Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats
Episodes
Supper Club × Lee Robinson on React Suspense, Server Components
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Lee Robinson from Vercel about React Suspense, server components, the edge, and more! ...
Our Web Dev Wish List
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through their web dev wish list of things they want to just work already! Linode - Sponsor Whether you...
How to Spark your Imagination and Get Excited about Coding
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk the appreciation of coding projects that supposedly serve no purpose, but can be great ways to learn something...
Supper Club × Syed Balkhi and WordPress
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Syed Balkhi about his experiences blogging and developing plugins in the WordPress ecos...
Potluck! Node Versions, Old Man Internet, Responsive Design + MORE
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about resolving node version errors, using social media, bundler for building R...
What is Bun? The New JS Runtime
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 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 d...
Supper Club × Adam Cowley and Neo4j Database
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Adam Cowley about how Neo4j Database can help when working with data for your next app....
Our Code Styles
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about their coding styles - functional vs object oriented, interfaces vs types, tabs vs spaces, should c...
STUMP’D Interview Coding Questions
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 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 p...
Supper Club × 70,000 Serverless Functions with Kristi Perreault of Liberty Mutual
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Kristi Perreault of Liberty Mutual about why they’re using serverless functions, what...
Potluck - Peer Dependencies × Vitest × NVM and PNPM × Sprites
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about peer dependencies, Vitest, NVM and PNPM, using sprites for images, common...
Clamp & Interpolate
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about clamp and interpolate and how you might want to use them in your next project. Sentry - Sponsor If you ...
Supper Club × Voice Coding with Pokey Rule
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Pokey Rule about using his voice to code, and the current state of voice coding softwar...
10 years of Speaking + Conferences
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about their experiences speaking at conferences, why they’ve done it, how they prepare talks, and tips...
CSS5 Color Functions
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about new CSS color functions, and tips for viewing the different options and ways of presenting color that ar...
Supper Club × Developer Experience with Shawn Wang
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Shawn Wang about his thoughts on developer experience, why DX is important, and the imp...
Tips for Communicating
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about their tips for better communication in email, Zoom calls, code reviews, or asking for help. Sentr...
Browser CSS Page Transitions API aka Shared Element Transitions
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the new Browser CSS Page Transitions API proposal and what features it opens up for developers on the we...
Supper Club × Authoring Browser Extensions with Tim Leland
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Tim Leland - developer of browser extensions like WeatherExtension and Link Shortener E...
Home Automation - A Look Ahead
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Tasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the current state of home automation, and the kinds of software and hardware they’re using in their ho...
New Viewport Units
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about the new viewport units coming to the web - what are they and when can we use them? LogRocket - Sp...
Supper Club × Edge Functions and Deno with Eduardo Bouças of Netlify
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk edge functions and Deno with Eduardo Bouças of Netlify. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you ...
Potluck - Headless WordPress, Databases, Regex
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about headless WordPress, Regex, their health and fitness, CSS custom properties in med...
I can has() new CSS Selector?!
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about new CSS selectors :has, :where, and :is. MagicBell - Sponsor MagicBell is the the notification inbox f...
Supper Club × Is No Code going to take our jobs? with Connor Finlayson
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Connor Finlayson about his experience building and teaching no code projects. Postligh...
Syntax Live at Reactathon
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott are live from Reactathon 2022! Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track...
Stopping Malicious Actors
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about ways to prevent malicious people from using or abusing your app. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re wor...
Supper Club × Coding Burnout and Gardening with Anselm Hannemann
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Anselm Hannemann about burning out, trying out gardening, and how getting away from the...
Git in VS Code
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk all about how they use Git inside of VS Code, extensions they use, and the various ways to interact with...
Cache Control Headers Explained
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes answer a question about caching, cache control headers, an explanation of the fields for caching. Sentry - Sponsor...
Supper Club × Redwood JS with Tom Pretson-Werner
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Tom Pretson-Werner about his work on RedwoodJS, the importance of documentation, and th...
TypeScript Tooling Explained
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through TypeScript tooling, build tools, configs, and editors. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you ...
Scott’s New Office × The Levelup Lodge
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Scott talks about his new office setup where he records videos and podcasts, writes codes, and gets his steps in. Sentry -...
Supper Club × Turbo Repo with Jared Palmer
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Jared Palmer about Turbo Repo, how it fits in your tech stack, and what it was like bei...
Potluck - Protestware × NoSQL × Next.js × ESM × Jest
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about protestware, NoSQL, Next.js, the Syntax.fm website, ESM, Jest, and more! ...
Why do we need Web Interop? Another Standards Body?
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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....
