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Syntax – Tasty Web Development Treats

Full Stack Developers Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski dive deep into web development topics, explaining how they work and talking about their own experiences. They cover from JavaScript frameworks like React, to the latest advancements in CSS to simplifying web tooling.

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Supper Club × Caleb Porzio Jan 27, 2023

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In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Caleb Porzio about Livewire, Alpine.js, what is it with PHP devs making cool stuff, TypeScript thoughts, and more.

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00:36 Welcome
01:05 Buffalo and Canada
History of Target in Canada
06:23 Who is Caleb Porzio?
@CalebPorzio on Twitter
09:26 What is Livewire?
Livewire
Alpine.js
HotWired
12:58 Are these MVC frameworks?
18:11 What is the process behind the scenes?
20:36 How does Hotwire handle rendering?
25:38 What is Alpine.js?
33:19 Why are PHP devs making interesting things?
Laravel
Tailwind
40:32 What is a nextTick in JavaScript?
Microtask Guide
46:20 TypeScript thoughts
48:05 Server side rendering?
Morph
49:25 Supper Club questions
Ergodox Keyboards
Glove 80 Keyboards
Natty Theme
MonoLisa
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Ugmonk Analog

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We React to State of JS 2022 Jan 25, 2023

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In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott look through the results of the State of JS survey for 2022.

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State of JS 2022
00:26 Welcome
01:24 Thoughts on the survey in general
04:24 Country of origin
05:53 Salaries
08:14 Higher education
08:58 JavaScript features
15:41 Browser APIs
21:15 Library Usage
26:11 Interest in frontend frameworks
28:40 Framework usage
31:41 Rendering frameworks
34:57 Build tools usage over time
39:37 Monorepo tools
Moon
46:41 Backend frameworks
Civet
47:42 JavaScript run times
51:01 TypeScript JavaScript balance
52:17 JavaScript flavors
57:03 Resources
Fireship Dev

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Container Queries Explained Jan 23, 2023

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In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes explain what container queries are, use cases for them, new units of measurement, and possible issues with container queries.

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00:28 Welcome
01:46 What are Container Queries?
Tweet about Container Queries
03:28 Use cases for Container Queries
Home Assistant
Can I Use?
06:11 The syntax of container queries
13:42 New units
22:27 Old iOS versions may cause issues

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Supper Club × Simen Svale Skogsrud and Espen Hovlandsdal from Sanity Jan 20, 2023

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In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Simen & Espen from Sanity about what Sanity is, who uses Sanity, what is a content lake, how Sanity works with React or TypeScript, what GROQ is, how portable text works, and of course, the supper club questions.

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00:36 Welcome
01:37 Who are you and what is Sanity?
04:04 What kinds of services use Sanity?
06:18 What is a content lake?
07:26 Enabling code access to Sanity Studio
13:12 Implenting Sanity into a React app
14:49 What is GROQ?
21:04 Is GraphQL still the best way to query data?
25:32 Workflows in Sanity
27:48 What is portable text?
35:19 How does Sanity work with TypeScript?
38:51 Ecommerce options with Sanity
41:29 Supper club questions
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Syntax 533 - Zod Schema
Elden Ring
Risk of Rain
Sharp
Syntax 526 - Supper Club with on TRPC

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Potluck × JS Modules × HTML Tags × Recession × Budgeting Jan 18, 2023

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In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about HTML tags, budgeting, recession proofing your business, software dev vs software engineer, taking payments, and more.

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00:11:11 Welcome
01:29:11 When should you use article and section in HTML?
08:03:08 Does your business suffer from the economic recession?
15:47:18 How do you manage your money or budget?
PlainTextAccounting
YNAB
Copilot
20:51:11 What should I consider using? There’s a lot of options. CommonJS, AMD, UMD, es modules?
26:30:09 What’s the difference between a software developer and software engineer?
30:36:11 How do you handle payment for your course platforms?
Braintree
Gumroad
Paddle
Stripe
38:33:23 Why is this false? “I’m a string” instanceof String
40:38:22 Do you all use Mac spaces for organizing windows?
Arc
45:55:21 Do you have any tips that would help my front end team avoid rendering a DOM with invalid element nesting?
48:48:14 Would you do an episode commenting on the CSS Nesting survey released this week?
Help Choose CSS Nesting Syntax
53:57:01 How do you guys go about prioritizing your work?
Height.app
Things
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Scott: Bundle of Eucalyptus
Wes: Recycling bin brackets

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Buy It or Build It? A Service is Not a Solution Jan 16, 2023

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In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the differences between building it yourself vs paying for a service to do it for you, such as cron jobs, checkout, hosting, images, video, and more.

