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In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about CSS Grid Level 2 - aka subgrid. 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 3:27 - CSS Grid Level 2 and subgrid CSS subgrid will allow you to place grid-items’ children along the same lines at the parent grid 5:40 - How it works - Why do we need it? What problem do we have right now? Create your grid as normal - you can create columns, rows, named lines, etc. Your grid-item will also be display grid - this is nothing new - just regular nesting of grid The magic comes in when you want to define the rows and or columns of the sub-item. You can inherit the parent item’s grid-rows / columns by simply saying display: subgrid 11:19 - Browser support It’s about a year out Links Sentry is hiring Grid Level 2 and Subgrid by Rachel Andrew Css Grid Level 2 specs CSS Grid Level 2: Here Comes Subgrid 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 Jan 201915min

It’s another potluck episode in which Wes and Scott answer your questions! This month - thoughts on frameworks for 2019, React Native, when should you start freelancing, where to start with JS, cron jobs, split testing and more! DevLifts — Sponsor DevLifts - Thad and JC are on a mission to make web developers healthy. They’re currently offering two options: The first is Fit.Start - perfect for beginners or those looking to get back at it. Use the coupon code “syntax” to get 50% off the fit.start plan. The second is DevLifts Premium - for those looking for a laser-focused approach and maximum accountability. Use the coupon code “tasty” to get 50% off the premium plan. Check it out today! Just for January their eight-week plan is back. Use the coupon code “newyear19” to get $50 off. Kyle Prinsloo’s Freelancing & Beyond — Sponsor Kyle Prinsloo teaches you everything you need to know about freelancing, including how to quit your job, earn a side-income and start taking control of your life. Check it out at https://studywebdevelopment.com/freelancing and use the coupon code “syntax” at checkout to get 25% off. Show Notes 1:40 Where is the best place to start with JS coming from WordPress? 5:36 How do you set up cron jobs? What are the best tools to use, should they run on their own server or on the application server, etc.? 17:13 What new skills, frameworks, projects are you look forward to learning in 2019? 21:35 Do you use any software for tracking analytics on your site and do you ever use this data to run split tests? If so, what is your preferred method for running split tests? 28:24 What’s your best tip for young coders to stay productive and not lose time? 32:08 I’m 17 and learning web dev. I’m pretty concerned about my skills and feeling some impostor syndrome. Is it ok to start freelancing? 37:26 What is React Native? How do people tend to use it? If you want a native and web app, do they share code? Links WordPress Gatsby Javascript30 Dead Man’s Snitch Corntab Syntax106: A Look Forward to 2019 Drip Segment.io Hotjar ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Tiding Up on Netflix Wes 1: Capital Gaines by Chip Gaines Shameless Plugs Scott’s Level 1 Styled Components Course Wes’ 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

10 Jan 201951min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about CSS units (e.g. rems vs ems, px, ch, vmax), when and why you want to be using them, tips and tricks, 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 replayer and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free over at https://logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes 2:32 Typography with CSS units 12:04 Pixels 15:17 Viewport units 15:51 ch units 16:35 inch/cm for print 17:19 Percentages 18:10 Media queries 19:41 Flexbox (flex-grow) 20:28 CSS Grid: flexible units: 1fr 2fr Links Sentry 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 Jan 201924min

In this episode Wes and Scott take a look back at 2018 as well as a look forward to what’s coming in 2019. 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”. CSS In Depth and In Motion - Sponsor Electron in Action from Manning Publications guides you, step-by-step, as you learn to build cross-platform desktop applications that run on Windows, OSX, and Linux. As a Syntax listener, you can get 40% off all their books and courses by visiting deals.manning.com/webdev and using the coupon code syntax40 at checkout. Show Notes 3:00 - What was hot in 2018? Tooling got easier GraphQL got easier and more accessible New GraphQL companies left and right CSS has gotten more awesome React Improvement in React Dev Tools JavaScript frameworks overall Edge adopting Chrome engine Microsoft bought Github Vue continues to impress and evolve VS Code continued to get amazing 31:29 - Predictions for 2019 Headless CMS game is going to get really real We’re gonna see rails for JavaScript start making some noise React will continue to see growth Design tools will get more code-y (Figma, etc.) VueJS will continue to see growth Developer Experience Tools will continue to get easier Wasm Code splitting easier ES6 Modules in Node Server Side Hot reloading 41:00 - Scott’s Year in Review Released 12 courses Major growth in Level Up as a platform Hired first employees to work and grow site Greatly improved quality and video production Gave first conf talks and spoke internationally 44:03 - Wes’ Year in Review Released two courses - CSS Grid and Advanced React Started work on JavaScript course Delegated lots of development to contractor Continued to work well with assistant Spoke at lots of confs Live Syntax! Grew Instagram Continued hot tips on twitter 47:00 - BIG ANNOUNCEMENT We’re both having babies! 48:09 - Wes’ Goals for 2019 Keep doing what I’m doing! New Website! JavaScript course Platform upgrades - been in the works for months - working on a faster rollout CSS course? VS Code course? More React? 8 YouTube Videos Instagram to 30k Parental Leave 52:26 - Scott’s Goals for 2019 Courses First non-Scott LUT courses (big plans / announcements here ) Parental Leave Major platform updates that are stuck in bottleneck More hires, more growth More free content More teaching from real world code Codebase to Hooks & Suspense Links Next.js Gatsby Parcel Hasura Prisma TakeShape GraphCMS Contentful WPGraphQL Apollo Github VS Code Microsoft Edge WordPress Svelte Vue.js Syntax 067: Goal Setting ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Fake or Fortune? Wes: Heavyweight Shameless Plugs Scott’s new course on design systems Wes’ 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

