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In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Wes' experience designing, printing, and shipping out his sticker packs. 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. 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 01:26 Sponsor: LogRocket 02:15 Sponsor: Linode 03:51 How Wes sells stickers Syntax 346: Selling And Shipping T Shirts with TypeScript 04:27 Where the stickers are printed Zigpac 06:30 How the stickers were designed 07:38 How do you ship them anywhere in the world for $5? 10:46 Packing the stickers 13:58 How did Wes sell the stickers? 16:51 Any concern about two people ordering at the same time? 17:13 One thing that did break Pushover 18:13 How the stickers were shipped Stallion Express APC 25:42 Costs for stickers 28:37 TypeScript sticker logo 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

7 Mars 202235min

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott take a look at the 2021 State of JS survey that was recently published, including demographics, salary, browser APIs, overall happiness, and more! 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. 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. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes 2021 State of JS Survey 01:51 Winter birthday fun 05:38 The State of JS survey 07:37 Demographics 09:18 Salary range 09:58 Language features 14:05 Browser APIs 17:36 Custom elements and Shadow DOM 18:18 Page visibility API 19:28 File system API 19:58 Web share API 22:15 Sponsor: Linode 23:12 Libraries 27:30 Stimulus 29:21 Trends 31:32 Happiness with the state of front end frameworks 32:28 Sponsor: LogRocket 34:04 Backend Frameworks 38:16 Backend tool satisfaction 44:35 Happiness of build tools 46:32 Sponsor: Freshbooks 48:27 The best podcast in web development 49:05 Sick Picks ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Inventing Anna Wes:Everlane Crewneck Sweater Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Course Drop Party 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

2 Mars 202253min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes do a little this vs that with map vs reduce, forEach vs for in, .hasOwnProperty() vs in vs .hasOwn(), CSS absolute + left/right/top/bottom vs transform, 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. 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. Show Notes 01:30 Sponsor: Prismic 02:58 Sponsor: Sentry 04:21 .filter() and .map() (every, one, etc…) VS Reduce 09:17 .forEach() vs for in / for of 15:52 .hasOwnProperty() vs in vs .hasOwn() 19:37 CSS absolute + left/right/top/bottom vs transform 22:54 Object.assign({}, obj) vs {…spread} Animal Friendly idioms 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

28 Feb 202226min

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Ben Vinegar about his work with Sentry, their migration to TypeScript, and advice for running JavaScript on other websites. Kontent by Kentico - Sponsor Kontent by Kentico is a headless CMS that provides live editing experience to non-technical users and hands you the technical tools to build websites, mobile apps, voice assistants, or anything else where you need content. Use REST API or GraphQL and get your content via the global Fastly CDN. Designed to unify all your content and operations, in compliance with ISO27001 and SOC2Type2 certifications.Spin up a new project today and discover Kontent. 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! Show Notes Ben Vinegar 00:20 Guest introduction 05:58 Seeing bug reports from Sentry 07:38 Distributed tracing for full stack developers 12:16 Amazon X Ray AWS Xray 15:32 Using Tracing 19:40 Sponsor: Kontent by Kentico 20:58 Cloudflare Worker Integration 22:30 How does Sentry have open source and a business? Heroku App Platform Media Temple Dreamhost WordPress Calypso 32:30 Sponsor: Hashnode 34:07 What is the tech stack of Sentry? 38:20 Sentry switching to TypeScript Sentry switching to TypeScript 44:36 Running JavaScript on other websites 51:24 Sponsor: Sentry 53:08 Sick Picks ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Last Seen Wes: SEOUL Sisters Korean Kimchi Seasoning Ben: Worst Scene / Best Scene I Was There Too Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials 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

