Hasty Treat - Wes Teaches Scott about Keystone.js
In this Hasty Treat, Wes teaches Scott about Keystone.js — best practices, things to avoid, why you should check it out, and more! 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 3:10 - What is Keystone? 7:38 - How do you handle mutations? 14:26 - What’s the hosting situation like? 19:34 - Shortcomings 21:40 - Plugins Links KeystoneJS Prisma Hasura Next.js GraphQL Stripe API WordPress ThinkMail Drupal Redux Now MongoDB MongoDB Compass pm2 TypeScript Apollo Helpers GraphCool 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
30 Dec 201927min
2019 YEAR END Definitely Not a Clip Show
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes do a 2019 year in review — the most popular Syntax episodes, what they learned, some personal updates, plans for next year, 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 1:40 - Plans for 2020 Syntax Live March 2019 Plans for 2020 Twitter has done really well for @syntaxfm Community feels great 9:20 - Top 10 Syntax episodes of 2019 Syntax162: The Fundamentals - JS Syntax120: Gatsby vs Next Syntax158: The Fundamentals - HTML + CSS Syntax126: Bootcamps vs School vs Self-Learning Syntax138: What’s New in Web Development Syntax130: The VueJS Show (Scott teaches Wes) Syntax146: CSS the Cool Parts Syntax174: How to Build an API Syntax154: SVGs with Sara Soueidan Syntax106: A Look Forward to 2019 25:17 - Personal stuff Scott Brooklyn Tolinksi 2019 was really tough for me Level Up courses for 12 months Huge changes to my production values and office Huge changes to LUT codebase (React hooks, Typescript, Next.js, Mongoose) Wes New Baby in June / 3 months Paternity Leave Bought a cottage Hardest course to make was Beginner JS — it was a slog, hard to stay motivated at times, with 80 hours of recording alone Course Platform re-write (Next.js) 39:17 - Stuff we learned Scott Better speaker Lots of TypeScript Better debugging Hooks Svelte General improvement in JS writing and programming skills Wes Really good at Vanilla.js DOM API React Hooks Suspense Audio Visualization Shape Detection API - Faces, Barcodes, Text Headless CMS: Prismic, Sanity, WordPress GraphQL, Keystone.js, Hasura Very good understanding of the nitty gritty of JS (closures, objects, this, new keyword, classes, etc.) Links Reactathon freeCodeCamp Podcast CSS Houdini Syntax109: Hasty Treat - CSS Grid Level 2 aka Subgrid Syntax092: React Hooks Dev Mugs TypeScript Svelte Prismic Sanity WPGraphQL Keystone.js Hasura ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: The Dream Podcast Wes: Synology DiskStation DS918+ Shameless Plugs Scott: React & TypeScript For Everyone - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: Beginner Javascript - 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
25 Dec 201957min
Hasty Treat - How We Launch Courses
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about launching courses — a behind-the-scenes look at their platforms, processes, best practices, and what it takes to get a course published. 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 2:13 - Scott’s process 8:48 - Wes’ process 20:57 - Additional tips Links Beginner Javascript Level Up Tutorials Figma Tim Smith YouTube Vimeo HandBrake Screenflow Backblaze B2 VS Code 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
23 Dec 201926min
State Machines, CSS and Animations with David K Piano
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk with David K Piano about state machines, CSS, animations 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 2:30 - Who is David K Piano? 4:00 - Did you have a background in animation prior to web development? 5:45 - How did you build the CSS Responsive House on Codepen? 8:36 - What are state machines? 14:47 - How does it relate to programming? 17:20 - How do you go about changing states? 20:20 - Is this similar to how RxJS works? 21:40 - How would state machine work in CSS? 29:07 - Perspective in CSS 34:47 - How do you like Twitch vs YouTube? 35:48 - How do you add XState to a current project? 41:42 - Visualizing sate machines 46:15 - Do you have a day job as well? Links @davidkpiano David’s Codepen CSS Responsive House InVision Framer Figma XState RxJS React Apollo Vue.js Javascript30 Tailwind CSS GROQ.dev Keyframe.rs Babel Twitch Keygrame.rs Patreon ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× David: Lynn Fisher Scott: The Big One Wes: American Factory Shameless Plugs David: XState and Keyframe.rs Scott: React and Typescript for Everyone - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: Beginner Javascript - 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
18 Dec 201953min
Hasty Treat - The New MacBook Pro for Web Development
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the new 16" MacBook Pro and how it performs as a web development machine. 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 2:24 - Why did the old ones suck? 4:43 - What did we get and why? Wes 32GB RAM 2.3GHz 8-core i9 1TB SSD Scott 64GB RAM 2.4GHz 8-core i9 8gb AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 2TB SSD 9:40 - Is it still the best? The MacBook Pro is the workhorse of developers Keyboard is amazing Screen is even bigger Esc key is back Touch ID is very fast Heat is good Speed is very fast. Great for video editing, recording, etc… Trackpad feels great 15:18 - Still not good: Webcam sucks Ports 16:09 - Y NAWTS: Why not Windows? Why not Hackintosh? Why not iMac? Links 16" MackBook Pro Surface Book Alfred CalDigit TS3 Plus Thunderbolt 3 Dock 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
16 Dec 201921min
2019 Gift Guide
