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TJ VanToll

TJ VanToll is a software developer, tech author, and a Principal Developer Advocate for Blues Wireless. TJ has over a decade of development experience, including a few years working on the jQuery, NativeScript, and Kendo UI teams. Nowadays, he helps developers build awesome IoT experiences.

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React Round Up

Stay current on the latest innovations and technologies in the React community by listening to our panel of React and Web Development Experts.

304 Episodes

Episodes

What It Takes To Be A Web Developer: Part 2 - JSJ 587

The React Round Up podcast hosts, Jack Herrington, and TJ Vantoll, join this week's crossover episode. They begin by...

59:59

Jun 20, 2023

What It Takes To Be A Web Developer: Part 1 - JSJ 586

The React Round Up podcast hosts, Jack Herrington, and TJ Vantoll, join this week's crossover episode. They begin by...

55:47

Jun 13, 2023

Comparing Angular and React in 2023 - AiA 376

Hosts of the React Round Up podcast, Jack Herrington, Paige Niedringhaus, and TJ Vantoll, join the Adventures in...

1:04:42

Mar 30, 2023

RRU 102: UI Components-Open Source vs. Paid with TJ VanToll

TJ VanToll hops on the Round Up to discuss when and where it makes sense to use open source UI components versus...

52:14

Mar 03, 2020

MAS 041: TJ VanToll

This week on My Angular Story, Charles speaks with TJ VanToll. TJ is a front-end developer that currently works for...

33:14

Jun 20, 2018

AiA 148 What's New in NativeScript with TJ VanToll

On today's episode of Adventures in Angular, we have panelists Alyssa Nicoll, Ward Bell, and Charles Max Wood. We...

38:07

Jul 18, 2017

090 AiA NativeScript Part 2 with TJ VanToll

49:36

Apr 28, 2016

116 JSJ jQuery UI vs KendoUI with Burke Holland and TJ VanToll

The panelists discuss jQuery vs KendoUI with Burke Holland and TJ VanToll.

1:02:53

Jul 09, 2014

Error Reporting and Bug Monitoring with James Smith - RRU 278

In this episode of React Round Up we chatted with James Smith from Bugsnag. We talked about the importance of error...

44:38

Dec 11, 2024

How to Structure Your React Projects - RRU 277

Akash Joshi Is a frequent blogger across many of the larger blogs across the internet. He joins the Round Up to...

35:06

Dec 04, 2024

Building Component Libraries with Kathryn Grayson Nanz - RRU 276

Senior Frontend Engineer Kathryn Grayson Nanz joins the React Round Up team to talk about all things component...

Nov 27, 2024

Building a Chatbot or Voicebot with Dialogflow in React ft. Victory Nwani  - RRU 275

Victory Dumebi Nwani joins the round up to discuss integrating the Dialogflow from Google Cloud into your application...

Nov 20, 2024

Transitioning a React Codebase from JSX to TypeScript ft. Priscila Oliveira and Mark Story  - RRU 274

Priscila Oliveira and Mark Story join the panel to discuss the recent transition at Sentry from vanilla JavaScript to...

Nov 14, 2024

Creating Gatsby Source Plugins with Dillion Megida - RRU 272

In today’s episode of React Round Up, Nigerian-based developer Dillion Megida explains how you can create source...

Oct 30, 2024

Is Working at a Large or Small Company Better for Your Career? - RRU 270

This week the panelists dive into their work backgrounds and discuss the ins and outs of working at small and large...

Oct 16, 2024

React Hook Form with Vijit Ail - RRU 269

React Hook Form is a terrific way to manage state in, from, and through, your forms in React. Since React itself...

Oct 09, 2024

Speech Commands and Speech Recognition in React featuring Chris Laughlin - RRU 266

Chris Laughlin joins the round up to discuss how to use the WebKit Speech Recognition API to interact with your react...

Sep 04, 2024

Speech Commands and Speech Recognition in React featuring Chris Laughlin - RRU 261

Chris Laughlin joins the round up to discuss how to use the WebKit Speech Recognition API to interact with your react...

Jun 12, 2024

Gherkin with Chris Frewin from InClub - RRU 247

Today we talk with Chris Frewin, a full-stack software engineer at private experience startup InClub, located in...

36:21

Feb 07, 2024

React Component Tests for Humans with Miroslav Nikolov - RRU 242

On this episode of React Round Up we chatted with Miroslav Nikolov, a UI developer at one.com, about his approach to...