23 Feb 20221h 3min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about new proposed features coming to JavaScript in 2022. MagicBell - Sponsor Magic Bell is the The notification inbox for your product. Add a MagicBell to your product for announcements, billing, workflow, and other notifications. The free plan supports up to 100 Monthly Active Users - use the coupon code SYNTAXFM for 10% off the first 12 months. 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. Show Notes 00:23 Welcome 01:25 Sponsor: MagicBell 02:50 Sponsor: Sentry 04:20 Weird audio tics 05:19 Fetch in Node.js 09:54 URL imports in Node.js 11:41 JSON Modules 15:01 Node in import url scheme 17:30 Pipeline Operator 21:21 Reversible String Split 23:56 JavaScript Module Blocks 25:22 String.cooked 26:34 BigInts Math URL imports in Node.js @MylesBorins Pipeline Operator String.cooked BigInts Math 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

21 Feb 202228min

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about selling themes, which browser to use, where to keep your 2FA codes, Remxi vs Svelte Kit, and more! 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. 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. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax. Show Notes 00:11 Welcome 02:10 Can you explain import.meta? 07:20 What are your thoughts on publishing and selling HTML & CSS/SASS templates/themes? 12:00 When is it best to use a semantic menu vs a nav? 16:14 Sponsor: Sentry.io 17:36 As a newbie in web dev., which browser do you recommend, Chrome or Firefox Dev. Edition? 20:25 Are TypeScript types are like creating models in Mongoose? 26:16 If you use 2FA, where do you store your recovery codes? 1Password 29:32 Do you know a programming language which similar syntax to js and without the need of a runtime-framework? Syntax 429 - Cloudflare Workers 32:54 I am not feeling the hype for Remix. I would rather put my energy into SvelteKit. Remix Svelte Kit 36:41 Sponsor: Sanity 38:09 Do you guys have any advice on getting unstuck from tutorial hell and at what point do you think someone is ready to apply for junior web dev jobs? 41:36 Do you feel frameworks like Next.js, Remix, etc. abstract too much the complexity that it takes to build full-stack web apps? 44:19 How do you keep up on new technologies? Swyx Scott’s Newsletter Intent to Ship 54:04 Sponsor: Freshbooks 55:06 Sick Picks! ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: The River Runner (2021) - IMDb Wes: Mike’s Hot Honey Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp YouTube channel Wes: Wes Bos on TikTok 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 Feb 20221h 6min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about how best to explore and contribute to code on GitHub repos. Retool - Sponsor Retool is the fast way to build internal tools. Visually design apps that interface with any database or API. Switch to code nearly anywhere to customize how your apps look and work. With Retool, you ship more apps and move your business forward—all in less time. Visit retool.com/syntax. 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 00:25 Welcome 01:42 Sponsor: LogRocket 02:54 Sponsor: Retool 04:33 Topic introduction 06:44 How to get a handle on something new in a library? 10:27 How to contribute to comments 12:55 Looking through Issues 15:01 Looking at Pull Requests 15:43 Check Milestones 17:58 Look at Files Changed tab 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

14 Feb 202220min

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with the creator of Wordle, Josh Wardle. What's the tech stack for Wordle? Does he care about the clones of Wordle? And how did selling Wordle work? 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. 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. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax. Show Notes 00:27:02 Guest introduction Wordle 02:45:13 How did Wordle go viral initially? 05:27:14 Where did the idea for Wordle come from? 07:07:06 What's your background? Reddit.com 12:52:23 Writing just HTML CSS and JavaScript 15:58:24 Wordle has 2 external dependancies 16:41:06 Sponsor: Sentry 17:40:23 The tech stack of Wordle Lit Elements just-merge gzip Cloudflare AWS S3 22:21:04 Would you use web components again? 29:36:08 How much did hosting cost? 29:55:01 How does Wordle remember my streak? 33:56:07 Do you play Wordle everyday? 36:28:11 Sponsor: Sanity 37:16:07 How do you land on internet hits so often? 40:33:15 Are you aware of the clones? Gordle 44:33:15 Sponsor: Freshbooks 45:17:10 Selling Wordle to the New York Times 49:05:20 Dealing with the domain name 54:15:09 What's his opener word? 56:03:03 Juice Juice it or Lose it talk 59:10:06 Sick Picks! ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Josh: Tupperware Scott: Giant tub of Epsom Salt Wes: Shameless Plugs Josh: Wordle Scott: KeystoneJS 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

9 Feb 20221h 4min