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.
Podcasts
Media Entries
Building a Chatbot or Voicebot with Dialogflow in React ft. Victory Nwani - RRU 275
React Round Up
Victory Dumebi Nwani joins the round up to discuss integrating the Dialogflow from Google Cloud into your application...
Transitioning a React Codebase from JSX to TypeScript ft. Priscila Oliveira and Mark Story - RRU 274
React Round Up
Priscila Oliveira and Mark Story join the panel to discuss the recent transition at Sentry from vanilla JavaScript to...
Creating Gatsby Source Plugins with Dillion Megida - RRU 272
React Round Up
In today’s episode of React Round Up, Nigerian-based developer Dillion Megida explains how you can create source...
Is Working at a Large or Small Company Better for Your Career? - RRU 270
React Round Up
This week the panelists dive into their work backgrounds and discuss the ins and outs of working at small and large...
React Hook Form with Vijit Ail - RRU 269
React Round Up
React Hook Form is a terrific way to manage state in, from, and through, your forms in React. Since React itself...
Speech Commands and Speech Recognition in React featuring Chris Laughlin - RRU 266
React Round Up
Chris Laughlin joins the round up to discuss how to use the WebKit Speech Recognition API to interact with your react...
Speech Commands and Speech Recognition in React featuring Chris Laughlin - RRU 261
React Round Up
Chris Laughlin joins the round up to discuss how to use the WebKit Speech Recognition API to interact with your react...
Gherkin with Chris Frewin from InClub - RRU 247
React Round Up
Today we talk with Chris Frewin, a full-stack software engineer at private experience startup InClub, located in...
React Component Tests for Humans with Miroslav Nikolov - RRU 242
React Round Up
On this episode of React Round Up we chatted with Miroslav Nikolov, a UI developer at one.com, about his approach to...
Redux, Redux Toolkit, OSS and More with Mark Erikson - RRU 238
React Round Up
Returning guest Mark Erikson joins the React Round Up team to discuss how he found himself in the position of being...
Game Development in React & Typescript with Maksim Ivanov - RRU 232
React Round Up
Front-end developer Maksim Ivanov talks about working for Mojang, the company behind the ridiculously popular game...
All Astro with Fred Schott - RRU 231
React Round Up
Today we talk with Fred Schott, the co-creator of Astro, a web framework focused on improving performance. Built...
React Architecture with Tommy Groshong - RRU 230
React Round Up
In today's episode, we talk about state management, dependency injection, react hooks, API access best practices and...
Data Visualization at Scale with Andrey Goncharov - RRU 229
React Round Up
Software Engineer Andrey Goncharov joins the React Round Up crew to discuss how his company Hazelcast has approached...
How to Organize Your React App ft. Tania Rascia - RRU 228
React Round Up
Tania Rascia joins the round up to discuss how to organize your code across files, directories, components, and repos...
Migrating to React Query from Redux with Pierre Hedkvist - RRU 227
React Round Up
Software engineer Pierre Hedkvist joins the React Round Up panelists to share some spicy (controversial) coding...
Jumpstart Your React Career With Collin Pfeifer - RRU 226
React Round Up
Collin Pfeifer, writer, software engineer, and student at Indiana University joins the React Round Up panel to...
Figma's Biggest Change - RRU 225
React Round Up
Jack, Paige, and TJ join this week's panelist episode to talk about Figma. Figma is a web-based design tool. Jack...
Bootstrapping Application with Bun - RRU 224
React Round Up
Peter Osah is a Fullstack Software Engineer, Technical Writer, and a Biochemist & Bioinformatics Enthusiast. He joins...
What It Takes To Be A Web Developer: Part 2 - JSJ 587
JavaScript Jabber
The React Round Up podcast hosts, Jack Herrington, and TJ Vantoll, join this week's crossover episode. They begin by...