38:11

Jan 03, 2024

Redux, Redux Toolkit, OSS and More with Mark Erikson - RRU 238

Returning guest Mark Erikson joins the React Round Up team to discuss how he found himself in the position of being...

1:05:22

Nov 22, 2023

Game Development in React & Typescript with Maksim Ivanov - RRU 232

Front-end developer Maksim Ivanov talks about working for Mojang, the company behind the ridiculously popular game...

59:27

Sep 20, 2023

All Astro with Fred Schott - RRU 231

Today we talk with Fred Schott, the co-creator of Astro, a web framework focused on improving performance. Built...

46:47

Sep 13, 2023

React Architecture with Tommy Groshong - RRU 230

In today's episode, we talk about state management, dependency injection, react hooks, API access best practices and...

53:04

Sep 06, 2023

Data Visualization at Scale with Andrey Goncharov - RRU 229

Software Engineer Andrey Goncharov joins the React Round Up crew to discuss how his company Hazelcast has approached...

45:12

Aug 23, 2023

How to Organize Your React App ft. Tania Rascia - RRU 228

Tania Rascia joins the round up to discuss how to organize your code across files, directories, components, and repos...

45:12

Aug 17, 2023

Migrating to React Query from Redux with Pierre Hedkvist - RRU 227

Software engineer Pierre Hedkvist joins the React Round Up panelists to share some spicy (controversial) coding...

36:57

Aug 02, 2023

Jumpstart Your React Career With Collin Pfeifer  - RRU 226

Collin Pfeifer, writer, software engineer, and student at Indiana University joins the React Round Up panel to...

42:39

Jul 20, 2023

Figma's Biggest Change - RRU 225

Jack, Paige, and TJ join this week's panelist episode to talk about Figma. Figma is a web-based design tool. Jack...

56:00

Jul 05, 2023

Bootstrapping Application with Bun - RRU 224

Peter Osah is a Fullstack Software Engineer, Technical Writer, and a Biochemist & Bioinformatics Enthusiast. He joins...

42:20

Jun 21, 2023

Everything About Firebase - RRU 223

Oluwaseun Raphael Afolayan is the Co-Founder of MyTherapist.ng, Technical Author, Fullstack Mobile Engineer, and...

24:31

Jun 07, 2023

What It Takes To Be A Web Developer: Part 2 - RRU 222

Hosts from the JavaScript Jabber podcast, AJ O'Neal and Dan Shappir join this week's crossover episode. They begin...

59:57

May 31, 2023

What It Takes To Be A Web Developer: Part 1 - RRU 221

Hosts from the JavaScript Jabber podcast, AJ O'Neal and Dan Shappir join this week's crossover episode. They begin...

55:46

May 24, 2023

Using CSS Style Inheritance with Sami Jaber - RRU 219

Sami Jaber is a Software Engineer at Builder.io. He joins the show to discuss "Implementing CSS Style Inheritance in...

48:27

May 03, 2023

Blockman with Levan Katsadze - RRU 218

Levan Katsadze is a React.js TypeScript developer and Author of VS Code extension "Blockman". He joins the show...

42:45

Apr 19, 2023

Setting Up Server Side Rendering with Adam Berg - RRU 188

Today Jack and TJ talk with Adam Berg, VP of Engineering at Dubsado. We discuss an article he wrote based on lessons...

52:52

Jul 06, 2022

All About Equipment - RRU 187

In today’s all-panelist episode, we cover our favorite equipment from keyboards and mouse, to computers and monitors,...

44:45

Jun 29, 2022

3D Modeling in React with Jennifer Fu - RRU 186

Today we have special guest Jennifer Fu, a software engineer who specializes in front end development. Currently...

48:36

Jun 22, 2022

Design Systems - RRU 185

In this all-panelist episode, we discuss Design Systems, what they are and why you might want one. As a great way to...

45:54

Jun 15, 2022

React Code Quality with Iva Kop - RRU 184

Today we talk with Iva Kopraleva, a technical article writer, and React developer at CitizenLab, a digital engagement...

53:25

Jun 01, 2022

Insider Views from Shubham Khatri at Meta - RRU 183

Today we talk with software engineer Shubham Khatri, a front end developer at Meta. As someone who is really...

44:44

May 25, 2022

The Missing Parts with Steven Wittens - RRU 182

Today we talk with Steven Wittens with his personal site acko.net, and get a glimpse inside his creative efforts of...

58:32

May 18, 2022

React Design Patterns with Samaila Bala - RRU 181

In this episode we have special guest front-end engineer and technical writer Samaila Bala from Nigeria. We discuss...

