On this episode Brian Woodward describes his experience building his first application with AngularJS.  This is front-end developer cast episode 5.

Today's interview is with Brian Woodward and was recorded a half a year ago now and focuses on his early experiences with AngularJS and is very valuable.  He also mentions his open source project Assemble which is a static site generator for Grunt.js, Yeomnan and Node.js that has rapidly gained a following in the last half year so you should also go check it out.  Here's the interview.

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Resources

Assemble (static site generator)

Brian Woodward on twitter: @doowb

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[0:00 ] On this episode Brian Woodward describes his experience building his first application with AngularJS. This is Front-End Developer Cast Episode 5.

[0:08 ] [background music]

Craig McKeachie: [0:18 ] Welcome to the Front-End Developer Cast, the podcast that helps developers be awesome at building ambitious web applications whether you're JavaScript ninja or you're just getting started. I am your host Craig McKeachie.

[0:30 ] Hi, everyone welcome to the fifth episode of podcast. I want to start by apologizing for not putting out at podcast for so long. What happened was I wasn't making the progress, I wanted onto my book, the "JavaScript Framework" guide, so I decided to focus on it for a few months, finish it and then get back to a more regular podcasting schedule.

[0:46 ] The good news is it worked and I finished the book. It's about 270 pages and five hours of screencast and video interviews. So, if you haven't already, go to javascriptframeworkguide.com and get your free sample chapter.

[1:00 ] The full title of the book is "JavaScript Framework Guide | AngularJS, Backbone, Ember, Confidently Choosing and Quickly Learning)." If you're interested in these JavaScript frameworks but haven't been able to keep up with the rapid pace of change, the book will help you quickly get up to speed with the whole bunch of the frameworks. I like to say, "You can read one book instead of five books." That's javascriptframeworkguide.com.

[1:23 ] I'm planning on doing a lot more podcast episodes in the coming months now that the book is finished, and I've got some great guest signed up. If you haven't subscribed to the podcast, please do so by going to the iTunes store on your phone or desktop, then searching for Front-End or via RSS by going to frontendcast.com We are also available on Stitcher.

[1:42 ] If you have already subscribed, then please take the time to leave a review on iTunes. This is the best way for people to find out about the show. Today's interview is with Brian Woodward and was recorded a half a year ago now and focuses on his early experiences with AngularJS and is very valuable.

[1:57 ] He also mentions his open source project Assemble at Assemble.io, which is a static site generator for Grunt.js, Yeomnan and Node.js that has rapidly gained a following in the last half year so you should also go and check it out. Here's the interview.

Craig: [2:15 ] Hi, Brian. Thanks for joining me today.

Brian Woodward: [2:17 ] Hi. Thanks for having me.

Craig: [2:18 ] Tell us a little bit about yourself, a little bit about your background before we get started.

Brian: [2:21 ] I've been doing .NET development mostly for about 10 years. I recently left doing enterprise work to create a start-up called Cellside. My last year, I've been focusing a lot on open source software. I'm one of the main developers on a project called Assemble, which is a Node.js build tool basically.

Craig: [2:43 ] The reason why I asked you to be on the podcast was I'm looking for people, some real world experience with some of the java scrip...