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Tales from Web Dev Past - Part 2
Discussion of outdated web development tools and techniques from 10-15 years ago.
#iframes#IE6#sprite maps#firebug
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Hasty Treat - Records and Tuples in JavaScript
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.
#immutability#javascript#records#tuples
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Git Fundamentals
Covers Git fundamentals and basic commands
#git#github
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Hasty Treat - Our First Bucks Made From Web Dev, Teaching, YouTube and Tutorials
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.
#first-jobs#side-hustles
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Writing Good CSS
Scott and Wes discuss frameworks, tools, scoping, and writing maintainable CSS.
#CSS#Tooling#WebDev
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Hasty Treat - Time Block Planning
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.
#productivity
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Tales from Webdev Past - Clearfix × Floats × Cufon × Guestbooks × PNG Fix × More!
Scott and Wes discuss outdated web development techniques like table layouts, clearfixes, splash screens, guestbooks, Flash, and more.
#nostalgia#webdev#history
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Hasty Treat - Backyard Offices
Wes talks about converting a shed in his backyard into a home office during the pandemic
#office#backyard#conversion
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Potluck - RIP Firefox? × Safari × Changing Careers × Regression Testing × Google Analytics Alternatives × Malicious Github Users? × Mac vs Windows × More!
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.
#web-dev#mozilla#react#analytics
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Hasty Treat - End of Season Wrap Up
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.
#Podcasts#JavaScript
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Potluck - MDX × Portfolio Projects × Code Commenting × CSS Properties × Reusable Components × More!
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().
#mdx#css#node#json
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Hasty Treat - Stump'd
Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski quiz each other on web development questions in a game called "Stumped" with silly banter
#JavaScript#React#WebDev
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Potluck - Subscriptions × ES Modules in Node × Chicken Thigh × Being a Good Dad × Refactoring × More!
Podcast discussing React, Node, careers, parenting, CSS, and whether custom solutions are better than pre-built tools like CMSs.
#react#node#css#careers
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Hasty Treat - Gatsby Tips
Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski discuss tips for improving Gatsby websites, including layouts, animations, build optimization, and more.
#Gatsby#React
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How does stuff get added to CSS? Adam Argyle answers!
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.
#CSS#Standards#Processes
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Hasty Treat - How To Refine Your Process
Scott and Wes discuss evaluating and refining personal systems and processes to improve productivity and efficiency.
#productivity#systems#efficiency
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React State Round Up
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.
#react#front-end
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Hasty Treat - Upgrading Next.js Syntax Site
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.
#nextjs#webdev#javascript
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Meteor's 2nd Life
Discussion with Meteor evangelist Felipe Nivola on Meteor's acquisition, the state of Meteor today, and what's coming up for the platform.
#meteor#javascript#webdev
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Hasty Treat - Target=_blank security issue? What's the deal with noopener and noreferrer?
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
#Security#Accessibility#Browser
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Potluck - Beating Procrastination × Rollup vs Webpack × Leadership × Code Planning × Styled Components × More!
Potluck episode covering procrastination, planning code, CSS, leadership skills, side projects and more
#productivity#css#javascript
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Hasty Treat - Turbolinks + Server Generated HTML + JS Sprinkles
Overview of Turbolinks for fast page loads using server-generated HTML and discussion of integration with JavaScript frameworks.
#turbolinks#performance#server-side
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Video for the Web 2020 and Beyond
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
#video#hosting
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Hasty Treat - The Domain Name Game
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.
#Domains#Games
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Jerome Hardaway + Vets Who Code
Discussion with Jerome Hardaway, executive director of Vets Who Code, on his background, founding VWC, their tech stack, being an ally, and skills learned in the military
#Veterans#Teaching#Jamstack
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Hasty Treat - Forms, Captchas, Honeypots, Dealing With Malicious Users and the Sad State of Contact Forms
Discussion of various techniques like honeypots, IP throttling, and CAPTCHAs to secure web forms from spam bots and malicious users while allowing legitimate use.
#webdev#security#spam
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Our React Wish List
Wes and Scott discuss things they wish React and its ecosystem had out of the box without additional libraries and tooling.
#React#JavaScript
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Hasty Treat - Rural and Mobile Internet Revisited
Wes explains the various rural internet options available, the specific hardware needed to set up cellular internet, data plan considerations, and steps through his own setup at his cottage property without traditional ISP access.
#rural-internet#hardware-hacks#lte-internet
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Potluck - Libraries vs Frameworks × Firefox × Career Advice For Teenagers × Who Would Win a Thumb War? × More!
Potluck episode discussing libraries vs frameworks, browser choices, career questions, XState, styled components, podcast picks and more.
#React#Beginners#Career
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Hasty Treat - Some Neat CSS Functions That You Should Know About
Covers lesser known but useful CSS functions for accessing attributes, calculations, selecting children, trigonometry, clamping values, equal columns in grid, fitting content, and image filters.
#css#functions#tips
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The Fundamentals Leftovers - Terminal, Shortcuts, View Source, Github + More!
Covers terminal, typing, OS skills, GitHub, dev tools, and other web development basics and best practices.
#webdev#beginner#skills
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Hasty Treat - Scott Goes Linux with Pop OS
Scott talks about his bad luck with Apple laptops and his new System76 Lemur Pro laptop running Pop!OS Linux distro for development instead.
#linux#pop-os#system76
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WebRTC and Peer-to-Peer Video Calling with Ian Ramzy
Ian Ramsay discusses building a WebRTC-based video chat called ZipCall and his journey into programming
#webrtc#programming
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Hasty Treat - Slow Connections Part 2
Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski continue their series on web performance, focusing on tips for making websites work well on slow Internet connections.
#performance#images#video
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Headless CMS Break Down & Roundup
This podcast episode provides a breakdown of headless CMS options, including hosted, self-hosted and API-based systems. Scott and Wes discuss key considerations when evaluating CMS choices and provide an overview of popular options in each category.
#CMS#Headless CMS
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Hasty Treat - Developing for Slow and Spotty Connections
Developing websites and apps to work well on slow, spotty, or offline connections by implementing things like service workers, skeleton screens, better loading indicators, and gracefully handling failures.
#offline#connectivity
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Potluck - Courses for Kids × Sub-Components × Recursion × DB Hosting × Frameworks × Data Structures & Algorithms × More!
In this potluck/Q&A episode, Scott and Wes discuss end-to-end testing, hosting podcast RSS feeds, Prismic CMS, education, git workflows, scaling challenges and new React frameworks.
#testing#education#scaling#reactjs
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Hasty Treat - Should You Support IE11?
Discussion on whether web developers should continue supporting Internet Explorer 11, including metrics to help decide, strategies for partial support, and modern features you can start using once IE11 support is dropped.
#ie11#webdev#testing
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Scott Teaches Wes Svelte and Sapper
In this episode Scott teaches Wes about Svelte, a new JavaScript framework that compiles away unused code for blazing fast performance. They cover features like built-in reactivity, cleaner templates vs JSX, routing with HTML anchors, and animations/transitions.
#svelte#webdev#javascript
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Hasty Treat - Scott's New Personal Website
Scott talks about his new personal website that he built using Svelte and Sapper. He took a relaxed approach and focused on custom animations, brutalist design, and fast performance rather than perfect code.
#Svelte#WebDev