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In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about updating web apps that have running for a long time — the problems to look out for and how to avoid 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. Show Notes 01:54 - The problem This only affects the client-side 05:28 - What are some solutions: Do nothing and hope the user refreshes. Have a list of assets, or commit hashes. Poll the server periodically, and when there is a new version available: Prompt the user to refresh Just refresh the user (store current state in localstorage and restore) Do a custom component, that checks the last time the user has refreshed (or if new version if available). When they click the link, render a regular instead of a pushstate link. Use a service worker. They will emit an event when a new version is available. Use the above methods to refresh the user. Hot code push. Vuepress has “hot reloading” baked in. Links https://twitter.com/wesbos/status/1306969658751361024 Notion Vuepress Meteor 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

12 Loka 202013min

It’s another potluck! In this episode, Scott and Wes answer your questions about getting your first web dev job, what makes a software engineer senior, handing off projects to clients, Angular vs React, the best social platforms for devs, and more! 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. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your errors, track them with Sentry. Sentry is open-source error tracking that helps developers monitor and fix crashes in real time. Cut your time on error resolution from five hours to five minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code “tastytreat”. Show Notes 01:58 - You’ve talked a couple times in the past about the security concerns around target="_blank". You mentioned how adding rel="noopener" and / or rel="noreferrer" can secure this functionality, but what’s to stop a savvy person from going into the dev tools and deleting these attributes before clicking a link? Does this defeat the entire purpose or what? Surely browsers have thought of this and it’s not so easy to hack? 03:48 - Why did you not mention Stencil when talking about web-component in the last Potluck? Can I presume you have not heard of it? It is quite successful and Ionic proves it. We’ve been using it for two years in production. This is the only library that thought web-components through to the end. If you know it, what do you think about it and would you use it? Example of a stencil component: import { Component, Prop, h } from '@stencil/core'; @Component({ tag: 'my-first-component', }) export class MyComponent { // Indicate that name should be a public property on the component @Prop() name: string; render() { return ( My name is {this.name} ); } } 06:12 - Is https://www.syntax.fm supposed to not work? I get a 404. 07:34 - I’m wondering what advice you’d have for someone self-taught switching from a totally non-tech industry (non profit arts, in my case) where I work in a tech role. I’ve hustled and built a portfolio of projects and learned a ton from both of your courses, but I feel that my experience is seen as less valuable because I don’t work in a traditional software/web development environment. Any tips for getting over the final hurdle of getting a dev job? 11:11 - What makes a software engineer senior? 13:08 - I have a Gatsby / Netlify client project about to launch. What’s the best approach in handing over to the (non technical) client? Do I keep in my Github account and just give the client the Netlify CMS login, or create the a Github account for the client that I can access for any maintenance? What do other devs do? 17:55 - I recently blocked all cookies on my mobile browser (Google Chrome), and I noticed something weird. A couple of sites that I know for a fact to have been built using NextJS weren’t working as expected (surprise surprise). They would load as usual, and after a second or so, all the content on the page disappeared, with the error message “sorry: an unexpected error has occurred”. In some cases, the error was printed in the site’s font, and with the same background color on the body. Why does blocking cookies do this to NextJS sites? 21:21 - How often do you make commits? I always hear, “commit often”, but I am hesitant because I feel like I may change my code later on before I make a pull request? I really liked your episode on Git Fundamentals, I would love to see a tutorial/deep dive into Git workflows and practices (when to commit / how often) Should I commit even though I know what I’m working on isn’t complete or I need to refactor it?? What is code review etiquette? 26:59 - Wes, how do you handle captioning and transcripts on your courses? Do you use some tool or service for that or do you do it by hand? 31:11 - I am a recent graduate of a code school that focused on React and Rails. The company that I currently work for uses Angular for part of their stack. I eventually would like to move into a dev spot, but I am finding that Angular feels a bit stuffy and I am not as excited about it as React, Svelte, Vue, etc. I am afraid that if I dive into Angular, I will become less relevant down the road. I want to learn everything, but I only have so much time and don’t want to stunt my growth as a developer. Any thoughts or advice on this would be sick! 36:38 - How do you handle SVGs in React? I know that SVGR exists, but I’d like to avoid adding another dependency if it’s something I can roll on my own. In the past, I’ve created functions that take parameters like fill or stroke to control color, and return a string of SVG code with the arguments interpolated in. Then I place that string into a component using dangerouslySetInnerHTML. I haven’t seen this method used anywhere else, and is probably not best practice. But also, it works, so maybe it’s fine? 39:52 - What social media platforms should you use as a Dev? What is cool to have? What are their benefits? 48:14 - Have you tried an ultrawide monitor for coding, such as 34" or 38"? I feel the extra width would be great for a single monitor setup, but haven’t been able to see one live where I live. Links Syntax 269: Hasty Treat - Target=_blank security issue? What’s the deal with noopener and noreferrer? Syntax 280: Potluck - RIP Firefox? × Safari × Changing Careers × Regression Testing × Google Analytics Alternatives × Malicious Github Users? × Mac vs Windows × More! 8 Mile Syntax 286: Git Fundamentals Rev Angular React Svelte SVGR LevelUp Tuts Discord Dev.to freeCodeCamp ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: 1: Knife Cleaner 2: Scraper 3: Chainmail Scrubber Wes: Scriptable App Shameless Plugs Scott: ReactJS For Everyone - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: Master Gatsby Course - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! 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