What It Takes To Be A Web Developer: Part 1 - JSJ 586
JavaScript Jabber
The React Round Up podcast hosts, Jack Herrington, and TJ Vantoll, join this week's crossover episode. They begin by...
Everything About Firebase - RRU 223
React Round Up
Oluwaseun Raphael Afolayan is the Co-Founder of MyTherapist.ng, Technical Author, Fullstack Mobile Engineer, and...
What It Takes To Be A Web Developer: Part 2 - RRU 222
React Round Up
Hosts from the JavaScript Jabber podcast, AJ O'Neal and Dan Shappir join this week's crossover episode. They begin...
What It Takes To Be A Web Developer: Part 1 - RRU 221
React Round Up
Hosts from the JavaScript Jabber podcast, AJ O'Neal and Dan Shappir join this week's crossover episode. They begin...
Using CSS Style Inheritance with Sami Jaber - RRU 219
React Round Up
Sami Jaber is a Software Engineer at Builder.io. He joins the show to discuss "Implementing CSS Style Inheritance in...
Comparing Angular and React in 2023 - AiA 376
Adventures in Angular
Hosts of the React Round Up podcast, Jack Herrington, Paige Niedringhaus, and TJ Vantoll, join the Adventures in...
Setting Up Server Side Rendering with Adam Berg - RRU 188
React Round Up
Today Jack and TJ talk with Adam Berg, VP of Engineering at Dubsado. We discuss an article he wrote based on lessons...
All About Equipment - RRU 187
React Round Up
In today’s all-panelist episode, we cover our favorite equipment from keyboards and mouse, to computers and monitors,...
3D Modeling in React with Jennifer Fu - RRU 186
React Round Up
Today we have special guest Jennifer Fu, a software engineer who specializes in front end development. Currently...
Design Systems - RRU 185
React Round Up
In this all-panelist episode, we discuss Design Systems, what they are and why you might want one. As a great way to...
React Code Quality with Iva Kop - RRU 184
React Round Up
Today we talk with Iva Kopraleva, a technical article writer, and React developer at CitizenLab, a digital engagement...
Insider Views from Shubham Khatri at Meta - RRU 183
React Round Up
Today we talk with software engineer Shubham Khatri, a front end developer at Meta. As someone who is really...
The Missing Parts with Steven Wittens - RRU 182
React Round Up
Today we talk with Steven Wittens with his personal site acko.net, and get a glimpse inside his creative efforts of...
React Design Patterns with Samaila Bala - RRU 181
React Round Up
In this episode we have special guest front-end engineer and technical writer Samaila Bala from Nigeria. We discuss...
How to Stand Out! - RRU 180
React Round Up
In this special all-panelist episode, we discuss all things on how to stand out! We’ll discuss everything from...
Red Flags! - RRU 179
React Round Up
Ever wish you had some great advice before you needed it? In this panelists episode we talk all about red flags when...
Advice for Junior Developers - RRU 178
React Round Up
Jack, Paige, and TJ give advice for Junior Developers. They pull from their own experience to break down the areas...
Wrangle Your CSS in JS for Peanuts using Goober ft. Cristian Bote - RRU 177
React Round Up
If you're looking for a way to manage your CSS in JS in a super lightweight framework, check out Goober. The package...
Open Source React with Tanner Joseph Linsley - RRU 176
React Round Up
There’s a wild west of open source React out there, so let’s help you prepare. In this episode, the squad talks with...
UseEffect and Writing Well with Chimezie Innocent - RRU 175
React Round Up
Sometimes, the answer isn’t to code more. In this episode, the crew sits down with Chimezie Innocent, a developer who...
Nx and Next.js Apps in 2022 with Jack Hsu - RRU 174
React Round Up
Nx is here to make your life easier. In this episode, Paige and TJ talk with Jack Hsu, a developer whose Nrwl and Nx...
From Court Rooms to WebGL with Mikael Petersen - RRU 172
React Round Up
Could a flight attendant or lawyer become a developer? You bet! In this episode, the React Roundup team talks with...
