The 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 were the features of the site, how’d they generate proper codes, and how’d they stop developers from hacking the system? Show Notes 00:07 How to do a giveaway and distribute it? 04:26 Building in the spirit of Syntax 05:44 The tech stack SvelteKit • Web development, streamlined Prisma | Next-generation ORM for Node.js & TypeScript Syntax × Sentry MMXXIII | Product Blog • Sentry PlanetScale: The world’s most advanced database platform My Places - Google My Maps sveltekit-basic-auth/hooks.server.ts at main · ghostdevv/sveltekit-basic-auth Voucherify: Free Random Codes Generator 09:48 Hosted on Vercel Vercel 13:04 What are the features of the site? 19:10 Generating the codes properly 26:48 Releasing locked coupon codes 29:13 Client to server side connections 32:56 Stopping developers from gaming the giveaway 46:29 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) - IMDb Wes: The Strong National Museum of Play Shameless Plugs Scott: Application Performance Monitoring & Error Tracking Software | Sentry 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
3 Touko 202351min
RPC 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 What does RPC mean? 04:52 Why are we talking RPC now? 10:27 Hype around RPC Supper Club × Solid.js with Ryan Carniato — Syntax Podcast 577 11:05 Isn’t this just a REST endpoint? 13:23 Considerations around RPC 16:11 What about tRPC? Supper Club × tRPC With Alex KATT Johansson — Syntax Podcast 526 18:08 Will RPC take 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
1 Touko 202319min
Supper 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 various legal and ethical reasons to implement them properly. Show Notes 00:36 Welcome 01:47 Who are Donata and Hans? Donata Stroink-Skillrud Esq., CIPP on Twitter Hans Skillrud on Twitter Termageddon Termageddon on Instagram Termageddon on LinkedIn 03:39 What are privacy policies and a terms of service? 4 Things to Look for in a Privacy Policy Generator - Termageddon Why accessibility is important when it comes to cookie consent - Termageddon 09:15 Does scrolling to the bottom and pretending to read terms work? 10:49 Do people ever read the terms of service? 15:57 Do companies ever actually get in trouble for violating privacy? 20:06 What is GDPR and the impact on small business owners? 32:30 Cookie war and pop ups 35:40 Essential cookies 42:42 Alternatives to Google Analytics The Google Analytics alternative without compromise - Fathom Analytics Self-hosted website analytics | Ackee 43:39 Denying cookies, but still able to create accounts? 48:57 Is there legal concerns with AI? Can ChatGPT (AI) write your Privacy Policy? - Termageddon 56:25 What is Termageddon? 58:59 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× EPIX From TV Series 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 Huhti 20231h 5min
Potluck × 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 pages, SEO and metadata, uploading images, home automation, and more! Show Notes 00:12 Welcome 01:23 Scott’s new gear MT-48 Volt USB Audio Interfaces 07:36 Are type guards safer and superior to type casting? 13:51 I know you guys (lightly) rag on Crypto, but do you see any use-case there for proof-of-personhood? 23:34 Where do I give feedback outside of Twitter? User Feedback | Sentry Documentation 27:19 Do you have custom status pages created for your platforms? UptimeRobot: Free Website Monitoring Service Privacy Badger Status.io - Hosted Status Pages Statuspage | Atlassian DigitalOcean Status 35:12 Is metadata only good for SEO? Does SEO matter on pages you can only view if you’re logged in? 39:00 How do you upload images from authenticated users? 46:30 What do you think of Zed? Zed - Code at the speed of thought 53:21 I’ve got ADHD - any tips for focusing and staying on track? 56:54 How do I convince my partner to accept more home automation? 02:15 What kind of tools and processes do you use and find effective when learning? Obsidian Mind Map & Brainstorm Ideas - MindNode 06:42 Would it make any sense to use the Fetch API with a long running stream? 08:31 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Project Farm Wes: Splatypus Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry 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
26 Huhti 20231h 17min
CSS 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. Show Notes 00:26 Welcome 00:49 Why we’re talking CSS Color Functions 01:57 Benefits of dynamic CSS color 03:14 Relative color syntax 06:51 Color contrast 09:26 Color mix 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 Huhti 202315min
Supper 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 and mentor for programmers. Show Notes 00:34 Welcome 01:20 Guest introduction Human Who Codes Nicholas C. Zakas (@nzakas@fosstodon.org) Twitter @slicknet nzakas on GitHub @humanwhocodes) on Instagram Human Who Codes on YouTube 04:24 Why did you want to build ESLint? 09:08 How does ESLint work? 13:25 How do you work on a project for a decade? 17:12 At what point do you pay attention to JavaScript proposed changes? 20:37 Config systems in JavaScript 31:18 ESLint in Rust? 41:07 Are we going to see ESLint for more languages? 47:06 What kind of coaching do you do for programmers? 02:46 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Apollo Neuro Shameless Plugs Understanding JavaScript Promises 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 Huhti 20231h 8min
Can 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 rating of replaceable, plausible, or missing. Show Notes 00:11 Welcome 01:17 Easter updates 04:17 Getting into Sass 06:03 What is PostCSS? 09:52 CSS Variables 13:49 CSS Nesting CSS Nesting - Chrome Developers postcss-plugins/plugins/postcss-nesting at main · csstools/postcss-plugins 23:13 Colors CSS5 Color Functions — Syntax Podcast 479 29:08 CSS Looping 34:20 Mixins or extends 39:34 CSS Partials Features - PostCSS Preset Env - CSSTools 44:29 CSS Math 49:40 Functions Is Houdini Ready Yet? 52:04 Firefox and Safari support 55:08 Back to Functions 56:21 BEM Syntax 58:51 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Solar Lantern Wes: Cotton Candy Machine Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry 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
19 Huhti 20231h 5min
Modals, 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 What’s popping up? 02:59 What’s a modal? 08:33 Pop overs and lightboxes 10:41 Explicit dismiss and light dismiss 11:30 Inert property inert 16:30 Backdrop pseudo element Dialog with animation 19:26 Dialog 28:12:11 Making accessibility easier const showButton = document.getElementById('showDialog'); const favDialog = document.getElementById('favDialog'); const outputBox = document.querySelector('output'); const selectEl = favDialog.querySelector('select'); const confirmBtn = favDialog.querySelector('#confirmBtn'); // "Show the dialog" button opens the modally showButton.addEventListener('click', () => { favDialog.showModal(); }); // "Favorite animal" input sets the value of the submit button selectEl.addEventListener('change', (e) => { confirmBtn.value = selectEl.value; }); // "Confirm" button of form triggers "close" on dialog because of [method="dialog"] favDialog.addEventListener('close', () => { outputBox.value = `ReturnValue: ${favDialog.returnValue}.`; }); 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 Huhti 202329min
