676: Google IDX - VS Code in the Browser with David East

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, News, Technology

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🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with David East about Google’s new cloud based full-stack, multiplatform app development workflow, Project IDX. Show Notes 00:22 Welcome 01:31 Browser in the car 02:16 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:24 Who is David East? David East David East David East (@_davideast) / X Learn from David East’s courses | Frontend Masters Firebase | Google’s Mobile and Web App Development Platform 04:32 What is IDX? Project IDX Flutter - Build apps for any screen Welcome to nix.dev — nix.dev documentation 13:15 What’s the experience of IDX? Nx: Smart, Fast and Extensible Build System 16:42 IDX isn’t just a toy - it’s a dev machine 20:29 What’s the offline mode like? 23:30 How are VS Code extensions handled? 27:03 Is multiplayer or project sharing on the road map? 28:45 How is latency taken care of? 31:43 This could be faster than local dev environment 36:18 Portability of your projects 42:25 What do you think about iPad coding? 44:28 Phone testing with IDX Firebase Test Lab 46:59 How is AI being integrated? 50:23 Supper Club questions Introducing Operator | Fonts by Hoefler&Co. MD IO by Mass-Driver - Future Fonts 55:25 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× CSS Shameless Plugs The Bad At Css Podcast Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

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0:00.0	I hear hope you're hungry!
0:02.5	Who I'm starving?
0:04.2	Wash those hands, pull up a chair, and secure that feedback.
0:08.1	Because it's time to listen to Scott, to Linsky, and Wes Boss attempt to use human language to converse with
0:14.2	and pick the brains of other developers.
0:16.8	I thought there was gonna be food.
0:18.7	So buckle up and grab that old f*** it handle.
0:21.7	Because this ride is going to get wild.
0:26.1	This is The Syntax Summer Club.
0:33.6	Welcome to Syntax.
0:36.3	This is the podcast with the tastiest web development treats on there.
0:39.5	Today we have David East from Google on today.
0:43.1	And he's here today to talk to us about Google's latest project, which is IDX.
0:48.7	Index, how do you say it?
0:49.7	IDX IDX, which is they're like, I'm gonna, I'm gonna put it just aptly here.
0:55.0	And obviously it's, there's more to it.
0:56.6	But it's, it's VS Code in the browser.
0:58.5	You log in, you can start working on your projects in the browser, through your laptop in the lake.
1:03.5	Go get a new laptop.
1:05.0	You're up and running in a couple of minutes because you log in, right?
1:08.3	And I'm very curious about this whole space of like thin client remote coding,
1:14.3	all that good stuff.
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