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Scotty and Wesbos answer developer questions submitted by podcast listeners on topics like WebRTC, debugging, Rust, Sanity CMS, and more.
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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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Benjamin Dunphy discusses how he started and grew the Reactathon conference based on his passion for React and events. He covers the motivation, target audience, and transparency needed, as well as expanding the event based on demand.
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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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300th episode spectacular live show with audience participation
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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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Josh Comeau discusses how he codes by voice and eye tracking due to injury, the benefits of attending a bootcamp, adding whimsical touches to websites, and how he focuses on teaching development through interactive blog posts and courses.
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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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Scott and Wes discuss Scott's meetings, dentist appointments, and play a recording from Jack Rhysider reading a story submitted by a listener about accidentally creating an exponential email storm.
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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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Developers share horror stories about mistakes that happened in web development leading to issues in production.
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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.
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Strategies for updating web apps and forcing users to get new versions, including manual refreshes, service workers, hot reloading, and visual notifications.
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In this potluck episode, Scott and Wes answer developer questions on topics like Target blank links security, Stencil JS, senior developers, Angular careers, SVGs in React, Git workflows, and more.
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Discussion on what enums are and how they are used in various languages and systems like GraphQL, TypeScript and JavaScript
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Discussion of outdated web development tools and techniques from 10-15 years ago.
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This episode covers immutable records and tuples in JavaScript - new proposed syntax for creating objects and arrays that are deeply immutable and support deep equality checks.
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Covers Git fundamentals and basic commands
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Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski discuss the first money they made from web development, including client projects, ad revenue, product sales, teaching gigs, and agency work.
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Scott and Wes discuss frameworks, tools, scoping, and writing maintainable CSS.
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Wes and Scott discuss time block planning, a productivity technique that involves scheduling all of your tasks, appointments, and breaks on a calendar to help manage your limited work hours.
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Scott and Wes discuss outdated web development techniques like table layouts, clearfixes, splash screens, guestbooks, Flash, and more.
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Wes talks about converting a shed in his backyard into a home office during the pandemic
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Scott and Wes discuss the recent Mozilla layoffs and impact on web development, strategies for learning web development while working a full time job, and answer audience questions on React drag and drop, testing, analytics, malicious GitHub users, and more.
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Scott and Wes wrap up season 1 of Syntax and discuss plans for season 2, favorite episodes of the year, and the top 10 most downloaded episodes so far.
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Scott and Wes answer listener questions on topics like MDX, ordering CSS properties, explaining complex code, portfolio projects for junior devs, the Sails.js framework, and using the replacer parameter in JSON.stringify().
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Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski quiz each other on web development questions in a game called "Stumped" with silly banter
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Podcast discussing React, Node, careers, parenting, CSS, and whether custom solutions are better than pre-built tools like CMSs.
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Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski discuss tips for improving Gatsby websites, including layouts, animations, build optimization, and more.
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Adam Argyle explains the overall process for how new features and specifications get added to CSS, ranging from initial proposals to testing, implementing, and eventually becoming a standard.
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Scott and Wes discuss evaluating and refining personal systems and processes to improve productivity and efficiency.
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Scott and Wes discuss and compare several React state management libraries including Context, Redux, XState, Apollo, and more. They talk about the pros and cons of each, when you might want to use them, and share their experiences.
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Scott and Wes discuss upgrading the Syntax.fm site to use latest version of Next.js, including lessons learned from implementing API routes, static regeneration for new episodes, and more.
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Discussion with Meteor evangelist Felipe Nivola on Meteor's acquisition, the state of Meteor today, and what's coming up for the platform.
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Discussion on the security implications of links that open in a new tab or window, and browser fixes to prevent malicious sites from accessing the opener window
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Potluck episode covering procrastination, planning code, CSS, leadership skills, side projects and more
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Overview of Turbolinks for fast page loads using server-generated HTML and discussion of integration with JavaScript frameworks.
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Overview of options and considerations for hosting and streaming video in 2020 with a deep dive into the tech stack Scott chose for his site
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Wes and Scott play a guessing game to identify obscure top level domain names. After falling behind early, Scott makes a dramatic comeback in later rounds to ultimately win.