Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about margins. There are a lot of techniques for dealing with margins - padding instead of margin, only margin or padding bottom, Flexbox for everything, Grid for everything, or a spacing Div. Sentry - Sponsor Find out about Sentry’s Dex Conference. From controlling chaotic workflows to maintaining stable code, there’s a lot that can drive a developer mad. We’re hosting DEX, the conference for developers by developers, to give us all a chance to come together and sort through that madness. This is a free, one-day event to share best practices, epic fails, and seasoned insights on how to improve productivity. Whether you join us in-person in San Francisco or virtually from your home, you’ll have the opportunity to share your thoughts, engage with other developers, and walk away with your own personal madness sorting algorithm. Auth0 - Sponsor Auth0 is the easiest way for developers to add authentication and secure their applications. They provides features like user management, multi-factor authentication, and you can even enable users to login with device biometrics with something like their fingerprint. Not to mention, Auth0 has SDKs for your favorite frameworks like React, Next.js, and Node/Express. Make sure to sign up for a free account and give Auth0 a try with the link below. https://a0.to/syntax Show Notes 00:30 Welcome 01:39 Sponsor: Sentry 02:50 Sponsor: Auth0 04:25 Introduction to margins 08:28 Margin vs padding 11:46 New techniques 14:32 The spacer div 17:36 Why do it as a component vs a class? Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Brandon Roberts about Appwrite, how Appwrite works, who it’s for, as well as his thoughts on Angular, Remix, and more. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you can get a fully managed, production-ready GraphQL API as a service to help you build modern apps faster. You can get started for free in 30 seconds, or if you want to try out the Standard tier for zero cost, use the code “TryHasura” at this link: hasura.info. We’ve also got an amazing selection of GraphQL tutorials at hasura.io/learn. Lightstep Incident Response - Sponsor Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Usage-based pricing on active services promotes collaboration across your entire team to build a culture of service ownership. Listeners of Syntax will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident. Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free Lightstep Incident Response t-shirt. Show Notes 00:36 Welcome 01:10 Who is Brandon Roberts? @BrandonTRoberts 02:00 What is Appwrite? Appwrite Getting started with Appwrite 03:17 What database layer does Appwrite use? 08:17 Is this working client side or server side? 09:54 Great docs and examples 12:55 How is deployment handled? Appwrite on Digital Ocean 15:30 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response 16:36 Appwrite’s focus on developer experience Appwrite to do with Svelte 19:56 Realtime database options with Appwrite 22:40 Cloud functions in Appwrite 26:01 How does Appwrite scale? Docker Swarm 27:28 Who is Appwrite for? Flutter 30:03 What is Ionic? Ionic 32:12 What do you enjoy about working in Angular? Angular 35:08 Sponsor: Hasura 36:30 Supper club questions Night owl Shameless Plugs Guest: React Router Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through the fundamentals of web workers and service workers - examples, when you should use them, how to debug, local dev, and more. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes 00:11 Welcome 04:34 What are threads? 06:12 Concurrent vs parallel 09:22 Green screen web cam example 13:02 Examples of what you could use web workers for Party Town Deno 19:52 Sponsor: LogRocket 20:42 Post Message API and Web Workers 25:57 What about WASM? 27:28 Offline sync 28:14 What are service workers? 31:20 How do you caching sites for offline use? 32:39 Web worker vs service worker 34:12 Sponsor: Sanity 35:40 What is the lifecycle of a service worker 38:18 Possible issues with Service Workers 42:46 Debugging service workers Svelte Kit Service workers Workbox 43:04 Testing and local development Service Workers notes from Wes’ Workshop 46:45 Sponsor: Freshbooks 49:59 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Setex Gecko Grip 1mm Anti Slip Eyeglass Nose Pads Wes: Samsung Frame TV Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the past 499 episodes of Syntax, what have been the most downloaded episodes, their favorite episodes, and the sickest of sick pics. Sentry - Sponsor Attend Dex If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Payments Hub - Sponsor There are hundreds of payments processing companies out there. Hit up developer.paymentshub.com/syntax to learn more about how Payments Hub Developers not only processes ecommerce and in-person payments, but also boards and underwrites your merchants in as little as 90 minutes. We are currently offering Syntax listeners who become new partners 6 months free data through our Business Reporting API! Show Notes 00:28 Welcome 01:44 Sponsor: Sentry 03:28 Sponsor: Payments Hub 04:36 20 million! 05:57 Our current recording process Libsyn 09:09 Top 10 episodes 162 - The Fundementals JS 92 - React Hooks 158 - The Fundamentals HTML + CSS 66 - The React Episode 44 - How to Learn New Things Quickly 198 - How to Get Better at Problem Solving 20 JavaScript Array and Object Methods to make you a better developer 188 - The Fundamentals - Server Side 174 - How to Build an API 120 - Gatsby vs Next 18:00 Our favorite episodes 193 - Spooky Stories 400 - Horror Stories 2021 250 - Scott Teaches Wes Svelte and Sapper 60 - Undocumented Web 23:00 Questions from Twitter Twitter questions Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with the author of Svelte, Rich Harris, about what influenced the creation of Svelte, his thoughts on web components, the virtual DOM, why companies are switching to Svelte, and what’s next for Svelte. Gatsby - Sponsor Today’s episode was sponsored by Gatsby, the fastest frontend for the headless web. Gatsby is the framework of choice for content-rich sites backed by a headless CMS as its GraphQL data layer makes it straightforward to source website content from anywhere. Gatsby’s opinionated, React-based framework makes the hardest parts of building a performant website simpler. Visit gatsby.dev/syntax to get your first Gatsby site up in minutes and experience the speed. ⚡️ Lightstep Incident Response - Sponsor Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Usage-based pricing on active services promotes collaboration across your entire team to build a culture of service ownership. Listeners of Syntax will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident. Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free Lightstep Incident Response t-shirt. Show Notes 00:33 Welcome 02:10 Who is Rich Harris? Rich Harris on Twitter 02:55 What is Svelte? Svelte Vercel Svelte Kit 06:52 What influenced the template language for Svelte? 10:03 What do you use the const tag for? 10:49 Sponsor: Gatsby 12:04 What about immutability issues? 17:49 What about web components? 21:51 Why does Svelte not need the virtual DOM? 27:34 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response 28:45 What is your favorite part of working in Svelte? 32:31 Why are companies switching to Svelte? 34:35 What is the SvelteKit timeline? 38:52 What’s the next version of Svelte include? Motion 41:36 Any thoughts on new backend JavaScript environments? Web Interoperability 45:39 Supperclub Questions 52:40 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Rich: Mullvad VPN Shameless Plugs Svelte Origins Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about their thoughts on the different types of tech jobs you can get, and the pros and cons of each style of job in tech. Lightstep Incident Response - Sponsor Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Usage-based pricing on active services promotes collaboration across your entire team to build a culture of service ownership. Listeners of Syntax will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident. Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free Lightstep Incident Response t-shirt. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:47 The types of jobs Wes’ tweet about developer jobs 03:02 Our experiences 05:58 Tech company 09:46 Freelancer or Entrepreneur 11:14 What are the pros of working at a agency? 18:38 Cons to agency life 26:19 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response 27:49 Pros of tech company jobs 30:47 Cons of working at tech companies 37:46 Sponsor: Freshbooks 38:51 Pros of in house tech jobs 46:01 Cons of tech work 51:29 Sponsor: LogRocket 52:28 Pros of freelance or entrepreneur 57:20 Cons of entrepreneur life 00:03 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Wes: Soap pump Scott: Pro breaking tour Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about proposals to CSS including @when, CSS Masonry, CSS Caret, ENV Vars, and Media Query Ranges. