Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes and Scott talk with Brian LeRoux about not using a bundler, handling TypeScript, live reloading, Enhance being a meta framework, how Enhance handles CSS, his experience at AWS: Reinvent, and the state of JavaScript run times in 2024. Show Notes 00:31 Welcome 01:00 Introducing Brian Leroux 01:32 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:54 You can’t fix bugs you can’t see 03:14 Not using a bundler 05:...

Wes and Scott talk through server components, the difference between server components and client components, reasons to run something server side, how server components work, using forms and buttons, what they like and don’t like about it, and tips to learn more. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 00:52 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:39 New Heights with Scott and Wes 04:33 What are React Server Compone...

We’re kicking off 2024 by talking about productivity tips we’re using to stay focused, to do apps, calendars, focus states, and customizing our code editor. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 00:46 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:11 Welcome to 2024 Anxiety and Uncertainty with Dr. Courtney Tolinski - Syntax #670 01:42 Getting systems in place 03:30 Examining your current habits 08:14 Tracking habits 12:1...

Yagiz Nizipli talks about his involvement with Node.js, implementing .env, how he finds areas to improve in performance, the happy path vs the hot path, and new features coming to Node.js. Show Notes 00:32 Welcome 01:01 Introducing Yagiz Nizipli 02:21 What is your involvement in Node.js? 03:27 Implementing .env 07:03 Why was 20,000 lines of C required? 11:00 How do you begin to find performance is...

Wes and Scott answer your questions about duopoly in tech, tech stacks for creating content, switching from frontend to full stack, DSA knowledge, email HTML, and more! Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 02:21 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 03:31 Are you concerned about duopolistic companies taking over the web? 11:29 What stack do you you use for videos and sharing content? 15:02 How do you know once your...

CSS :has() is out in all browsers and Wes and Scott have got the top 10 reasons you should start using :has() now. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 02:28 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 03:02 Overview of :has 07:09 The anywhere selector 09:41 Previous element 12:59 Layout targetting 15:45 Form validation styling 17:51 All siblings 21:07 Quantity queries 24:19 Empty children 24:56 Nested dropdown navs 26:3...

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Eric Meyer about his start on the web, the early days of CSS, where CSS is headed, are we going to lose a browser, and more! Show Notes 00:32 Welcome 01:26 Who is Eric Meyer? 05:44 In the earliest days, what browsers supported CSS? 10:23 The current web platform test suite web-platform-tests 17:59 Are CSS features shipping faster these...

Wes and Scott give their predictions for 2024 in JavaScript, frameworks, server-side JS, tooling, CSS, developer ecosystem, and AI tooling. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:10 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:00 Types in JS will have real movement 05:10 Temporal API will ship in 1 browser 06:38 Perf tooling gets easy for everyone to understand 07:32 CSS continues to get better where you need less JS...

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about things to consider when printing something from your website or app including loading CSS only for printing, using units in CSS, CSS counters, creating a PDF, naming pages when printing, and more. Show Notes 00:25:15 Welcome 01:27:04 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:52:00 Examples of how Wes uses print CSS 03:42:16 Using it for invoices or rece...

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Anna Pobletts of Passage about passkeys, how passkeys work, how to implement passkeys on your website or app, what the recommended UI is for passkeys, what happens to your passkey if you lose your phone, and more. Show Notes 00:32 Welcome 01:36 Why do we need something like Passkeys? 03:34 What are Passkeys for? 10:04 What took us so l...

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about naming things in programming, use case for generators, CSS @Layers follow up, database prefixes, generalist vs specialist, where’s the sick pick page, and more! Show Notes 00:08 Welcome 01:20 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:48 How much of programming is genuine advanced technical stuff vs just fancy complex sounding na...

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through the ways they improved performance on the Syntax.fm website, how they knew it was slow to begin with, and the various changes they made to caching, and loading transcripts to improve the speed of the site. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:32 Adding a database requires queries 03:32 How did we know the site was slow? 04:25 Syntax Brought to you by Se...

