Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 942: Mental Health Q&A w/ Dr. Courtney TolinskiWes and Scott talk with Dr. Courtney Tolinski about supporting neurodivergent teammates, navigating workplace dynamics, and recognizing strengths beyond labels. They explore ADHD diagnosis and treatment, productivity mindsets, burnout, AI in mental health, and practical routines for focus and balance. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:09 Meet Dr. Courtney Tolinski 01:46 Supporting neurodivergent team members 12:26 Should I disclose my ADHD diagnosis at work? 17:21 Characteristics of autism and ADHD 22:37 Seeking diagnosis as an adult developer 28:04 Brought to you by Sentry.io 32:18 Uncoupling identity from productivity 38:06 Is overtime ever “worth it”? 42:34 AI as a mental health tool: hope or hype? 46:32 Will...

2025-10-0157 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 914: 5 Upcoming + Next Gen JavaScript FeaturesWes and Scott talk about the latest JavaScript proposals from TC39, including features like import defer, the powerful new random namespace, Array.fromAsync, and native clamp and upsert methods. They break down what’s coming, why it matters, and how it might improve your code. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 02:55 Brought to you by Sentry.io 05:37 Import Defer proposal-defer-import-eval proposal-deferred-reexports Rob Palmer 09:30 Random Functions proposal-random-functions proposal-seeded-random 18:32 Array from Async proposal-array-from-async 20:56 Upsert for Maps proposal-upsert 23:13 Clamp proposal-math-clamp 27:02 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Sick Picks Scott: Anker Max USB 4-Port Wes: Clarkson’s Farm Hit us up o...

2025-06-2533 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 892: The History of SyntaxWes and Scott talk about the origins of Syntax, sharing how a friendly course name conflict led to a mastermind group, then a podcast, and eventually a full-blown media brand. They also reflect on key milestones, from early episodes and sponsorships to joining Sentry, expanding the team, and what’s next. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:51 How Wes and Scott met Scott Tolinski & The Origins of LevelUpTuts LevelUpTutorials WesBos.com 09:31 How Syntax got its name Episode 001: React Tools 15:30 Getting sponsors Delicious Brains FreshBooks 18:53 Hasty Treats and expanding the show 22:36 Adding interviews to Syntax SVGs with Sara Soueidan 23:38 Syntax’s fi...

2025-04-0955 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 873: Standard Schema: The Universal JavaScript Data InterfaceWes and Scott talk about the standard schema for data validation, a collective effort by various library authors to create a unified interface. They discuss the benefits, how it works, and its impact on developers and libraries. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:24 Brought to you by Sentry.io 02:44 What is Standard Schema and how does it work? Standard Schema Spec Fabian Hiller Valibot David Blass ArkType Colin McDonnell Zod 06:00 Benefits of Standard Schema 08:54 Implementation and usage 11:25 Is this primarily for end users or library authors? Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads

2025-02-0313 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 868: The State of JavaScriptWes and Scott talk about the State of JavaScript survey, tends, popular features, and the evolving landscape of tools and frameworks. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:27 Brought to you by Sentry.io 01:16 The state of JavaScript Twitter fantasy football 02:27 Syntax features The State of JavaScript survey 05:27 Logical assignment 07:49 Strings 08:18 Arrays 14:16 Sets 2025 New Years resolution: use maps and sets more and objects / arrays less. 16:10 Browser APIs 22:50 Library tiers list 27:21 Upgrading from M1 Mac Chris Coyier - M4 30:08 Front-end frameworks 32:18 The top front-end frameworks used at work 33:49 What is the highest paying framework? 35:01 Meta frameworks 36:32 Meta frameworks pain points 42:33 Testing...

2025-01-151h 02

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 850: Manage State in JavaScript Like a Pro! Scott and Wes serve up state management in JavaScript, breaking down key concepts like reactive state, state updaters, and global vs local state. They also explore various approaches and libraries, mutation-based state, and tools like Zustand and xState, to help you manage state like a pro. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:22 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 03:10 What is state? 03:29 Common state jargon. 03:48 Reactive State. 04:14 Store. 04:46 Immutable vs Mutable State. 05:53 State updaters. 06:15 Signals. Solid.js Signal Docs. 06:49 Observables. 07:07 UI is a function of state. 08:39 State Machine. 10:58 Binding state. 11:36 Global vs local. 11:49 Computed State, derived state, selector state. 12:41 Approaches...

2024-11-201h 01

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 808: The Future of JavaScript Frameworks × Building Auth × DB Design Tips, and more!In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about the future of JavaScript frameworks, building custom authentication systems, limiting API access, using Caddy server proxy for local development, component props in JSX, structuring a relational database, and more! Show Notes 00:00 - Welcome to Syntax! 01:48 - Brought to you by Sentry.io 04:37 - The future of JavaScript frameworks 09:09 - How to use Caddy for local development SvelteKit Vite 14:27 - When to use an API Strapi 17:38 - Where does Scott get his amazing t-shirts? Sentry.shop Syntax Snack Pack 21:33 - Best screwdriver for kids toys PicQuic...

2024-08-1452 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 804: Should Your Website Work Without JavaScript? Scott and Wes debate whether your website really needs JavaScript to function. They explore the principles of web standards, progressive enhancement, and test popular websites like Shopify and Netflix to see how they perform without JavaScript. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:11 Take 2 01:43 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 02:19 The clip summarized. 03:16 Your website should load, be readable and be (mostly) styled without JavaScript. 07:32 Web standards first. If it can be done without JavaScript, it should be. 08:09 What if the CSS doesn’t load? 10:20 Linking 10:24 Forms. 12:11 Links (Duh, but also c’mon!) 12:35 Query parameters. 13:57 Server render if possible. 15:20 Progressive Enha...

2024-08-0531 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 802: Tree Shaking × useMemo vs useCallback × JavaScript Event Loop - STUMP'd Scott and Wes serve up a gameshow-style quiz with STUMP’d, challenging each other on web development trivia. From the differences between useMemo and useCallback to the intricacies of the JavaScript event loop, join them for a fun and informative session packed with web dev insights! Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:17 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 02:03 The longest game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Round 1 03:22 In React, what is the difference between useMemo and useCallback hooks, and in what scenarios would you choose one over the other? 05:56 Explain the concept of “tree shaking” in modern JavaScript build tools. How do...