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Show Notes 00:11 Welcome 00:58 Sponsor: Sentry 02:17 Sponsor: Sanity 03:32 CSS @when and @else CSS When and Else @when media(width >= 400px) and media(pointer: fine) and supports(display: flex) { /* A */ } @else supports(caret-color: pink) and supports(background: double-rainbow()) { /* B */ } @else { /* C */ } 05:42 CSS Grid 3 Masonry CSS Grid .grid { display: inline-grid; grid: masonry / repeat(3, 2ch); border: 1px solid; masonry-auto-flow: next; } David Desandro Rachel Andrew 09:00 CSS Caret CSS Caret 10:32 CSS Nesting CSS Nesting Syntax 343 CSS Nesting Postcss-preset-env 13:14 ENV Vars ENV Variables 14:58 Media Query Ranges MDN Media Queries @media (width < env(--small_bp)); @media (100px < width < 1000px); Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Josh Larson from Shopify about headless ecommerce, including Hydrogen from Shopify, how integrations work with Shopify, and what the tech stack is behind Hydrogen. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you can get a fully managed, production-ready GraphQL API as a service to help you build modern apps faster. You can get started for free in 30 seconds, or if you want to try out the Standard tier for zero cost, use the code “TryHasura” at this link: hasura.info. We’ve also got an amazing selection of GraphQL tutorials at hasura.io/learn. Lightstep Incident Response - Sponsor Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Usage-based pricing on active services promotes collaboration across your entire team to build a culture of service ownership. Listeners of Syntax will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident. Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free Lightstep Incident Response t-shirt. Show Notes 00:38 Welcome 01:12 Guest introduction 03:16 What is Hydrogen from Shopify? Hydrogen Shopify Oxygen 11:23 Why would you want to go headless? 15:26 Sponsor: Hasura 16:56 Where does custom logic fit? 18:45 What is the stack behind Hydrogen? 24:16 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response 25:33 How much code is JavaScript vs React? 33:43 How do integrations work? 38:28 Supper Club Questions In Bed By 7pm VS Code Theme Zsh Hyper Laravel Vite Cloudflare Workers Rust Rust for JS 48:10 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× The Story Of by Vice Shameless Plugs @JPLHomer Shopify Editions Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about middleman for API fetching, when to introduce SvelteKit, generating PDFs serverside, trade offs of being an entrepreneur vs employee, and more! Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build website pages as a set of components. Break pages into sections of components using React, Vue, or whatever you like. Make corresponding Slices in Prismic. Start building pages dynamically in minutes. Get started at prismic.io/syntax. Auth0 - Sponsor Auth0 is the easiest way for developers to add authentication and secure their applications. They provides features like user management, multi-factor authentication, and you can even enable users to login with device biometrics with something like their fingerprint. Not to mention, Auth0 has SDKs for your favorite frameworks like React, Next.js, and Node/Express. Make sure to sign up for a free account and give Auth0 a try with the link below. https://a0.to/syntax LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes 00:18 Welcome 02:50 Is there a way to create a “middleman” to fetch data from an API once a day? Redis 06:53 Should I wait before introducing team members to SvelteKit? SvelteKit V1 issues 10:28 What options do we have for generating PDFs serverside? WKHTML to PDF Puppeteer PhantomJS html2canvas Generate Invoice Workers 15:47 Sponsor: Prismic 17:08 How do you say thank you to sponsors? 18:32 How would you compare the tradeoffs of working at a tech company vs. an agency vs. freelancing vs. entrepreneurship? 20:47 What’s the best way for an oldie like me to catch up? CSS Grid.io Modern CSS Layouts 26:08 I’m wondering what do you think about tRPC? trpc.io Create t3 app 29:00 Sponsor: LogRocket 30:03 PDF creator Cloudflare worker 32:50 How do you feel about keeping separate accounts for things like Twitter? 37:28 Does using prototypes mean you are not doing functional programming? 42:09 PHP vs JavaScript based CMS Ghost Keystone Strapi 45:15 Sponsor: Auth0 46:21 Why do you think this mindset that with age comes an inability to learn? Syntax 44 How to Learn New Things Quickly 51:32 Are there other payment providers you guys recommend or should I stick with Stripe and hope for the best? Stripe Paypal 56:10 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Literature and History Wes: Kitchen faucet Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the various web browers that might show up in your analytics and whether you need to worry about supporting them or not. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. MagicBell - Sponsor MagicBell is the The notification inbox for your product. Add a MagicBell to your product for announcements, billing, workflow, and other notifications. The free plan supports up to 100 Monthly Active Users - use the coupon code SYNTAXFM for 10% off the first 12 months. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:19 Sponsor: Sentry 02:29 Sponsor: MagicBell 03:51 Big browsers and their engines 05:29 Cloaked browsers 08:16 What’s so great about Arc? Arc 11:33 JavaScript engines 13:30 iOS Browsers Open Web Advocacy 15:07 Android browsers 18:04 The rest of the browsers 19:24 Tor browser 20:20 Opera mini 22:48 UC browser 23:42 Opera mobile 24:57 KaiOS 26:26 Ringtone memories Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Lee Robinson from Vercel about React Suspense, server components, the edge, and more! Lightstep Incident Response - Sponsor Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Usage-based pricing on active services promotes collaboration across your entire team to build a culture of service ownership. Listeners of Syntax will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident. Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free Lightstep Incident Response t-shirt. Gatsby - Sponsor Today’s episode was sponsored by Gatsby, the fastest frontend for the headless web. Gatsby is the framework of choice for content-rich sites backed by a headless CMS as its GraphQL data layer makes it straightforward to source website content from anywhere. Gatsby’s opinionated, React-based framework makes the hardest parts of building a performant website simpler. Visit gatsby.dev/syntax to get your first Gatsby site up in minutes and experience the speed. ⚡️ Show Notes 00:35 Welcome 01:34 Guest introduction LeeRob.io Vercel 02:25 Syntax hosted on Vercel 04:08 What is suspense? 06:50 Benefits of selective hydration 13:15 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response 14:24 How does suspense know you’re doing something inside of it? 18:02 How does this connect to server components in React? 22:00 How do we use this in NextJS? 24:32 NextJS routing future Layouts RFC 33:11 Will I ever be able to use web components inside NextJS? 36:12 Sponsor: Gatsby 37:14 What’s happening with the Edge? Edge Runtime 47:37 What should we use for databases? 50:39 Supper Club dessert questions OhMyPosh Hyper Warp Svelte Hackernews Reddit 58:57 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× AirPods Shameless Plugs Careers at Vercel Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through their web dev wish list of things they want to just work already! Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes 00:11 Welcome 02:20 Write Custom animation transitions 03:32 date input translate to JavaScript date 06:48 Smooth and animated drag and drop 08:35 TypeScript Interfaces are faster than Types 10:35 Request animation frame 12:52 Custom Elements / Web Components 13:52 Authentication Web Authentication API 16:12 Sponsor: Linode 17:48 useIsomporphic vs useLayoutEffect 19:48 useEffect dependency array 21:27 fragments without fragments 24:46 Overflow hidden without hiding shadows 27:11 Fluid text 28:52 Sponsor: Sentry 29:34 translate3d vs translate 30:59 Gradient borders 33:33 Independent transforms 36:16 animate height auto 38:40 Sponsor: Freshbooks 39:02 Auto synced deps when changing package file 40:36 Peer dependencies 42:32 VS Code Reload after plugins install is kinda annoying 43:04 Safari updates 44:20 Apps checking for passwords 45:02 File name casing as changes 45:56 Better sounding commit names 46:33 Test runner that is the same and just works 47:32 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Arc browser / Video Wes: Battery powered glue gun Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk the appreciation of coding projects that supposedly serve no purpose, but can be great ways to learn something new. