747: Middleware Explained

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

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4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Join Wes and Scott for a hasty episode of Syntax as they unpack the power of middleware for developers, covering caching, authentication, A/B testing, error handling, and user redirection in a quick, punchy rundown to supercharge your backend skills! Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:41 Syntax on YouTube. 01:28 What is middleware? 05:04 Some real-world examples of middleware. 05:10 Authentication. 07:44 Redirecting users to a specific instance. 08:28 Logging + statistics. 09:41 Debugging. 10:00 Timers. 10:46 A/B testing. 11:59 Error handling + logging. 12:23 Caching. 13:02 Multi-tenant applications. 15:08 Where does it run? 18:07 What are the limitations? 21:52 Next.js middleware is one file only. NextJS Middleware 23:35 Sveltekit solution. Sveltekit Hooks 24:31 Connect style. Fastify Express Fastify Middle 25:28 One last thing, NPM Installing. Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott:X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads

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0:00.0	Welcome to Syntax on this Monday, Hastie Treat.
0:04.0	We're going to be stepping into your context here.
0:06.0	We're going to be adding some information and we're going to be downloading directly into your brain.
0:09.7	That's right, we're talking about Middleware.
0:11.6	My name is Scott Tlenski.
0:12.8	I'm a developer from Denver.
0:14.5	And with me, as always, is West Boss.
0:17.6	Back from vacation.
0:18.7	West, how's it going?
0:20.1	Yeah.
0:21.1	Good. I, a little scatterbrain right now because you know you get back from vacation. There's a million little things that you got to got to get to but pretty pretty stoked and well rested. So ready to talk about middleware.
0:35.0	Yeah, it's always good to come back from a vacation and talk about middleware.
0:40.0	We talk about a lot of things on this podcast and if you want to hear
0:44.7	CJ Wes and I talk about even more head on over to our YouTube which is
0:51.0	YouTube.com
0:53.0	at syntax FM on YouTube.
0:55.0	We're posting a ton of stuff.
0:57.0	In fact, just the day we're recording this today,
1:00.0	which will slightly date this.
1:02.0	CJ released a video showing practical examples of Has
1:06.0	the actually the things that we talked about on this very show
1:09.0	and people said we want to see code.
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