777: The Modern Dev CMS - Pocketbase

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

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🗓️ 3 June 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Today, Scott and Wes are diving into Pocketbase, a fantastic tool for web developers to quickly set up a CMS without breaking a sweat. We’ll cover everything from its Go-based architecture to its slick admin interface and how you can get started hosting it for free on Fly.io. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:34 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 02:26 Overview of Pocketbase. 06:51 Written in Go, but no extending needed. Host for free on Fly.io. 07:37 Hooks. 08:05 Authentication + roles. 09:23 The admin experience. 11:18 Managing export collections. 13:21 Creating your own schema. 13:53 Adding indexes. 14:08 API rules. 15:01 Adding complex roles. 16:15 Full-featured admin with a great UI. 16:59 Collection API preview. 17:41 Docs with app-specific context. 18:54 Logs. 19:02 Settings. 19:42 Executable vs npm install. 20:29 Are the collections fully typed? 21:01 Some more settings. 22:56 One click Coolify install. Svelte Kit / Svelte 5 / Pocketbase Example. Svelte / Pocketbase Starter. Pocketbase Typegen. 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 hasty treat. We're going to be talking all about Pocket Base.
0:07.0	Now Pocket Base is a newer player to this one
0:15.0	one really strikes the perfect balance for me
0:16.0	really strikes the perfect balance for me
0:19.0	between a CMS and the whole ORM type of platform. It does a lot for you and it makes it really easy and it looks great doing it.
0:29.0	So we're going to be diving all into what is pocket-based, what you need to know about this thing.
0:33.6	And before we do that, my name is Scott Tolinsky.
0:37.5	I'm a developer from Denver with me as always as West Boss.
0:39.9	What's up, Wes?
0:40.9	Hey, I have been lucky.
0:43.4	You've been talking about this pocket base for a while,
0:45.2	and this seems really cool.
0:47.2	It kind of reminds me of like,
0:49.2	back in the graph cool days,
0:51.1	where like you'd sign up and you get like a database and an
0:53.8	API all in one but like this also does off and file storage I'm very curious to
1:00.9	hear a bit more about this and it's you can it's local right like it's not some service
1:05.2	that's correct in fact there is no service for it unlike maybe like super base or any of those
1:14.9	there isn't a path to just sign up at pocket base.com and get something going itself hosted entirely. I always do the whole
1:19.7	like search for pricing you know you land on something and it's like open source and you're like,
1:24.8	where's the pricing tab?
1:26.8	Command F pricing is something that I have firmly ingrained into my muscle memory.
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