2024-07-3157 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 801: 6 New JavaScript Proposals Scott and Wes serve up six exciting new JavaScript proposals, including Promise.try and Math.sumPrecise. They break down what each proposal means for developers and how these new features could change the way we write JavaScript. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:45 Understanding the stages of JavaScript Proposals. 04:04 Promise.try - Stage 3. 05:39 Math.sumPrecise - Stage 2.7. 07:28 Floating point math. 09:07 ShadowRealm - Stage 2.7. 11:39 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 12:03 Regex Escape - Stage 2. 13:33 Defer Module Evaluation - Stage 2.7. 15:09 Iterator Sequencing - Stage 2. Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram...

2024-07-2918 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 800: Why the jQuery Creator Uses React and Typescript - John ResigIn episode 800 of Syntax, Scott and Wes sit down with John Resig, the creator of jQuery, to discuss the current state of React and TypeScript. They dive into the evolution of frontend frameworks, the challenges of server-side rendering, and the tech stack at Khan Academy. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:59 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 01:32 What is jQuery? 05:31 Did you anticipate the success jQuery had? 07:16 allow-discrete, @starting-style. Install Nothing: App UIs With Native Browser APIs - Scott Tolinski. 07:54 Building the community around jQuery. 11:16 jQuery plugins. 13:00 Did you ever make money from jQuery? 16:13 What is your role at...

2024-07-2658 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 745: Modern JS Toolchains (Biome, Oxc + More)Wes and Scott dive deep into the world of JavaScript toolchains, exploring everything from linters and compilers to transpilers and formatters. Tune in as they shed light on cutting-edge technologies like Biome, UnJS, and Ezno that are shaping the future for developers. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:37 Syntax is on YouTube. 02:09 Do we really need tooling? 04:02 Popular tools are predominantly plug and play. 06:15 What can tooling do for us? 07:16 The tools in today’s workflow. 07:21 Linters. 11:29 Compilers and transpilers. 13:30 Formatters. 16:18 Tokenizers and Parsers. 16:46 Bundlers. 17:59 Macros. 20:26 The new tools in the space. 20:47 Biome, one toolchain for your web project. 28:27 Ox...

2024-03-2047 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 743: JavaScript Figma Plugins & Working at GitHub With Cameron McEfeeWes and Scott welcome Cameron McEfee, a seasoned creative director whose journey spans GitHub, Sentry.io, and the innovative realm of JavaScript plugins with his creation, GuideGuide. Cameron explores plugin building, iterating on the iconic Octocat for GitHub, and shedding light on the multifaceted roles of a creative director. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:06 Who is Cameron McEfee? 03:00 What does a Creative Director do? 09:47 In a creative and collaborative field, how do you deal with hurt feelings? 12:32 Experiences at GitHub (404/500 pages). 15:35 Who is responsible for all the Octocat variations? GitHub Octodex 17:18 Did you ever get in trouble for...

2024-03-1556 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 712: 2024 PredictionsWes 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 08:35 The year of the server in frameworks 10:32 Svelte v5 is very fast SvelteKit • Web development, streamlined 12:04 Astro is going to have a good year Astro 4 Web Devs, 1 App Idea (Salma Alam-Naylor, Scott Tolinski, Eve Porcello) 14:22 React server components dai-shi/wa...

2024-01-031h 03

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 704: Stump'd JS + CSS Interview QuestionsIn 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...

2023-12-1357 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 689: You Should Be Using JavaScript Maps & SetsIn this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about why you should be using JavaScript maps sets, whether you can access them directly, what makes them great, and what weak versions of both are. Show Notes 00:26 Welcome 01:34 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:54 What makes Maps a spicy buffalo object? 07:46 API of Map 08:51 Looping over items in a Map 09:27 Can you change the size of a map after it’s been created? 10:07 Can you access properties directly? 12:13 Where have we used a map as a cache? 13:32 What makes a set an array honey garlic array? 17:28 When should yo...

2023-11-0628 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 685: Jason Lengstorf on Live Streaming, Creating Content, and Building a Studio SpaceIn this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Jason Lengstorf about his journey in video creation, live streaming, and tech education. What’s up with Jason’s new studio? How does he prep for a live stream? Show Notes 00:32 Welcome 02:21 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:39 Who is Jason Lengstorf? 05:43 Why did you decide to go full time on Learn with Jason? 10:04 Jason’s new YouTube series idea 13:36 Jason gets a special delivery 14:30 What’s in Jason’s new studio? 20:14 What’s the ideal medium for content in 2023? 24:28 Treat decisions as forever, for now. 26:01 Is live stre...

2023-10-2758 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 675: Potluck × Bun Thoughts × Guesting on Syntax × Why Rust?In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about Bun, using custom auth headers, the difference between trpc, REST, or GraphQL, documenting your code, why learn Rust, and more! Show Notes Take the Syntax Survey Attend the Syntax Meetup Oct 10th in Toronto 00:00 Syntax Survey 00:24 Syntax Meetup 01:02 Welcome 01:24 Scott’s macOS bug Tauri Apps 02:19 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:40 What are your thoughts on Bun? Bun — A fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime Zig Programming Language Deno, The next-generation JavaScript runtime Cloudflare Workers Netlify Connect Storybook Histoire 11:25 How can I add custom auth...

2023-10-0456 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Anxiety and Uncertainty with Dr. Courtney TolinskiIn this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Dr. Courtney Tolinski about signs and symptoms of anxiety, what the long term effects are of anxiety, how to know if you need help, and what kinds of things you can do to deal with anxiety and uncertainty. Show Notes 00:35 Welcome 01:11 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:23 Introducing Dr. Courtney Tolinski Mental Health and Dev ft Dr. Courtney Tolinski - Depression, Anxiety, Imposter Syndrome, Focus, Motivation, Burnout — Syntax Podcast 236 Supper Club × Coding with ADHD with Dr. Courtney Tolinski — Syntax Podcast 532 04:13 What is anxiety? 06:44 Is there a diffe...

