Potluck × Native Web Components × JS Class Mixins × Application Secrets

Potluck × 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 marketers, managing application secrets, 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. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:09 Sponsor: Sentry 02:18 Electrical house update Klien Wirestrippers 07:45 Custom Syntax podcast browser Custom Syntax browser 09:29 When using browser native web components (i.e. extends HTMLElement), should the whole application be wrapped in a component tree similar to how React apps do it? Deno Using Web Components with Next or any SSR Framework 16:12 Should I avoid JS/TS class mixins? 21:07 Is it acceptable to have any string value as a value for a CSS custom property? 26:48 Should agencies consider building marketing sites with JS frameworks or is Wordpress still the best option here? 33:56 What are the main things to think about when laying the foundations for an app or project that will hopefully grow into something big? 41:24 Will Javascript skills give me an edge over other local digital marketers? WordPress Ghost 46:00 What tool, if any, do you use for publishing packages? 50:19 Do you have any suggestions on how I can find time to code more? Bit 54:17 how do you both manage your application secrets (API keys, database credentials etc) when deploying to Digital Ocean or Linode? 58:52 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Physical 100 Wes: Leviton D23LP-2RW Decora Smart Wi-Fi Mini Plug-In Dimmer 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

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