Hi, I'm Robert DeLuca
I love all things front-end, from designing great user experiences, ensuring they're accessible, crafting them in CSS, and powering them with JavaScript. I'm all about that OSS, that OSS, no closed source.
I also love to collaborate with other developers! If you would like to pair on a problem you can reach me here or on twitter (@robdel12)
2018
103: React Components with Michael Jackson
In this episode, Michael Jackson of React Training and Rob DeLuca and Taras Mankovski of The Frontside talk about what is a component, and what a component is specifically in the context of React.
2018
102: FOLIO with Harry Kaplanian
In this episode, Harry Kaplanian of EBSCO joins the show to talk about the FOLIO project: a community collaboration to develop an open source Library Services Platform designed for innovation.
2018
101: Fullstack / Backend / Frontend: What’s the Difference?
In this episode of The Frontside Podcast, panelists Charles Lowell, Rob DeLuca, and Sam Keathley, discuss how much the distinction between frontend, backend, and fullstack developers matter in both personal and professional senses.
2017
Creating an Accessible Custom Checkbox
Native HTML controls work great up until you need to apply custom styling. It’s pretty difficult to style controls like...
2017
Single Page Apps routers are broken
Currently, every major Single Page App’s (SPA) router is broken the second you install it (Ember, Angular, React/Preact/Vue.js, etc). Before...
2017
Using Amazon Lambda to create a contact form
While Hurricane Harvey rains down on Texas I decided this would be a prefect time to build a contact form...
2017
063: Growing New Developers with Saron Yitbarek
In this episode, Saron Yitbarek joins us to talk about the CodeNewbie Community, the upcoming Codeland Conference in New York City, and helping junior developers move up in the programming world.
2017
062: UI for U and I
It's all about UI today: what it is, when it stops, tooling, and how it applies to us here at The Frontside.
2017
061: Accessibility with Marcy Sutton
In this episode, we talk to Marcy Sutton about accessibility both in the big and small picture.
2017
060: Ember and Fastboot with Jonathan Jackson
In this episode, we talk to Jonathan Jackson of Ember Weekend about Ember, The Ember Community Survey, and FastBoot.
2017
059: Build Useless Stuff
A Frontsider's-only episode on why it's good to build useless stuff for creativity, accomplishment, and learning purposes.
2017
055: Redux and Ember with Toran Billups
In this episode we chat with Toran Billups about Redux and Ember.
2016
046: What's in store for Ember? with Yehuda Katz
In this episode, Yehuda Katz, co-founder of Tilde, OSS enthusiast, and world traveler, talks about what's in store for Ember.
2016
045: The New Theory of Teams with Sarah Mei
In this episode, Sarah Mei, founder of RailsBridge, Director of Ruby Central, and Chief Consultant of DevMynd Software, talks about the way we write software: What’s right? What’s wrong? How can we do better?
2016
The Impact Developers Have On Peoples Lives
Developers have a much bigger impact on people's lives than most realize.