2022 Predictions
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through their predictions for 2022. 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. Hashnode - Sponsor Everything you need to start blogging as a developer. Own your content, share ideas, and connect with the global dev community! Hashnode is a free developer blogging platform that allows you to publish articles on your own domain and helps you stay connected with a global developer community. Hashnode: Everything you need to start blogging as a developer! 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 00:11 Welcome... 01:31 Svelte is king Svelte Svelte Kit 03:57 Next.js Next.js Next.js Live 06:40 Web components Open UI Syntax 353 Stylin the Unstylables 11:42 Rust popularity Rust Rome 15:58 Sponsor: LogRocket 17:12 Serverless and Cloud Functions 18:19 Cloudflare becoming a major player Cloudflare Pages 20:05 Tailwind Tailwind Open Props 24:10 Glow Up 24:35 Next gen dev tools OhMyZsh Warp Fig iTerm Starship 27:32 Sponsor: Hashnode 29:48 CSS Container queries, Layers, and More! 31:45 GraphQL 34:13 Deno Deno 37:41 Typescript 43:36 Server come back 45:13 Sponsor: Freshbooks 46:02 Checkouts and payment processors Wise 51:30 Temporal API 53:20 Remote Dev / Thin Client 55:16 Sick Picks 00:16 Shameless Plugs ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: A Show About Animals Wes: Wise Shameless Plugs Scott: Astro Course - Sign up for the year and save 50%! Wes: All Courses - Black Friday sale! Psychology of Devx Gitpod Community Workshops as Code Ghuntley.com 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
5 Jan 20221h 1min
JS One Liners
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about some Javascript one liners that speed up your coding experience in one line. Sponsor - Linode Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. Sponsor - Sentry 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 00:24:12 Welcome 01:24:11 Sponsor: Linode 02:11:02 Sponsor: Sentry 03:54:18 Twitter ask for One Liners 04:24:05 Math random const getPsuedoID =() => Math.floor(Math.random() * 1e15); 05:43:09 Random color Paul Irish random color '#'+Math.floor(Math.random()*16777215).toString(16); 06:41:06 Console.log as an object. console.log({ dog, person }); VS Marketplace Link 08:29:17 Edit anything document.designMode = "on" 10:15:15 Temporal date export const today = Temporal.Now.plainDateISO(); 11:44:05 Console(log) const myFunc = (age) ⇒ console.log(age) || updateAge() 13:26:13 Remove a prop const { propToRemove, ...rest } = obj; 15:29:01 PHP style debugging preElement.innerText ={JSON.stringify(val, '', ' ')}` 16:31:00 First and Last Destructure var {0: first, length, [length - 1]: last} = [1,2,3]; 17:34:17 Speed up audio video document.querySelector('audio, video’).playbackRate = 2 Overcast 19:44:15 Sleep function let sleep = (time = 0) => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, time)) 20:26:00 If statements on one line If (!thing) return 'something' 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 Jan 202222min
2021 In Review
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes review their predictions and highlights for 2021. .TECH Domains - Sponsor .TECH is taking the tech industry by storm. A domain that shows the world what you are all about! If you're looking for a domain name for your startup, portfolio, or your own project like we did with uses.tech, check out .tech Domains. Syntax listeners can snap their .TECH Domains at 80% off on five-year registration by visiting go.tech/syntaxistech and using the coupon code "syntax5". 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. Mux - Sponsor Mux Video is an API-first platform that makes it easy for any developer to build beautiful video. Powered by data and designed by video experts, your video will work perfectly on every device, every time. Mux Video handles storage, encoding, and delivery so you can focus on building your product. Live streaming is just as easy and Mux will scale with you as you grow, whether you're serving a few dozen streams or a few million. Visit mux.com/syntax. Show Notes 02:21 Wes highlights 05:33 Scott's highlights 07:42 Writing admin tools for fun 13:33 Sponsor: .TECH Domain Name 14:30 Tech that was hot in 2021 17:18 Sveltekit Pancake by Rich Harris Svelte Svelte Kit 19:54 Remix Remix 20:36 Astro Astro 22:51 NextJS 11 and 12 NextJS 25:14 Vite and Parcel 2 Vite Parcel 26:52 Web3 28:00 Prisma Prisma 30:35 Typescript Typescript 33:08 Sponsor: Sentry 35:25 Reviewing past predictions 36:54 ESM 39:47 Remote work will grow up Discord Notion Height 40:38 Deno 45:11 React 46:02 Tooling fade away 47:29 Rome Rome 48:47 Rust 49:36 Programming communities Twitter Spaces Clubhouse Circle Github Discussions Tiktok Benawad on TikTok Wes Bos on TikTok 51:08 Wasm 51:26 Typescript 52:35 React 53:40 More web component frameworks 56:43 Gatsby 57:26 CSS updates Syntax 354 with Miriam Suzanne 01:00:06 Serverless 01:01:13 Enterprise jamstack 01:02:01 Sponsor: Mux 01:03:05 Sick Picks 01:08:03 Shameless Plug ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Rocket League Sideswipe Wes: Home Work on Discovery+ Shameless Plugs Scott: Astro Course - Sign up for the year and save 50%! Wes: All Courses - Black Friday sale! Psychology of Devx Gitpod Community Workshops as Code Ghuntley.com 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 Dec 20211h 10min