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. Show Notes 00:39 I am excited about coding 02:40 Sponsor: LogRocket 03:58 Sponsor: Linode 04:24 Projects that serve no purpose Bookit 05:46 Scratching your own itch 10:06 Discount finder 11:20 Webcam or audio manipulation 12:43 TTFS Parcel Vite Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Syed Balkhi about his experiences blogging and developing plugins in the WordPress ecosytem. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you can get a fully managed, production-ready GraphQL API as a service to help you build modern apps faster. You can get started for free in 30 seconds, or if you want to try out the Standard tier for zero cost, use the code “TryHasura” at this link: hasura.info. We’ve also got an amazing selection of GraphQL tutorials at hasura.io/learn. Sponsorname - Sponsor Show Notes 00:32 Welcome 01:52 Guest introduction WPBeginner WP Beginner YouTube CSS Tricks Smashing Magazine 04:33 What tips do you have for blogging and audience building? AnswerthePublic 09:09 How do you manage so many people? 13:07 What was your background before this all got big? 13:43 Sponsor: Hasura 15:01 How do you design your products? 18:40 YouTube, TikTok, and video 25:12 Why the WordPress hate? 29:03 What types of websites are being created in WordPress? Easy Digital Downloads WooCommerce MemberPress 34:13 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response 35:26 What schools are you building? Balkhi Foundation Pencils of Promise 40:51 Supper Club questions Copyhackers Swiped Uncanny Automator 53:07 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Streaks App Ready Player Two WP Forms AwesomeMotive Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about resolving node version errors, using social media, bundler for building React component, and how does Syntax get made? Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build website pages as a set of components. Break pages into sections of components using React, Vue, or whatever you like. Make corresponding Slices in Prismic. Start building pages dynamically in minutes. Get started at prismic.io/syntax. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes OhMyPosh OhMyZ.sh Warp 02:34 How do you resolve errors when starting up a project with npm that you haven’t touched in awhile? 07:50 Any advice for using social media to network? 16:44 What bundler are you reaching for when building a React component library? tsdx Vite 18:37 Do you have experience with optimizing third party scripts like Google Analytics? Partytown 21:37 What’s your opinion on a “offline-first” mentality? PouchDB CouchDB Supabase MongoDB Realm 25:09 Sponsor: Prismic 26:48 How do you make web components with Svelte? Build web components in Svelte Using custom elements in Svelte 30:35 When talking about “responsive” web design do people generally mean using flexbox or grid? Responsive Design at 10 Responsive Web Design A Book Apart - Responsive Web Design 35:24 Sponsor: Sentry 36:53 Do you have any tips for staying in React-land for just spinning up a fresh site quickly? 40:47 Who or what helps you produce and distribute the podcast? Lemon Productions Chris Enns on Twitter 46:08 Should a majority of _lodash functions be considered deprecated follow up 48:18 Sponsor: Freshbooks 48:52 Do you have any tips or tricks to deal with backend data date issues? 52:23 Is the “col” system the peak of how we handle CSS, or should we start using more built-in functions? 55:25 Why you you need CSS Color Functions at runtime instead of just pre-calculating these values once as a build step using LESS or SASS? 58:58 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× 03:12 Shameless Plugs ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Can tumbler glasses Wes: Car Sound Deadener Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Bun, a new all-in-one JavaScript runtime. What makes Bun so fast? What’s on Bun’s roadmap? And why do we need another JavaScript runtime? Lightstep Incident Response - Sponsor Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Usage-based pricing on active services promotes collaboration across your entire team to build a culture of service ownership. Listeners of Syntax will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident. Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free Lightstep Incident Response t-shirt. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes 00:23 Welcome 01:21 Sponsor: Freshbooks 02:07 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response 03:20 What is Bun? Bun Deno 08:20 Why is Bun so fast? Zig 12:32 Module support 15:11 What’s not implemented yet in Bun? What’s not implemented in Bun yet 17:01 Config file in toml 18:08 Bun roadmap Bun roadmap 20:27 Why do we need another JavaScript environment? Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Adam Cowley about how Neo4j Database can help when working with data for your next app. Gatsby - Sponsor Today’s episode was sponsored by Gatsby, the fastest frontend for the headless web. Gatsby is the framework of choice for content-rich sites backed by a headless CMS as its GraphQL data layer makes it straightforward to source website content from anywhere. Gatsby’s opinionated, React-based framework makes the hardest parts of building a performant website simpler. Visit gatsby.dev/syntax to get your first Gatsby site up in minutes and experience the speed. ⚡️ Lightstep Incident Response - Sponsor Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Usage-based pricing on active services promotes collaboration across your entire team to build a culture of service ownership. Listeners of Syntax will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident. Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free Lightstep Incident Response t-shirt. Show Notes 00:15 Welcome 01:24 Guest introduction 03:15 Browser innovation and testing 05:01 What is a graph database? Neo4j Cypher Sanity Groq 08:11 Is there a specific type of data that works best in a graph database? 11:57 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response 13:14 What’s AuraDB vs Neo4js? 15:01 Whiteboard friendly data model 19:52 How are GraphQL and graph related? 23:08 Can you sync with MongoDB? 24:41 How do you pull data into a div on the web? 29:19 Why are you used for data science a lot? 30:43 Sponsor: Gatsby 31:51 Is visualization an important part of Neo4js? Neo4j Bloom 36:01 Do you have to think about indexing with graph databases? 39:43 Are there uses Neo4j isn’t as good for? 40:22 Do you have to cache queries? 41:26 Dessert questions Intellijet Idea Cobalt 2 Theme 50:36 Shameless Plug Neo4j Desktop Neo4j Cloud 54:45 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Hue Lights Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about their coding styles - functional vs object oriented, interfaces vs types, tabs vs spaces, should comments exist? And a whole lot more. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Show Notes 00:07 Welcome 01:56 Functional vs object oriented 03:49 Interfaces vs types 05:38 Tabs vs spaces 07:02 Semicolons vs no semicolons 08:10 Let vs const 09:33 Do you explicitly type or allow TypeScript do it’s magic? 11:26 Naming variables Naming convention for programming 15:13 Methods of looping 18:03 if statement curlys 20:57 Naming files 24:46 Inline testing vs running test as a process 25:31 Sponsor: Freshbooks 26:37 CSS property:val; or property: val; 27:40 CSS nesting? 29:49 Alphabetizing CSS properties 31:11 Rems, Ems, PX, Etc… 33:37 How do you center something in CSS? 35:22 How do you make something 100% height? 36:52 Sponsor: Sentry 37:30 Should comments exist? Better Comments Wes’ custom parser for VS Code Todo Tree 42:31 Creating HTML 45:28 Components in app or in isolation? 47:41 Sponsor: Sanity 48:45 Single component per file vs multiple Storybook 50:22 Naming components 51:19 General stuff 53:55 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Scott’s iPad case for kids Wes: Garbage can with custom bags. Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes try to stump each other with coding interview questions like what is a higher order component? What is functional programming? And more! Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Lightstep Incident Response - Sponsor Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Usage-based pricing on active services promotes collaboration across your entire team to build a culture of service ownership. Listeners of Syntax will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident. Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free Lightstep Incident Response t-shirt. Show Notes 00:26 Welcome 01:47 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response 03:00 Sponsor: Sentry 04:10 What is a higher order component? 