"What's the 'right' JavaScript library/framework for us to use?". That's a question that comes up a lot nowadays given the multitude of choices available and one that doesn't have a "right" answer of course. I'm fond of saying, "Use the right tool for the right job" when I'm onsite at a company …

Scenario-Driven Development (SDD) - a term I'd heard little about until my friend Justin Couto encouraged me to check out his team's Angular Playground tool. SDD didn't mean much to me when I first heard about it, but I decided to look into Angular Playground more and had one of those "light bulb" …

I've always been a fan of convention-based routing so I converted a local route generation script I've been using with Node.js/Express applications into an npm package called express-convention-routes. The package can be used to automate the creation of Express routes based on a directory …

One of the questions I've been asked a lot lately in my Angular training classes, at conference workshops, and when working with different companies has been, "How can I push data to an Angular application from the server?". Pushing data from the server to the client is useful when applications …

In this Tech 5 tutorial, I'll walk you through the core concepts of Docker and how you can get started with Docker Community Edition, images, and containers. Getting Started with Docker View All Tech 5 Videos

I had the chance to talk with This Dot Media at ng-conf 2017 about TypeScript, Angular, Docker and more. It was a fun discussion that covered a lot of material in 15 minutes. You can view the full interview below. This Dot Media Interview on TypeScript, Angular and Docker The talks mentioned in the …

I'm starting a new tutorial series called "Tech 5" (think "Take 5"...but for tech) that features short, focused, approximately 5-minute videos. Here's the first one which covers getting started with the Angular CLI. Getting Started with the Angular CLI

I had the opportunity to speak at the AngularMix conference in Orlando about something that I think every developer should learn more about - containers. The talk was titled "Containerizing" Angular with Docker and discussed the following concepts as they relate to Angular applications: - …

Edition #3 of the Code with Dan Web Development Newsletter is now out including a new video walk-through! Topics in this edition: - Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Web Components - MEAN Stack and Cosmos DB - CSS Grid - Deep Dive into TypeScript - Import Cost VSCode Plugin - React 16 and the …

I'm excited to announce the release of my new course on Pluralsight titled Integrating Angular with ASP.NET Core RESTful Services! This course follows up my previous course which focused on Angular and Node.js. The code in this new class covers ASP.NET Core 2.0 or higher and Angular 4 or higher. As …