Potluck — Is it worth it to still learn WordPress? × Is Safari the new IE11? × Mobile website testing × Pirated content × Styled components × SSGs × Transitioning to full-time freelance × More!

Buzz Words! WTF Do they mean?! Do They Mean Things?? Let's Find Out! Sponsor Freshbooks - Get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. The Buzz Words This is the order in which we talk about the different concepts. If you have anything you'd like to add to the next buzz words show, tweet us @SyntaxFM  Serverless / Cloud Functions Composition in functional programming funfunfunction Progressive Enhancement Singleton APIs + SDKs Pure Functions + Side Effects Date-fns Immutable / Mutable / Mutations Immutable.js JavaScript30 Array Cardio Isomorphic / Universal JavaScript Microservices Scoping Closures Model View Controller Pattern Learn Node with a stupid explanation of MVC Bike Shedding Tree Shaking Hoisting ES Next Asynchronous / Synchronous Sick Picks Scott: Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker Wes: Apollo Reddit App for iOS Shameless Plugs Scott: React 16 for Everyone Tweet us your tasty treats! Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Make sure to include @SyntaxFM

1 Nov 20171h 4min

Show Notes Q: Rems vs Ems vs Pixels? What do you use? Q: What activity, that isn't developer related, benefits you most as a developer? Becoming a Supple Leopard Q: Is a hot dog a sandwich? 🌭 Q If Google offered you a job today, would you take it? Mike Rowe: Why Entrepreneurs Crave the 'Reverse Commute' Q: How did Wes and Scott Meet? Q: What are your thoughts on CMSs, like WordPress, adding JavaScript frameworks, like React? Q: Where do you find remote work? Q: How do you make money? Q: Can a back-end dev become a good designer? Hero Patterns Steve Schoger's Twitter Q: Do you ever feel tired? Q: What do you think about live streaming? Should we do a Syntax live stream?! Q: What stack should a new developer use? Q: What is your process for deciding on new tools? React FAQ - sign up for Tim's newsletter! Q: Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Sick Picks Scott: Fivestar Notebook Wes: Read about your credit card benefits + perks! Tweet us your tips! Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Make sure to include @SyntaxFM

18 Okt 20171h 10min

Scott and Wes dish out some tasty advice to developers who are new to web development. How do you get better? How do you deal with imposter syndrome? Sponsor Freshbooks - Get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. Shameless Plugs Wes just updated his ES6 course! Mastering Figma is now Launched! Show Notes This show is light on links :) The Gap by Ira Glass Hackathon Stater Sick Picks Nintendo Switch Creative Market Fonts Tweet us your tips! Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Make sure to include @SyntaxFM

11 Okt 20171h 11min

Scott and Wes detail their current stacks that run their training platforms. From front end code linting to the server side and databases. Sponsor Intro to The Serverless Framework by Loren Stewart. The first 20 people to use the code SYNTAX_FREE will get the course for free! After that make sure to use the code SYNTAX for an extra $10 off. Show Notes Wes' Stack Youtube Video Meteor Node.js Level Up Tutorials is fast! Express Learn Node Passport JS MongoDB Mongoose mLab Hosting Mongohub MongoDB Compass Studio 3T MiniMongo React Styled Components Stylus Lang Metor Sessions Prerender.io React Apollo Cross Storage Victory Charts Cloudinary Tim Thumb Amazon S3 Amazon Cloudfront Backblaze Vimeo Pro Jest Mocha Fixer.io Curreny Conversion API Brain Tree Stripe Mandrill Drip Amazon SES PostMark App (THE BEST) Zurb Inky Juice CSS Inliner Meteor Hosting Meteor Hosting Digital Ocean Zeit Now Heroku Bluehost Sucks Let's Encrypt Cloudflare OOPS I SAID CLOUDFRONT Sick Picks Scott: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Wes: Better Bidding Tweet us your tips! Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Make sure to include @SyntaxFM Shameless Plugs Level Up Tuts - check out scott's new shopping cart! Wes just updated his ES6 course!