2023-09-221h 01

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats JavaScript Closures & Scope ExplainedIn this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about concerts, getting tired because of being old, landscaping, spinning on your head, gym updates, awful search engines and awful ethics for YouTubers, rewiring old engines, and what’s being streamed. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:49 Being tired The Strokes & Weyes Blood Tickets | 14th August | Red Rocks Amphitheatre 05:08 Landscaping 10:53 Gym updates 23:01 House projects 28:39 Why are search engines so awful these days? 39:20 Internet routing 45:17 Linus Tech Tips ethics and issues 48:29 Rewiring a kid’s ATV 50:49 What we’re watching The Stronger By Science Podcast Watch Full Swing | Netflix Official Site Break Point | Offici...

2023-09-0424 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Rust for JS Devs — Part 2In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott jump into part 2 of their look at Rust for JavaScript developers, including variables in Rust, type systems in Rust, signed and unsigned integers, and more. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 00:43 Audio issue bugs 03:17 Building decks 06:06 Variables in Rust Syntax 647: Rust for JavaScript Developers - Node vs Rust Concepts let x = 5; // x is immutable let mut x = 5; // x is mutable const MAX_POINTS: u32 = 100_000; // must be defined at compile time 10:42 Type System in Rust 15:52 Types in Rust 19:06 Why does Rust have signed and unsigned integers? 23:35 Slicing strings with &str 27:35 enum 27:55 struct 28:19 Vec 29:33 HashMap...

2023-08-2356 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 6 or so New Approved and Proposed JavaScript APIsIn this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about new approved and proposed JavaScript API changes including Promise.withResolvers, .at(), Immutable Array Methods, Array.fromAsync, and more. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 04:55 What are we going to cover? 06:10 Promise.withResolvers 09:40 .at() You probably knew about JavaScript’s new .at() method for accessing array items. Did you know it works for strings too? @IAmAndrewLuca 15:59 Immutable Array Methods Wes Bos: "🔥 Pretty excited about the new JavaScript non-mutating array methods. Currently in stage 3. .toReversed() .toSorted() .toSpliced() - remove items .with() - replace items 21:48 Array.fromAsync Proposal for array.fromAsync 27:15 Array Grouping Proposal for A...

2023-08-1653 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Standard Server JavaScript - Deno, Workers, Bun and MoreIn this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about JavaScript runtimes available to use, what to consider, and packages to use. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:00 Scott’s glasses 03:46 All the runtimes Bun — A fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime Edge Functions Supabase Docs Edge Functions Netlify Docs Deno — A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript Fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js | Fastify What Is Edge Computing? Alibaba 05:15 A note for anyone new to JavaScript 08:40 Winter CG WinterCG 11:05 Fetch sindresorhus/ky: JavaScript HTTP client based on the browser Fetch API website/src/routes/shows/+page.svelte 14:53 URL 20:02 addEVentListener whatwg...

2023-08-021h 04

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Rust for JavaScript Developers - Node vs Rust ConceptsIn this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Rust, and how the concepts might translate for JavaScript developers looking to try writing in Rust. Show Notes 00:26 Welcome 01:08 Wes’ big beer bottle and Red Green RedGreenTV on YouTube 05:03 Thrift store finds 06:19 Rust in JavaScript TOML: Tom’s Obvious Minimal Language 11:07 Documentation Docs.rs Practice.rs 16:46 Memory safety 17:43 What about promises in Rust? 19:24 Error handling in Rust 27:39 What’s with the double colon? 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 Wes Bos...

2023-07-3133 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Polyfills, Transpiling and Monkey PatchingIn this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about what polyfills, transpiling, and monkey patching mean, how and when to do it, and libraries that can help you out. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:07 Toast follow up 02:45 What are transpiling, ponyfill, polyfill, and monkey patching TC39 Proposals Pretty excited about the new JavaScript non-mutating array methods. Currently in stage 3 11:18 Transpiling unsupported CSS 15:11 Polyfills Popover polyfill 19:22 Polyfilling CSS 21:06 HTML polyfills 27:47 How to transpile and polyfill Babel TypeScript: JavaScript With Syntax For Types CoffeeScript Civet cronn/jsxtransformer: Pipeline for transforming JSX files using Babel.js and Uglify.js Svelte • Cybernetically enhanced we...

2023-07-2658 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Stump’d × JavaScript × GraphQL × Memory Safety × Web HistoryIn this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott try to stump each other with questions about JavaScript, HTTP status error codes, memory safety, and a bit of web history thrown in. Show Notes 00:11:07 Welcome Displaced Gamers 00:46:00 In which year was JavaScript introduced? 02:59:16 What status code is returned by server when a resource isn’t found? 03:32:00 Which http status code indicates the client must authenticate itself? 04:34:17 What is a pseudo class and give an example? 05:15:11 What JavaScript function allows you to delay the execution of a function? 06:02:06 Who first proposed using separate style sheet language for the web? 08:08:14 Which of...

2023-07-1253 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Potluck × Warp × Skeleton UI × Edge Functions × Donut ScopingIn this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about rate-limiting an API, using Wasp, Enums in TypeScript, styling React projects, using Edge functions, and more. Show Notes 00:11 Welcome 01:53 Connecting at conferences JSNation – the main JavaScript conference of 2023 RenderATL 2023 | May 31 - June 2, 2023. | 80+ Speakers 04:10 What technique do you use for consuming a rate-limited API? 07:58 Is Wasp-lang.dev ticking all the boxes for an awesome full-stack JavaScript framework? Wasp 14:36 How do you guys feel about skeleton UIs? Skeleton | Open UI 19:10 How can i forward my http only auth cookies to my backend API? 22:28 What’s your opinion on u...