48:36

May 11, 2022

How to Stand Out! - RRU 180

In this special all-panelist episode, we discuss all things on how to stand out! We’ll discuss everything from...

51:23

May 04, 2022

Red Flags! - RRU 179

Ever wish you had some great advice before you needed it? In this panelists episode we talk all about red flags when...

52:02

Apr 27, 2022

Advice for Junior Developers - RRU 178

Jack, Paige, and TJ give advice for Junior Developers. They pull from their own experience to break down the areas...

57:26

Apr 20, 2022

Wrangle Your CSS in JS for Peanuts using Goober ft. Cristian Bote - RRU 177

If you're looking for a way to manage your CSS in JS in a super lightweight framework, check out Goober. The package...

50:33

Apr 13, 2022

Open Source React with Tanner Joseph Linsley - RRU 176

There’s a wild west of open source React out there, so let’s help you prepare. In this episode, the squad talks with...

1:03:10

Mar 16, 2022

UseEffect and Writing Well with Chimezie Innocent - RRU 175

Sometimes, the answer isn’t to code more. In this episode, the crew sits down with Chimezie Innocent, a developer who...

40:16

Mar 09, 2022

Nx and Next.js Apps in 2022 with Jack Hsu - RRU 174

Nx is here to make your life easier. In this episode, Paige and TJ talk with Jack Hsu, a developer whose Nrwl and Nx...

50:34

Mar 02, 2022

From Court Rooms to WebGL with Mikael Petersen - RRU 172

Could a flight attendant or lawyer become a developer? You bet! In this episode, the React Roundup team talks with...

41:14

Feb 16, 2022

Fully Stacked with Mike Alche - RRU 171

Wanna forget the back-end and only focus on the front? Too bad. In this episode, the React team sits down with Mike...

41:55

Feb 02, 2022

Next Steps for Next JS with Tom Norton - RRU 170

Next JS is next in line, but are you ready for it? In this episode, the Roundup rascals team up with Tom Norton, a...

44:05

Jan 26, 2022

Libraries and State Machines in 2022 - RRU 169

A new year brings new libraries and state machines, so if you’d rather not be confused, this episode’s for you. In...

50:17

Jan 19, 2022

The Great Gatsby with Queen Raae - REACT 168

Interested to learn more about this “Great Gatsby”? How does it differ from others, and where is the industry headed?...

45:40

Jan 12, 2022

Nailing Your Interview with Paige Niedringhaus - REACT 167

So, you’ve followed up with a recruiter and have an interview scheduled tomorrow. Not sure what to do next besides...

50:19

Jan 05, 2022

Going Deep on Next.js ft. Atila Fassina - RRU 166

Atila Fassina joins the Round Up to discuss how he got into Next and what he's doing with it now. The panel dives...

47:05

Dec 15, 2021

React vs Svelte ft. Jack Franklin - RRU 165

Jack Franklin joins the Round Up from Google who wrote a side project using both React and Svelte. He breaks down the...

45:51

Dec 09, 2021

React Native for Web ft. Giuseppe Gurgone - RRU 164

Giuseppe Gurgone joins the round up to discuss React Native for Web and how you can build one application with React...

48:47

Dec 01, 2021

How to Organize Your React App ft. Tania Rascia - RRU 162

Tania Rascia joins the round up to discuss how to organize your code across files, directories, components, and repos...

48:06

Nov 10, 2021

What Skills Should We Learn Over the Holidays? - RRU 161

The panel puts their heads together to discuss the different skills and areas of interest they would like to spend...

59:01

Nov 03, 2021

Modernizing Enterprise React Apps with Paige Niedringhaus - RRU 160

This week, our very own host Paige Niedringhaus leads the discussion about modernizing enterprise React applications...

58:42

Oct 20, 2021

Maintaining Storybook ft. Yann Braga - RRU 159

Yann Braga is the maintainer of Storybook. He talks about Storybook, how it's used, new features the team is working...

50:26

Oct 13, 2021

React Do's and Don't's - RRU 158

This week the panel discusses several Do's and Don't's for your React Apps that are lessons they've learned building...

49:50

Oct 06, 2021

How to Stay Current and Learn New Things ft. Charles Max Wood - RRU 157

Charles Max Wood from Top End Devs joins the round up to discuss his strategies and tactics to get the career you...

54:36

Sep 29, 2021

Composing Layouts for React ft. Travis Waith-Mair - RRU 156

Travis Waith-Mair joins the round up to discuss how to compose layouts in React and the bedrock tools and principles...