05:34 What is functional programming? 09:00 What’s the purpose of cache busting and how do you achieve it? Wes’ course for Beginner JavaScript 10:37 What is short circuit evaluation? 13:19 What is a closure? 15:49 What is the reason for wrapping the contents of a JavaScript source file in a function that is then invoked? 17:30 Can you describe how CSS specificity works? 20:15 How does prototypal inheritance differ from classical inheritance? 23:56 What is the difference between a parameter and an argument? Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Kristi Perreault of Liberty Mutual about why they’re using serverless functions, what languages they write in, managing security and montoring, and Kristi’s journey into tech as a career. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you can get a fully managed, production-ready GraphQL API as a service to help you build modern apps faster. You can get started for free in 30 seconds, or if you want to try out the Standard tier for zero cost, use the code “TryHasura” at this link: hasura.info. We’ve also got an amazing selection of GraphQL tutorials at hasura.io/learn. Stack Overflow Podcast - Sponsor For over a dozen years, the Stack Overflow Podcast has been exploring what it means to be a developer, and how the art and practice of software programming is changing our world. Hosted by Ben Popper, Cassidy Williams, and Ceora Ford, the Stack Overflow Podcast is your home for all things code. Listen to new episodes twice a week, wherever you get your podcasts. Lightstep Incident Response - Sponsor Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Usage-based pricing on active services promotes collaboration across your entire team to build a culture of service ownership. Listeners of Syntax will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident. Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free Lightstep Incident Response t-shirt. Show Notes 00:33 Welcome 03:24 Guest introduction @kperreault95 Kristi Perreault on Dev.to Kristi Perreault AWS Hero Liberty Mutual 04:55 Developers at Mutual Liberty 07:05 What did you do before serverless functions? 08:36 Why are you using serverless functions? 12:39 What languages are you writing for serverless functions? 15:53 Sponsor: Hasura 17:22 Where does all the code live? 20:58 AWS CDK AWS CDK CDK Workshop 25:55 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response 27:07 How did you get into tech? 31:44 How do you organize all the functions? 33:51 How important is security? 35:23 What are IM roles? 36:16 How do you deal with spiking and monitoring? Datadog Splunk 41:20 Sponsor: Stackoverflow Podcast 42:02 Have you used Edge functions? 42:50 Supper Club Questions Off by None newsletter Ready Set Cloud ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Loki on Disney+ Shameless Plugs Real World Serverless Podcast Serverless Denver Group AWS Summits @ServerlessCO Kristi Perreault on Medium Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about peer dependencies, Vitest, NVM and PNPM, using sprites for images, common MongoDB operations, and more! Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build website pages as a set of components. Break pages into sections of components using React, Vue, or whatever you like. Make corresponding Slices in Prismic. Start building pages dynamically in minutes. Get started at prismic.io/syntax. Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes 00:03 Welcome 01:53 Configuring home internet routers 04:42 Scott’s Home Assistant update Mushroom Theme 07:52 Could you explain to me peer-dependencies and how does it work? 13:24 Using Vitest do you still have to transpile code? 16:14 Can you talk about helpful and common MongoDB operations, beyond just CRUD. 18:49 How can I update the “updatedAt” field of the document on every save automatically? 20:40 What is aggregation, and when do you use it? 25:33 Sponsor: Prismic 27:27 How does NVM relate to PNPM? pnpm nvm 30:45 I’m looking to upskill from front-end JavaScript? 33:53 Is it possible to have a private NPM repo I can “npm install” from, or do I put my components up on NPM publicly? Creating a private npm package 37:51 Sponsor: LogRocket 39:14 Should a majority of lodash functions be considered deprecated? angus c just 42:36 Please do an episode on programming/learning with ADHD. 44:04 Should I still be putting images in sprites? 49:20 Does Mux have a simple mechanism for adding auth to each video or group of videos? Mux Create playback restriction 53:48 Sponsor: Sanity.io 55:02 Is there copyright issues with using public APIs? Moneypuck 59:38 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Toto Bidet Wes: Sodastream Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about clamp and interpolate and how you might want to use them in your next project. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. NAME - Sponsor There are hundreds of payments processing companies out there. Hit up developer.paymentshub.com/syntax to learn more about how Payments Hub Developers not only processes ecommerce and in-person payments, but also boards and underwrites your merchants in as little as 90 minutes. We are currently offering Syntax listeners who become new partners 6 months free data through our Business Reporting API! Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 00:52 Sponsor: Sentry 01:31 Sponsor: Payments Hub 02:40 Topic introduction 05:05 What is Clamp? CSS clamp: font-size: clamp(1rem, 10vw, 2rem); JavaScript Clamp: const clamp = (num, min, max) => Math.min(Math.max(num, min), max) 09:12 What is Interpolate? D3 Interpolate 12:56 Interpolate in colors 14:37 Quantize D3 Quantize Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Pokey Rule about using his voice to code, and the current state of voice coding software. Stackoverflow Podcast - Sponsor For over a dozen years, the Stack Overflow Podcast has been exploring what it means to be a developer, and how the art and practice of software programming is changing our world. Hosted by Ben Popper, Cassidy Williams, and Ceora Ford, the Stack Overflow Podcast is your home for all things code. Listen to new episodes twice a week, wherever you get your podcasts. directus - Sponsor Directus is an open-source data platform that instantly layers on top of any SQL database. Our Data Engine empowers engineers with dynamic REST+GraphQL APIs, workflow automation, built-in auth, caching, and asset transformations. And the included Data Studio democratizes your database, allowing even non-technical users to browse, manage, and visualize database content through a no-code data collaboration app. Get started in minutes with a free Directus Community Cloud project. Show Notes 00:33 Welcome 01:35 Guest introduction Con 2021 - Cursorless: keyboards and mice are sooo last year!! by Pokey Rule Emily Shea 05:12 How does coding with your voice work? Talon Voice Cursorless Talon 09:45 How do you handle triggering wrong words? 11:41 Sponsor: The Stack Overflow Podcast 12:26 Example of voice coding Parrot 14:21 What are the noises you make for? 24:29 Working on multiple lines at the same time 27:37 How do you decide where the hats go? 31:18 Sponsor: directus 32:59 What is the community of users like for this? Tree Sitter “Incremental, zero-config Code Nav using stack graphs” by Douglas Creager 35:20 Does eye tracking work? 36:48 What kind of mic do you use? DPA Microphone The Voice Book 39:25 Supper Club questions Dark Abyss VS Code theme Kinesis Freestyle 2 Charybdis Nano keyboard Nexstand Arxiv Sanity Subvocal Recognition Imagen Research Midjourney 54:11 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Git Imerge Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Pokey: YouTube channel, Sponsor Pokey on GitHub Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about their experiences speaking at conferences, why they’ve done it, how they prepare talks, and tips for anyone interested in wanting to give talks. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes 00:02 Welcome 01:38 Stanley Cup update 03:13 Legoland update 04:09 Topic introduction Nicole Sullivan Tweet looking for questions 05:03 Why speak at conferences? 08:56 Travelling for free 09:50 Getting paid to speak at conferences 12:23 Doing in person workshops 14:55 How do you get into speaking? 19:25 Meetups 20:30 Sponsor: Linode 21:15 What should you speak about? 26:27 Something you did a deep dive on 29:21 Sponsor: Freshbooks 30:04 Flight protection and travel insurance 32:59 Idea: update to a library 33:28 How to get conferences to invite you to speak? 