2 Jan 20191h

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about pointer events in CSS and JS - what they are, their differences, why you may want to use them, potential downfalls and more! Sanity.io - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get up and running by typing npm i -g @sanity/cli && sanity init in your command line. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Show Notes 3:24 CSS pointer events 10:50 JavaScript pointer events 14:24 What are pointer events 17:56 Browser support Links CSS pointer events JS pointer events Pointer events support in WebKit Pointer events Polyfill Wes’ Javascript 30 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

31 Dec 201821min

In this episode Wes and Scott are talking all about CSS layout - how it works, things to watch out for 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”. CSS In Depth and In Motion - Sponsor CSS in Depth in Motion from Manning Publications is a great way to master CSS. Modern CSS can handle a dizzying array of styles and effects without external frameworks, and this liveVideo course from Manning Publications will get you there. As a Syntax listener, you can get 40% off all their books and courses by visiting deals.manning.com/webdev and using the coupon code syntax40 at checkout. Show Notes 4:15 When to use position fixed/static/absolute/relative/sticky 15:18 When to use height, width, max-height, max-width, top, bottom, left, right, etc. 21:28 What about relationships between containers and their children? 27:37 What about positioning behaviors of elements like , , , etc.? 30:09 Floating and clearing 35:55 Flexbox, Grid and responsive design 36:58 Mobile-first or desktop-first? 41:20 Viewport units - vw, vh, vmin, vmax, etc Links Keycode.info ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Last Seen Podcast Wes: Flying a DJI Tello Drone with React and Node.js Shameless Plugs Scott’s Design Systems Course Wes’ 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

26 Dec 201853min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes continue their discussion of libraries and tech that where super hot in the past, but not so much any more. Sanity.io - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get up and running by typing npm i -g @sanity/cli && sanity init in your command line. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Show Notes 3:40 - jQuery UI / jQuery Mobile jQuery UI jQuery Mobile Sencha Touch 6:10 - Flash / Silverlight Flash Cufon Silverlight Netflix Happy Gilmore The Wedding Singer 10:54 - Grid systems 960.gs Golden Susy Bootstrap Foundation 16:02 - CoffeScript CoffeScript Compass 18:18 - Underescore.js Underscore.js Lodash jsPerf 20:04 - Less CSS Less CSS Vue.js Drupal Cappuccino 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

24 Dec 201826min

It’s another potluck episode in which Wes and Scott answer your questions! This month - thoughts on Typescript, e-commerce platforms vs custom, working for agencies, job-hopping 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. Vue.js In Action - Sponsor Vue.js in Action from Manning Publications is a great way to learn Vue.js. If you’re looking for a book that will teach you Vue.js from start to finish, this is the one. As a Syntax listener, you can get 40% off all their books and courses by visiting deals.manning.com/webdev and using the coupon code syntax40 at checkout. Show Notes 1:20 How do you distinguish between normal and virtual pixels on high dpi devices. How do you call Pixels? Which tools do you use for optimizing Images? 5:02 What are your thoughts on TypeScript (and selfishly, I’d like to learn about using it with React)? Any temptation to try it out if you’re not already doing so? Why or why not? Any resources you’d like to share on TypeScript? 8:35 I have heard you guys say good things about Digital Ocean before, but am reading a lot of bad reviews about them on various websites. Are these just frustrated developers or is there any merit to these claims? 12:48 If you were to build an eCommerce store, given that your business requirements specify that custom functionality is needed, would it be smart to roll your own solution or use Magento/Shopify/Woocommerce? If the later, what is the developer experience like? Which has the greater ability to implement custom functionality for server and client side code? 19:50 I feel like I’m pretty “bos” at starting projects but so terrible at finishing them. As people who finish courses and projects all the time, what is your advice for getting to that finish line? 23:32 Could you please explain how you organize your files? What is the folder structure you use for both your projects and other documents/videos and stuff? 31:38 You guys mention working for “agencies” in the past. As a freelance web developer, what’s the best way to find these agencies, and to be employed by them? Also, can you explain what “agencies” are? 38:14 I once read an interview Wes gave in which he mentioned that frequently changing jobs is the best way to get salary increases. Do you both believe that to be true? Is job-hopping a bad thing? Is the criticism of it justified? 41:53 If I choose to use Next.js, does that mean I won’t be able to use new React features like hooks and suspense until/if the Next.js team implements those? 43:12 When do you use  and when do you use  to wrap your many returned components from render()? Links Devon Govett tweet about Typescript Digital Ocean Magento Shopify WooCommerce Reaction Commerce Snipcart Next.js Gatsby.js True Grit Texture Supply ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Undertale Wes: Ghostly Pixels Shameless Plugs Scott’s Level Up Pro Wes’ YouTube Channel 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

19 Dec 201851min