Supper Club × NX Monorepos with Victor Savkin
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Victor Savkin about NX Monorepo development. Whiskey Web and Whatnot - Sponsor Whiske...
10 Nifty Browser APIs
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about 10 browser API’s you might not be familiar with including getUserMedia, Resize Observer, SpeechR...
TypeScript Fundamentals × Narrowing, Discriminating Unions, and Type Guards
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about TypeScript Fundamentals, including narrowing, discriminating unions, and type guards. Sentry - Sponsor ...
WTF is the Edge? Edge Compute / Functions
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about what edge functions are, the upsides and downsides of edge functions, and what they’re used for....
Why do people still use Axios over Fetch?
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about why people still use Axios over Fetch, and why people wouldn’t use Axios. Linode - Sponsor Whether y...
JavaScript × STUMP’D
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott ask each other hiring questions asked of JavaScript developers in job interviews. Kontent by Kentico - Spons...
Building a Coupon Engine
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the coupon engines they’ve built and use on their courses. Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless C...
Potluck - Working on a Team × Dealing with Imposter Syndrome × Animating on the Web × Icon Libraries × Demanding Clients
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about working on a team, dealing with imposter syndrome, animating on the web, ...
Svelte Cubed + 3D In Browser
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Svelte Cubed and working in 3D in the browser. Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes ...
Potluck - Multi Tenant Apps, JS Sprinkles, Kids Coding, Server Error Handling
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about multi tenant apps, JS sprinkles, kids coding, server error handling, and more. S...
How To Be Consistent
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about their tips and tricks for being consistent if you’re trying to create. Sentry - Sponsor If you want t...
Making Content × What is our Process? Youtube, Blog Posts, Courses, Conference Talks, and Podcasts
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through their process for making content on the internet for their YouTube channels, blog posts, courses...
Types in JS?
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 proj...
Syntax Highlight
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott review your websites that you submitted including bald.design, Anh Hoang Nguyen, bradleyshellnut.com, and mor...
What’s Up With Vitest?
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Vitest, how testing is handled, how code coverage works, and whether they think they’ll use it. Sentr...
Our Stacks Explained
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through the tech stack they use to manage their course websites. Kontent by Kentico - Sponsor Kontent ...
SSL Certs, Approvals and Cloudflare
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about getting SSL certificates set up between your hosting, Cloudflare, and other web apps you may use. Prism...
Potluck - Handling Auth × Are Web Dev Real Developers? × Handling Git Conflicts × Converting PNG to Box-Shadow × Bad Docs vs No Docs × Making Shopify Headless
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about handling auth, are web dev real developers, handling Git conflicts, conve...
Hasty Treat WTF × SSR vs JamStack vs Serverless?
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the differences between SSR, JamStack, and Serverless. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay w...
Part 2 of Wes and Scott React to the State of JS
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this second part episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott continue talking about the 2021 State of JavaScript survey: mobile and desktop libraries, testing...
Sticker Mogul 2022
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Wes' experience designing, printing, and shipping out his sticker packs. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’...
Wes and Scott React to the State of JS
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott take a look at the 2021 State of JS survey that was recently published, including demographics, salary, brows...
This vs That × map vs reduce, forEach vs for in, and more!
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes do a little this vs that with map vs reduce, forEach vs for in, .hasOwnProperty() vs in vs .hasOwn(), CSS absolute ...
Ben Vinegar × Distributed Tracing and TypeScript Migrations
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Ben Vinegar about his work with Sentry, their migration to TypeScript, and advice for running JavaS...
JavaScript in 2022 - New, Coming and Proposed Features
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about new proposed features coming to JavaScript in 2022. MagicBell - Sponsor Magic Bell is the The notifica...
Potluck - Selling Themes × Which Browser Should Devs Use? × Where Do You Keep 2FA Codes? × Remix vs Svelte Kit × Getting Unstuck from Tutorial Hell
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about selling themes, which browser to use, where to keep your 2FA codes, Remxi vs Svel...
Code Explorers
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about how best to explore and contribute to code on GitHub repos. Retool - Sponsor Retool is the fast way to ...
Creator of Wordle - Josh Wardle
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with the creator of Wordle, Josh Wardle. What's the tech stack for Wordle? Does he care about the clones...
Pros + Cons of JavaScript Servers, Serverless, and Cloudflare Workers
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the pros and cons of JavaScript servers, Serverless, and Cloudflare Workers. Hashnode - Sponsor Everyt...
Syntax Highlight
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes review your portfolios and websites including some from Harryxli, Austin Baird, Jacks Portfolio, and more! L...
Teamwork Makes The Dream Work
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes are inspired by a Reddit post to talk about how to work better with your team. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to kno...