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott review their 2023 predictions and see how they did on ideas like Deno getting hotter, new JS APIs, WASM, Houdini, CSS Container Queries, and more! Show Notes 00:24 Welcome 01:18 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:05 SSR JS sites more the norm solidjs.com Remix - Build Better Websites Next.js by Vercel - The React Framework SvelteKit • Web development, strea...

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about understanding the integration of different components in AI models, the choice between traditional models and Language Learning Models (LLM), the relevance of the Hugging Face library, demystify Llama, discuss spaces in AI, and highlight available services. Show Notes 00:25:20 Welcome 00:55:00 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:17:00 Understandin...

In this Supper Club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Feross Aboukhadijeh about his work on Socket which helps to make sure the code you get from npm is safe and secure. They also touch on his work on Wormhole and Web Torrent. Show Notes 00:30 Welcome 00:57 Who is Feross Aboukhadijeh? 01:33 What is Socket? [Socket.dev](https://socket.dev dominictarr (Dominic Tarr) pull-stream/pull-stream:...

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...

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott give a high level overview of the observer pattern, what is the observer, what are downsides to too many observers, and more. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:42 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:16 High level overview Syntax 694: What’s Up With Angular with Mark Techson Godot Engine 03:36 What might you observe in game development? 06:50 What is the observer?...

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through new and proposed JavaScript APIs including ones related to regex, sourcemaps, structured clone, temporal, JSON modules, and more! Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:26 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:55 RegExp Escaping Proposal tc39/proposal-regex-escaping: Proposal for investigating RegExp escaping for the ECMAScript standard 05:25 Intl. DurationF...

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott explain ARIA, aria-label, Roles, and the overall importance of accessibility in your web projects. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:18 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:44 What is ARIA? WAI-ARIA Roles | MDN An in-depth guide to ARIA roles - The A11Y Project 02:48 What is aria-label? // A button with an ARIA role and label 06:36 What’s the difference between a t...

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with James Mikrut about Payload, how Payload isn’t just a CMS, where Payload fits in a tech stack, why they picked Drizzle for an ORM, what Payload Cloud is, and where’s the Rails for JavaScript? Show Notes 00:31 Welcome 02:00 Who is James Mikrut and what’s the idea behind Payload? 05:22 Payload isn’t just a CMS Payload Payload on GitHub Pa...

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions, including: Will TypeScript ever go away? Should I write canvas-rendered web apps? How can I execute untrusted JS code in node? How can I use continuous integration with WordPress? Any advice for learning Rust? Show Notes 00:09 Welcome 01:16 How to ask questions for potluck episodes Ask a question for Syntax potluck episodes 02...

What are @Layers in CSS, when and where should you be using them, how do you write them, and who’s using them already? Show Notes 00:23 Welcome 01:49 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:55 Where is this supported? 07:21 How do we write layers? 10:47 How do you write your CSS? 16:20 Nesting 20:35 Who else is using @Layer? Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Insta...

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Salma Alam-Naylor all about her role in DevRel, what’s involved in working in DevRel, avoiding burnout, which platforms to focus on, and so much more. Show Notes 00:31 Welcome 01:07 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:52 New jobs and onboarding 03:34 What is Devrel? 11:34 How much of devrel is using your own product? Dogfooding the serv...

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer a listener’s question about their process for building a website in 2023. Do you start with design? With code? How do you decide on which CMS or if you need a CMS? How do you choose a backend framework? And where do you host it? Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 02:12 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 03:06 How do you build a website? 04:57 Start with the desig...

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about 5 new CSS features :nth-child(4 of .neat), CSS Motion Path, Scroll Snap, Scroll Driven Animations, and Margin Trim. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:10 :nth-child(4 of .neat) selector list argument of :nth-child and :nth-last-child CSS pseudo-classes | Can I use 06:43 CSS Motion Path 10:38 Scroll Snap Practical CSS Scroll Snapping 14:36 Scroll Driven...