Our Stacks Explained

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through the tech stack they use to manage their course websites. 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. .TECH Domains - Sponsor Dot Tech domains has launched a new game with wicked prizes. It’s a windows 98 inspired game where you need to find and solve puzzles in each of the drives. This is unreal and you need to see it to believe it - good luck and start the game March 25th at go.tech/syntaxbtc. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 02:50 CSS Redesign of LevelUpTuts 03:56 Overview of our platforms 06:06 The API ExpressJS MongoDB GraphQL Fastify Mercurius Mongoose 15:13 Sponsor: Kontent by Kentico 17:07 Customer dashboard Svelte Kit 21:21 Viewing experience React GitHub VideoJS Mux Vimeo 30:53 Hosting 35:51 Sponsor: LogRocket 36:45 Admin tooling Flexbox Postmark Drip Pancake Charts 47:37 Authentication PassportJS 50:30 Transactional Email Nodemailer Pug Inky mjml 52:36 Checkout Stripe Stripe Checkouts Stripe Elements Braintree Paypal 55:58 Hosting Digital Ocean Digital Ocean Platform Render Cloudflare 57:48 Sponsor: .TECH 59:39 Other parts ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Toniebox Audio Player Starter Set Wes: Vissles v84 Keyboard Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials - Svelte 3D Course 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