2023-06-211h 07

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Supper Club × JavaScript on Hardware, Micro Controllers, ESP32 with Nick HehrIn this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Nick Hehr about the fun ways to get started with micro controllers, writing JavaScript for hardware, and ideas for projects to build involving hardware and software. Show Notes 00:36 Welcome to Syntax 01:04 Introducing Nick Hehr Nick Hehr (@hipsterbrown) HipsterBrown (@hipsterbrown@toot.cafe) - Toot Café HipsterBrown HipsterBrown (Nick Hehr) Nick Hehr on CodePen 03:58 Running JavaScript on microcontrollers 06:20 What was your first project that got you into this? 12:12 Is the ESP32 the most popular controller? 14:12 Where do you buy hardware? Arduino - Home Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY e...

2023-06-161h 04

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Electronics for BeginnersIn this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through an introduction to electronics that you can do in your own home with microcontrollers. Show Notes 00:08 Welcome 00:52 What we’re talking about Arduino - Home ESP32 – The best products with free shipping | only on AliExpress 02:15 Airtag Sidebar 04:05 Projects We’ve Worked On 06:34 How do you run software on the microcontroller 08:50 Microcontrollers are extendable 12:05 Fixing a dryer 14:06 Sprinkler system 15:48 Microcontrollers 20:28 AC and DC Voltage 25:45 Amperage and watts 28:19 Extension cords ideally would have fuses 31:18 What’s the risk of not having enough power? 32:09 GPIO 35:45 Resistance How Resistors Work - Unravel the Myst...

2023-06-1458 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Is JSDoc Better than TypeScript?In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott use the fact that Svelte is being converted from TypeScript to JavaScript with JSDoc to talk about the benefits of working that way, why they are doing it, and what you can do with JSDoc that TypeScript alone doesn’t let you do. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:12 Roof update 02:15 TypeScript haters need not apply 03:17 What is JSDoc? 04:27 What is our history with JSDoc? 06:37 Why is Svelte moving to JSDoc? 08:11 Why is JSDoc better than TypeScript? 12:31 You ca...

2023-06-0743 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats JavaScript.exe - Standalone ExecutablesIn this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about JavaScript executables - what is it? What’s the benefit of them? And what kind of tooling exists to support them? Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:12 What are JavaScript executables? 04:39 Deploying tooling 06:01 Running on a USB stick 07:57 The size 12:19 Fastly The edge cloud platform behind the best of the web | Fastly Deno — A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript Bun — A fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime 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 Wes Bos...

2023-05-2916 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats RPC in JavaScript!In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about RPC, what it means, why are we talking about it now, tRPC, and will RPC take off? Show Notes 00:22 Welcome 01:51 What does RPC mean? 04:52 Why are we talking RPC now? 10:27 Hype around RPC Supper Club × Solid.js with Ryan Carniato — Syntax Podcast 577 11:05 Isn’t this just a REST endpoint? 13:23 Considerations around RPC 16:11 What about tRPC? Supper Club × tRPC With Alex KATT Johansson — Syntax Podcast 526 18:08 Will RPC take off? Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @Syntax

2023-05-0119 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Supper Club × ESLint with Nicholas ZakasIn this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Nicholas Zakas about his creation of ESLint, what’s coming up in ESLint, and his work as a coach and mentor for programmers. Show Notes 00:34 Welcome 01:20 Guest introduction Human Who Codes Nicholas C. Zakas (@nzakas@fosstodon.org) Twitter @slicknet nzakas on GitHub @humanwhocodes) on Instagram Human Who Codes on YouTube 04:24 Why did you want to build ESLint? 09:08 How does ESLint work? 13:25 How do you work on a project for a decade? 17:12 At what point do you pay attention to JavaScript proposed changes? 20:37 Config systems in JavaScript 31:18 ES...

2023-04-211h 08

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Stump’d Gameshow! Answering Coding Interview Questions from AIIn this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer coding questions posed by ChatGPT like what’s the difference between rem and em in CSS, the difference between a callback function and a promse in Node, what are Fastify plugins, and more! Show Notes 00:19 The premise for this Stump’d 05:46 Scott’s weekend story 09:36 What is the difference between a for loop and a while loop in JavaScript? 11:11 What is the difference between the “em” and “rem” units in CSS, and when would you use each of them? 13:15 What is the difference between a callback function and a promise in Nod...

2023-04-0554 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Fundamentals × What Makes a Website Slow?In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through all the reasons your website might be slow, and how you can troubleshoot a slow website such as issues on the server, large assets, caching, CSS, JavaScript, latency, 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 doze...

2023-03-081h 05

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats We React to State of JS 2022In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott look through the results of the State of JS survey for 2022. Show Notes State of JS 2022 00:26 Welcome 01:24 Thoughts on the survey in general 04:24 Country of origin 05:53 Salaries 08:14 Higher education 08:58 JavaScript features 15:41 Browser APIs 21:15 Library Usage 26:11 Interest in frontend frameworks 28:40 Framework usage 31:41 Rendering frameworks 34:57 Build tools usage over time 39:37 Monorepo tools Moon 46:41 Backend frameworks Civet 47:42 JavaScript...

2023-01-251h 11

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats JavaScript in 2022In 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 with device biometrics with something like their fingerprint. Not to mention, Auth0 has SDKs for your favorite frameworks like React, Next.js, and Node/Express. Make sure to sign up for a free account and give Auth0 a try wi...

2022-12-141h 09

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Supper Club × Anything But Coding with Wes and ScottIn this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Scott and Wes! Talking about BBQ, electric cars, workout equipment, home renos - but they do sneak in a bit of coding talk! 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...

2022-11-251h 01

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Supper Club × Coding with ADHD with Dr. Courtney TolinskiIn this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Dr. Courtney Tolinski about ADHD, how to tell if you have ADHD, issues related to ADHD for computer workers, anxiety vs ADHD, 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 re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Appwrite - Sponsor Appwrite is a self-hosted backend-as-a-service platform that provides developers with all the core APIs required to bu...

2022-11-0459 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Syntactic Sugar, Declarative and First Class Citizens? What does that even mean?In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes explain what the jargon you hear in JavaScript means. 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 TAST...

