

[toddhgardner]

Awesome, a panel on the topic sounds great.
I can do it:

• 30 December 2015
• 27 January 2015
• 10 February 2015

[DonutEspresso]

The Jan/Feb dates work for me.

[kentcdodds]

Great @yunong, are you interested? Would love to have you

[DonutEspresso]

He's OOO on vacation, so I imagine he has limited access to internet. I don't think he'll be back in town until last week of Dec.