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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats
Full Stack Developers Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski dive deep into web development topics, explaining how they work and talking about their own experiences. They cover from JavaScript frameworks like React, to the latest advancements in CSS to simplifying web tooling.
Episodes
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsElectronics for Beginners
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through an introduction to electronics that you can do in your own home with microcontrollers. Show Notes 00:08…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsGitHub Projects, Milestones, Labels, and Actions
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about some of the GitHub features you may not have used very much including projects, milestones, labels, and actions…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsIs JSDoc Better than TypeScript?
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott use the fact that Svelte is being converted from TypeScript to JavaScript with JSDoc to talk about the benefits of…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsNothing in CSS - 0 vs 0px, no, none, hidden, initial and unset
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about all the nothing in CSS: 0 vs 0px, no, none, hidden, initial and unset. Show Notes 00:22 Welcome 01:50 The @…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Matt Rothenberg and Idan Gazit on Github Next
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Matt Rothenberg and Idan Gazit from GitHub about GitHub Next, Copilot, AI based projects at…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsThe New Syntax Site × Ingest, Stack, AI and more
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through the work in progress on the new Syntax website, how to tackle all the moving parts, what stack they…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsJavaScript.exe - Standalone Executables
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about JavaScript executables - what is it? What’s the benefit of them? And what kind of tooling exists to support them?…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Bramus Van Damme on CSS
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Bramus Van Damme all about CSS, what the CSS Working Group is, how he got good at blogging…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsPotluck × JR Devs & Copilot × CSS Variable Limitations × SvelteKit
In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about not becoming dependent on Copilot, CSS variable limitations, finding Sick Picks…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsWhy Is node_modules So Big?
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the reasons your node_modules folder gets so large, and what you can do to help keep the file size down. Show…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Adam Argyle on What's New in CSS
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Adam Argyle about a ton of new CSS features that have arrived or are coming soon, as well as his…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsWhere Should You Host Your App? Hosting Providers Compared
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about your options for hosting your app including some of the big players, but also others you may not have heard…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsWTF Are Signals And Why Is Everyone So Hot On Them All Of The Sudden?
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Signals - what are signals and why is everyone talking about them suddenly? Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:40…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Dylan Jhaveri - Video for the Web and MUX
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Dylan Jhaveri about his work at Mux, how Mux ingests and spits out video, and where Mux fits in…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsUI Elements - Basics, Best Practice, and Built Ins
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about UI elements and best practices with UI elements, as well as UI elements that exist in browsers. Show Notes…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsBluesky + AT Protocol
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk all things Bluesky, the AT Protocol it’s built in, the terminology of Bluesky, and how the API currently works…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Zach Lloyd from Warp
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Zach Lloyd about how Google Sheets works, why Zach wanted to build Warp, why did they use Rust…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsThe Syntax Giveaway Site - Codes, Bots, Tech Stack and More!
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about the tech stack they used to create the Syntax giveaway site for the Sentry + Syntax announcement week. What…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsRPC in JavaScript!
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about RPC, what it means, why are we talking about it now, tRPC, and will RPC take off? Show Notes 00:22 Welcome 01:51…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Privacy, Cookie Banners, GDPR with Donata and Hans Skillrud
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Donata and Hans Skillrud of Termageddon on GDPR, privacy policies, cookie pop ups, and the…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsPotluck × Crypto × SEO × Status Pages × Learning Tools
In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about type guards vs type casting, crypto usage, feedback for Syntax, custom status…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsCSS Color Functions
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about CSS Color Functions, the benefits of dynamic css color, relative color syntax, color contrast, and color mix…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × ESLint with Nicholas Zakas
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Nicholas Zakas about his creation of ESLint, what’s coming up in ESLint, and his work as a coach…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsCan Vanilla CSS Replace Sass Yet?
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott go through all the features of Sass and decide where we are at with Native CSS alternatives, giving each feature a…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsModals, Popups, Popovers, Lightboxes
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk through the differences between modals, popups, popovers, lightboxes, and dialog boxes. Show Notes 00:31 Welcome 02:25…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Nate Weinert and Tamagui
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Nate Weinert, creator of Tamagui, about what Tamagui is, how styling works in React native…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats600th Episode! Major Announcement + SWAG Giveaway!
