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Our Code Styles
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott discuss their coding styles and preferences in JavaScript and CSS.
#JavaScript #CSS #TypeScript
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Potluck - Peer Dependencies × Vitest × NVM and PNPM × Sprites
In this potluck episode, Wes and Scott discuss NAS networking, Home Assistant, peer dependencies in npm, and transpilation when using Vite and Vitest.
#npm #networking #testing
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10 years of Speaking + Conferences
Wes and Scott discuss their experiences with conference speaking over the past 10 years, including the benefits like gaining legitimacy, improving public speaking skills, making connections, and traveling.
#speaking #conferences #connections
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Tips for Communicating
Communication tips for email, meetings, code reviews, spanning topics like numbering questions, bolding important parts, using paragraphs, and recognizing when you're asking a lot.
#Email #Communication #Writing #Productivity
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Home Automation - A Look Ahead
An overview of home automation protocols, software options like Homebridge, how it leads to family buy-in, and the ways automation can improve upon analog problems.
#smart home #protocols #customization
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Potluck - Headless WordPress, Databases, Regex
Wes and Scott answer listener questions on topics like hosting databases, learning new programming languages, fitness goals, CSS environment variables, and more.
#Programming #JavaScript
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Syntax Live at Reactathon
Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski host a live podcast episode from Reactathon, featuring debates, old code, syntax errors, JS or NAS, and audience Q&A.
#javascript #webdev #podcast
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Git in VS Code
Wes and Scott discuss using Git version control in VS Code, including built-in features and extensions that enhance the developer workflow.
#git #vs code
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TypeScript Tooling Explained
Overview of the various TypeScript tooling options including type checkers, compilers, build tools, IDEs, configs, and recommendations for server-side usage.
#typescript #tooling #compilers
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Potluck - Protestware × NoSQL × Next.js × ESM × Jest
Wes and Scott answer listener questions about Next.js, database options, build tools, protestware packages, and game development.
#Next.js #Open Source
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10 Nifty Browser APIs
Discussion of 10 interesting browser APIs for accessing user data and hardware like webcam, geolocation, animations, speech, and more.
#APIs #JavaScript
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WTF is the Edge? Edge Compute / Functions
Discussion on what edge computing is, how it works, use cases, upsides and downsides.
#edge computing #edge functions #serverless
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JavaScript × STUMP’D
Wes and Scott quiz each other on random JavaScript interview questions and discuss techniques and concepts like weak maps, promises, and variable swapping.
#JavaScript
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Potluck - Working on a Team × Dealing with Imposter Syndrome × Animating on the Web × Icon Libraries × Demanding Clients
Scott and Wes answer listener questions about working on a development team, dealing with imposter syndrome, using icon libraries, fixing broken service workers, building fullstack apps in Next.js, when to move a project to production, and dealing with bad clients.
#teamwork #webdev #javascript
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Potluck - Multi Tenant Apps, JS Sprinkles, Kids Coding, Server Error Handling
In this episode of Syntax, Scott talks about his new Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric vehicle and its features. Wes and Scott also answer listener questions about adding interactivity to a Drupal site and whether presentational React components can be non-leaf components.
#react
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Making Content × What is our Process? Youtube, Blog Posts, Courses, Conference Talks, and Podcasts
In this Making Content × What is our Process? episode, Wes and Scott share their strategies for developing ideas and structuring content across mediums like YouTube, conferences, courses, blogs, and podcasts.
#productivity
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Syntax Highlight
Wes and Scott review developer portfolio sites, providing feedback on design, user experience, and accessibility.
#webdev #portfolios #developers
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Our Stacks Explained
Wes Boss and Scott Tolinski explain and compare the tech stacks they use for their online course platforms, which have changed over the years but accomplish similar goals in different ways.
#JavaScript #Online Courses
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Potluck - Handling Auth × Are Web Dev Real Developers? × Handling Git Conflicts × Converting PNG to Box-Shadow × Bad Docs vs No Docs × Making Shopify Headless
Scott and Wes answer listener questions submitted on a variety of web development topics including authentication, motivation, tools, and favorite products.
#auth #api #tooling #tips
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Part 2 of Wes and Scott React to the State of JS
Wes and Scott discuss the results of the 2021 State of JS survey covering topics like languages, testing, pain points and more.
#JavaScript #Programming
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Wes and Scott React to the State of JS
Scott and Wes review highlights from the latest State of JS survey results, covering developer demographics, language features, frameworks, build tools and more.
#JavaScript #State of JS
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Ben Vinegar × Distributed Tracing and TypeScript Migrations
Ben Vinegar joins to discuss his work in web development and open source, distributed tracing, Sentry's evolution, remote work impacts and more.