36:03 How do you prepare for a talk? 42:40 How to find conferences looking for speakers 44:09 How to create a topic that will get picked 46:59 Sponsor: Sentry 48:06 Software for your slides Slides.js Slides.com MDX Deck Notion Figma Google Slides Lydia Hallie Keynote 56:28 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Risk for iOS Wes: Barrina LED T5 Integrated Single Fixture Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about new CSS color functions, and tips for viewing the different options and ways of presenting color that are coming. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:35 Sponsor: Linode 02:22 Where the CSS spec for Color functions are at the moment 05:13 New CSS Color mix function 10:29 Color for the color challenged 12:53 Color contrast function 15:06 Programatically alter colors Anyone have a really great CSS Variables color system strategy? Color for the color challenged Better color tools the color-contrast() function Benjamin Moore Paints as CSS Colours Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Shawn Wang about his thoughts on developer experience, why DX is important, and the importance of learning in public. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you can get a fully managed, production-ready GraphQL API as a service to help you build modern apps faster. You can get started for free in 30 seconds, or if you want to try out the Standard tier for zero cost, use the code “TryHasura” at this link: hasura.info. We’ve also got an amazing selection of GraphQL tutorials at hasura.io/learn. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes 00:32 Welcome 01:56 Guest introduction swyx.io Why Temporal? 06:09 What is Developer Experience? Sarah Drasner 08:35 Is VS Code considered DX? 09:28 Why is internal DX important? Vercel NextJS 11:44 Is DX helpful to small organizations as well? 15:27 Parsimony Parsimony 16:43 Is productivity the main focus? 21:09 Sponsor: Hasura 22:48 What are your thoughts on React? 27:31 Designing for API success 30:44 Sponsor: LogRocket 32:07 What is external developer experience? 36:05 Learning in public 40:46 Supper Club questions dx.tips Retreon VS Code Theme Agnoster ZSH Theme freeCodeCamp Frontend Masters QConf Learn in Public ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: The Stormlight Archive Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about their tips for better communication in email, Zoom calls, code reviews, or asking for help. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Auth0 - Sponsor Auth0 is the easiest way for developers to add authentication and secure their applications. They provides features like user management, multi-factor authentication, and you can even enable users to login with device biometrics with something like their fingerprint. Not to mention, Auth0 has SDKs for your favorite frameworks like React, Next.js, and Node/Express. Make sure to sign up for a free account and give Auth0 a try with the link below. https://a0.to/syntax Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:39 Furnace wiring fun Ecobee Tweet asking for communication tips 05:37 Email communication SavvyCal Calendly 15:07 Recognizing a big ask Simeon Griggs - How to ask for things 24:01 Sponsor: Sentry 25:52 Code review communication 30:39 Sponsor: Sanity 32:22 Sharing information with a video 35:42 In person or one on ones 39:36 Video calls Storyboard.fm 40:54 Realize it’s ok to stop talking 42:27 Sponsor: Auth0 44:13 Tips from Twitter 53:08 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Drachinifel Wes: Lepy LP-2020A Hi-Fi Stereo Audio Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials on YouTube Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the new Browser CSS Page Transitions API proposal and what features it opens up for developers on the web. Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build website pages as a set of components. Break pages into sections of components using React, Vue, or whatever you like. Make corresponding Slices in Prismic. Start building pages dynamically in minutes. Get started at prismic.io/syntax. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes WICG Shared Element Transitions 00:21 Welcome 01:33 Sponsor: Prismic 02:43 Sponsor: LogRocket 04:18 Browser animations on the web vs native apps 06:15 What is the targeted use case for it? 06:56 Shared Element to Root Transitions 11:14 Entry and Exit 17:33 How to enable this in Chrome Example Code Shared Element Transition history Sarah Drasner’s demo async function doTransition() { let transition = document.createDocumentTransition(); // Specify offered elements. The tag below is used to refer // to the generated pseudo elemends in script/CSS. document.querySelector(".old-message").style.pageTransitionTag = "message"; // The start() call triggers an async operation to capture // snapshots for the offered elements, await transition.start(async () => { // This callback is invoked by the browser when the capture // finishes and the DOM can be switched to the new state. // No frames are rendered until this callback returns. // Asynchronously load the new page. await coolFramework.changeTheDOMToPageB(); // Clear the old message if that element is still in the page document.querySelector(".old-message").style.pageTransitionTag = ""; // Set new message as the shared element 'message' document.querySelector(".new-message").style.pageTransitionTag = "message"; // Set up animations using WA-API on the next frame. requestAnimationFrame(() => { document.documentElement.animate(keyframes, { ...animationOptions, pseudoElement: "::page-transition-container(message)", }); }); // Note that when this callback finishes, the animations will start with the tagged elements. }); } Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Tim Leland - developer of browser extensions like WeatherExtension and Link Shortener Extension. Postlight Podcast - Sponsor Postlight is a strategy, design, and engineering firm that builds platforms for some of the biggest organizations in the world. The Postlight Podcast is hosted by senior leaders Rich Ziade, Paul Ford, Gina Trapani, and Chris LoSacco. If you’re looking for answers to tough leadership questions, the Postlight Podcast has you covered. Listen to new episodes every Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts. WP Mail SMTP - Sponsor Did you know that many WordPress sites are not properly configured to send emails? With WP Mail SMTP, you can easily optimize your site to send emails, avoid the spam folder, and make sure your emails land in the inbox every time. WP Mail SMTP comes with detailed email logs, email engagement tracking, visual email reports, weekly email summaries, integrations with popular email providers like SendLayer, Gmail, Outlook, and more! Try WP Mail SMTP Pro today and get 50% off or start with their free version by downloading it from the WordPress plugin directory. Show Notes 00:33 Welcome 02:21 Guest introduction @tim_leland TimLeland.com WeatherExtension Link Shortener Extension 03:40 Why develop browser extensions? 07:58 How did you market your extensions? 09:43 Where is a Chrome extension running? Caddy 14:29 What’s your URL shortener extension? 18:50 OneLink service 20:30 SSL Domains 21:35 Sponsor: The Postlight Podcast 23:00 Maliciousness with URL shorteners 28:26 How do you come up with ideas? 30:03 Running Chrome extensions as Firefox extensions 34:03 Does blogging still work? 36:38 Sponsor: Sendlayer 37:53 Supper club questions Tim Leland /uses/ 45:12 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Tchibo Coffee machine Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Tasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the current state of home automation, and the kinds of software and hardware they’re using in their homes to automate their lives. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Auth0 - Sponsor Auth0 is the easiest way for developers to add authentication and secure their applications. They provides features like user management, multi-factor authentication, and you can even enable users to login with device biometrics with something like their fingerprint. Not to mention, Auth0 has SDKs for your favorite frameworks like React, Next.js, and Node/Express. Make sure to sign up for a free account and give Auth0 a try with the link below. https://a0.to/syntax Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes 00:11 Welcome Syntax Ep181 Automating Stuff 02:18 Protocols 07:35 Software Homebridge Hoobs Home Assistant 11:28 Using Homebridge 16:51 Home Assistant vs Homebridge 24:35 Home Assistant automations 27:26 Wyze cams 33:13 Sponsor: Sentry 34:31 Hardware Philips Hue Leviton Synology Node-RED Docker Wyze Bridge U-Tec 38:00 Bulbs 40:24 Buttons Lutron Aurora Smart Bulb Dimmer Switch Flic Button 42:53 IR Blasters 45:57 Sensors 47:56 Motion sensors 52:05 Sponsor: Auth0 53:28 Switched switches 57:36 Sprinklers 58:54 NFC /r/Homeassistant Shelly 01:04:03 Sponsor: Freshbooks 01:05:01 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Severence on Apple TV+ Wes: INKZALL Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Beginner JavaScript Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about the new viewport units coming to the web - what are they and when can we use them? LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Sanity.io - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:14 Sponsor: LogRocket 02:24 Sponsor: Sanity 04:19 What are viewport units? The Large and small and dynamic viewports 05:22 What are the new viewport units? Large small and dyanmic viewports 07:57 What’s small and large? 