47:01

Sep 22, 2021

Run NextJS and Node in the Browser ft. Eric Simons - RRU 155

Eric Simons joins the round up to discuss the latest advancements made by StackBlitz that enables you to run NodeJS...

50:48

Sep 15, 2021

Building a Chatbot or Voicebot with Dialogflow in React ft. Victory Nwani - RRU 154

Victory Dumebi Nwani joins the round up to discuss integrating the Dialogflow from Google Cloud into your application...

43:39

Sep 01, 2021

Transitioning a React Codebase from JSX to TypeScript ft. Priscila Oliveira and Mark Story – RRU 153

Priscila Oliveira and Mark Story join the panel to discuss the recent transition at Sentry from vanilla JavaScript to...

42:47

Aug 25, 2021

Is Working at a Large or Small Company Better for Your Career? - RRU 152

This week the panelists dive into their work backgrounds and discuss the ins and outs of working at small and large...

49:58

Aug 18, 2021

React is a Black Box ft. Florian Rappl - RRU 151

Florian Rappl joins the Round Up to discuss React internals and how to make sense of how React works. He leads the...

55:34

Aug 11, 2021

Form Validations and Open Source ft. Evyatar Alush - RRU 150

Evyatar Alush joins the Round Up to discuss Vest, a form validation library that handles form validation library in a...

45:12

Aug 04, 2021

Voice Recognition in React ft. Ian Lavery - RRU 149

Ian Lavery joins the Round Up to discuss how to add Voice Recognition to your React applications without adding...

47:48

Jul 28, 2021

Episodes

Leveraging Native Features in React Native featuring Youssouf EL Azizi - RRU 148

Youssouf EL Azizi joins the round up to talk about the best React Native libraries that allow you to leverage the...

47:53

Jul 21, 2021

Speech Commands and Speech Recognition in React featuring Chris Laughlin - RRU 147

Chris Laughlin joins the round up to discuss how to use the WebKit Speech Recognition API to interact with your react...

49:28

Jul 14, 2021

React Architecture with Tommy Groshong - RRU 146

In today's episode, we talk about state management, dependency injection, react hooks, API access best practices and...

55:11

Jul 07, 2021

React Hook Form with Vijit Ail - RRU 145

React Hook Form is a terrific way to manage state in, from, and through, your forms in React. Since React itself...

35:29

Jun 30, 2021

 Utility First CSS with Tailwind, is it the right choice for you? - RRU 144

Let's dive deep into the pros and cons of Utility First CSS and Tailwind CSS in particular as Jack plays defense and...

44:13

Jun 23, 2021

Client Side, Server Side, and Static Site Rendering, Oh My! - RRU 143

Paige, Jack, and TJ discuss the details of the different ways that you can render a React application. They talk...

47:16

Jun 16, 2021

How to Structure Your React Projects - RRU 141

Akash Joshi Is a frequent blogger across many of the larger blogs across the internet. He joins the Round Up to...

37:51

Jun 02, 2021

Fast Production-Ready React Apps with AWS Amplify with Yash Garudkar - RRU 140

Yash Garudkar joins the Round Up to discuss using AWS Amplify to quickly build production ready applications. Yash...

51:04

May 13, 2021

RRU 139: Creating Gatsby Source Plugins with Dillion Megida

In today’s episode of React Round Up, Nigerian-based developer Dillion Megida explains how you can create source...

53:43

Apr 14, 2021

RRU 138: React Component Tests for Humans with Miroslav Nikolov

On this episode of React Round Up we chatted with Miroslav Nikolov, a UI developer at one.com, about his approach to...

41:42

Apr 07, 2021

RRU 137: From QA to Developer with Rani Zilpelwar

Changing careers into software development is always an interesting story and Rani Zilpelwar's story is no different....

57:53

Mar 31, 2021

RRU 136: MIcro Front-Ends and Module Federation with Jack Herrington

Jack Herrington joins TJ for a discussion about React, Micro Front-Ends, and Module Federation in Webpack. All of...

54:25

Mar 23, 2021

RRU 135: Redux, Redux Toolkit, OSS and More with Mark Erikson

Returning guest Mark Erikson joins the React Round Up team to discuss how he found himself in the position of being...

1:06:16

Mar 09, 2021

RRU 134:  How to be a Top 5% Developer

Charles Max Wood rejoins the show to discuss the things that help people take their careers from a job to a calling....

1:12:27

Feb 23, 2021

RRU 131: Data Visualization at Scale with Andrey Goncharov

Software Engineer Andrey Goncharov joins the React Round Up crew to discuss how his company Hazelcast has approached...