4 Okt 20171h 19min

This episode is all about how to become comfortable and proficient with the command line. This one includes windows users too! Sponsor Need to learn Docker? Check out Nick Janetakis' Dive into Docker course which is currently on sale! Show Notes React 16 Command Line Power User Course iTerm2 Hyper Awesome Hyper Cmder for Windows Windows Subsystem Linux Windows 10 Insiders Program ZSH Oh My ZSH - You'll want to start here, not on zsh.org Fish Shell Oh My Fish Fisherman Bass ZSH Autosuggestion ZSH Syntax Highlighting z Frecent (GET THIS) Tree Brew Brew Cask Trash CLI YouTube-DL Wes' Video on youtube-dl pbcopy ZSH Extract .. or ... or .... or ..... or ...... !! re-runs the last command (careful!) cd - back to last folder - this works with lots of commands like git checkout - ⌘ + K to clear. ⌘ + R to clear but maintain scrollback Cobalt2 for ZSH + iTerm2 Cobalt2 for Hyper Patched Powerline Fonts Slavic Cat Wild Cherry Sick Picks Scott: Source Making Wes: My Fitness Pal Tweet us your tips! Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Make sure to include @SyntaxFM Shameless Plugs Level Up Tuts - check out scott's new shopping cart! Wes just updated his ES6 course! Stickers are coming!

27 Sep 20171h 8min

Scott and Wes talk about switching to VS Code. What is so good about it? Killer features? Must have Plugins! Sponsor Need to learn Docker? Check out Nick Janetakis' Dive into Docker course which is currently on sale! Follow us on twitter! Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Syntax Show Notes Cobalt2 for VS Code Visual Studio Code @rachsmithtweets 🔥 rename symbol tip - you should follow her too! Use F8 to cycle through inline errors Open the problems tab to see all your applications errors and warnings The built in debugger ESlint Package You can use the Prettier Package on it's own, or use via your .eslintrc file and just use the above ESLint plugin. Git History Git Lens Debugger for Chrome Color Highlight Settings: "editor.formatOnSave": true and "eslint.autoFixOnSave": true Wes' Current ESLint + Prettier Config Grumpy Developer Import Cost Path Intellisense npm Intellisense CSS Intellisense PHP Intellisense Another PHP Intellisense Custom CSS and JS Loader Cobalt2 Theme Material Theme Material Pale Night Theme Version Lens for npm Project Manager ⌘ + # Tabs Key Bindings Scott's VS Code Series on YouTube Sublime Keymap for VS Code ES6 Absolute Imports with Webpack Sick Picks Scott: Moonwalking with Einstein Wes: Yeti Rambler Wes: Ozark Trail 20oz Scott outdoes Wes by 3oz: Bottl Shameless Plugs Level Up Tuts - check out scott's new shopping cart! Wes' Courses Stickers are coming!

20 Sep 20171h 8min

Scott and Wes - Do you sleep? How do you get so much done? You replied to me way too fast! We share our best productivity hot tips and the apps we use the GSD. Sponsor Freshbooks - Get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. Follow us on twitter! Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Syntax Show Notes Alfred Alfred Package Manager -Packal Alfred Units Conversion Workflow Cobalt2 Alfred Theme Alfred Timezones Workflow Alfred Process Kill Workflow ⌘+L makes text huge! Alfred Font Awesome Workflow Alfred Encode / Decode Workflow Alfred DevDocs Workflow Alfred Stack Overflow Workflow Clipy Clipboard Manager App Todoist Things App Getting Things Done Book Git Alias Text Expander aText Evernote [Video Speed Controller] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-controller/nffaoalbilbmmfgbnbgppjihopabppdk?hl=en() Karabiner Elements Better Touch Tool Focus App Self Control App Slicy Figma Exports CloudApp Keyboard Shortcuts You Should Know Sorry windows users. ⌘ + Tab switch between apps Press q to quit an app from this place ⌘ + Backtick to switch between multiple windows of an app ⌘ + T for a new tab ⌘ + Shift + T to reopen a closed tab Crank up Key Repeat in your keyboard setting Option + ←/→ to move word-by-word Add Shift to select those itesm ⌘+option+Arrow to switch tabs ⌘ + Number to go to that tab # Enable tabbing on OSX dialog Boxes Press question mark in any google app to get a list of shortcuts Sick Picks Scott: Rhino Sheild Case Wes: Deep Work Shameless Plugs Level Up Tuts Wes' Courses

13 Sep 20171h

The most requested syntax episode ever! We break down CSS in JavaScript. Pros/Cons? What is it? What problems does it solve? What libraries should you use? Is it stupid or amazing? Sponsor Freshbooks - Get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. Follow us on twitter! Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Syntax Show Notes BEM Styled Components Emotion Radium Glamorous Styled JSX Sick Picks Boxyapp Mail Client Airpods Shameless Plugs Grab Level Up Tuts before the price goes up! Modern Dev Tools

6 Sep 20171h 5min