Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about their predictions in web development for 2023. Show Notes 00:07 Welcome 01:25 SSR JS sites more the norm 03:32 React doing forms 05:39 TypeScript Inferred becomes hot 08:11 Deno gets hotter 12:51 JS Runtimes Mature HTMX 15:00 We will see a new TS Type Checker written in Rust 19:20 New J..

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through some TypeScript Fundamentals around type narrowing, type guards, and type predicates. Show Notes 00:24 Welcome 01:40 Rocking predicates 02:54 What is a type in TypeScript? 04:11 Type Narrowing 08:18 Type Guard 16:19 Type Predicates Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes B..

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Kilian Valkhof about his work on Polypane, a browser for developers. How is Polypane built? Why does he have a focus on accessibility in Polypane? Show Notes 00:39 Welcome 01:48 Who is Kilian Valkhof? kilianvalkhof.com @kilianvalkhof on Twitter 04:50 What is Polypane? Polypane ..

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott revisit their 2022 predictions and see which ones they got right, and which they got wrong. 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 fast..

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the current state of building desktop apps with Electron or Tauri. 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 the..

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Kenneth Lyerly about his career path into coding, and how he manages to hold two jobs. Show Notes 00:38 Welcome Ken.dev Ken on Github 01:59 How do you have two jobs? 09:46 When did you start a second job? 16:02 Any tips for someone wanting to switch into coding? 24:03 Do you h..

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about how to give feedback on the podcast, deciding on a business model for courses, what to do about Twitter, and more. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud com..

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about your options for database when you’re working with serverless. 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 ..

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Jonny Burger about why and how he built Remotion, his app that lets you create MP4 videos using React. Gatsby - Sponsor Today’s episode was sponsored by Gatsby, the fastest frontend for the headless web. Gatsby is the framework of choice for content-rich sites backed by a headless CMS ..

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott look at the the Web Almanac’s report on the role of JavaScript on the web in 2022. Auth0 - Sponsor Auth0 is the easiest way for developers to add authentication and secure their applications. They provides features like user management, multi-factor authentication, and you can even enable users to login wit..