11:52 How do viewport units help developers? 12:39 What about the keyboard on mobile? Keycode.info 16:37 When can we start using new viewport units? Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk edge functions and Deno with Eduardo Bouças of Netlify. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you can get a fully managed, production-ready GraphQL API as a service to help you build modern apps faster. You can get started for free in 30 seconds, or if you want to try out the Standard tier for zero cost, use the code “TryHasura” at this link: hasura.info. We’ve also got an amazing selection of GraphQL tutorials at hasura.io/learn. Postlight Podcast - Sponsor Postlight is a strategy, design, and engineering firm that builds platforms for some of the biggest organizations in the world. The Postlight Podcast is hosted by senior leaders Rich Ziade, Paul Ford, Gina Trapani, and Chris LoSacco. If you’re looking for answers to tough leadership questions, the Postlight Podcast has you covered. Listen to new episodes every Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts. WP Mail SMTP - Sponsor Did you know that many WordPress sites are not properly configured to send emails? With WP Mail SMTP, you can easily optimize your site to send emails, avoid the spam folder, and make sure your emails land in the inbox every time. WP Mail SMTP comes with detailed email logs, email engagement tracking, visual email reports, weekly email summaries, integrations with popular email providers like SendLayer, Gmail, Outlook, and more! Try WP Mail SMTP Pro today and get 50% off or start with their free version by downloading it from the WordPress plugin directory. Show Notes 00:36 Welcome 02:31 Who is Eduardo? EduardoBoucas.com @eduardoboucas 04:29 What is a serverless function? 06:42 What is the edge and an edge function? Edge Functions Explained Deno 08:41 Sponsor: Hasura 09:18 The internet is global, and server locations matter 17:09 Chaining multiple edge functions 20:18 Sponsor: WP Mail SMTP 21:18 Why use Deno? 25:06 What are the limitations of using Deno? 28:12 Why not run NodeJS servers on the edge? 30:02 Do you see a future where people are writing packages that work anywhere? 32:00 Sponsor: Postlight Podcast 32:53 What about databases and serverless functions? Planetscale 38:14 What language does Netlify use to write apps in? Netlify Edge Handlers 44:08 Supper Club questions Warp S Town Podcast Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about headless WordPress, Regex, their health and fitness, CSS custom properties in media queries, and more. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. .TECH Domains - Sponsor .TECH is taking the tech industry by storm. A domain that shows the world what you are all about! If you’re looking for a domain name for your startup, portfolio, or your own project like we did with uses.tech, check out .tech Domains. Syntax listeners can snap their .TECH Domains at 80% off on five-year registration by visiting go.tech/syntaxistech and using the coupon code “syntax5”. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 03:30 If I host a NextJS app on Digital Ocean, should I use a Digital Ocean database? 09:14 Will either of you ever do a regex course? Regex101 13:58 Is it possible to use the WordPress users database as the same database that the app uses? WPGraphQL 18:46 Sponsor: Sentry 19:43 How is health and fitness going for the both of you? 26:08 Does Wes know who Gendo Ikari is? 27:36 Dart popularity follow up 29:40 Is it vital that I should learn another programming language? 33:42 Sponsor: Sanity 34:54 If I’m trying to get my first job in web development, do I need to be familiar with design software? Figma 40:01 Thank you for the confidence to apply for a web dev job Syntax 463 with Tom Preston-Werner 41:55 What advice will you give in terms of setting up core important things around network, state management, folder structure? 45:37 .TECH Domain Names 46:22 I just had an interview with a “major tech company” and your article on using string templates was really helpful. Template Strings 48:43 If 80% of the time ew need to use preventDefault on form submission, why don’t the simply change the HTML spec? 50:01 What’s the rationale for not supporting CSS custom properties in media queries when using max/min width? CSS Env MDN CSS Env 55:37 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: * You Must Remember This Podcast Wes: Tools Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about new CSS selectors :has, :where, and :is. MagicBell - Sponsor MagicBell is the the notification inbox for your product. Add a MagicBell to your product for announcements, billing, workflow, and other notifications. The free plan supports up to 100 Monthly Active Users - use the coupon code SYNTAXFM for 10% off the first 12 months. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:19 Sponsor: MagicBell 02:31 Sponsor: LogRocket 03:40 Don’t say stupid 05:03 :Has MDN :Has // Finds all p tags that have an anchor tag as a child p:has(a) {} // Can find children of parent as well // Finds the button of a paragraph that contains an a tag p:has(a) button {} // Finds all p tags that don't have an anchor tag as a child p:not(:has(a)) {} // Finds all p tags where a is a direct sibling p:has(> a) {} // would find Hi // would not find hi 06:13 Jargon check 11:01 Some examples 13:25 Nest navigations 13:51 Can I use it? 15:52 Is and Where MDN :where In the past we would write header p:hover, main p:hover, footer p:hover { color: red; cursor: pointer; } :where is essentially a short had for making this easier considering the 2nd half of these selectors is the same. Will make your css dryer :where(header, main, footer) p:hover {} Also super handy in avoiding css blocks being ignored for unsupported features. // Doesn't work div:has(p), div:some_new_selector(p) // Will still work for :has if has is supported :where(div:has(p), div:some_new_selector(p)) When to use :Where Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Connor Finlayson about his experience building and teaching no code projects. Postlight Podcast - Sponsor Postlight is a strategy, design, and engineering firm that builds platforms for some of the biggest organizations in the world. The Postlight Podcast is hosted by senior leaders Rich Ziade, Paul Ford, Gina Trapani, and Chris LoSacco. If you’re looking for answers to tough leadership questions, the Postlight Podcast has you covered. Listen to new episodes every Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts. SeedProd - Sponsor Our Sponsor for today’s episode is a popular WordPress plugin, SeedProd, a fast growing drag & drop WordPress website builder that helps you create custom WordPress themes & page layouts without any code. Over 1 million websites are using SeedProd to build WordPress sites faster. You can start with one of their hundreds of pre-made website templates to save time or use the blank canvas to build a no-code website. It has built-in email marketing integrations, dynamic personalization, and many other powerful features to help you build a fast WordPress website without writing code. Try SeedProd Pro today and get 50% off or start with their free version by downloading it from the WordPress plugin directory. Strapi - Sponsor Strapi enables developers to build projects faster by providing a customizable API out of the box and giving them the freedom to use their favorite tool as it has both REST and GraphQL endpoints. Strapi is extensible and frontend agnostic, built to cover all your content use cases. Give Strapi a try at Strapi.io/demo, find your missing content workflow piece on our marketplace, and learn more about Strapi and how it help you on our Youtube. Show Notes 00:38 Welcome to Syntax 01:54 Guest introduction Unicorn Factory ConnorFinlayson.com Connor’s YouTube channel 04:49 What is no code? 10:57 Is no code going to replace programmers? 14:57 Sponsor: Postlight Podcast 15:59 What are your favorite tools for no code? Zapier Webflow Make.com Airtable Memberstack Jetboost Bubble 19:23 When do you need to use real JavaScript? 23:23 Where do you find information about no code? 25:26 Sponsor: SeedProd 39:25 How do you handle version control? 43:26 Are there native apps in no code land? Notion Editor X 46:16 What is AirTable? 