Potluck - Where to start with JS × Freelancing × Cron jobs × Split testing × Frameworks in 2019 × More

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, News, Technology

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

It’s another potluck episode in which Wes and Scott answer your questions! This month - thoughts on frameworks for 2019, React Native, when should you start freelancing, where to start with JS, cron jobs, split testing and more! DevLifts — Sponsor DevLifts - Thad and JC are on a mission to make web developers healthy. They’re currently offering two options: The first is Fit.Start - perfect for beginners or those looking to get back at it. Use the coupon code “syntax” to get 50% off the fit.start plan. The second is DevLifts Premium - for those looking for a laser-focused approach and maximum accountability. Use the coupon code “tasty” to get 50% off the premium plan. Check it out today! Just for January their eight-week plan is back. Use the coupon code “newyear19” to get $50 off. Kyle Prinsloo’s Freelancing & Beyond — Sponsor Kyle Prinsloo teaches you everything you need to know about freelancing, including how to quit your job, earn a side-income and start taking control of your life. Check it out at https://studywebdevelopment.com/freelancing and use the coupon code “syntax” at checkout to get 25% off. Show Notes 1:40 Where is the best place to start with JS coming from WordPress? 5:36 How do you set up cron jobs? What are the best tools to use, should they run on their own server or on the application server, etc.? 17:13 What new skills, frameworks, projects are you look forward to learning in 2019? 21:35 Do you use any software for tracking analytics on your site and do you ever use this data to run split tests? If so, what is your preferred method for running split tests? 28:24 What’s your best tip for young coders to stay productive and not lose time? 32:08 I’m 17 and learning web dev. I’m pretty concerned about my skills and feeling some impostor syndrome. Is it ok to start freelancing? 37:26 What is React Native? How do people tend to use it? If you want a native and web app, do they share code? Links WordPress Gatsby Javascript30 Dead Man’s Snitch Corntab Syntax106: A Look Forward to 2019 Drip Segment.io Hotjar ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Tiding Up on Netflix Wes 1: Capital Gaines by Chip Gaines Shameless Plugs Scott’s Level 1 Styled Components Course Wes’ Courses 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to Syntax. The podcast with the tastiest web development treats out there.
0:06.0	Strap yourself in and get ready. Here is Scott Telinsky and West Boss.
0:10.4	Hello everybody and welcome to Syntax. This is the podcast with the tastiest web
0:15.4	development treats out there today's episode is sponsored by two awesome
0:20.0	companies we first we got Kyle Prince Lou's freelancing course which is available at
0:24.8	study web development.com for slash freelancing and we've got DevLifts back to
0:29.8	get you in shape for the new year at Devlifts that I owe. They have some special plans
0:35.0	running for the month of January so stay tuned for some more details about that.
0:39.1	With me as always today is Scott Tolinsky how you doing Scott hey it's a new year it's a new me and I'm ready to go
0:46.4	This is gonna be our first episode in a little bit so we're gonna see how it is I think we're both pretty highly
0:51.2	Caffinated though so hopefully is turn and I hope that works for us.
0:56.0	I hope that that gets things going because you know I'm gonna need it.
1:00.3	Yeah absolutely I'm actually feeling pretty good I had a nice time off with the holidays and just long enough I'm right I was like excited to get back to work and and still felt pretty good. So that's that's good. Yeah. All right, so today is a potluck episode.
1:13.4	A potluck episode is where you go to syntax.fm and you can submit your question to us and we will
1:19.2	attempt to answer it for you.
1:21.2	And these are always fun because we go through a whole bunch of different topics and spending just a couple minutes on each one.
1:26.7	So today we've got questions for newbies, questions about cron jobs, questions about learning stuff quickly, event tracking, all kinds of stuff.
1:35.1	It's going to be a good one.
1:36.1	So let's jump on into it.
1:37.5	You want to grab the first question there, Scott?
1:39.1	Oh, you bet.
1:40.1	First question is, this is from David, no last name here. It says, where is the best place to start with
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Wes Bos, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Wes Bos and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.