Holiday Snackluk
In this Hasty Treat, Wes and Scott talk about Package-lock, Angular, package updates, how to learn, and media servers on planes. Sponsor - Sanity 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. Sponsor - LogRocket 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 00:54 Luks of the past 03:19 Sponsor: Sanity 04:26 Sponsor: LogRocket 05:04 Has package-lock.json ever saved your bacon? 08:27 Why do you not talk about Angular? 11:28 How do you handle package updates? Wes Bos tweet on npm-update 17:43 How do you keep learning in your career? 21:02 How does the movie selection work on planes? Emby 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
27 Dec 202130min
Gitpod, iPad Coding, Web3, WTF NFT
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk with Geoff and Pauline from Gitpod about developing on Gitpod, Web3, and The NFT Bay. 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. 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. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. Show Notes 01:20 Guest introduction 02:46 Coding in the browser anywhere Gitpod JetBrain 04:58 How does GitPod work in the browser? NoYaml Cobalt2 Finding VS Code Extensions for Gitpod 09:27 How does GitPod actually work? 10:57 What is Kubernetees? 13:11 Is there a full VS Code environment? 18:21 Sponsor: Linode 19:01 Who are the heavy users of Gitpod? 24:32 Teams on Gitpod Gitpod Roadmap Centered.app 30:11 Do the developers of Gitpod use Gitpod to build Gitpod? Gitpod Careers 32:51 What language is Gitpod written in? 33:15 Sponsor: Logrocket 34:10 Living in a van coding 38:16 How do you stay productive on the go? 40:18 What was The NFT Bay? The NFT Bay 44:54 Is there any good in Web3 ideas? Lularoe Documentary 49:42 Sponsor: Freshbooks 50:13 Selling NFTs is difficult 51:34 Sick Picks! 58:40 Shameless Plugs ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Sweet Bobby Podcast Wes: Woosh Cloths Pauline Uniqlo Geoff Helinox Chair Shameless Plugs Scott: Astro Course - Sign up for the year and save 50%! Wes: All Courses - Black Friday sale! Psychology of Devx Gitpod Community Workshops as Code Ghuntley.com 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 Dec 20211h 3min
Gatsby v4
In this Hasty Treat, Wes and Scott talk about what's new in Gatsby v4. Sponsor - Prismic 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. Sponsor - Sentry 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 00:26 Welcome 01:41 Sponsor: Prismic 02:35 Sponsor: Sentry 03:26 Gatsby v4! Gatsby What’s new in Gatsby 4 04:26 Any node version requirements? 05:22 Three rendering options 15:47 Parallel Queries 16:28 Data sync 16:57 Gatsby admin deprecated Nextjs 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
20 Dec 202119min
Potluck - enums, WASM, Lighthouse, Redirects
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes answer your questions on a Potluck episode of Syntax. 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 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. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. Show Notes 02:07 Google Chrome to start measuring user experience beyond the completion of page load 05:47 How can I ensure that I am executing npm commands safely? 07:58 How should I prefix booleans? 09:46 How do I decide between using an enum vs a union type in Typescript 13:40 What is Web Assembly? 18:34 Sponsor: Sanity 19:45 what happened to Scott using Linux? PopOS 22:44 Sponsor: Linode 23:57 How do you batch requests in nodejs to an api? 26:15 What are micro-frontends? 29:55 Sponsor: Sentry 31:16 Since Astro seems so amazing, aren’t you tempted to rebuild your site now in Astro instead of Sveltekit? Astro 33:04 Can you please shed some light on redirects in express/ koa? 36:41 How do deal with ADHD? 41:52 Should I repeat the name of the issue in the commit message or just "Resolves #$issue-number"? 44:21 Do browsers update automatically? 47:52 What do you do when working on a big project? 49:55 Can you guys help to breakdown and explain jargons and differences of RPC, REST, gRPC, GraphQL? 53:25 How to ask a question 53:42 Sick Picks 56:17 Shamless plugs ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Satechi 3-in-1 Magnetic Wireless Charging Stand Wes: The Always Sunny podcast Shameless Plugs Scott: Astro Course Wes: All Courses 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 Dec 202158min
How To Do Things In Svelte
In this Hasty Treat, Wes and Scott talk about how to do things in Svelte. Sponsor - Freshbooks Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax and put SYNTAX in the "How did you hear about us?" section. Sponsor - LogRocket 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 00:28 Welcome 02:18 Lead pipe talk 04:33 Sponsor: Freshbooks 05:05 Sponsor: Logrocket 06:34 Intro to Svelte 07:44 Get Local State running Writable-stores 10:47 Arrow functions 11:53 Functions that update state React Hooks in Svelte React Use Svelte Store 14:36 Live / Reactive Variables 17:03 Context 20:45 Conditional rendering 24:57 Input binding 28:02 Should Wes rewrite his video player in Svelte? 30:07 Child elements 32:10 Vercel hires Rich Harris 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
13 Dec 202133min
