Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about forms, captchas, dealing with malicious users, 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 02:00 - So you made a form: Contact form Sales form Email signup for newsletter Bug report Sign up for an account Password reset 03:00 - Now someone is going to: Have a bot that submits it Maliciously write a bot that submits thousands 04:14 - So what can you do? 4:54 - Honey pot This is a field that is either hidden or you tell the user not to fill in Can goof up autofill Works in many cases 07:37 - IP Throttle Only allow each IP to do an action a certain number or times inside a window You may only try signing up once per 10 mins 09:48 Block known ASN 12:37 - Captcha Soft captcha: “What is 1 plus 1?” Annoying captcha: Type these letters Google captcha: Train our self driving cars Hidden captcha Cloudflare hCaptcha Links Cloudflare Digital Ocean Google reCaptcha Cloudflare hCaptcha Cloudinary 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

6 Jul 202020min

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about what they wish existed in React! DevLifts - Sponsor Refactor your body with DevLifts. They have a few different programs: 1) fit.start (normally $19/month) has a few options (lean, bodyweight, and strong). Workouts are delivered via email each month, with access to a Slack community for questions and accountability. 2) Premium (normally $199/month) is a custom-tailored option, where you get your workouts and nutrition advice after answering a questionnaire. They also check in with you each week via Slack to see how it's going and make changes if necessary. Get 50% off fit.Start plans with code SYNTAX and 50% off Premium with code TASTY. 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 React 03:53 - Unmount delay for animation 06:20 - Suspense with SSR released (or not because I think they are shelving it) Dan's tweet: https://twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/1259614150386425858 09:24 - File based components Like Svelte and Vue This would look like a file with a special scoped tag per page. 11:50 - Prevent Default shortcuts 13:00 - No more useIsoLayoutEffect useLayoutEffect on SSR should just work without a custom hook Simple data fetching strategy based on promises 15:52 - Recommended hooks E.g. "here is the best way to do things" Official list of best practice hooks 18:25 - A good form strategy Bind inputs to state directly without any change handlers Inputs and forms all around need more magic - it's painful 20:43 - Write once deploy everywhere Not likely ever E.g. automatic transformation into react-native (obviously not going to happen) 22:28 - Compile time directives https://github.com/bukharim96/directive-x 25:11 - Slots instead of children Allows for things like named slots more explicit than children JSX 26:44 - Removal of htmlFor, className and all other abominations of html 29:09 - Import Raact from React for JSX to work Soon will be fixed https://github.com/babel/babel/pull/11154 react-require 32:31 - Better conditional / if statement syntax 33:09 - Fragments by default Just do it for us - the error message already knows 33:54 - Automatic key ids If mapping an object, check for common _id or id 36:36 - Simple scoped CSS built in 37:29 - Short hand for props with same name is prop={prop} 39:00 - Prop interpolation without backticks: name="$first $last" Or just backticks without brackets name=${first} ${last} instead of name={${first} ${last}} Tooling 39:43 - Story for typescript/prettier/babel 40:11 - Automatic a href client side routing 41:51 - Scaffolding and component generation Links Svelte Vue React Native NativeScript react-spring Paul Henschel Scream Sneeze: https://twitter.com/morganc_smith/status/1235332301044801538 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Software Engineering Daily Podcast Wes: PicQuic Screwdriver Shameless Plugs Scott: Sapper For Everyone - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: Wes' New 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

1 Jul 202052min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about rural and mobile internet — options, tools, and things to be aware of. 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 05:04 - Satellite High latency Satellite congestion Oneweb Starlink 08:43 - WISP Can be different techs - LTE, LOS, Long range WiFi Local towers put up in town 900mhz, 5 + 2.5gz Pretty cowboy 12:09 - Cellular LTE Goes over the cell signal Can be super fast or slow depending on your reception Cell plans can be rate limited 12:52 - Routers WE826-T2 Rooter / Golden Orb / Wifix Based on Open WRT https://www.ofmodemsandmen.com/ Nighhawk M1 ZTE MF288 17:03 - Modem Two types of modems: Host modems PCI-e / M2 Cards Sierra Wireless AT Commands Band locking Enable carrier aggregation Get detailed values on modem power See cell tower IDs 23:16 - Antennas Omni Yagi Gotta get them high Lots of connectors - Type N, SMA, RP SMA 25:47 - Boosters Adds noise 26:04 - Plans Some plans are phone only Some plans are tower restricted Most Hot spot plans are a rip off Calyx Institute Canada: Bell Internet Five Telus Smart Hub 29:27 - Speeds Depends on tower, congestion Depends on pre paid, post paid or first responder Depends on if you hit the cap or not 30:15 - Tools: Cell Mapper LTE Hacks Facebook group LTE Fix website Links Syntax 169: Hasty Treat - Remote Internet 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

