2024 Yearly Recap


The year 2024 is almost over, and reflecting on it, it was amazing with many tech talks, community contributions, learning from the community, and sharing great times with friends and family.
Special Thanks
I want to say a big thank you to Jรถrgen de Groot , Bezael Pรฉrez , Leifer Mendez, Alyssa Nicoll, @Mandy Mowers, Rainer Hahnekamp @DecodedFrontend, @AnfibiaCreativa, and @santosh for their helpful advice, great learning opportunities, and for inspiring me to get better every day!
Thank you also to @innoIT and the @GDG groups for all your hard work in making every event a success. I really appreciate your support!
Year in Numbers:
Looking back, Iโm proud to have wrapped up 2024 successfully, thanks to all of you. Here are some of the highlights of this incredible year:
๐ค 14 Tech Talks aboutAngular , Progress Telerik and Kendo UI and Javascript
\> Thanks to Progress Telerik and Kendo UI, InnoIT Consulting , Luis Campos Pozo, GDG Barcelona, Rosemarie Garcรญa L. , Gabriela Soto GDG Barcelona and Google Developer Experts for their incredible support.โ๏ธ 42 Articles 29 on danywalls.com and 13 for Progress Telerik and Kendo UI UI.
A big shoutout to Mandy Mowers for her guidance ๐๐พ.๐ danywalls.com pass 500K views and dev.to/danywalls reached 900K views.
๐ Iโm honored to have become a Progress Champion.
Would you like to dive deeper into this journey?
January
Start January with a ๐ค Tech Talk at @Harbur.space, Barcelona about Angular Signals
โ๏ธ Articles:
February
๐ Celebrated becoming a ProgressChampion and danywalls.com passed 500,000 blog view.
๐ค Tech Talk AI + Frontend with Leifer Mendez in Madrid, demonstrating chatbots built with Gemini, Angular, and Kendo UI.
Building an Advanced Image Uploader with Kendo UI for Angular
The Best of Both Angular Worlds: Standalone Modules Combined
Build Navigation in Angular with Router, RouterLink, and Kendo UI
March
I had the privilege of conducting two workshops with the DonWeb Cloud & IaaS, all about building Angular libraries and leveraging Kendo's power Progress Telerik and Kendo UI.โ๏ธ Articles
โ๏ธ Articles
A Guide to Publishing Your Angular Library on a Private NPM Registry:
Beginning My Experience with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
April
Thanks to. Jรถrgen de Groot to come to BCN and share great time with my family!
โ๏ธ Articles
May
Thanks to Kendo and Google Devs for the trophy, gemini swag, and Kendo UI stickers.
โ๏ธ Articles
https://www.telerik.com/blogs/improve-angular-performance-lazy-loading-defer-kendo-ui
https://www.telerik.com/blogs/creating-dynamic-flexible-components-angular-content-projection
https://www.telerik.com/blogs/why-move-input-signals-bye-input
https://www.danywalls.com/building-real-time-boards-with-angular-and-nestjs-using-server-sent-events
https://www.danywalls.com/how-to-optimize-images-in-angular-using-ngoptimizedimage-directive
June
I had the pleasure of sharing my experience with the Kendo UI IA Component at the tech talk "Frontend and IA" with Leifer Mendez. Thanks to Innoit for hosting the event and Kendo for the stickers.
โ๐ผ Articles
How to add HTTP header to HTTP request with functional interceptors in Angular.
https://www.danywalls.com/how-to-add-http-headers-to-requests-with-functional-interceptors-in-angularHow to Manipulate Data in JavaScript for Beginners.
https://www.danywalls.com/four-javascript-data-manipulation-every-junior-must-practiceHead Start with Angular Testing using Jasmine and transitioning to Web Test Runner.
https://www.telerik.com/blogs/testing-angularSimplify your actions in Ngrx with an action-creation-group.
https://www.danywalls.com/simplify-ngrx-actions-using-actioncreationgroupHow NgRx Selectors Can Improve Your Angular App.
https://www.danywalls.com/how-to-use-ngrx-selectors-in-angularSimplifying Side Effect Management in Angular via NgRx Effects.
https://www.danywalls.com/how-to-handle-side-effects-in-angular-using-ngrx-effectsDeferView in Angular 17 https://www.angularspace.com/using-defer-deferviews-in-angular-17/
July
Articles about LLM and Testing
โ๏ธ Articles
๐๐ฝ Learn how to build your local chatbot using Geminy Nano with Chrome Canary and Kendo UI.
https://www.danywalls.com/building-a-local-ai-chatbot-with-gemini-nano-chrome-canary-angular-and-kendo-ai-prompt
๐๐ฝ Learn about common mistakes writing testing in Angular with a real example, moving from NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA to Stub and NgMocks. https://www.danywalls.com/testing-components-in-angular-noerrorsschema-stub-components-and-ngmocks
๐๐ฝ How to use Gemma LLM locally with Ollama, Kendo UI, and Angular.
https://www.telerik.com/blogs/interact-local-llms-ollama--gemma-kendo-ui-angular
๐๐ฝ How to test services in Angular with HTTP Request.
https://www.telerik.com/blogs/testing-services-angular
August
In August, I refreshed my skills with NgRx. I wrote two blog posts explaining when to use different RxJS operators (concatMap
, mergeMap
, switchMap
, and exhaustMap
) while building a CRUD application with NgRx.
๐๐ฝ https://danywalls.com/handling-router-url-parameters-using-ngrx-router-store
September
The Signal month :) write about model and read the book about sginals.
๐๐ฝ How to Simplify Angular Component Communication with model()
and Signals
๐๐ฝ Reading Angular Signals Masterclass eBook by Kevin
October + Tech Talks and Swags
Kendo Swags + Talks
Talks with Bezael Pรฉrez about Javascript
Articles:
๐๐ฝ Build Dashboard with Charts Using Kendo UI for Angular ListView
๐๐ฝ Simplify Your Angular Code with NgRx Entities: Why I Love NgRx Entities
November
Thanks to Google Dev for swag!
DevFest Madrid, BCN and Jaen
With four events in a single month a take bit time to write a article:
๐๐ฝ Build Multi-Conversation Chat with Kendo UI and Signals
December
- Build a timeline with Kendo UI:
https://www.telerik.com/blogs/build-github-timeline-kendo-ui-angular-timeline
Workshop with donweb about Kendo UI and AI. (Spanish)
!Done!!
The year 2024 was amazing, with challenges and professional growth. I hope to continue working and learning from the community and next year continue growing and learning!
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Dany Paredes
Dany Paredes
I'm passionate about front-end development, specializing in building UI libraries and working with technologies like Angular, NgRx, Accessibility, and micro-frontends. In my free time, I enjoy writing content for the Google Dev Library, This Is Angular Community, Kendo UI, and sharing insights here.