RRU 053: Framer X and Web Development of the Past with Thomas Aylott

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Panel

• Lucas Reis
• Nader Dabit
• Charles Max Wood

Joined by special guest: Thomas Aylott

Episode Summary

In this episode of React Round Up, Thomas Aylott, Founder at Things That Do Stuff, gives an overview of Framer X, explains what it is used for and how it can be beneficial for web designers. The panelists then discuss the timeline and usage of different design and developer tools along with their compatibility with various platforms. Thomas shares his front-end development experiences from 2005, the kind of technologies he learnt and how, with interesting and fun anecdotes, and also talks about about his time at Facebook.

They discuss the fact that how Ruby on Rails has brought about a significant change in web development, work-life balance in general, and in the end, the importance of making checklists and taking ownership.

Links

• Things That Do Stuff
• Thomas’s website
• Thomas’s Twitter
• Thomas’s GitHub
• Thomas’s YouTube
• Prettier

Picks

Nader Dabit:

• Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Lucas Reis:

• CSS-Tricks
• Indirection is not Abstraction

Charles Max Wood:

• Check out the recent milestone episodes on Devchat.tv!
• DevRev
• Hiring Show Notes writers for podcasts
• Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

Thomas Aylott:

• Objective Personality
• Notion
• The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

Special Guest: Thomas Aylott.