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00:24 Welcome
03:19 Buying vs building topic
07:09 Strategy
09:50 Escapability
14:56 Services You Could Use
Sentry
Postmark
16:34 Efficiency of using a service
18:08 Cron jobs
20:43 Checkout
Recurly
Lemon Squeezy
Stripe
Braintree
24:29 Hosting
26:00 Screenshots and open graph images
Cloudinary
Vercel OG
Puppeteer
29:25 Search
Algolia
Elastic
MongoDB
33:32 Auth
PasswordJS
36:55 Images
39:46 Video Hosting
Vimeo
Mux
Amazon Kinesis

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Katherine Mello on Liberal Arts → Coding, Bootcamps, and Sustainability Jan 13, 2023

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In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Katherine Mello about her journey into coding from liberal arts to bootcamp education, data visualization, and coding for a sustainable focused company.

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00:34 Welcome
01:10 Guest introduction
Rolling With Kat
03:05 Bag milk?
04:34 What is Tangible Materials?
Tangible Materials
07:27 How did you end up at Tangible?
Full Stack Academy
10:05 Are bootcamps worth it?
14:46 How important were in person classes to you?
All We Can Save
Braiding Sweetgrass
20:46 What do you enjoy about data visualization?
D3
Data visualization society
Three.js
Observable
Color Wheel
27:21 Working at WeWork
WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn • Official Trailer
34:14 What is your tech stack at Tangible?
38:26 What backend would Wes use for a project?
Svelte Kit
Supabase
Super Bass
42:10 Is there environmental web hosting?
43:47 Supper Club Questions
Uplift Desks
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Climavores

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2023 Goals × Learning and Doing Jan 11, 2023

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In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through their goals for 2023 including coding, tooling, courses and platforms, social media, and fitness.

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00:17 Welcome
02:38 What’s a cantina?
06:33 Scott’s coding goals
Animated grid layouts
Tauri
14:39 Wes’ code goals
Uses
Stripe
Stripe Elements
Shoelace
23:17 Tooling
Vite Plugin List Directory Contents
26:39 Scott’s courses and platform
LevelUp.video
29:36 Wes’ courses
Wes Bos Tutorials
31:11 Scott’s fitness goals
35:55 Wes’ fitness goals
39:44 Apple Watch for fitness
41:54 Syntax podcast goals
50:13 Scott’s social media goals
Scott on TikTok
LevelUp Newsletter
52:35 Wes’ social media goals
Wes on TikTok
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Scott: The Menu
Wes: JB Weld Clearweld, big version

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TypeScript Fundamentals × Satisfies and as const Jan 09, 2023

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In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Satisfies and as const.

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00:25 Welcome
02:04 Xmas recap
Peloton
04:09 Satisfies and as const
06:16 What is const?
10:30 Helping with currency
12:44 Bos monster server update
14:13 Satisfies

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Supper Club × Sarah Drasner on Engineering Management Jan 06, 2023

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In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Sarah Drasner about her new book, Engineering Management for the Rest of Us, what it’s like moving from management to coding and back, the book writing process, and her Fortnite VS Code theme.

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00:36 Welcome
01:59 Who is Sarah Drasner?
@Sarah_Edo on Twitter
@Sarah_Edo on Mastodon
@Sdras on CodePen
@SDras on GitHub
SarahDrasnerDesign.com
Google
Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
Amazon: Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
Netlify
05:25 How did you figure out what to do in management?
07:20 How do you get out of engineer’s way?
The Engineer Manager pendulum
09:39 Do you spend time on making the person happy in the job?
15:51 Should managers code?
19:16 Was it difficult to step out of coding?
21:07 Why do people leave jobs?
24:04 Dealing with conflict and reorgs
28:36 What makes a good retro?
31:25 What was your process for writing a book?
SVG Animations: From Common UX Implementations to Complex Responsive Animation
Scrivener
Egghead
Mayfly Design
Sarah Drasner’s articles on CSS Tricks
Sarah Drasner’s articles on Smashing Magazine
43:44 Supper Club questions
Sarah Drasner’s VS Code snippets and themes
Creating a VS Code theme
Wes Bos Cobalt 2 VS Code theme
Partytown beta
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Paper Koi Lantern: a DIY Kit

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