49:36 Cost of no code tools 52:45 Sponsor: Strapi 53:45 Supperclub Questions 06:42 Shameless Plugs CodeMeetsNoCode 09:49 Sick Picks Flowbase Relume Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott are live from Reactathon 2022! Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Payments Hub - Sponsor There are hundreds of payments processing companies out there. Hit up developer.paymentshub.com/syntax to learn more about how Payments Hub Developers not only processes ecommerce and in-person payments, but also boards and underwrites your merchants in as little as 90 minutes. We are currently offering Syntax listeners who become new partners 6 months free data through our Business Reporting API! Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes Live video version 00:32 Welcome 04:10 Hot Take Tweets What is your JavaScript Hot Take or unpopular opinion? 05:42 Semi colons are not optional 06:11 For loops are not needed 07:19 People forget about ES Harmony 08:11 Sponsor: Sentry 09:23 A good website should function without JavaScript 10:28 Classes were a mistake 10:54 Stay as close to the platform primatives 11:36 TypeScript is overrated and overhyped 11:50 Kickin it old school PNG Fix MM Swap image Rounded Corner images (sliding Doors) var that = this; IE CSS Hack Test for Opera var test = /^function \(/.test([].sort); 25:09 Sponsor: Payments Hub 26:29 Syntax Error Mercurius Library 31:19 JS or NAY-S 39:02 Sponsor: Freshbooks 39:23 Q&A Syntax episode with Josh Wardle 39:57 Using Array methods or for loops 41:12 What web tech is overhyped and what’s under hyped? 43:01 Would you rather use Dvorak or Mac butterfly keyboard? 43:41 Name all provinces and territories in Canada 44:39 Fav Syntax.fm episode 45:38 How did Wes and Josh meet? 46:52 What’s your favorite Trader Joes snack? 47:29 Would you hire a European or American developer? 49:04 How would you validate a product idea for Saas business? 49:48 What podcasts do you listen to? Steve O Podcast Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about ways to prevent malicious people from using or abusing your app. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Show Notes 00:26 Welcome 01:04 Sponsor: Linode 02:06 Sponsor: Sentry 02:59 What kind of bad things can happen to your application? 06:24 How do you stop bad actors? 12:20 Nonce tokens 14:10 CSRF CSRF Explained 14:50 Captcha hCaptcha 17:06 DDOS Cloudlfare DDOS 17:38 Ban known bad ASNS Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Anselm Hannemann about burning out, trying out gardening, and how getting away from the screen can help restore your creative energy. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you can get a fully managed, production-ready GraphQL API as a service to help you build modern apps faster. You can get started for free in 30 seconds, or if you want to try out the Standard tier for zero cost, use the code “TryHasura” at this link: hasura.info. We’ve also got an amazing selection of GraphQL tutorials at hasura.io/learn. Strapi - Sponsor Strapi enables developers to build projects faster by providing a customizable API out of the box and giving them the freedom to use their favorite tool as it has both REST and GraphQL endpoints. Strapi is extensible and frontend agnostic, built to cover all your content use cases. Give Strapi a try at Strapi.io/demo, find your missing content workflow piece on our marketplace, and learn more about Strapi and how it help you on our Youtube. SeedProd - Sponsor Our Sponsor for today’s episode is a popular WordPress plugin, SeedProd, a fast growing drag & drop WordPress website builder that helps you create custom WordPress themes & page layouts without any code. Over 1 million websites are using SeedProd to build WordPress sites faster. You can start with one of their hundreds of pre-made website templates to save time or use the blank canvas to build a no-code website. It has built-in email marketing integrations, dynamic personalization, and many other powerful features to help you build a fast WordPress website without writing code. Try SeedProd Pro today and get 50% off or start with their free version by downloading it from the WordPress plugin directory. Show Notes 00:39 Welcome 01:58 Guest introduction HelloAnselm.com Anselm on Twitter Web Development Reading List Newsletter 10:04 Doing things yourself as a form of therapy 14:33 Sponsor: Hasura 16:34 Rules for digital usage? 19:25 How do you learn you’re burned out? 26:30 Sponsor: Strapi 28:10 Gardening Gardening site Garden on Instagram The Post Apocalyptic Inventor 29:46 What do you feed your plants? 34:09 Irrigation issues 35:52 Sponsor: SeedProd 38:03 Dealing with weeds 40:54 What about chickens? 44:20 Farming as a business 45:39 Incorporating tech into the gardening 54:06 Supper Club Questions Today I Learned Stefan Judis Web Design Weekly 59:09 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk all about how they use Git inside of VS Code, extensions they use, and the various ways to interact with Git in VS Code. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. SPONSOR - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. SPONSOR - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes 00:21 Recording Syntax in Riverside Riverside 01:22 Welcome 04:57 CLI vs VS Code VS Code 07:27 Git Jargon 11:50 UI tools we’ve used Git Tower Git Kraken GitHub for Desktop iTerm Warp Git SCM 14:09 Ways to interact with Git in VS Code 19:41 Source control tab 26:28 Sponsor: Linode 27:47 File History 30:29 Diffing or Compare 36:24 Conflict resolution 42:56 Automation with post-commit commands 46:10 Sponsor: LogRocket 47:14 Extensions GitLens Git History Git Graph Conventional Commits 53:59 Git config tip 55:24 Sponsor: Freshbooks 56:02 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Espanso Wes: AirPod cleaning kit Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes answer a question about caching, cache control headers, an explanation of the fields for caching. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes Time to live calculator Reminx Conf Opera The United States of Insanity - Official Trailer 00:24 Welcome 01:11 Sponsor: Sentry 02:28 Sponsor: LogRocket 03:08 My struggle has been with caching, cache control headers and would love a better explanation on some of the fields? 04:48 What is a header? 06:05 What is caching? 08:21 Time to live (TTL) 09:08 Benefits of a cache 10:03 Specifying how long to cache 11:06 max-age 12:45 stale-while-revalidate 16:17 stale-if-error 16:54 must-revalidate 17:21 private 18:03 immutable 19:29 no-transform 20:45 Cache Control Request Directives Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Tom Pretson-Werner about his work on RedwoodJS, the importance of documentation, and the new Redwood Startup Fund. AIOSEO - Sponsor Our Sponsor for today’s episode is a popular WordPress plugin, AIOSEO, also known as All in One SEO for WordPress. It’s becoming one of the most powerful SEO toolkit and is now used by over 3 million websites to improve search rankings. Shipshape (Whiskey, Web and Whatnot) - Sponsor Whiskey Web and Whatnot is different than your typical dev podcast. We show a lighter, more human side of developers you know and love, like a fireside chat with your favorite devs. Past guests include Tom Preston-Werner, Kent C. Dodds, Charlie Gerard, and of course Wes Bos! We have discussed everything from Next.js and TypeScript to Chuck’s past life as a blackjack dealer, Cincinnati Chili, the best casseroles, and of course whiskey! Show Notes 00:34 Welcome 01:36 Guest introduction Tom Preston-Werner on Twitter Kai’s Power Tools 04:23 Math is weird 07:21 User interface design 08:53 Sponsor: AIOSEO 10:24 What is RedwoodJS? RedwoodJS Chatterbug 15:31 Is JavaScript the stack you should be using these days? 18:40 Freedom vs decisions in software Where Good Ideas Come From 23:10 RedwoodJS docs and video strategy RedwoodJS Docs Readme Driven Development 29:13 The tech behind RedwoodJS Apollo Storybook 36:20 Sponsor: Shipshape (Whiskey, Web and Whatnot) 36:58 Redwood Startup Fund The Redwood Startup Fund 42:28 Supper club questions VS Code Netlify Hacker News RedwoodJS on Discord RedwoodJS Discourse RedwoodJS on Twitter Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through TypeScript tooling, build tools, configs, and editors. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. MagicBell - Sponsor MagicBell is the The notification inbox for your product. Add a MagicBell to your product for announcements, billing, workflow, and other notifications. The free plan supports up to 100 Monthly Active Users - use the coupon code SYNTAXFM for 10% off the first 12 months. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes 00:08 Welcome 01:57 Tooling tsc esbuild swc bun Zig 13:45 LogRocket 15:01 Server side or node-ish Deno ts-node wds 26:09 MagicBell 27:42 Build tools Vite Parcel Nextjs Svelte Kit Rome 33:25 Configs tsconfig typescript-eslint 39:08 Sponsor: Freshbooks 40:00 Editors VS Code Webstorm 44:58 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Tonie Wes: Burst Toothbrush Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Scott talks about his new office setup where he records videos and podcasts, writes codes, and gets his steps in. