In this episode Wes and Scott discuss fitness for developers. As a follow-up to Episode 20 , they talk about the status of their fitness goals from that episode, what’s worked, what hasn’t, and how you can be more fit yourself in 2018. DevLifts — Sponsor DevLifts - Thad and JC are on a mission to make web developers healthy. They’re currently offering two options: The first is Fit.Start - perfect for beginners or those looking to get back at it. Use the coupon code “syntax” to get 50% off the fi...
Oct 17, 2018•1 hr 3 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes kickoff a three-part series about old browsers, fallbacks and polyfills. In part one, Scott and Wes talk specifically about old browsers, how best to support them, and whether or not you should support them at all. 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 VueSc...
Oct 15, 2018•29 min
In 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 . Sho...
Oct 10, 2018•53 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about this year’s Hacktoberfest - a great way to support open source. NativeScript - Sponsor NativeScript is an open source framework for building truly native mobile apps with Angular, Vue.js, TypeScript, or JavaScript. It’s is a great way for front-end developers to get started building native mobile apps. Get started today at nativescript.org/syntax . Show Notes 2:42 Hacktoberfest - The rules 7:35 Things to PR 12:56 Things not to PR 18:05 How Pull Reque...
Oct 08, 2018•26 min
In 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...
Oct 03, 2018•52 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes are back for a second edition of Stumped! where they try to stump each other with interview questions from 30 Seconds of Interviews . NativeScript - Sponsor NativeScript is an open source framework for building truly native mobile apps with Angular, Vue.js, TypeScript, or JavaScript. It’s is a great way for front-end developers to get started building native mobile apps. Get started today at nativescript.org/syntax . Show Notes 5:05 What are defer and async att...
Oct 01, 2018•22 min
It’s another potluck episode in which Wes and Scott answer your questions! This month - all things JS, go-to dev stacks, website security and the ever-changing nature of development. 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 ....
Sep 26, 2018•1 hr 10 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about positivity in the web industry - how it can affect you, your work, and the people around you. NativeScript - Sponsor NativeScript is an open source framework for building truly native mobile apps with Angular, Vue.js, TypeScript, or JavaScript. It’s is a great way for front-end developers to get started building native mobile apps. Get started today at nativescript.org/syntax . Show Notes The tech industry is always on the cutting edge and we’re star...
Sep 24, 2018•21 min
In this episode Wes and Scott discuss specialization vs generalization - the different ways one can be a generalist or a specialist, advantages and disadvantages to both, and, ultimately, which is the better career path. 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. Dev Lifts — Sponsor Dev Lifts - Thad and JC are on a mission to make web developers healthy. They’re currently offering Personal Traini...
Sep 19, 2018•1 hr 3 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about feedback and criticism in the web 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 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...
Sep 17, 2018•39 min
In this episode Wes and Scott discuss 11 habits that will make you a better developer - everything from understanding the business goals behind your projects to maintaining work-life balance, staying curious, and developing empathy. 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. Sanity.io - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get up a...
Sep 12, 2018•50 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes dive into documentation - how to avoid common pitfalls and overwhelm, as well as how to read, understand and get the most out of documentation. 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 oth...
Sep 10, 2018•33 min
In this episode Wes and Scott dive into the very big topic of accessibility, from the basics and easy wins to best practices, tools, resources and more! Cloudinary - Sponsor Cloudinary is a heavy duty media hosting stack for your websites and applications. Also, check out Making Media Accessible: How to Automatically Generate alt Text for Images . In the first part of the series, Cloudinary will demonstrate how you can integrate machine learning tools into your image management pipeline to autom...
Sep 05, 2018•1 hr 14 min
In 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 vi...
Sep 03, 2018•30 min
It’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 hos...
Aug 29, 2018•1 hr 6 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about prototyping and design tools in the development space, specifically Framer X - what it is, what it isn’t, and some cool stuff coming down the pipeline. 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...
Aug 27, 2018•24 min
In this episode Wes and Scott dive into designing for developers - tips and tricks for improving your designs, and how to up your game in small ways that will have a big impact on your projects. 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 . Mlab - Sponsor mLab is th...
Aug 22, 2018•1 hr 6 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk goal setting - why it’s important, when to do it, how to stick to them, and more. Tweet us your goals with the hashtag #syntaxgoals. 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 ser...
Aug 20, 2018•32 min
In this episode Wes and Scott do a deep dive into React - what it is, best practices and all the ins and outs of how the framework works. Dev Lifts — Sponsor DevLifts - Thad and JC are on a mission to make web developers healthy. They’re currently offering Personal Training and Nutrition Plans as well as a new program called fit.start() . Get 50% off fit.start() with the coupon code “SYNTAX”. Additionally, the first 10 people to use the code "TASTY" get 50% off your DevLifts Premium subscription...
Aug 15, 2018•1 hr 14 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes discuss how they create courses, design and build curriculum, as well as insights and best practices for content creation. 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 l...
Aug 13, 2018•32 min
Scott and Wes talk office setups and all things gear. Gotta get the gear! 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 Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax and put SYNTAX in the “How...
Aug 08, 2018•1 hr 5 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes discuss all things cross-origin - APIs, Javascript, JSON, CORS, 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 3:52 What is JSON? 5:09 Origin policy in the browser 6:00 Cookies + how they work 6:38 How do you get data from one site to another? 7:00 JSO...
Aug 06, 2018•17 min
It’s another potluck episode in which Wes and Scott answer your questions about freelancing, portfolios, code editors, meetup tips, switching to windows and 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 -...
Aug 01, 2018•1 hr
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes discuss npm, yarn, lock files, why they’re useful, why you would or wouldn’t want to track them in Git and much 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 4:10 What is npm and yarn? 8:00 What’s the difference between npm and yarn? 12:00 What is semver?...
Jul 30, 2018•26 min
What is the undocumented web? Scott and Wes dive into it, discussing APIs, faking, scraping, automation, proxies as well as tips and tricks for best practices. Kyle Prinsloo’s Freelancing & Beyond — Sponsor Kyle Prinsloo teaches you everything you need to know about freelancing, including how to quit your job, earn a side-income and start taking control of your life. Check it out at https://studywebdevelopment.com/freelancing and use the coupon code “syntax” at checkout to get 25% off. Fresh...
Jul 25, 2018•1 hr 5 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes discuss refactoring, what it is, why you should do it, when to do it, as well as best practices and much 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 5:00 - What is refactoring and why would you do it? Re-writing code while maintaining functionality The ...
Jul 23, 2018•27 min
Scott and Wes give their best advice for beginners, including tech skills, applying for jobs, focus, imposter syndrome, and more… Coffeecup’s CSS Grid Builder Tool — Sponsor Check out Coffeecup’s CSS Grid.cc builder tool and resources to learn, prototype and build next gen layouts with CSS Grid! 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 4:46 - Advice for gaining new skills Patience an...
Jul 18, 2018•1 hr 1 min
In this Hasty Treat (Short episode) Scott and Wes discuss dot files, what they are, how to use and manage them as well as best practices 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 3:15 - What is a dot file? Access tokens Settings for editors, etc. 4:40 - Dot file examples .gitignore...
Jul 16, 2018•25 min
In 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% ...
Jul 11, 2018•57 min
In this Hasty Treat (Short episode) Scott and Wes discuss user roles, what to think about when creating your own, security implications, etc. 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 3:30 How to manage user role systems 11:30 Client side best practices Don’t rely on front-end role systems a...
Jul 09, 2018•19 min