2022-10-1015 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats What is Bun? The New JS RuntimeIn this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Bun, a new all-in-one JavaScript runtime. What makes Bun so fast? What’s on Bun’s roadmap? And why do we need another JavaScript runtime? Lightstep Incident Response - Sponsor Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Usage-based pricing on active services promotes collaboration across your entire team to build a culture of service ownership. Listeners of Syntax will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident. Pay for...

2022-07-2523 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats STUMP’D Interview Coding QuestionsIn this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes try to stump each other with coding interview questions like what is a higher order component? What is functional programming? 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...

2022-07-1825 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Why do we need Web Interop? Another Standards Body?In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about why we need Web Interop? Yet another standards body? Our thoughts on Serverless, Edge Compute, 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...

2022-05-1621 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats JavaScript × STUMP’DIn this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott ask each other hiring questions asked of JavaScript developers in job interviews. 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...

2022-04-2750 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Types in JS?In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about a proposal for type syntax in JavaScript. 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...

2022-04-0425 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Part 2 of Wes and Scott React to the State of JSIn this second part episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott continue talking about the 2021 State of JavaScript survey: mobile and desktop libraries, testing, monorepo, runtimes, flavors of JavaScript, 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...

2022-03-0958 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Wes and Scott React to the State of JSIn 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 list...

2022-03-0253 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats JavaScript in 2022 - New, Coming and Proposed FeaturesIn 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 fast...

2022-02-2128 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats JavaScript and Hardware × Cars, Factories, Heavy Industry, Robots, and the Internet of ThingsIn this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk with Anth Rogan about JavaScript and hardware - from cars, to factories, and the internet. Bryntum - Sponsor Bryntum’s suite of web components help developers quickly add powerful project and resource scheduling capabilities to their React, Angular, Vue or vanilla JS apps. The SDKs include extensive API docs and plenty of examples. Try them online at bryntum.com/examples/gantt or bryntum.com/examples/scheduler-pro. Visit Bryntum.com/syntax for a 45-day free trial. Logrocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your si...

2021-12-081h 04

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats The Macbook Pro Show - Wes and Scott Get New LaptopsIn this Hasty Treat, Wes and Scott talk about their new Apple MacBook Pro's with the M1 Max CPU. 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. 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...

2021-11-2247 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Changelog Frontend FeudIn this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes do a crossover episode with Changelog’s JS Party! Your favorite web dev podcasts join forces for a super collab that’ll knock you frontend off! Amelia joins Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert from ShopTalk Show, while Divya teams up with Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski from Syntax. Let the FEUDing begin! .TECH Domains - Sponsor .TECH is taking the tech industry by storm. A domain that shows the world what you are all about! If you’re looking for a domain name for your startup, portfolio, or your own pr...

2021-09-2953 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - JavaScript Event Buzzwords — Sync, Concurrent, Defer, Blocking, WorkersIn this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes define some JavaScript Buzzwords and talk about what they mean! 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. 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 langua...

2021-07-0525 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Making a Vaccine Bot with JavaScriptIn this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Wes’ experiment building a vaccine bot! 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. 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 cod...

2021-06-0724 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Certifications? Government Specified JavaScript Skills?In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about web dev certifications — are they worth it, or a waste of time? 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

2020-11-0220 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Temporal Date Objects in JavaScriptIn this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Temporal Date Objects in JavaScript — a WICKED AWESOME API for working with times and dates. 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 “t...

2020-10-2616 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Stretching For Developers with ScottIn this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about stretching for developers — techniques, misconceptions, and how to feel better. 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 03:21 - Devs do the following Head forward looking at screen Shoulders forward Sitting a lot Weak core Carpel tunnel from typing 06:02 - Stretching misconceptions Static holds Dynamic controlled movements first and forem...

2020-10-1920 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Enums in JS (GraphQL and Typescript)In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about enums in JS — what they are, what they do, and how they work in JavaScript. 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 03:11 - What are enums? A type restricting variables to one value from a predefined set of constants Direction = UP / DOWN / LEFT / RIGHT Role = ADMIN EDITOR AUTHOR VIEWER Day of th...

2020-10-0513 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Records and Tuples in JavaScriptIn this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about records and tuples in javascript — what they are, why you might want to use them, 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 re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes ??? - 02:42 - Immutability 05:08 - Records Immutable object Syntax #{x: 1, y: 2} 05:56 - Tuples Immutable array Syntax #[1,2,3,4] 07:18 - For both Ref...

2020-09-2817 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Scott Goes Linux with Pop OSIn this Hasty Treat, Scott tells Wes about his new Linux laptop — what it is, why he did it, pros and cons, 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 re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes 01:38 - Why? 04:20 - What is System76? System76 Lemur Pro 08:53 - What is Pop OS? Pop OS 09:41 - How has Linux compared to Mac?...

2020-06-1522 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Scott's New Personal WebsiteIn this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Scott’s new website! 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 02:25 - Relaxed fit development Not concern...

2020-05-1815 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats What's New in JavascriptIn this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about what is new in Javascript — a whole bunch of new stuff that you can use now and in the next sixth months or so. 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 and put SYNTAX in the “How did you hear...

2020-05-1348 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Wes' New Personal WebsiteIn this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Wes’ new website - its first update since 2014! 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 05:04 - The stack

2020-05-1128 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Things You Should Know About Javascript EventsIn this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about javascript events, and how to avoid some common pitfalls! 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. Show Notes 02:23 - Event bubbling Some events bubble, some don’t Clicks bubble Mouseevents bubble Focus doesn’t bubble 04:10 - Event capturing Capture: down...

2020-05-0413 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Scott asks Wes about CloudflareIn this Hasty Treat, Scott asks Wes about Cloudflare — which services he uses, which ones he doesn’t, why, 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 re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes 2:45 - What do you personally use Cloudflare for? DNS provider Domain registration at cost Caching DDoS protection Hiding server IP address Free HTTPS Firewall rules Scrape shield Lightweight stats Serverless functions DNS Cl...