29 Jun 202034min

It’s another potluck! In this episode, Scott and Wes answer your questions about libraries vs frameworks, Firefox, who would win a thumb war, and more! 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. 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 01:37 - Q: Why does React bill itself as a library instead of a framework? 03:14 - Q: Are y’all still using Firefox now that it has been six months? 06:30 - Q: Is it possible to do a hasty treat regarding the Brave browser? Would love to hear your opinion on the tech, view on the approach and why we could need another browser in 2020. Peace! 09:34 - Q: Who would win in a thumb war, Wes or Scott? 10:56 - Q: What are your thoughts on XState and state machines for managing state in apps? I’ve been super interested in trying to use it, eager to hear what you both think. Also, wondering if you’d have any recommendations on how to use it with Apollo, whether to use XState’s internal context to store app state, or use the Apollo cache. 14:53 - Q: Should I start a new project with jQuery or React? 17:21 - Q: I’m a young teen (60 different pages? How do you organize the REST-ful API? How do you resolve dependencies between API endpoint 1 and API endpoint 2? How do you share information between multiple components in VUE-State-Management? 42:44 - Q: I’ve done Wes’ NextJS course and he uses Styled Components instead of Next’s own styled-jsx. What are your opinions on styled-jsx, and why you do (or do not) use it? Links React Firefox Brave CodeSandbox VS Code in the browser CodePen Source Making Design Patterns Figma Auto Layout ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: 1: Myths and Legends Podcast 2: Fictional Podcast Wes: Parchment Paper Baking Sheets Shameless Plugs Scott: Sapper For Beginners - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: Beginner JavaScript 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

24 Jun 202051min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about CSS functions, what they are, how 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 02:13 - attr() 04:14 - calc() 06:05 - :is() 07:20 - sin, cos, tan, acos, asin, sqrt, pow 08:52 - clamp() 12:13 - minmax() 14:24 - fit-content() 15:35 - filter blur() grayscale() sepia() opacity() contrast() url() Links https://twitter.com/wesbos/status/1256229763225657348/photo/1 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

22 Jun 202019min

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes continue their discussion of fundamentals — Bash, text editors, Regex, Github, Dev tools, 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 03:17 - Typing Take an online typing test or skills - https://www.keybr.com/ 07:02 - Bash / Terminal WSL What directory am I in? SSH How to copy / paste / remove files and folders z Nice prompt (ZSH or fish) Know how to get out of VIM/VI and how to use it for fast editing Know how to make an alias 13:19 - Text editors Command Palette Keyboard shortcuts (just look them up!) Click through to source Multiple cursors Find/replace master Find and replace across files 18:37 - Regex Regex101 https://regexone.com will teach you just enough 22:03 - OS Basics Switching apps Unzipping File organization Searching for/in files 28:50 - Googling Learn how to google well What words to use and what not to Basic operators “-”, ", Use Reddit: for opinions Add dates - example: Library has been out for 6 months, and you can filter out 33:08 - Navigating GitHub Explore for finding interesting projects and creators Know how to clone a repo Create repo and push to it https://octolinker.now.sh/ to click through to files Use Octotree to navigate 36:20 - Navigating source View source Where to start in a repo (ie the entrance to a project) Most code repos are easier to read and understand than you give yourself credit for - it will improve your code reading and parsing skills Access to the minds of other developers 37:31 - Knowing how to pick the right dev tools pane Is it network based? Does it happen once you click something? Toggling CSS on/off When console logging makes sense vs using a better tool Links TypingTest.com Wes’ Command Line Power User Karabiner BetterTouchTool Alfred ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: The Fabric of the Cosmos Wes: Cosmonaut Stylus Shameless Plugs Scott: All Courses - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: All Courses - 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

17 Jun 202044min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott tells Wes about his new Linux laptop — what it is, why he did it, pros and cons, 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 01:38 - Why? 04:20 - What is System76? System76 Lemur Pro 08:53 - What is Pop OS? Pop OS 09:41 - How has Linux compared to Mac? Pop OS is a great distro with lots of features, but command line knowledge is still necessary 10:07 - I can still run: Alfred Figma VSCode DaVinci Resolve Zoom Brave Chrome Firefox 10:43 - I can’t run: ScreenFlow Logic Sketch 13:46 - What do I miss? Trackpad gestures It’s not as polished of an experience Links Dell Toughbook 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

15 Jun 202022min

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk with Ian Ramzy about ZipCall.io — how he built it, why, and some of the surprising choices he made along the way. 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”. Stackbit - Sponsor Stackbit offers developers tools that enable things like inline content editing, live previewing of content changes, and collaboration features on your Jamstack site, without code changes. That's why Stackbit is the best way to Jamstack. stackbit.com Guests Ian Ramzy Show Notes 02:08 - Who are you and what’s your background? 05:34 - Why did you build this? 13:55 - What is it built in? Express server Web sockets 16:10 - Why is there no tooling? GetUserMedia WebRTC Twilio STUN/TURN/ICE infrastructure https://www.twilio.com/docs/stun-turn/faq VideoChat.peerConnection = new RTCPeerConnection({ iceServers: token.iceServers, }); 24:31 - How does your server deal with an influx of users? 27:11 - How do each of these features work? Auto-scaling video quality Text chat Screen sharing Picture in picture Live captions Loading animation No download required, entirely browser based Direct peer to peer connection ensures lowest latency Single use disposable chat rooms 41:32 - Have you looked into any of the recording APIs? Links ZipCall Zoom jQuery WebTorrent Heroku Adopter.js Figma ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Ian: Notion Scott: Summoning Salt Wes: 4 Channel WiFi Momentary Inching Relay Self-Lock Switch Module Shameless Plugs Ian ZipCall Scott: All Courses - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: All Courses - 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

10 Jun 202054min