7 Loka 202058min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about enums in JS — what they are, what they do, and how they work in JavaScript. 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 03:11 - What are enums? A type restricting variables to one value from a predefined set of constants Direction = UP / DOWN / LEFT / RIGHT Role = ADMIN EDITOR AUTHOR VIEWER Day of the Week 05:12 - In GraphQL enum Role { ADMIN EDITOR AUTHOR VIEWER} Then 07:05 - In TypeScript First, declare the type: enum direction = { UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT } Then when you defined your function, use that type type User { role: Role } or type User { role: [Role] } 08:49 - In JavaScript Not in JS yet There is a proposal in stage 1 https://github.com/rbuckton/proposal-enum And a babel plugin: https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-plugin-const-enum Can use case/switch Can use Object or Map keys Links Syntax 287: Hasty Treat - Records and Tuples in 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

5 Loka 202013min

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes are back with part 2 of Tales from Web Dev Past — this time looking at iFrames, layout trends, icon fonts, web rings, and more! 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. 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. Show Notes 03:00 - iFrames Sidebar menu target 05:42 - JavaScript image hovers Dreamweaver Photoshop Slice and Select Tool 08:24 - CSS Pie 09:42 - Animated gifs of people and construction http://textfiles.com/underconstruction/ 11:20 - CSS Zoom 1 / IE CSS Hacks Forced IE 7 to redraw floats 13:42 - Layout trends 800x600 fixed websites 960gs Golden Grid 12-col grid creators 16:26 - Sprite maps Spritecow ☠️ Killed icon fonts ☠️ Killed by SVG icons 18:40 - Firebug and Firebug Lite Lite was a bookmarklet 20:14 - Image maps / Background gradients 1px wide and 2000px tall image to make repeating gradients Squidfingers Subtle Patterns Hero Patterns CSS3 Patterns 25:53 - Web rings 27:41 - Glossy buttons 28:09 - Flaming text FlamingText.com 30:01 - Marquee tags Staggered Speed attribute 31:26 - Spacer gifs 34:30 - AngelFire / GeoCities 36:11 - Xanga / LiveJournal 37:29 - Above the fold content Abovethefold.fyi 39:36 - Homestar Runner Links Drupal Omega theme Syntax 032: Designing, Templating, Inlining and Sending Email Mailchimp Litmus Email on Acid Herman Miller Aeron ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: New Rustacean Podcast Wes: Autonomous Ergo Chair Shameless Plugs Scott: Advanced Animating React with Framer Motion - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: Master Gatsby - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! 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

30 Syys 202049min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about records and tuples in javascript — what they are, why you might want to use them, 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. Show Notes ??? - 02:42 - Immutability 05:08 - Records Immutable object Syntax #{x: 1, y: 2} 05:56 - Tuples Immutable array Syntax #[1,2,3,4] 07:18 - For both Referred to as a compound primitive Can contain only primitives, not objects They are compared deeply by their contents rather than their identity assert(#{ a: 1 } === #{ a: 1 }); assert(#[1, 2] === #[1, 2]); assert(#{ a: 1, b: 2 } === #{ b: 2, a: 1 }); Potential for optimizations Optimizations for making deep equality checks fast Optimizations for manipulating data structures Works well with type systems Better integration with the debugger Accessed through normal record.scott object like syntax 13:39 - Stage 2 Links https://github.com/tc39/proposal-record-tuple 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

