Pros + Cons of JavaScript Servers, Serverless, and Cloudflare Workers
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the pros and cons of JavaScript servers, Serverless, and Cloudflare Workers. Hashnode - Sponsor Everything you need to start blogging as a developer. Own your content, share ideas, and connect with the global dev community! Hashnode is a free developer blogging platform that allows you to publish articles on your own domain and helps you stay connected with a global developer community. Hashnode: Everything you need to start blogging as a developer! 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 00:26:13 Welcome 01:12:15 Sponsor: Hashnode 02:27:10 Sponsor: Linode 03:30:09 Topic introduction Netlify Functions Fastify AWS Lambda 09:46:02 Hosted Linux servers 13:41:11 Serverless functions MongoDB SvelteKit 16:34:02 Connecting to a database in serverless 20:14:14 Cloudflare Workers Cloudflare Workers Works with Workers 25:39:09 What do we recommend? Render.com 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 Helmi 202230min
Syntax Highlight
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes review your portfolios and websites including some from Harryxli, Austin Baird, Jacks Portfolio, and more! 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. Tabnine - Sponsor Tabnine is your teams' go to AI assistant. Using a variety of machine learning models, Tabnine learns from your team's best practices, and suggests code completions based on your code. It supports over 30 languages and is available in most IDEs. Tabnine's universal models are trained strictly on fully permissive open source code, and can run locally, meaning that your code stays yours. Get the free version at tabnine.com/now or go to tabnine.com/promo/syntax to get 50% off your first 3 months of Tabnine Teams. Show Notes 00:11 Welcome 01:05 This chapter is mid Wes does TikTok 04:28 Harry xli Harryxli 15:00 AustinBaird.software AustinBaird.software 19:45 Sponsor: Linode 21:10 ognjenbostjancic.com ognjenbostjancic.com 28:19 ndo.dev ndo.dev 35:37 Sponsor: LogRocket 37:02 jacksportfolio.com JacksPortfolio.com 41:51 einargudni.com einargudni.com 43:22 Kids advert break 46:05 Back to einargudni.com 48:24 Sponsor: Tabnine 50:41 cyrillappert.ch hslu.cyrillappert.ch 54:30 Sick Picks 59:02 Shameless Plugs ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: The Alpinist (2021) - IMDb Wes: Instant Pot Air Fryer Lid Shameless Plugs Scott: Astro Course - Sign up for the year and save 50%! Wes: All Courses 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
2 Helmi 20221h
Teamwork Makes The Dream Work
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes are inspired by a Reddit post to talk about how to work better with your team. 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 00:24 Welcome 01:57 Sponsor: Sentry 03:26 Sponsor: Sanity 04:48 Summary of the Reddit post 06:46 We are a team 09:05 Coding with ego 12:32 Follow the leader 13:59 Getting better at asking questions 15:01 Ask for clarity 15:43 Understanding the guidelines 18:12 Interpersonal tips 19:49 Celebrating wins 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
31 Tammi 202222min
Monorepos! Workspaces, pnpm, turborepo + more!
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk all about monorepos - the why's and the how's of using them on your projects. Kontent by Kentico - Sponsor Kontent by Kentico is a headless CMS that provides live editing experience to non-technical users and hands you the technical tools to build websites, mobile apps, voice assistants, or anything else where you need content. Use REST API or GraphQL and get your content via the global Fastly CDN. Designed to unify all your content and operations, in compliance with ISO27001 and SOC2Type2 certifications.Spin up a new project today and discover Kontent. 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 and put SYNTAX in the "How did you hear about us?" section. Show Notes 00:11 Welcome 01:46 Our experiences with monorepos 05:04 Why use monorepos? 09:37 How long have we been using monorepos? 10:16 Tools for starting a monorepo pnpm Nom link 16:22 Sponsor: Kontent by Kentico 17:33 What's the process for managing libraries? 20:10 Installing / uninstalling things 21:07 Shared dependencies 27:45 Sponsor: LogRocket "ui:dev": "pnpm recursive run dev --filter @leveluptuts/ui", "update": "pnpm recursive up -L -i" 29:23 Turborepo Turborepo 39:32 nX nx 45:38 Sponsor: Freshbooks 46:32 Lerna Lerna 48:09 Rushjs Rushjs 52:35 Sick Picks 59:17 Shameless Plugs ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Wyze v3, 10 micro sd Wes: Tineco A11 Vaccum Shameless Plugs Scott: Astro Course - Sign up for the year and save 50%! Wes: All Courses 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
26 Tammi 20221h
Updating Project Dependencies
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about their process for updating project dependencies. Sponsor - LogRocket 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 - MagicBell 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 Weeeeelcome 00:52 Sponsor: LogRocket 01:29 Sponsor: Magic Bell 03:32 What are dependancies? 04:04 Wes updates all the things 05:30 How to check if there are any updates 07:05 Upgrade isolated, Minor deps first. 09:16 Upgrade Minor groups after that 09:56 Then upgrade Major dependencies 14:47 Finally upgrade any stand along dependencies 15:44 Test test test 16:19 Watch error logging 17:05 Pray 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
24 Tammi 202218min
New Year, New You. What to Focus on in 2022.