Fully Stacked with Mike Alche - RRU 171
React Round Up
Wanna forget the back-end and only focus on the front? Too bad. In this episode, the React team sits down with Mike...
Next Steps for Next JS with Tom Norton - RRU 170
React Round Up
Next JS is next in line, but are you ready for it? In this episode, the Roundup rascals team up with Tom Norton, a...
Libraries and State Machines in 2022 - RRU 169
React Round Up
A new year brings new libraries and state machines, so if you’d rather not be confused, this episode’s for you. In...
The Great Gatsby with Queen Raae - REACT 168
React Round Up
Interested to learn more about this “Great Gatsby”? How does it differ from others, and where is the industry headed?...
Nailing Your Interview with Paige Niedringhaus - REACT 167
React Round Up
So, you’ve followed up with a recruiter and have an interview scheduled tomorrow. Not sure what to do next besides...
Going Deep on Next.js ft. Atila Fassina - RRU 166
React Round Up
Atila Fassina joins the Round Up to discuss how he got into Next and what he's doing with it now. The panel dives...
React vs Svelte ft. Jack Franklin - RRU 165
React Round Up
Jack Franklin joins the Round Up from Google who wrote a side project using both React and Svelte. He breaks down the...
React Native for Web ft. Giuseppe Gurgone - RRU 164
React Round Up
Giuseppe Gurgone joins the round up to discuss React Native for Web and how you can build one application with React...
How to Organize Your React App ft. Tania Rascia - RRU 162
React Round Up
Tania Rascia joins the round up to discuss how to organize your code across files, directories, components, and repos...
What Skills Should We Learn Over the Holidays? - RRU 161
React Round Up
The panel puts their heads together to discuss the different skills and areas of interest they would like to spend...
Modernizing Enterprise React Apps with Paige Niedringhaus - RRU 160
React Round Up
This week, our very own host Paige Niedringhaus leads the discussion about modernizing enterprise React applications...
Maintaining Storybook ft. Yann Braga - RRU 159
React Round Up
Yann Braga is the maintainer of Storybook. He talks about Storybook, how it's used, new features the team is working...
React Do's and Don't's - RRU 158
React Round Up
This week the panel discusses several Do's and Don't's for your React Apps that are lessons they've learned building...
How to Stay Current and Learn New Things ft. Charles Max Wood - RRU 157
React Round Up
Charles Max Wood from Top End Devs joins the round up to discuss his strategies and tactics to get the career you...
Composing Layouts for React ft. Travis Waith-Mair - RRU 156
React Round Up
Travis Waith-Mair joins the round up to discuss how to compose layouts in React and the bedrock tools and principles...
Run NextJS and Node in the Browser ft. Eric Simons - RRU 155
React Round Up
Eric Simons joins the round up to discuss the latest advancements made by StackBlitz that enables you to run NodeJS...
Building a Chatbot or Voicebot with Dialogflow in React ft. Victory Nwani - RRU 154
React Round Up
Victory Dumebi Nwani joins the round up to discuss integrating the Dialogflow from Google Cloud into your application...
Transitioning a React Codebase from JSX to TypeScript ft. Priscila Oliveira and Mark Story – RRU 153
React Round Up
Priscila Oliveira and Mark Story join the panel to discuss the recent transition at Sentry from vanilla JavaScript to...
Is Working at a Large or Small Company Better for Your Career? - RRU 152
React Round Up
This week the panelists dive into their work backgrounds and discuss the ins and outs of working at small and large...
React is a Black Box ft. Florian Rappl - RRU 151
React Round Up
Florian Rappl joins the Round Up to discuss React internals and how to make sense of how React works. He leads the...
Form Validations and Open Source ft. Evyatar Alush - RRU 150
React Round Up
Evyatar Alush joins the Round Up to discuss Vest, a form validation library that handles form validation library in a...
