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. 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. 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 fr...
Sep 01, 2021•50 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about toxic clients — how to identify them, and what to do about them. 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 o...
Aug 30, 2021•25 min
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about advice for new devs, our advice and opinions for how new devs can level up. 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 Sent...
Aug 25, 2021•57 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about why people hate CSS, some common issues, and how you can level up. 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 . LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helpi...
Aug 23, 2021•19 min
It’s another Potluck! In this episode, Scott and Wes answer your questions about memoization, how to know when you’re ready for a full-time dev job, what to do when you underestimate projects, design ethics, local fonts, 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 ...
Aug 18, 2021•57 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the tag — why it’s weird and wonderful, and what you can do with it! 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 ...
Aug 16, 2021•17 min
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about the basics of building a website — how to get started for beginners! 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 t...
Aug 11, 2021•1 hr 1 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about TypeScript utility types — what they are, why you might use them, why they exist, 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 faste...
Aug 09, 2021•17 min
It’s another Potluck! In this episode, Scott and Wes answer your questions about WordPress, Drupal, using SSGs, finding clients when you’re just starting out, scoped CSS, and more! 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 . LogRocket -...
Aug 04, 2021•49 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes launch a new series called Git the Latest — New Things In Tech. 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 ...
Aug 02, 2021•24 min
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes do a collaboration with Chis Coyier and Dave Rupert from ShopTalk Show! They talk about favorite tech stacks, podcasting, learning new tech, dealing with FOMO, and more! 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 p...
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr 5 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about favicons. Favicons are a bit of mystery and something people don’t talk about that often. 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 . LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix...
Jul 26, 2021•24 min
It’s another Potluck! In this episode, Scott and Wes answer your questions about Svelte, bleeding-edge tech, best Git processes, Create React App, screencast software, FitBit API, government jobs, Syntax sponsors, and more! .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 project like we did with uses.tech, check out .tech Domains. Syntax listeners...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Stylelint, what it is and why you should use it! 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 Monitori...
Jul 19, 2021•17 min
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about everything coming in React 18! 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 err...
Jul 14, 2021•47 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about modern build tools, comparisons between them, and makes them modern and next-level. 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 . LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on...
Jul 12, 2021•26 min
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes review your portfolios! 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 . 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 pe...
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr 2 min
In 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 ...
Jul 05, 2021•25 min
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about the Dev Tools Elements Tab — all the features, and when you would use them! 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 easi...
Jun 30, 2021•51 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about seven new JavaScript proposals — what they do, where they’re at, and how you might use them. Deque - Sponsor Deque’s axe DevTools makes accessibility testing easy and doesn’t require special expertise. Find and fix issues while you code. Get started with a free trial of axe DevTools Pro at deque.com/syntax . No credit card needed. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faste...
Jun 28, 2021•26 min
It’s another Potluck! In this episode, Scott and Wes answer your questions about web components, gear, Docker, web dev frameworks, golden handcuffs, browser testing, SSR React, code prediction, and more! 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 . LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you r...
Jun 23, 2021•1 hr 2 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about CSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery)! 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 . Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with...
Jun 21, 2021•17 min
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk with Miriam Suzanne about all things CSS — container queries, layers, scoping, and more! 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 . Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening wit...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about SvelteKit — what it is and why you might want to use it. 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 . LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception...
Jun 14, 2021•24 min
It’s another Potluck! In this episode, Scott and Wes answer your questions about immutability, turning off your brain, managing copy on a website, problem-solving, types vs interfaces, hooks vs components, 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. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exceptio...
Jun 09, 2021•1 hr 3 min
In 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 platfo...
Jun 07, 2021•24 min
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about using React with Typescript — how to set it up, components, state, props, passing data, custom hooks, 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. 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 performanc...
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 12 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about making money as a creator — how to do what you love, make money doing it, and not feel yucky about it! Deque - Sponsor Deque’s axe DevTools makes accessibility testing easy and doesn’t require special expertise. Find and fix issues while you code. Get started with a free trial of axe DevTools Pro at deque.com/syntax . No credit card needed. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix is...
May 31, 2021•26 min
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes bike shed some common developer opinions. 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 . LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix ...
May 26, 2021•1 hr 4 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about JavaScript’s drag and drop API — how it works, concerns, best practices, and more! .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 project like we did with uses.tech, check out .tech Domains. Syntax listeners can snap their .TECH Domains at 80% off on five-year registration by visiting go.tech/syntaxis...
May 24, 2021•29 min
