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In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about the benefits and potential drawbacks of using an ORM on your next project, as well as what some of the popular ORMs are. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 00:39 Dental cleanings 03:00 What’s an ORM? 05:51 Benefits of using an ORM 12:54 Validation in ORM 19:18 What about Types? 23:44 Popular ORMs Prisma Sequelize Objection.js Knex.js DrizzleORM - next gen TypeScript ORM Mongoose ODM v7.3.1 TypeORM waterline.js 42:41 Potential downsides to using an ORM 45:53 Database schemas 52:30 Hooks or events 55:27 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Wes: Wise, Formerly TransferWise: Online Money Transfers Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry 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 Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

28 Juni 20231h 1min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about where you should register a domain name, explain DNS, and the process for moving a domain from one registrar to another. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 02:04 Domain name registration vs DNS 03:58 Domain name flattening 05:07 Domain name privacy 05:31 Proxy registrations 06:44 Bait and switch registrars 11:56 Domain registrars we found 13:09 NameCheap and Spaceship Namecheap Spaceship 17:42 GoDaddy GoDaddy 19:26 Ghandi Gandi.net 21:16 Porkbun Porkbun 22:18 Hover Hover.com 24:24 Name Name.com 26:24 Cloudflare Cloudflare 28:04 What’s the process for moving d iwantmyname DNSimpleomains to a new registrar? 30:38 I Want My Name and DNS Simple 33:05 Finding domain names 37:28 What would you pick to register a domain today? 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 Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

26 Juni 202342min

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Dustin Schau about Netlify Connect, Gatsby, GraphQL, and more. Show Notes 00:35 Welcome 01:20 Who is Dustin Schau? Dustin Schau (@SchauDustin) Develop and deploy websites and apps in record time | Netlify 02:49 Is Valhalla from Gatsby? How to Source Content from a Headless CMS | Gatsby Valhalla Content Hub | Gatsby Netlify Connect Brings All Content Sources & CMS Apps Together 05:41 Valhalla is now Netlify Connect 09:32 How often should you scrape or cache from another API? 10:36 What about auth? 13:41 Will Netlify Connect be open source or paid? 18:48 Is GraphQL it? Overview | urql Documentation GQty 22:35 What odd data sources are you trying to connect? 26:06 How does Gatsby send out to APIs? 29:00 What CMS should people use? The Markdown CMS | Tina The platform to bring your best ideas to life | Contentful The Composable Content Cloud - Sanity.io 31:22 What do you think of component based CMS? SEO Enterprise Rank Tracker - A Keyword Rank Tracking Tool Like No Other | Nozzle.io 35:36 What are your thoughts on the React ecosystem? 43:33 What’s the future for Gatsby? 46:14 Supper Club questions folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac! Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software Dank Mono: The coding typeface for aesthetes DSchau/dotfiles: :wrench: .files, including ~/.macos — sensible defaults for macOS development (catered to Node.js) Deploy app servers close to your users · Fly Hono - Ultrafast web framework for the Edges Stream Movies & TV Shows | Plex The Free Software Media System | Jellyfin 56:29 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Arc Browser Resend React Email Shameless Plugs Netlify Netlify Connect 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 Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

23 Juni 202359min

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about rate-limiting an API, using Wasp, Enums in TypeScript, styling React projects, using Edge functions, and more. Show Notes 00:11 Welcome 01:53 Connecting at conferences JSNation – the main JavaScript conference of 2023 RenderATL 2023 | May 31 - June 2, 2023. | 80+ Speakers 04:10 What technique do you use for consuming a rate-limited API? 07:58 Is Wasp-lang.dev ticking all the boxes for an awesome full-stack JavaScript framework? Wasp 14:36 How do you guys feel about skeleton UIs? Skeleton | Open UI 19:10 How can i forward my http only auth cookies to my backend API? 22:28 What’s your opinion on using Enums in TypeScript? 29:46 How much off the clock time away from coding related activities do you have in a typical week? 37:10 What’s the best approach for styling React projects? 42:49 Donut scoping Scope donuts | Stubbornella 45:21 How do I add user registration and content uploading features to a website? Next.js by Vercel - The React Framework Laravel - The PHP Framework For Web Artisans Image and Video Upload, Storage, Optimization and CDN RedwoodJS: The App Framework for Startups | RedwoodJS.com SvelteKit • Web development, streamlined Learn Node — The best way to learn Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and Friends AdonisJS - A fully featured web framework for Node.js 53:25 Do you see any benefits in using edge functions if your audience is local? 59:20 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: * BOJACK 37 Values 480 Pcs Electronics Component Fun Kit with Power Supply Module, Jumper Wire,Precision Potentiometer,830 tie-Points Breadboard Compatible with STM32,Raspberry Pi,Arduino : Electronics Wes: * Local and regional eSIMs for travellers - Airalo Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry 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 Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