Voice Recognition in React ft. Ian Lavery - RRU 149
React Round Up
Ian Lavery joins the Round Up to discuss how to add Voice Recognition to your React applications without adding...
Leveraging Native Features in React Native featuring Youssouf EL Azizi - RRU 148
React Round Up
Youssouf EL Azizi joins the round up to talk about the best React Native libraries that allow you to leverage the...
Speech Commands and Speech Recognition in React featuring Chris Laughlin - RRU 147
React Round Up
Chris Laughlin joins the round up to discuss how to use the WebKit Speech Recognition API to interact with your react...
React Architecture with Tommy Groshong - RRU 146
React Round Up
In today's episode, we talk about state management, dependency injection, react hooks, API access best practices and...
React Hook Form with Vijit Ail - RRU 145
React Round Up
React Hook Form is a terrific way to manage state in, from, and through, your forms in React. Since React itself...
Utility First CSS with Tailwind, is it the right choice for you? - RRU 144
React Round Up
Let's dive deep into the pros and cons of Utility First CSS and Tailwind CSS in particular as Jack plays defense and...
Client Side, Server Side, and Static Site Rendering, Oh My! - RRU 143
React Round Up
Paige, Jack, and TJ discuss the details of the different ways that you can render a React application. They talk...
How to Structure Your React Projects - RRU 141
React Round Up
Akash Joshi Is a frequent blogger across many of the larger blogs across the internet. He joins the Round Up to...
Fast Production-Ready React Apps with AWS Amplify with Yash Garudkar - RRU 140
React Round Up
Yash Garudkar joins the Round Up to discuss using AWS Amplify to quickly build production ready applications. Yash...
RRU 139: Creating Gatsby Source Plugins with Dillion Megida
React Round Up
In today’s episode of React Round Up, Nigerian-based developer Dillion Megida explains how you can create source...
RRU 138: React Component Tests for Humans with Miroslav Nikolov
React Round Up
On this episode of React Round Up we chatted with Miroslav Nikolov, a UI developer at one.com, about his approach to...
RRU 137: From QA to Developer with Rani Zilpelwar
React Round Up
Changing careers into software development is always an interesting story and Rani Zilpelwar's story is no different....
RRU 136: MIcro Front-Ends and Module Federation with Jack Herrington
React Round Up
Jack Herrington joins TJ for a discussion about React, Micro Front-Ends, and Module Federation in Webpack. All of...
RRU 135: Redux, Redux Toolkit, OSS and More with Mark Erikson
React Round Up
Returning guest Mark Erikson joins the React Round Up team to discuss how he found himself in the position of being...
RRU 134: How to be a Top 5% Developer
React Round Up
Charles Max Wood rejoins the show to discuss the things that help people take their careers from a job to a calling....
RRU 131: Data Visualization at Scale with Andrey Goncharov
React Round Up
Software Engineer Andrey Goncharov joins the React Round Up crew to discuss how his company Hazelcast has approached...
RRU 130: How to Manage 80K Lines of Code as a Solo Developer
React Round Up
On this episode of React Round Up we talked to Dragos Bulugean about starting your own business, and managing really...
RRU 129: All Things Jamstack with James Quick
React Round Up
This week we chatted with James Quick from Auth0 about all things Jamstack. We discussed what the Jamstack is, and...
RRU 128:Web Components with Ben Farrell
React Round Up
On this episode we chatted with Ben Farrell, author of Web Components in Action, about all things web components. We...
REACT 127: Building Component Libraries with Kathryn Grayson Nanz
React Round Up
Senior Frontend Engineer Kathryn Grayson Nanz joins the React Round Up team to talk about all things component...
REACT 126: A Gentle Introduction to Serverless Apps With React with Joe Karlsson
React Round Up
On this episode of React Round Up we chatted with Joe Karlsson from MongoDB. We talked about all things serverless,...
RRU 125: Put Down the JavaScript & Learn the Web Fundamentals with Colby Fayock
React Round Up
Colby Fayock, lead developer, book author and speaker, joins the React Round Up team to discuss why developers should...
