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“Chatbot” is currently one of the most common buzzwords in the industry. Many of us roll our eyes and think of it as another gimmicky piece of tech that has no real practical application. The truth is, when built properly, they can offer real value and we are going to see a lot more of them. We may even start to feel that they have become an indispensable part of our lives. In this article, I will discuss what a conversational user interface is and how they apply to chatbots.

Between Facebook controversy and mass data leaks, headlines have been dominated with questions around technological advances and ethical principles. Users are questioning and demanding the installment of regulations to protect their right to privacy. How does that impact those of us who deliver technical solutions?

Having recently attended ng-conf 2018 , where the Angular core team announced that Angular 6 is “dangerously close to release,” I wanted to write about the exciting features we can expect.

Many enterprise applications use complex forms with even more complex validation rules. Out of the box, Angular offers a solution to handle forms including its validation. But even though the solution is feature rich, it can't cover every possible use case. What if we want to count how many fields are invalid in any given section of our application? What if we want to validate a field depending on the value of another component's field?

Bridge for Product Designers Cohort 1 applications are now open! What exactly will you get from participating in the program? I spoke with alum from Cohort 0 to hear about their experience, what it’s like to challenge yourself in a safe environment, and gaining confidence through practice.

Last January we had the first meeting of our brand new VueJS Toronto Meetup. It was well attended – we had about 150 people. It was clear that the Toronto developer community was excited about Vue. We were so happy with the turnout, we started thinking what else we could do. So, we invited Vue’s creator Evan You to come to Toronto!

Learning is a unique experience. It requires relating our previous background to new concepts and patterns. Those experiences are remembered specifically and each person recalls a concept a little differently. I remember a picture of a ball falling with labelled symbols, others might remember the equation, and some may remember the sounds of the physics hall. Recollection can be a little different and thus, learning requires varied approaches.

Vue.js is a versatile and approachable framework for building modern JavaScript applications. You can start out by simply adding a script tag with some vanilla JS. Or you can go all-in and create a modern JavaScript application with all the trimmings using a build system such as Webpack. However, the latter requires a fair bit of configuration knowledge so it doesn't quite fit the mantra of easily approachable, especially for people who are just starting to explore the world of modern JavaScript applications.