46:06

Jan 19, 2021

RRU 130: How to Manage 80K Lines of Code as a Solo Developer

On this episode of React Round Up we talked to Dragos Bulugean about starting your own business, and managing really...

50:36

Jan 12, 2021

RRU 129: All Things Jamstack with James Quick

This week we chatted with James Quick from Auth0 about all things Jamstack. We discussed what the Jamstack is, and...

57:40

Jan 05, 2021

RRU 128:Web Components with Ben Farrell

On this episode we chatted with Ben Farrell, author of Web Components in Action, about all things web components. We...

44:31

Dec 22, 2020

REACT 127: Building Component Libraries with Kathryn Grayson Nanz

Senior Frontend Engineer Kathryn Grayson Nanz joins the React Round Up team to talk about all things component...

50:41

Dec 08, 2020

REACT 126: A Gentle Introduction to Serverless Apps With React with Joe Karlsson

On this episode of React Round Up we chatted with Joe Karlsson from MongoDB. We talked about all things serverless,...

58:51

Dec 02, 2020

RRU 125: Put Down the JavaScript & Learn the Web Fundamentals with Colby Fayock

Colby Fayock, lead developer, book author and speaker, joins the React Round Up team to discuss why developers should...

54:32

Nov 17, 2020

RRU 124: What's New in React with Shawn Wang

In this episode of React Round Up, we talked with Shawn Wang, a prolific React author, speaker and teacher, about the...

49:13

Nov 10, 2020

RRU 123: React Query, React Table, the TanStack and More with Tanner Linsley

In this episode of React Round Up, Tanner Linsley, co-founder of startup Nozzle.io, and most known lately for his OSS...

50:23

Oct 27, 2020

RRU 122: Error Reporting and Bug Monitoring with James Smith

In this episode of React Round Up we chatted with James Smith from Bugsnag. We talked about the importance of error...

47:17

Oct 13, 2020

RRU 121: DeFi-ing Expectations in React with Alex Thomas

In this episode of React Round Up, we talk with Alex Thomas, an open source enthusiast with hundreds of npm packages...

53:58

Oct 06, 2020

Episodes

RRU 118: Creating Live Trippy Visuals with WebGL and Web Audio with Alex Kempton

In this episode of React Round Up, Alex Kempton joins us to talk about Hedron, a tool he built for enhancing live...

59:57

Sep 15, 2020

RRU 116: Building a Meet.up Competitor and Teaching React with Chris Achard

When meetup.com announced last year that it wanted to charge users $2 for using the platform, a number of users...

44:18

Sep 01, 2020

Episodes

RRU 115: Frontend Application Bundles with Glen Maddern

In this episode of React Round Up, Glen Maddern joins us to talk about a new tool he’s been working on called...

50:59

Aug 25, 2020

RRU 114: Decentralized React: ThreadsDB, IPFS, Filecoin with Carson Farmer

In this episode of React Round Up, Carson Farmer joins us to talk about the decentralized web. We discuss what the...

51:36

Aug 04, 2020

RRU 113: Typed Functional Programming in TypeScript with fp-ts with Robin Pokorny

Functional programming can be tricky to start with, especially in TypeScript aps. In today’s show, Robin Pokorny...

49:26

Jul 21, 2020

RRU 112: From Pulling Teeth to Pull Requests with Meghna Srivastava

Dr. Meghna Srivastava joins React Round Up to share how she transitioned from a dentist in her native country of...

50:21

Jul 07, 2020

RRU 111: React Tools, Codebase Management, and More with Brice Ayres

Brice Ayres is a Youtube video author talking about programming and React. This is a wide ranging conversation across...

46:17

Jun 23, 2020

RRU 110: Game Development in React & Typescript with Maksim Ivanov

Front end developer Maksim Ivanov talks about working for Mojang, the company behind the ridiculously popular game...

1:01:28

Jun 09, 2020

RRU 109: SVGS in React with Elizabet Oliviera

If you’ve tried using SVGs in your application, chances are you’ve found it tricky or difficult. In today’s show,...

42:45

May 26, 2020

RRU 108: Web Workers & Multi-threaded JavaScript with Majid Hajian

Despite JavaScript being a single-threaded language, you can now leverage multi-threaded computing thanks to modern...

1:03:41

May 12, 2020

 RRU 107: Remote Work with Vladimir Novick

Vladimir Novick is a work from home veteran. He talks through the situation with COVID-19, having kids at home, and...

46:26

Apr 28, 2020