RRU 124: What's New in React with Shawn Wang
React Round Up
In this episode of React Round Up, we talked with Shawn Wang, a prolific React author, speaker and teacher, about the...
RRU 123: React Query, React Table, the TanStack and More with Tanner Linsley
React Round Up
In this episode of React Round Up, Tanner Linsley, co-founder of startup Nozzle.io, and most known lately for his OSS...
RRU 122: Error Reporting and Bug Monitoring with James Smith
React Round Up
In this episode of React Round Up we chatted with James Smith from Bugsnag. We talked about the importance of error...
RRU 121: DeFi-ing Expectations in React with Alex Thomas
React Round Up
In this episode of React Round Up, we talk with Alex Thomas, an open source enthusiast with hundreds of npm packages...
RRU 118: Creating Live Trippy Visuals with WebGL and Web Audio with Alex Kempton
React Round Up
In this episode of React Round Up, Alex Kempton joins us to talk about Hedron, a tool he built for enhancing live...
RRU 116: Building a Meet.up Competitor and Teaching React with Chris Achard
React Round Up
When meetup.com announced last year that it wanted to charge users $2 for using the platform, a number of users...
RRU 115: Frontend Application Bundles with Glen Maddern
React Round Up
In this episode of React Round Up, Glen Maddern joins us to talk about a new tool he’s been working on called...
RRU 114: Decentralized React: ThreadsDB, IPFS, Filecoin with Carson Farmer
React Round Up
In this episode of React Round Up, Carson Farmer joins us to talk about the decentralized web. We discuss what the...
RRU 113: Typed Functional Programming in TypeScript with fp-ts with Robin Pokorny
React Round Up
Functional programming can be tricky to start with, especially in TypeScript aps. In today’s show, Robin Pokorny...
RRU 112: From Pulling Teeth to Pull Requests with Meghna Srivastava
React Round Up
Dr. Meghna Srivastava joins React Round Up to share how she transitioned from a dentist in her native country of...
RRU 111: React Tools, Codebase Management, and More with Brice Ayres
React Round Up
Brice Ayres is a Youtube video author talking about programming and React. This is a wide ranging conversation across...
RRU 110: Game Development in React & Typescript with Maksim Ivanov
React Round Up
Front end developer Maksim Ivanov talks about working for Mojang, the company behind the ridiculously popular game...
RRU 109: SVGS in React with Elizabet Oliviera
React Round Up
If you’ve tried using SVGs in your application, chances are you’ve found it tricky or difficult. In today’s show,...
RRU 108: Web Workers & Multi-threaded JavaScript with Majid Hajian
React Round Up
Despite JavaScript being a single-threaded language, you can now leverage multi-threaded computing thanks to modern...
RRU 107: Remote Work with Vladimir Novick
React Round Up
Vladimir Novick is a work from home veteran. He talks through the situation with COVID-19, having kids at home, and...
RRU 102: UI Components-Open Source vs. Paid with TJ VanToll
React Round Up
TJ VanToll hops on the Round Up to discuss when and where it makes sense to use open source UI components versus...
MAS 041: TJ VanToll
My Angular Story
This week on My Angular Story, Charles speaks with TJ VanToll. TJ is a front-end developer that currently works for...
AiA 148 What's New in NativeScript with TJ VanToll
Adventures in Angular
On today's episode of Adventures in Angular, we have panelists Alyssa Nicoll, Ward Bell, and Charles Max Wood. We...
090 AiA NativeScript Part 2 with TJ VanToll
Adventures in Angular
186 JSJ NativeScript with TJ VanToll and Burke Holland
JavaScript Jabber
116 JSJ jQuery UI vs KendoUI with Burke Holland and TJ VanToll
JavaScript Jabber
The panelists discuss jQuery vs KendoUI with Burke Holland and TJ VanToll.