DevRel and IDEs (with Jan-Niklas Wortmann)

For episode number 50 (not 51 Alex!), Angular GDE and JetBrains DevRel Jan-Niklas Wortmann joins the show. Together with Michael and Alex they dive into Jan-Niklas' angle of being a DevRel, how framework communities are different and why people should give WebStorm a try. Beyond that, Volar and LSPs are also covered, as well as some new announcements!

Enjoy the episode

Our Guest

Jan-Niklas Wortmann

• Website
• Weekly Devs Brew
• Bluesky

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
• (01:19) - Guest Intro
• (03:49) - Difference of Framework communities
• (08:56) - The Ups and Downs of DevRel
• (19:52) - Advice for people doing DevRel
• (25:05) - What is JetBrains?
• (27:46) - Reluctance to change Tools
• (31:01) - Why one should check out WebStorm
• (42:21) - TypeScript and AI in the IDE
• (48:06) - A web-dev newsletter for your coffee break
• (49:56) - Where can people follow you?

Links and Resources

• KCDC
• DejaVue #E033 - Vue or React (with CJ Reynolds)
• Nuxt Project Template in WebStorm
• DejaVue #E049 - The Fusion of Laravel and Vue (with Aaron Francis)
• DejaVue #E007 - From Code to DevRel and Leadership (with Marc Backes)
• Try the new WebStorm TS Engine now
• JetBrains Junie
• The Weekly Devs Brew

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Bluesky
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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