Episode 7: Static Sites and Testing

Summary Nate, Ron, and Andrew stay quarantined along with the rest of the nation. Ron is happy he has snacks, so he's good! In this episode, the guys talk about Gatsby, Frontend JavaScript, Static Site Generation, and testing frameworks. Also, find out why Ron and Andrew affectionately refer to Nate as "Grandpa". Panelists Andrew Mason Nate Hopkins Ron Cooke Guest None this week Sponsor Linode Show Notes [00:00:54] The guys start off by telling stories about how being quarantined has changed the dynamic of their lives with family, jobs, and social life. [00:07:40] Andrew talks about he's been dabbling at static site generators for years. He goes into his experience trying to componentize it using React and Storybook. He also explains where his data lives for the static site. [00:10:25] "GraphQL" is explained and how it essentially wraps your markdown. It also has a tool called "Graphical" that builds on your queries. [00:17:00] Nate asks how easy is it to build with Gatsby without knowing React? Andrew explains and adds you need to figure out how JSX works. [00:19:14] Nate asks Andrew how his experience went with componentizing things that he wanted to do with CodeFund codebase for a while and how far did he take it and what lessons did he pull out of it? [00:21:11] Andrew mentions if anyone has heard of Mark Dalgleish who works on Playroom and has the best memes. He also mentions how Mark's belief is that you should make spacing itself a component. [00:26:08] Andrew mentions the component library he was looking at called Braid-Design System. [00:28:21] Andrew defines what "Storybook" is for anyone who may not have been exposed to it. He says it's a pretty slick tool! [00:35:20] Nate brings up the old Java days or the .net days and how he feels the modern JavaScript ecosystem is even worse than the old Java XML configuration days.. in which he gets called "Grandpa" by Ron. [00:37:30] Nate talks about what's going on with his controller library which contains three controllers right now and he has three lined up. [00:39:01] The guys all talk about testing and frameworks and how they feel about them. [00:47:00] Nate talks about a test suite he wrote called "PRY test." Listen to hear why he created this and how he uses it. [00:52:34] Nate touches on layered caching but for more info on this check out Remote Ruby-Epsiode 70, where Nate talks more in depth about layered caching stuff they did at CodeFund. Links Andrew's tweet to Eric Braid Design System Storybook Andrew's ActionView Component Demo with Storybook Mark Dalgleish Twitter Stimulus Controllers Package Pry Test Grumpy Old Man Gatsby CodeFund Gatsby Site StaticGen Remote Ruby #70 ★ Transistor.fm is now hosting an archive of the podcast for us. Learn how to start your own podcast!