In the 600th episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about the big announcement about Syntax’s future, exciting new opportunities coming for the show, and more!…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsoAuth APIs Explained
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk all things oAuth - what is oAuth? What terms do you need to understand when working with oAuth? And tips for working…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Fabian Kägy - Modern WordPress - Blocks, Page builders, Headless, Custom Fields
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Fabian Kägy about modern WordPress development, including what the local dev experience is like…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsStump’d Gameshow! Answering Coding Interview Questions from AI
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer coding questions posed by ChatGPT like what’s the difference between rem and em in CSS, the difference between…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsThe New Import Map Standard
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the fact that import maps are in Safari Technical preview, and what that means for web developers. Show Notes…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Web Components and Lit with Justin Fagnani of Google
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Justin Fagnani about working with web components, using Lit, how routing and state are handled…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsPotluck × Testing Animations × Tools for Learning × Coding Related Injuries
In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about what to do with client projects, testing animations, evaluating front-end…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsCoding with the Open AI / Chat GPT API
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about what can be done with the OpenAI API, how to get started with it, pricing, tuning your model, and gotchas for…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × The Role Of UX Designers In Humanizing The Future with Travis Neilson
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Travis Neilson about his work at Google, YouTube music, and where AI is at now, and where it’s…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsPotluck × Learning Web Dev × Video Streaming × Mono Repos
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about learning web dev at an older age, making your apps look better, building a video streaming…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsHTTPS + Tunnel Your Localhost - Cloudflare Tunnels, Ngrok, and more!
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about why you might need to tunnel to your local computer, and how to set that up securely. Sentry - Sponsor If you…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Next.js on AWS + Serverless with Dax Raad
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Dax Raad about building on serverless infrastructure, Next.js, and SST. Sentry - Sponsor If you…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsNew Syntax Website Brainstorm! IRL!
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott are in the same room together brainstorming new ideas for the Syntax.fm website: search, transcripts, video, tags…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsWeb Streams Explained
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes explain the what, why, and how of web streaming, and some of the jargon you might encounter with web streams. Sentry -…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Digital Nomad with Eric Sartorius
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Eric Sartorius about his life as a digital nomad - including recently climbing Kilimanjaro, his…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsFundamentals × What Makes a Website Slow?
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through all the reasons your website might be slow, and how you can troubleshoot a slow website such as issues on…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsNode in the Browser × WebContainers + NodeBox
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about two new services that allow you to run Node in the browser, WebContainers + NodeBox. Why Node in the browser? How…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Visual Coding Languages With Steve Sewell
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Steve Sewell about Builder.io, Qwik, Partytown, and the tricks and tips he’s learned in building…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsAI and Coding with ChatGPT
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about the current landscape of AI, how AI is trained, is AI going to take your job, who’s going to train AI, and…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsClean vs Sloppy Code
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the difference between sloppy code and clean code, how to establish rules for your code base, and how to enforce…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Astro 2.0 with Fred Schott
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Fred Schott about all things Astro v2.0. What is Astro and why should you use it? How do islands…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsWarp Terminal × Next Gen Terminals
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about why they’re digging Warp as their terminal app of choice, what the terminal is, and some of their wishlist…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsLogging
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the reasons why you should log errors, how it’s not just for debugging, where to save logs, and apps and packages…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Solid.js with Ryan Carniato
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Ryan Carniato about Solid.JS, SolidStart, how web components work with Solid, why he chose JSX…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsPotluck × Native Web Components × JS Class Mixins × Application Secrets
In this potluck episode, Scott and Wes talk home electicity, and then answer your questions about native web components, JS class mixins, JavaScript for…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSave us from Config File Hell
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about what you can do to better organize your config files. Show Notes 00:21 Welcome 02:20 Electric car ski tripping…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Qwik framework from Miško Hevery, the Creator of Angular
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Miško Hevery about why developers should check out Qwik, the benefits of lazy loading, sharing…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsConverting JS to TypeScript
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about their respective processes for converting JavaScript to TypeScript in their projects, why you might want…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsPolish and Perf
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk through quick tips to improve performance of your website, and the tools available to help diagnose and fix perf…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Rust In Action with Tim McNamara
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Tim McNamara, author of Rust in Action about what Rust is, how to get started learning Rust, and…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats570
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through what ESM is, and why you want to move your projects to ESM. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsCSS Wishlist
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk through their wishlist for CSS in 2023 including mixins, range selectors, fit text, robust color functions, overflown…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsSupper Club × Caleb Porzio
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Caleb Porzio about Livewire, Alpine.js, what is it with PHP devs making cool stuff, TypeScript…
Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsWe React to State of JS 2022
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott look through the results of the State of JS survey for 2022. Show Notes State of JS 2022 00:26 Welcome 01:24 Thoughts…