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Show Notes 00:15 Welcome 01:24 Office ideas Heat pumps on Technology Connections Neewer lighting 05:00 Sponsor: Sanity 06:10 Sponsor: Sentry 07:37 Levelup Lodge tour 09:40 Lighting 13:57 The desk Karlby Countertop Fully Jarvis legs Desk Haus 19:32 Audio gear M-Audio BX8 Gik Acoustics Nero Scarlett 2i2 Caldigit TS3 Plus Electrovoice RE20 Cloudlifter cL1 DBX 286s Sony Alpha 7 III Audeze LCD 1 25:25 Tech setup 33:00 Misc items 35:43 Movie posters Shaw Brothers posters Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Jared Palmer about Turbo Repo, how it fits in your tech stack, and what it was like being acquired by Vercel. Whiskey Web and Whatnot - Sponsor Whiskey Web and Whatnot is different than your typical dev podcast. We show a lighter, more human side of developers you know and love, like a fireside chat with your favorite devs. Past guests include Tom Preston-Werner, Kent C. Dodds, Charlie Gerard, and of course Wes Bos! We have discussed everything from Next.js and TypeScript to Chuck’s past life as a blackjack dealer, Cincinnati Chili, the best casseroles, and of course whiskey! Show Notes 00:35 Welcome Jared Palmer 02:15 What is Turbo Repo? Turbo Repo Vercel tsdx 03:27 Where does Turbo Repo fit in your stack? 06:04 What are Google, Meta, or Twitter doing? 15:35 Sponsor: Whiskey, Web and Whatnot 16:45 What’s the cost of adding Turbo Repo to a project? 21:19 Changing based on environmental variables 23:18 Does this replace how you define your workplace? 24:08 How do you share the cache? 25:25 What don’t you cache? 27:35 What about Gatsby images? 28:44 Can Turbo Repo help with re-running compiles? 36:54 Supper Rapid Fire Questions Oceanic Next GitHub Dark Kotlin 52:47 Selling Turbo Repo to Vercel 55:49 Shameless Plugs Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about protestware, NoSQL, Next.js, the Syntax.fm website, ESM, Jest, and more! Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build website pages as a set of components. Break pages into sections of components using React, Vue, or whatever you like. Make corresponding Slices in Prismic. Start building pages dynamically in minutes. Get started at prismic.io/syntax. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Auth0 - Sponsor Auth0 is the easiest way for developers to add authentication and secure their applications. They provides features like user management, multi-factor authentication, and you can even enable users to login with device biometrics with something like their fingerprint. Not to mention, Auth0 has SDKs for your favorite frameworks like React, Next.js, and Node/Express. Make sure to sign up for a free account and give Auth0 a try with the link below. https://a0.to/syntax Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:30 What are the good reasons to use nextjs apart from personal preference? 05:15 How did you decide to build Syntax.fm? Uses.tech 09:09 Why does my M1 Mac feel slower than my Intel Mac? 14:44 Do you alphabetize your larger javascript objects by key name? 17:14 Sponsor: Prismic 19:06 Why did you choose noSQL database over SQL databse? 25:13 What does it mean to support ESM? 30:23 Sponsor: LogRocket 31:35 Are open source maintainers doing harm by inserting protestware into packages? Protestware found lurking in popular npm package 40:30 Should I write the game logic on the backend or on the frontend? 46:30 Sponsor: Auth0 48:20 Sick Picks ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Eons Mysteries of Time podcast Wes: Mr Bio Multi cable Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about why we need Web Interop? Yet another standards body? Our thoughts on Serverless, Edge Compute, and more. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Show Notes 00:23 Welcome 01:25 Sponsor: Sentry 02:25 Sponsor: Sanity 04:10 The Syntax Lift adventure 06:04 A new Community Group for Web-interoperable JavaScript runtimes. 07:07 JavaScript environments 09:19 What’s bun? Bun 13:28 Are we excited about this? 16:27 What’s the future of this? Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Victor Savkin about NX Monorepo development. Whiskey Web and Whatnot - Sponsor Whiskey Web and Whatnot is different than your typical dev podcast. We show a lighter, more human side of developers you know and love, like a fireside chat with your favorite devs. Past guests include Tom Preston-Werner, Kent C. Dodds, Charlie Gerard, and of course Wes Bos! We have discussed everything from Next.js and TypeScript to Chuck’s past life as a blackjack dealer, Cincinnati Chili, the best casseroles, and of course whiskey! Visit whiskeywebandwhatnot.fm or find them wherever you listen to podcasts. Strapi - Sponsor Strapi enables developers to build projects faster by providing a customizable API out of the box and giving them the freedom to use their favorite tool as it has both REST and GraphQL endpoints. Strapi is extensible and frontend agnostic, built to cover all your content use cases. Give Strapi a try at strapi.io/demo, find your missing content workflow piece on our marketplace,and learn more about Strapi and how it help you on our Youtube channel. Show Notes 00:29 Welcome 02:42 Guest introduction 04:07 What tools did Google use? 10:49 What do bigger companies use for version control? 14:40 What is Nx? Nx 21:02 How does Nx help you upgrade projects? 27:42 Sponsor: Whiskey Web and Whatnot 28:33 How does Nx fit into the existing tooling? 37:27 Sponsor: Strapi 39:02 Caching and skipping builds 44:50 The problem with caching 48:44 Is it used for images or video? 51:40 Small projects can benefit as well 53:13 Lightning questions Happy Hacking KB IntelliJ LunarVim VS Code 02:23 Shameless Plugs Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about 10 browser API’s you might not be familiar with including getUserMedia, Resize Observer, SpeechRecognition, and more! Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build website pages as a set of components. Break pages into sections of components using React, Vue, or whatever you like. Make corresponding Slices in Prismic. Start building pages dynamically in minutes. Get started at prismic.io/syntax. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes 00:13 Welcome 01:05 Dishwasher talk 04:30 getUserMedia Hair.WesBos.com Javascript 30 07:22 FileSystem Level Up Tutorials: Browser APIs Electron 12:50 Geolocation 15:07 Sponsor: Prismic 16:41 Permissions 22:36 Web Animations Web Animations API Framer Motion Motion One 26:31 Resize Observer Resize Observer API 29:33 Sponsor: LogRocket 30:45 Clipboard Clipboard API 34:10 Web storage Web storage 37:11 Sponsor: Freshbooks 38:09 SpeechSynthesis 41:32 SpeechRecognition 46:14 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: RCA to HDMI adapter Wes: SlimLED Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about TypeScript Fundamentals, including narrowing, discriminating unions, and type guards. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Payments Hub - Sponsor There are hundreds of payments processing companies out there. Hit up developer.paymentshub.com/syntax to learn more about how Payments Hub Developers not only processes ecommerce and in-person payments, but also boards and underwrites your merchants in as little as 90 minutes. We are currently offering Syntax listeners who become new partners 6 months free data through our Business Reporting API! Show Notes 00:24 Welcome 01:35 Sponsor: Sentry 02:23 Sponsor: Payments Hub 05:21 Intro to TypeScript fundamentals 06:28 What is Type Narrowing? 09:32 typeof 11:58 instanceof 13:29 Custom typeguards 16:12 this is 17:59 discriminated unions Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about what edge functions are, the upsides and downsides of edge functions, and what they’re used for. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:56 A big announcement 04:33 What is the Edge? 08:27 The upsides of edge functions 12:13 Cold start 18:21 Sponsor: Linode 19:24 What are downsides of edge functions? 27:27 Sponsor: LogRocket 28:35 What is the use case for an edge function? 34:52 Authentication 37:23 Caching 40:51 Are there flavors of edge functions? 44:00 Sponsor: Freshbooks 46:06 What are edge functions not used for? 47:39 What companies offer this? 50:58 Sick Picks Netlify announcing serverless compute with edge functions Syntax 310 Serverless, Deno and TypeScript with Brian Leroux Vercel Middleware AWS Lambda ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Patented History of Innovations Wes: Fastmov Precut Parchment Paper Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets