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Scott and Wes discuss Cypress, an end-to-end testing framework. They cover its ability to test across browsers, debug issues in a real browser, record test runs, mock data, and integrate with plugins.
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Scott and Wes discuss the difference between TypeScript compilers like TSC and SWC versus bundlers like Webpack, and whether you still need bundlers when using TypeScript.
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Scott and Wes provide an in-depth look at keyboard events in the browser, explaining the different events that fire, metadata available, and best practices for using keyboard shortcuts in web apps.
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Scott discusses moving the LevelUpTutorials site to a new tech stack using Node, React, Snowpack, Render, and more.
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Wes and Scott discuss the new AVIF image format - how it works, why it's better than JPEG and WebP, browser support, and how to implement it.
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Scott and Wes discuss approaches for creating consistent, maintainable CSS font size and typography systems using tools like type-scale.com and CSS variables.
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Hosts Scott and Wes discuss concepts around nothingness in JavaScript including undefined, null, void, never, falsey values, empty arrays, and more.
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Scott and Wes discuss their favorite keyboard shortcuts and window management tools for boosting productivity on Mac
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This episode explains different pricing models for hosting and web services like paying per time used, resources, bandwidth, users, apps, and work performed.
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Wes and Scott discuss bot strategies for buying popular, hard to find items like the PlayStation 5, including scraping retailer sites, avoiding bot-prone retailers, and using tools like Puppeteer and LowDB.
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Wes and Scott discuss the behind-the-scenes tech used to record Syntax episode 300 with live guest appearances.
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Wes and Scott discuss why they prefer React hooks over class components - hooks allow decoupling state from components, reduce duplication, improve ref handling and more.
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Wes and Scott discuss using conventional commits to improve commit messages and enable automatic versioning.
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Discussion on validating data on the client vs the server, with examples of manipulating client validation and the importance of server-side validation for security.
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This episode covers CSS Grid Level 3, which adds masonry layout capabilities natively to CSS. This allows Pinterest-style responsive layouts without JavaScript.
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Discussion on the most popular JavaScript bundlers available today and their key differences in features, complexity and use cases.
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Wes and Scott discuss the value of certifications versus hands-on experience in proving competence as a web developer. They cover how the fast pace of change in web technologies makes certifications difficult, but agree certifications around specific vendor platforms may be useful.
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Discussion on the new Temporal date and time API proposal for JavaScript which aims to fix limitations with the existing JavaScript date API
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Scott discusses various dynamic stretches to help alleviate common issues that developers face from poor posture and overuse, such as back pain, carpal tunnel, rounded shoulders, etc.
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Tips on communication, time management, billing and other ways to make freelancing an easier endeavor.