2020-03-0925 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Wes Teaches Scott about Keystone.jsIn this Hasty Treat, Wes teaches Scott about Keystone.js — best practices, things to avoid, why you should check it out, 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. Show Notes 3:10 - What is Keystone? 7:38 - How do you handle mutations? 14:26 - What’s the hosting situation like? 19:34 - Shortcomings 21:40 - Plugins Links KeystoneJS Prisma Hasura Next.js GraphQL Stripe API WordPress ThinkMail Drupal Redux Now MongoDB ...

2019-12-3027 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Scott Moves to iPhoneIn this Hasty Treat, Scott talks about moving to iPhone — his experiences with both Android and iOS, the advantages and disadvantages of both, 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...

2019-10-2825 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Wes & Scott Look At Svelte 3In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Svelte 3 — initial impressions and more! Netlify - Sponsor Netlify is the best way to deploy and host a front-end website. All the features developers need right out of the box: Global CDN, Continuous Deployment, one click HTTPS and more. Hit up netlify.com/syntax for more info. Show Notes 2:16 - What is Svelte? 11:32 - Sapper 13:05 - Svelte Native 14:58 - Questions we have What’s the Typescript story here? How hard would it be to convert a large React app to Sve...

2019-08-2622 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats The Fundamentals — JSIn this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about the fundamentals of JavaScript - the set of core skills you should know before branching off into other frameworks, libraries, etc. 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. FreshBooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of FreshBooks at FreshBooks and put SYNTAX in the “How did you hear about us?” section. Show Notes ...

2019-07-1744 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Std Lib in JavaScriptIn this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes discuss the Javascript standard library proposal — what it is, how it could influence dev, and what they’d like to see. 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...

2019-06-1018 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats The VueJS Show (Scott teaches Wes)In this episode Wes and Scott talk about VueJS - what it is, how it compares to other frontend frameworks, and how to get the most out of it. 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 a...

2019-03-2757 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Why Use a Frontend Framework at All?In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about frontend frameworks — what they are, when you need one, how to organize your code for maximum efficiency, and more! Stackbit - Sponsor Build modern JAMStack websites in minutes. Stackbit lets you combine any theme, site generator and CMS without complicated integrations. Join the beta today by visiting stackbit.com/syntaxfm. Show Notes 3:08 - What is a frontend framework? JavaScript based Controls applications such as: Routing Rendering Data Fetching Examples: React Angular VueJS Ember Backbone Svelte 5:54 - When to use a frontend framework The Lin...

2019-03-2520 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats A Look Forward to 2019In 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 D...

2019-01-021h 00

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - CSS and JS Pointer EventsIn 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 point...

2018-12-3121 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats The State of JavaScript 2018In this episode Wes and Scott are joined by their first ever guest on the show: Sacha Greif. Sacha is one of the makers of the State of Javascript - the topic for today’s show. Wes, Scott and Sacha discuss the results of 2018’s survey, what they think, and implications for the industry. 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 minu...

2018-12-051h 02

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Old Browsers, Fallbacks and Polyfills - Part 3In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes conclude a three-part series about old browsers, fallbacks and polyfills. In part three, they talk specifically about transpiling and polyfilling. VueSchool.io — Sponsor Check out VueSchool.io’s new subscription plans. Get access to their entire catalog with more than 160 lessons, including The Vue.js Masterclass, for one low monthly fee. New content and courses are added regularly. Visit VueSchool.io/syntax and get your first month for only $5. Show Notes 2:20 - Polyfills and Transpile 5:18 - Back in the day Border-radius htc hack PNG fix for trans...

2018-10-2925 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Top 18 New Things in JS - Part 2In this episode Wes and Scott continue the discussion of their favorite top 18 new things in Javascript. 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. Graph CMS - Sponsor GraphCMS is trying to be the world’s most developer friendly CMS. It’s a great way to build a GraphQL API without having to write a custom GraphQL server. Try out the API-first CMS of the future today at graphcms.com/syntaxfm. Show Notes 3:30 Spread 8...

2018-10-1053 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Top 18 New Things in JS - Part 1In this episode Wes and Scott discuss their favorite top 18 new things in Javascript. 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. Mlab - Sponsor mLab is the leading Database-as-a-Service for MongoDB, powering over half a million deployments worldwide. Wes and Scott use mLab to host their own databases as well as take care of backups, security, scaling and performance. Try out a sandbox database on your next mongoDB project → https://mlab.com. Show Notes 6:02 Const...

2018-10-0351 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hasty Treat - Stumped! Interview QuestionsIn this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes try to stump each other with interview questions from 30 Seconds of Interviews. 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 4:33...

2018-09-0330 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Potluck - Programming Languages × Soft Skills × PHP vs JS × Breakdancing x Spice BlendsIt’s another potluck episode in which Wes and Scott answer your questions! This month - programming languages, how to practice soft skills, PHP vs JS, is it every too late to become a developer, 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. Mlab - Sponsor mLab is the leading Database-as-a-Service for MongoDB, powering over half a million deployments worldwide. Wes and Scott use mLab to host their own databases as well as take care of backups...

2018-08-291h 05

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Design SystemsIn this highly requested episode, Scott and Wes talk about design systems, what they are, why you may want or need one, how to use them, efficiency, best practices, and much more… VueSchool.io's Vue.js Masterclass — Sponsor Check out VueSchool.io’s new Vue.js Masterclass taught by Alex Kyriakidis. Learn Vue.js along with best practices, modern Javascript, and other exciting technologies, by building a real-world application - a forum. The first 50 people to visit VueSchool.io/syntax to get 25% off. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax ...

2018-07-1156 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Potluck EP × Is Redux Dead × Learning Quickly × Developing Solo × Specialist vs Generalist × Funnest Projects × Wes’ BBQ CourseIt’s a Potluck episode - you bring the questions and we turn them into tasty treats. Fluent Conf - Sponsor Developers, software engineers, designers, and web performance professionals flock to Fluent in pursuit of a common goal: building a better web. That means delivering fast, secure, accessible experiences to users and customers. Fluent covers a broad range of technologies and topics to provide web programming professionals with the skills, connections, and inspiration needed to build better online and mobile experiences. Fluent is this June 11-14 in San Jose, CA. Save 20% today with code...