Monorepos! Workspaces, pnpm, turborepo + more!
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk all about monorepos - the why's and the how's of using them on your projects. Kontent by Kentico - Spon...
Updating Project Dependencies
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about their process for updating project dependencies. Sponsor - LogRocket LogRocket lets you replay what us...
New Year, New You. What to Focus on in 2022.
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk through what to focus on at a beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels of coding skills. Sentry - Sp...
CSS + JS Hacks We’re Fine With
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about CSS + JS Hacks that they're ok with using. Sponsor - Freshbooks Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks ...
Potluck
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes answer your questions on a Potluck episode of Syntax. Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes...
Remix!
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Remix! Sponsor - Sanity Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio ...
2022 Predictions
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through their predictions for 2022. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on you...
JS One Liners
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about some Javascript one liners that speed up your coding experience in one line. Sponsor - Linode Whether y...
2021 In Review
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes review their predictions and highlights for 2021. .TECH Domains - Sponsor .TECH is taking the tech industry...
Holiday Snackluk
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Wes and Scott talk about Package-lock, Angular, package updates, how to learn, and media servers on planes. Sponsor - Sanity San...
Gitpod, iPad Coding, Web3, WTF NFT
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk with Geoff and Pauline from Gitpod about developing on Gitpod, Web3, and The NFT Bay. Freshbooks - Spo...
Gatsby v4
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Wes and Scott talk about what's new in Gatsby v4. Sponsor - Prismic Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build websit...
Potluck - enums, WASM, Lighthouse, Redirects
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes answer your questions on a Potluck episode of Syntax. Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CM...
How To Do Things In Svelte
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Wes and Scott talk about how to do things in Svelte. Sponsor - Freshbooks Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks....
JavaScript and Hardware × Cars, Factories, Heavy Industry, Robots, and the Internet of Things
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk with Anth Rogan about JavaScript and hardware - from cars, to factories, and the internet. Bryntum - Sp...
Meta Tags
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Wes and Scott talk about Meta Tags. Sponsor - Sanity Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content St...
Everything in web dev is Amazing!
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about all the things that have improved the lives of web developers over the years. Sentry - Sponsor If...
Github Co-pilot is Gonna Take ur Job
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Wes and Scott talk about their experiences using Github Co-pilot. Show Notes 00:58 Wake up early and let's go 02:19 Sponso...
Troubleshooting
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about ways they troubleshoot issues with their code. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay wha...
The Macbook Pro Show - Wes and Scott Get New Laptops
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 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 ...
Potluck — Copilot × Glasses × Databases × Dealing with Stress × Employment vs Self-Employment × Auth in GraphQL × Headless CMS × More!
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s another Potluck! In this episode, Scott and Wes answer your questions about GitHub Copilot, glasses, databases, dealing with stress, self-emplo...
Hasty Treat - Next.js 12
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Next.js 12 and all of its hot new goodness and updates! Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time hea...
Web Containers, StackBlitz, and Node.js in the Browser with Tomek Sulkowski
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk with Tomek Sulkowski about web containers, StackBlitz and more! Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free...
Hasty Treat - What's the deal with Astro?
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Astro — what it is and why you should check it out! Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a p...
STUMP'D Interview Questions - CSS Edition
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes are back with another edition of “Stump’d!” where they try to stump each other with interview questions...
Hasty Treat - How to Setup a PNPM Monorepo
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about PNPM and monorepos! Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/synt...
Horror Web Dev Stories - 2021
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For episode 400, Scott and Wes talk about web dev horror stories - 2021 edition! LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your...
Hasty Treat - Hasty Horror Stories
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about web dev horror stories — real things that have happened to real developers Linode - Sponsor Whether ...
Potluck — Coding for Kids × MongoDB Hosting × NoMoreFoo × Best Cities for Dev Jobs × GraphQL Resolvers × Package Security × Prototypes and Portfolios × More!
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s another Potluck! In this episode, Scott and Wes answer your questions about privacy policies, coding for kids, MongaDB hosting, cloud backups, ...
Hasty Treat - Handy Utility Functions with Just
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about handy utility functions with Just! Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a full...
A Podcast on Running a Podcast
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about running a podcast — recording, sponsoring, where to start, and more! Freshbooks - Sponsor Get ...
Hasty Treat - Neat Things in CSS Color - Current and Coming!
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about all things color in CSS, both current and coming soon! Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s ha...
Potluck — Corn Shucking × Self-Hosting Images × WordPress × Getting Scammed × Portfolios
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s another Potluck! In this episode, Scott and Wes answer your questions about corn shucking, self-hosting images, WordPress, getting scammed, por...