21 Juni 20231h 7min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about AsyncLocalStorage, why more frameworks aren’t using it yet, some examples, as well as some footguns. Show Notes 00:22 Welcome 01:44 What is AsyncLocalStorage? 03:14 What is context? 07:49 Why aren’t more frameworks using AsyncLocalStorage for context for middleware? 10:16 Examples of usage 14:20 Footguns 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 Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

19 Juni 202317min

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Nick Hehr about the fun ways to get started with micro controllers, writing JavaScript for hardware, and ideas for projects to build involving hardware and software. Show Notes 00:36 Welcome to Syntax 01:04 Introducing Nick Hehr Nick Hehr (@hipsterbrown) HipsterBrown (@hipsterbrown@toot.cafe) - Toot Café HipsterBrown HipsterBrown (Nick Hehr) Nick Hehr on CodePen 03:58 Running JavaScript on microcontrollers 06:20 What was your first project that got you into this? 12:12 Is the ESP32 the most popular controller? 14:12 Where do you buy hardware? Arduino - Home Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits AliExpress - Online Shopping for Popular Electronics, Fashion, Home & Garden, Toys & Sports, Automobiles and More products - AliExpress SparkFun Electronics Introduction 🚀 xs-dev Documentation Welcome to Robo Wizard | Robo Wizard 16:52 What are people building with boards? 18:30 What does the JavaScript look like? 22:16 Can you make a Fetch request? 25:45 What about Arduino? 31:54 What’s a good starter project? Johnny-Five: The JavaScript Robotics & IoT Platform meganetaaan/stack-chan: A JavaScript-driven M5Stack-embedded super-kawaii robot. TC53 - Ecma International dtex/j5e: Framework for embedded devices using ECMA-419, the ECMAScript® embedded systems API specification, based on Johnny-Five’s API HipsterBrown/on-air-light: An offline-first IoT on-air light for video meetings, using ESP32 & JS ESPHome — ESPHome Being in the video game with Augmented Climbing | The Kid Should See This 36:03 Emulation and debugging 39:13 What else have you made? 44:31 ESP Home 54:35 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× 00:32 Shameless Plugs ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× The Opus Intro Kit – Fellow jdxcode/rtx: Runtime Executor (asdf rust clone) Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software: Petzold, Charles: 9780137909100: Books - Amazon.ca Shameless Plugs Introduction 🚀 xs-dev Documentation 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 Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

16 Juni 20231h 4min

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through an introduction to electronics that you can do in your own home with microcontrollers. Show Notes 00:08 Welcome 00:52 What we’re talking about Arduino - Home ESP32 – The best products with free shipping | only on AliExpress 02:15 Airtag Sidebar 04:05 Projects We’ve Worked On 06:34 How do you run software on the microcontroller 08:50 Microcontrollers are extendable 12:05 Fixing a dryer 14:06 Sprinkler system 15:48 Microcontrollers 20:28 AC and DC Voltage 25:45 Amperage and watts 28:19 Extension cords ideally would have fuses 31:18 What’s the risk of not having enough power? 32:09 GPIO 35:45 Resistance How Resistors Work - Unravel the Mysteries of How Resistors Work! 41:12 Capacitors 42:02 Sensors 5/1pcs HLK LD2410C 24G mmWave FMCW Millimeter Wave 5M Human Presence Status Radar Sensor Motion Detection Modul High Sensitivity 46:47 Relays 48:33 Coding microcontrollers Web Serial API ESPHome — ESPHome Johnny-Five: The JavaScript Robotics & IoT Platform Espruino - JavaScript for Microcontrollers Introduction - The Rust on ESP Book Welcome to Quick.js! - quick.js 52:32 A note on Soldering 53:12 Projects for kids 54:31 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Razor blade Wes: ESP32 – The best products with free shipping | only on AliExpress Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax Discord Wes: Wes’ Instagram 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 Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

14 Juni 202358min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about some of the GitHub features you may not have used very much including projects, milestones, labels, and actions. Show Notes 00:26 Welcome 01:53 That’s sick 04:05 What we’ve used in the past Trello Jira | Issue & Project Tracking Software | Atlassian 06:13 Working with Github Projects About Projects 11:57 Milestones About milestones 14:35 GitHub Labels Managing labels 19:51 GitHub Actions Features • GitHub Actions Level Up Tutorials - Learn modern web development 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 Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

12 Juni 202324min