#Debugging #Tracing
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Potluck - Selling Themes × Which Browser Should Devs Use? × Where Do You Keep 2FA Codes? × Remix vs Svelte Kit × Getting Unstuck from Tutorial Hell
In this potluck episode, Scott and Wes answer questions on Webpack, HTML tags, TypeScript, 2FA recovery codes, JavaScript alternatives, React frameworks like Remix and SvelteKit, getting unstuck from tutorial purgatory, whether frameworks abstract away too much complexity, and strategies for keeping up with new web technologies.
#webpack #html #typescript #2fa
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Creator of Wordle - Josh Wardle
Josh Wardle, creator of Wordle, joins to discuss building the insanely viral web game using vanilla JavaScript and web components. He shares the origins, growth timeline, technology decisions, and sale to The New York Times.
#technology #webdev #JavaScript
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Syntax Highlight
Scott and Wes review listener submitted portfolio sites, talking through design, code quality, accessibility, and more. They also discuss trying too hard to use the latest tech trends.
#Design #Development #Portfolio
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Monorepos! Workspaces, pnpm, turborepo + more!
Wes and Scott discuss monorepos - managing multiple packages and projects within a single Git repository. They cover benefits like sharing code, tools like Turborepo, NX, Lerna and more.
#monorepo #javascript #webdev
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New Year, New You. What to Focus on in 2022.
Scott and Wes give coding, soft skills, and random skill focuses for beginner, intermediate, and advanced developers for 2022.
#skills #learning #productivity
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Potluck
In this potluck episode, Scott and Wes answer questions about protecting images, learning TypeScript, staying focused, backend languages, media queries in Svelte, implementing auth and payments, tools for debugging, working across time zones, introducing Prettier, monorepos, and using Retool to build internal tools.
#JavaScript #TypeScript #Collaboration #Tooling
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2022 Predictions
Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski discuss their predictions for web development trends in 2022, covering topics like Svelte, Tailwind CSS, Rust, GraphQL, TypeScript, payment platforms and more.
#JavaScript #WebDev #2022
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2021 In Review
Scott and Wes recap the highlights from 2021 including moving houses, course updates, and tech experiments.
#javascript #webdev #podcast
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Gitpod, iPad Coding, Web3, WTF NFT
In this episode Wes and Scott are joined by Pauline and Jeff from Gitpod to discuss coding in the cloud, blockchain, NFTs, remote work and more.
#coding #blockchain #NFTs
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Potluck - enums, WASM, Lighthouse, Redirects
Scott and Wes answer questions on Chrome UX metrics, REST vs GraphQL, using enums in TypeScript, WebAssembly, ADHD as a developer, redirect status codes, and more.
#webassembly #adhd #typescript #graphql
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JavaScript and Hardware × Cars, Factories, Heavy Industry, Robots, and the Internet of Things
Ant Rogen joins to discuss his experience with industrial automation and using JavaScript and web technology to interface with PLCs, sensors, factories and more.
#IoT #Automation #Industry
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Everything in web dev is Amazing!
Wes and Scott talk about how much web development tools, languages and infrastructure have improved over the past 5-10 years, making developers' lives easier and code simpler and more powerful.
#JavaScript #History
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Troubleshooting
Wes and Scott discuss techniques and tips for troubleshooting code and software systems.
#debugging #errors
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Potluck — Copilot × Glasses × Databases × Dealing with Stress × Employment vs Self-Employment × Auth in GraphQL × Headless CMS × More!
Potluck episode covering GitHub Copilot, glasses, stress, company sizes, design, CMS, security and more.
#tips #webdev #FAANG
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Web Containers, StackBlitz, and Node.js in the Browser with Tomek Sulkowski
Tomac joins to discuss StackBlitz, an online IDE powered by web containers and running environments like Node directly in the browser via WebAssembly.
#StackBlitz #WebContainers #WebAssembly #Node
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STUMP'D Interview Questions - CSS Edition
Scott and Wes play a game of Stumped focused on CSS interview questions to quiz each other's knowledge.
#CSS #webdev #frontend
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Horror Web Dev Stories - 2021
Scott and Wes share horror stories submitted by developers about production bugs, data loss, performance issues, and more.
#webdev #horror #halloween
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Potluck — Coding for Kids × MongoDB Hosting × NoMoreFoo × Best Cities for Dev Jobs × GraphQL Resolvers × Package Security × Prototypes and Portfolios × More!
Scott and Wes answer questions on policies, teaching, hubs, GraphQL, code, CSS, MongoDB, services, security, upgrades, sites, values, backup and images in a fun potluck show.
#Teaching #GraphQL #Security #Performance