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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Syntax Live at Reactathon

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, News, Technology

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott are live from Reactathon 2022! Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Payments Hub - Sponsor There are hundreds of payments processing companies out there. Hit up developer.paymentshub.com/syntax to learn more about how Payments Hub Developers not only processes ecommerce and in-person payments, but also boards and underwrites your merchants in as little as 90 minutes. We are currently offering Syntax listeners who become new partners 6 months free data through our Business Reporting API! Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes Live video version 00:32 Welcome 04:10 Hot Take Tweets What is your JavaScript Hot Take or unpopular opinion? 05:42 Semi colons are not optional 06:11 For loops are not needed 07:19 People forget about ES Harmony 08:11 Sponsor: Sentry 09:23 A good website should function without JavaScript 10:28 Classes were a mistake 10:54 Stay as close to the platform primatives 11:36 TypeScript is overrated and overhyped 11:50 Kickin it old school PNG Fix MM Swap image Rounded Corner images (sliding Doors) var that = this; IE CSS Hack Test for Opera var test = /^function \(/.test([].sort); 25:09 Sponsor: Payments Hub 26:29 Syntax Error Mercurius Library 31:19 JS or NAY-S 39:02 Sponsor: Freshbooks 39:23 Q&A Syntax episode with Josh Wardle 39:57 Using Array methods or for loops 41:12 What web tech is overhyped and what’s under hyped? 43:01 Would you rather use Dvorak or Mac butterfly keyboard? 43:41 Name all provinces and territories in Canada 44:39 Fav Syntax.fm episode 45:38 How did Wes and Josh meet? 46:52 What’s your favorite Trader Joes snack? 47:29 Would you hire a European or American developer? 49:04 How would you validate a product idea for Saas business? 49:48 What podcasts do you listen to? Steve O Podcast Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials 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

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0:00.0

We have another dynamic duo for you, extremely excellent educators, these two,

0:06.6

and hosts of the Supremely Popular Podcasts Syntax.

0:10.0

So they are here to host a very special episode, live and in-person onstage.

0:18.6

Please put your heads together for Scott Dullich and Wes Baugh!

0:24.8

You're listening to Syntax, the podcast with the tastiest web-to-military's out there.

0:30.4

Strap yourself in and get ready. Here is Scott Dullich and Wes Baugh's.

0:34.8

This episode is sponsored by three amazing companies. We're talking about century,

0:41.0

fresh books, and payments hub. We'll be talking about all of those throughout the course of the show.

0:46.8

And so thank you to our sponsors for sponsoring.

0:49.8

All right, how's everybody doing? Enjoying it, yeah?

0:53.8

Awesome, thanks so much for coming out. This is super exciting.

0:58.8

We have a podcast called Syntax, and we do two plus three.

1:05.8

We're going to talk about that in a second. On Mondays, we have a podcast called The Hasty Treat.

1:09.8

It's kind of focused on JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Node, soft skills, everything web development.

1:14.8

So Hasty Treat on a Monday, we do like a 20-minute episode, something nice and short.

1:19.8

On Wednesdays, we do a Tasty Treat, which is our longer breakdowns into all sorts of topics.

1:26.8

Really, it's super educational, but also a lot of fun.

1:30.8

And just now, you're going to know that we are releasing a third weekly episode called The Supper Club.

1:37.8

Yeah, it's going to be all interviews with people. We don't do a ton of interviews,

1:41.8

and some people are much smarter than us. So we thought we'd bring on some people.

1:46.8

Buckle up for that. We didn't see earlier, but does anyone actually listen to the podcast here?

1:51.8

A couple of people? Okay, good. That was much better than a good standing behind that thing.

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