Automate all the things with Node.js

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Ahmad Awais joins Amal, Amelia, and Jerod to discuss scripting, automation, and building CLIs with Node! We hear Ahmad’s back story, learn the ABC’s of mastering Node automation tooling, and share automation wins from all of our lives (and Twitter too).

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Featuring:

• Ahmad Awais – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Amal Hussein – Twitter, GitHub
• Amelia Wattenberger – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn

Show Notes:

• Ahmad’s Node CLI course
• The Coronavirus CLI
• create-node-cli repo
• cli-meow-help
• cli-welcome
• Google’s ZX project
• Fig’s CLI package
• Amelia’s code structure visualization
• Amal on The Changelog #362

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!