2018-05-0952 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 20 JavaScript Array and Object Methods to make you a better developerWes and Scott rattle through ~20 different Object and Arra Methods that will make you a better JavaScript developer. Freshbooks - Sponsor This is episode Wes mentions the free book Breaking The Time Barrier. Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax. Netlify — Sponsor Netlify is the best way to deploy and host a front-end website. All the features developers need right out of the box: Global CDN, Continuous Deployment, one click HTTPS and more. Hit up netlify.com/syntax for more info. They are also hiring! netlify.com/careers Show Not...

2018-04-2555 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Keeping Up with the Codeashians. Dealing with our fast paced industry.Scott and Wes talk about how to deal with being overwhelmed with our fast paced industry. How do you keep you and your team's skills up to date? Wes' Note: Scott came up with the title for this one. I know. Netlify — Sponsor Netlify is the best way to deploy and host a front-end website. All the features developers need right out of the box: Global CDN, Continuous Deployment, one click HTTPS and more. Hit up netlify.com/syntax for more info. They are also hiring! netlify.com/careers Freshbooks - Sponsor If y...

2018-03-071h 08

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Wes and Scott's Lives - Breakdancing, BBQ, Wives, Work/Life Balance, Problem Solving, YouTube SubscriptionsFreshbooks - Sponsor If you are a small business or freelancer check out Freshbooks.com Cloud Accountingand get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. Show Notes 0:00 Goofing Around 1:30 Real show starts 2:12 Scott explains his breakdancing hobby "Breaking" is breakdancing What is flavour? 10:20 Wes talks about being into BBQ World's Longest Yard Sale Wes has a large Big Green Egg and a MiniMax BGE 19:00 Scott talks about how he is into making music Domestic Robot Scott is starting up a...

2018-02-071h 15

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Fitness, Nutrition, and Losing Weight 💪🏻Wes and Scott talk about their fitness journey and how it relates to being a web developer in terms of energy, focus and mental clarity. Get Fit with Dev Lifts — Show Sponsor Dev Lifts - Thad and JC are on a mission to make web developers healthy. They are currently offering Personal Training and Nutrition Plans for $149 (Regular $249) and with the code Syntax you'll get an extra $50 off. That's only $99 for the next ~95 people! The Show Notes 04:20 - Scott's Fitness Story 08:00 - Wes's Fitness Story 09:50 - The benefits of fitness and being a web devel...

2017-11-221h 10

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats How to get into Speaking At ConferencesWes talks to Scott about speaking at conferences. What are the benefits of speaking? How do you apply? What talk should you give? What makes a good conference talk? Freshbooks is the best! Freshbooks.com/syntax - Get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. The Show Notes Snow Tires are supes important Blizzzzaaaaakkksss!!! Benefits Free travel / accommodations / vacation Fantastic Friendships and Industry Connections Job Opportunities Industry Recognition Renewed Excitement Wes loved David K Piano's Flip Talk How do you Apply / Where to Find Conferences Create a CF...

2017-11-151h 07

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats All About CSS GridIt's a long awaited CSS Grid show! How does it work? When do you use it? What's the difference between Grid and Flexbox? Sponsor Save A Bro is selling absolutely hilarious mustache t-shirts for $18 - all proceeds go to support the fight against prostate cancer. Use the coupon code "syntax" at checkout to get free shipping in the US. The Show Notes Wes Bos AMA where he tricked Scott that Bert Bos was his dad CSS Tricks A Complete Guide to Grid Rachel Andrew Rachel Andrew Twitter Rachel's Grid by Example Rachel's Grid AMA CSS Grid Garden The St...

2017-11-081h 04

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 22 Buzz Words Explained — Mutations, Pure Functions , Serverless, Hoisting, MVC + MoreBuzz Words! WTF Do they mean?! Do They Mean Things?? Let's Find Out! Sponsor Freshbooks - Get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. The Buzz Words This is the order in which we talk about the different concepts. If you have anything you'd like to add to the next buzz words show, tweet us @SyntaxFM Serverless / Cloud Functions Composition in functional programming funfunfunction Progressive Enhancement Singleton APIs + SDKs Pure Functions + Side Effects Date-fns Immutable / Mutable / Mutations Immutable.js JavaScript30 Array Cardio Isomorphic / Universal JavaScript Microservices Scoping Clo...

2017-11-011h 04

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Tasty Treats — Rems VS Ems, Remote Work, Making Money, Getting good at Design + more! 🍬Show Notes Q: Rems vs Ems vs Pixels? What do you use? Q: What activity, that isn't developer related, benefits you most as a developer? Becoming a Supple Leopard Q: Is a hot dog a sandwich? 🌭 Q If Google offered you a job today, would you take it? Mike Rowe: Why Entrepreneurs Crave the 'Reverse Commute' Q: How did Wes and Scott Meet? Q: What are your thoughts on CMSs, like WordPress, adding JavaScript frameworks, like React? Q: Where do you find remote work? Q: How do you make money? Q: Can a back-end dev become a good designer? Hero Patt...

2017-10-181h 10

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Advice for New Developers, Imposter Syndrome and Interviewing at GoogleScott and Wes dish out some tasty advice to developers who are new to web development. How do you get better? How do you deal with imposter syndrome? Sponsor Freshbooks - Get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. Shameless Plugs Wes just updated his ES6 course! Mastering Figma is now Launched! Show Notes This show is light on links :) The Gap by Ira Glass Hackathon Stater Sick Picks Nintendo Switch Creative Market Fonts Tweet us your tips! Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Make sure to include @SyntaxFM

2017-10-111h 11

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats The Command Line for Web DevelopersThis episode is all about how to become comfortable and proficient with the command line. This one includes windows users too! Sponsor Need to learn Docker? Check out Nick Janetakis' Dive into Docker course which is currently on sale! Show Notes React 16 Command Line Power User Course iTerm2 Hyper Awesome Hyper Cmder for Windows Windows Subsystem Linux Windows 10 Insiders Program ZSH Oh My ZSH - You'll want to start here, not on zsh.org Fish Shell Oh My Fish Fisherman Bass ZSH Autosuggestion ZSH Syntax Highlighting z Frecent (GET THIS) Tree Brew Brew Cask Trash CLI YouT...