28 Syys 202017min

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about Git fundamentals — what it is, why you need it, best practices, and more! Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your errors, track them with Sentry. Sentry is open-source error tracking that helps developers monitor and fix crashes in real time. Cut your time on error resolution from five hours to five minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code “tastytreat”. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax and put SYNTAX in the “How did you hear about us?” section. Show Notes 03:12 - What is Git? 04:16 - Why do you need it? 06:31 - UI vs command line 09:03 - Commands 101 https://git-scm.com/ init .gitignore file is key right off the bat add add -p - quick review of all the changes you’ve made commit Multiple adds and commits Commit messages should be descriptive push What are origins? pull clone checkout merge fetch stash fork Merge vs pull request Git vs GitHub / Alternatives Bitbucket GitLab 44:25 - Common issues Merge conflicts Files being tracked unintentionally “How do I delete file from GitHub?” git rm -r alias gri="git ls-files --ignored --exclude-standard | xargs -0 git rm -r" Databases in Git? 49:10 - Git clients https://git-scm.com/downloads/guis CLI “Hub” Github CLI GitHub desktop app VS Code integration Source tree Kraken Tower Links VS Code GitLens GitHub Bitbucket GitLab Drupal GitKraken Tower ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: What Had Happened Was Podcast Wes: Yeti Products Shameless Plugs Scott: React For Everybody - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: Master Gatsby - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! 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

23 Syys 202058min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about their first steps in the word of entrepreneurship and web dev specifically. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your errors, track them with Sentry. Sentry is open-source error tracking that helps developers monitor and fix crashes in real time. Cut your time on error resolution from five hours to five minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code “tastytreat”. Show Notes Wes: First money: check for $300 First website: Pool company First ad sense income: Craigonomics First YouTube: import large SQL database with bigdump First online Product: Sublime Text - Ryan Christiani First in-person teaching: HackerYou First project at agency: Jet Cooper Scott: First dev gig: parents tea store First design gig: Perpetual First YouTube video: Adobe Premier 101 First BIG YouTube video: Sass Tutorials First ad sense income: scotttolinski.com blog post about music promotion sites First online product: Sass Mastery First project at agency: Nu Step Links https://twitter.com/wesbos/status/1276500155789910016 Audiojungle Themeforest Juno College @steveschoger Smashing Mag Css Tricks Packt Publishing 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

21 Syys 202022min

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about writing good CSS. 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. Netlify - Sponsor Netlify is the best way to deploy and host a front-end website. All the features developers need right out of the box: Global CDN, Continuous Deployment, one click HTTPS and more. Hit up netlify.com/syntax for more info. Show Notes 02:11 - Frameworks Utility: Tailwind, Taycons, Bulma Frameworks: Foundation, Bootstrap Classless base starters: https://github.com/dbohdan/classless-css HTML5 UP / A template 13:37 - Preprocessors Sass Stylus Less Regular CSS Variables Color functions - not yet 19:42 - Tools PostCSS is like Babel for CSS. Some good plugins: https://github.com/postcss/postcss#plugins CSS min/max for clamp Autoprefixer Autoreset - reset a component Gap instead of grid-gap Simple-vars Postcss-modules SugarSS Preset env 34:19 - Stylint Stylint More than just a basic linter Capable of complex rules in your CI process - i.e. if you are using a color, make sure it’s a CSS variable 36:37 - Removing unwanted CSS PurgeCSS - Tailwind uses this PurifyCSS 41:17 - Writing maintainable CSS / scoping solutions Component-based CSS Modules Naming Convention Based BEM SMACSS CSS Variables Powerful when utilized with things like calc() to avoid out of sync values Know which browsers you need to support Links Syntax 197: Hasty Treat - Tips For Writing Good CSS Compass Susy Grunt Gulp Linaria Astroturf Houdini Svelte Syntax Highlight Dhanish Gajjar - https://www.instagram.com/dhanishgajjar/ ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Rustlings Wes: Class Action Park Documentary Shameless Plugs Scott: Advanced Animating React with Framer Motion - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: Master Gatsby - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! 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

16 Syys 202056min