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk through what to focus on at a beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels of coding skills. 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. 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. 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 02:30 Semantic HTML 07:36 JavaScript Data 08:54 Issues & technical workflow 11:40 Emailing People Syntax 117: How to Email Busy People 13:49 Make something animated with CSS Open Props Style 16:04 Make a full stack contact form in a framework 16:52 Sponsor: Sentry 18:59 CSS Variables 22:36 Server Side fundamentals 24:28 Meeting Skills 28:36 Help organize a codebase or repo. 30:26 Make something animated with JS 31:40 Write a bot 33:35 Sponsor: Linode 34:51 Write CI / CD actions / tools 37:55 Advanced Typescript 38:32 Teach at your company 39:35 Speak at a conference 40:45 Make something 3D Frame 3D React 3 Fiber Svelte Cubed 42:03 Scrape and write something to collect data 44:15 Sick Picks! 48:43 Shameless Plugs ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible - Netflix Wes: Booty Slippers Shameless Plugs Scott: Astro Course - Sign up for the year and save 50%! Wes: All Courses - Black Friday sale! Psychology of Devx Gitpod Community Workshops as Code Ghuntley.com 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
19 Tammi 202251min
CSS + JS Hacks We’re Fine With
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about CSS + JS Hacks that they're ok with using. Sponsor - Freshbooks Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax and put SYNTAX in the "How did you hear about us?" section. Sponsor - Sentry 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 00:53 What are the things in web dev, that feel wrong or hacky when starting out, but are actually totally accepted to do? 02:09 Sponsor: Sentry 03:12 Sponsor: Freshbooks 05:32 Negative margins in CSS 07:53 Not Passing a radix to parseInt() 10:17 -50% translation 50% direction 11:27 Overwriting Arguments in a function 13:20 non-standard-element 17:26 Button must have a type 18:56 Triangles out of borders 20:40 Overflow:hidden to clear a float 20:55 Always pass noopener to links! 22:16 Inline styles 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
17 Tammi 202226min
Potluck
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes answer your questions on a Potluck episode of 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. Retool - Sponsor Retool is the fast way to build internal tools. Visually design apps that interface with any database or API. Switch to code nearly anywhere to customize how your apps look and work. With Retool, you ship more apps and move your business forward—all in less time. retool.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 00:11 Intro 01:10 Watching movies with kids 02:49 How do you protect images on your website? 07:21 How did you guys learn Typescript? 13:26 Should I worry about learning Typescript now or stay focused on mastering JS first? 18:16 Sponsor: Prismic 20:03 How do you decide what to learn? 26:26 I want to become full stack and learn a backend language, which one should I choose? 28:07 Do Svelte components not support media queries? 29:30 Any advice or suggestions on how to approach Auth or Payment? 32:53 Sponsor: LogRocket 33:59 Any experience working with a team on a different time zone? 42:49 Do you have any experience or recommendations for introducing prettier late in a project? 48:57 What are your thoughts on monorepos? 52:57 Sponsor: Retool 55:14 What does it mean to know JS? 59:39 What would you do if you had to start over? 03:49 Sick Picks 07:09 Shameless Plugs Paw Patrol Movie Encanto Luca Tweet: When should a JR dev learn typescript? Typescript Handbook Selling and Shipping T-Shirts with Typescript Svelte Kit Remix Height Clocker iState Menus Turborepo Nx ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Learning Differently Wes: Truff Hot Sauce Shameless Plugs Scott: Astro Course - Sign up for the year and save 50%! Wes: All Courses - Black Friday sale! Psychology of Devx Gitpod Community Workshops as Code Ghuntley.com 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 Tammi 20221h 8min
