704: Stump'd JS + CSS Interview Questions

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott try to stump each other with JavaScript and CSS interview style questions including CSS contain, naming the 7 parts of Houdini, what ARIA stands for, 5 limitations of serverless, and more.

Show Notes

00:25 Welcome
01:31 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
02:01 Explain CSS Contain and why it exists?
07:27 In CSS Grid, how would I make a grid of 3 equal columns with 20 pixels between them?
Wes Bos on X: 🔥 A visual guide to getting equal width columns in CSS Grid / X
10:31 Which of the following elements are fake?
13:00 Which of the following HTML tags are deprecated?
16:38 What is the samp element?
17:27 Name the 7 parts of CSS Houdini
21:07 In JavaScript for loop with 10 items, how can you exit a loop early?
22:34 What is the difference between a pseudo element and a pseudo class?
25:59 How could you implement CSS :has with JavaScript?
27:56 What are two attributes that would make an SVG more accessible?
29:43 How can you stop your process from exiting if you have an unhandled rejection?
32:27 How do you prevent flex children from getting squished?
34:40 In TypeScript, what does using keyof and typeof together do?
37:19 What does ARIA stand for?
37:39 Name 5 limitations that a serverless or edge function have over tradtional long running server?
40:38 Write an item using Flex code, not grow to fill it’s container, or shrink, and the item will take up only the space based on it’s content size.
42:03 If I’m building an application that needs to announce a change to the user, how would I do that?
43:46 Name the 5 different Git elements methods on a document?
45:39 What does the CSS prospective property do?
48:23 Sick picks

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