2017-09-271h 08

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Why is everyone switching to VS Code?Scott and Wes talk about switching to VS Code. What is so good about it? Killer features? Must have Plugins! Sponsor Need to learn Docker? Check out Nick Janetakis' Dive into Docker course which is currently on sale! Follow us on twitter! Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Syntax Show Notes Cobalt2 for VS Code Visual Studio Code @rachsmithtweets 🔥 rename symbol tip - you should follow her too! Use F8 to cycle through inline errors Open the problems tab to see all your applications errors and warnings The built in debugger ESlint Package You can use the Prettier Package...

2017-09-201h 08

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Our favourite Productivity Hacks 🔥Scott and Wes - Do you sleep? How do you get so much done? You replied to me way too fast! We share our best productivity hot tips and the apps we use the GSD. Sponsor Freshbooks - Get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. Follow us on twitter! Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Syntax Show Notes Alfred Alfred Package Manager -Packal Alfred Units Conversion Workflow Cobalt2 Alfred Theme Alfred Timezones Workflow Alfred Process Kill Workflow ⌘+L makes text huge! Alfred Font Awesome Workflow Alfred Encode / Decode Workflow Alfred DevD...

2017-09-131h 00

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats CSS in JS 💅👩‍🎤💁🚒 (Drama Free!)The most requested syntax episode ever! We break down CSS in JavaScript. Pros/Cons? What is it? What problems does it solve? What libraries should you use? Is it stupid or amazing? Sponsor Freshbooks - Get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. Follow us on twitter! Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Syntax Show Notes BEM Styled Components Emotion Radium Glamorous Styled JSX Sick Picks Boxyapp Mail Client Airpods Shameless Plugs Grab Level Up Tuts before the price goes up! Modern Dev Tools

2017-09-061h 05

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Dang, that's handy! JavaScript Utility Libraries 🛠️Scott and talk all about different JavaScript utility libraries that make you say "Dang, that's handy!" Sponsor Freshbooks - Get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. Show Notes Lodash Underscore You should follow John David Dalton on twitter Moment.js moment().endOf(‘term’) date-fns Slugify speakingurl Fetch API Axios Cookie Jar store.js Cross Storage Faker.js Woah URL.searchParams() is a thing Parse URI url-search-params-polyfill ngrok Browsesync Async Bling.js Sick Picks Essentialism Book Essentialism Audiobook Satechi Aluminum Multi-Port Adapter Satechi all Docks Shameless Plugs Dhanish Gajjar's Instagr...

2017-08-3059 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Wes Bos Origin Story 🎸💼💻🔥🐷In this episode, Wes talks about his career path from a MySpace customizer to where he is now. Sponsor Freshbooks - Get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. Show Notes Brootal PS20.itgo.com CDN Money 2004 WesBos.com The Success of Zara: Technology Makes It Possible REI BTM at Ryerson University WordPress Codex Angle Media Group Ryerson Co-op Jet Cooper Darcy Clarke DealPage Daily Deal Aggregation jQuery IRC YayQuery Ladies Learning Code HackerYou Wes' Blog Sublime Text Book Command Line Power User Flexbox.io React For Beginners ES6 f...

2017-08-2356 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Scott Tolinski Origin Story 🎧 📹 💻 🕺In this episode, Scott talks about his unconventional career path and how to grow your career by working on what you love. Sponsor Freshbooks - Get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. Show Notes UofM Performing Arts Technology Devin Kerr Jamie Schefman Michelle Chamuel Guitar World Ghostly International Q LTD Michigan Creative Ford GTB Level Up Tutorials Scott Concussion Atya Sick Picks Good Hertz Shameless Plugs Wes' Courses Level Up Tutorials Youtube How to GraphQL Twitter Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Syntax

2017-08-1656 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Accepting Money on the Internet 💰💸In this episode we talk about how to accept money on the internet including the ups of Stripe, the downs of PayPal. Sponsor Freshbooks - Get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. Show Notes Apollo React Apollo GraphCool Stripe PayPal Braintree Stripe Docs HTML5 Autocomplete Types Stripe Radar Royal Bank PayPal WorkAround Stripe Atlas Transferwise Stripe Bitcoin Sick Picks ChefSteps What Cha Tea Shameless Plugs Wes' Courses Level UP Tutorials Youtube How to GraphQL Twitter Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Syntax

2017-08-091h 03

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats How to Slam Dunk Freelancing 🏀🤑Sponsor Deliciousbrains WP Migrate DB Pro - Use the code SYNTAX for 20% off Show Notes Stickers - SOLD OUT MORE SOON Scott's Personal Website on Gatsby Gatsby Codealong Gatsby MJML Email Framework The E-Myth Revisited Book Design is a Job Breaking the Time Barrier Basecamp Trello Freshbooks Wave Sick Picks Hyper Key + Karabiner Elements Better Touch Tool King of the Road Twitter Wes Bos Scott Tolinski Syntax

2017-08-0258 min

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats JavaScript Tooling - 004Show Notes Deliciousbrains WP Migrate DB Pro WesBos Website Level Up Tutorials WHY USE WWW? Webpack Babel ESLint Prettier Babili Prepack Sick Picks Figma Turn Ideas into Products Faster Design, prototype, and gather feedback all in one place with Figma. CalDigit TS3 Dock The TS3 is designed for users who require their Thunderbolt™ dock to act as the main charging hub for their laptop. Delivering the reality of single cable charging, ONE Thunderbolt™ 3 cable is all it takes for a clean, elegant and streamlined workspace. Shameless Plugs JavaScript30 A Free 30 Day Vanilla JS Coding Challenge Cour...

2017-07-2649 min