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes bring you an entire episode of sick picks — the 2019 gift guide! 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 3:48 - Gadgets Apple Watch Sabrent Qi Wireless Charger Sony wh-1000xm3 Bose QC35 II Sabrent 8-in-1 hub Satechi Aluminum Multi-Port Adapter Anker 5-in-1 quick charge hub 3 in 1 charge cable Elgato Cam Link 16:59 - Smart Home Automation Google Nest Home Hub Wyze cams + plugs + bulbs Ecobee thermostat Google Chromecast Google Home Smart Powerstrip 27:14 - Laptop Stands 12 South Rain Design mStand Roost Nexstand 29:59 - Phone Cases RhinoShield 30:52 - Mechanical Keyboards Ctrl Keyboard Keychron K1 Code Keyboard 34:34 - Mice Logitech MX Master Mouse 35:27 - Tripods Lammcou Flexible Tripod GorillaPod 37:04 - Cameras Sony a7 III 38:06 - Experiential Massage Float Knife Skills Class Butcher Class Cooking Class 40:08 - Food Cold Brew Coffee Maker Prep Naturals Glass Meal Prep Containers Blue Top Creamy Buffalo Heartbeat Hot Sauce Pineapple Habanero Maldon Salt Weck jars Thick sheet pans Precut parchment Instant Read Thermometer Umai Dry Steak Aging Charcuterie bags Mesh produce bags Beeswax wraps Yeti drinkware 49:24 - Grooming & Wellness Theragun Foam roller Power Blocks Japanese nail clippers Links Anker Deal Extreme Prismic YouTube Channel Shameless Plugs Scott: Level Up Pro - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: Beginner Javascript Course 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
11 Dec 201955min
Hasty Treat - What Are Github Actions?
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Gihub Actions — what they do, why you might be interested in them, best practices 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 2:30 - What are Github Actions? 4:40 - Examples of Github Actions 6:02 - Will Github Actions replace continuous integration services? 9:19 - Libraries Links Codeship Github Actions nextdiff Figma Action 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
9 Dec 201916min
Potluck - Tabs are better? × Coding Music × SEO × Is Angular good? × Biggie Smalls × Soy Sauce × More!
It’s another potluck! In this episode Scott and Wes talk about tabs vs spaces, coding music, SEO, React vs Angular vs Vue vs Svelte, Rapping, Soy sauce and more! 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”. 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 3:18 - Q: I am potentially starting a job as an Angular developer (modern angular). But I am scared that, even though I will continue to stay on the cutting edge in my personal projects, using Angular in my job will make it harder to get a job after that in more modern tech like React. Do you think there is any truth to this? 5:30 - Q: Yo guys, saw soy sauce stirred up quite the controversy…lol. What are some big developer disagreements you guys have? 11:40 - Q: In JavaScript, ! == is the same as ! =, but I was told there was a slight technical difference. I cannot find what the difference is. Could you elaborate on this? 14:17 - Q: What are the rules on using another dev’s repos as a boiler plate? Example: Using Wes’s advanced react starter files to utilize his set up for my own project? 15:35 - Q: What music do you listen to while you code? As an extension, could we crowd source a dev playlist and host it on Spotify? 20:26 - Q: How do you go about working with different technologies and stacks (front-end related) when you have to accommodate for the client or other developers’ biases towards specific things. For example, you have to learn a different set of tools because in a new project someone doesn’t like what you use and says X is a better tool for the job. 23:11 - Q: I know there is no magic SEO silver bullet, but what are some best practices for implementing SEO into your website or web application? 27:26 - Q: When dealing with responsive sites, how do you go about respecting the request in iOS safari to show desktop sites? 28:45 - Q: I get confused about your usage of the word ‘app’. You don’t make iPhone or Android apps, but you often through the word around like “I would create a Node App”, or “Some of the apps I made” etc. Is it just website applications, or how exactly should I interpret “Node App” or “Web App” compared to a mobile app? 31:36 - Q: I wanted to ask your thoughts on transform class properties plugin from Babel? Heard the podcast on react state, I found it mind blowing when setting everything up without constructors. 36:53 - Q: I am a beginner, I have mostly learned front-end so far (HTML/CSS, JavaScript, React). Should I first get pretty good at these before I start learning some back-end? Or, should I actually start learning back-end now and have a basic knowledge of both front-end and back-end? 39:00 - Q: If for some reason React died today and you were no longer able to use it, which framework would you pick up and use full time? Would it be Vue or Angular? Or something new like Svelte? 40:11 - Q: What habits, strategies, or specific tools do you rely on to prevent your hard drives from filling up with useless files? find . -name "node_modules" -type d -prune -exec rm -rf '{}' + 47:20 - Q: Which JS library is most like the Tesla Cybertruck? Links Tailwind CSS Syntax Spotify Playlist Head Bob Spotify Playlist Retired Scenester Metalcore Spotify Playlist DaisyDisk CleanMyMac Backblaze Tesla Cybertruck RxJS SynthWave '84 VS Code Theme RoboCopJS ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Keychron K1 Mechanical Keyboard Wes: Everlane Uniform Crew Neck Shameless Plugs Scott: Black Friday Sale on All Courses Wes: Beginner Javascript Course 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
4 Dec 201955min
