January 31st, 2024 × #AlpineJS#HTMX#WebViews#Generators
Scott and Wes discuss their weekends, advertisers, new staff, and take listener questions on JS libraries, in app browsers, and generators.
In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about Alpine JS or HTMX as a replacement for Pug, what powers in-app browsers, the importance of key-commands and shortcuts, and why Virtual Dom is 'bad'.
Show Notes
- 00:08 Welcome
- 01:27 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry.io
- 02:45 Welcome Randy, our new Producer!
- Randy's YouTube
- 04:14 A 'Canadian Podcast'
- 04:43 Is Alpine JS or HTMX a replacement for pug or other templating libraries?
- 08:21 What powers the "in-app" browsers and how can we test our sites on it?
- Inject tracking code
- Tauri
- 13:16 A deep dive on generators and iterators.
- An Insight into Iteration Protocol through Infinite Scroll in Angular
- 15:25 Video podcast observations
- 17:18 PROBLEM I need a way of managing state.
- 22:34 Why is Virtual Dom (a la React) suddenly bad?
- 28:31 In a recent episode (659), Wes mentioned he updated the OG image cards, and noticed a higher click through rate.
- 29:07 Updated logo and monster truck intro.
- 30:19 Back to OG Images.
- 31:51 Are "import * as X" exports build stripped?
- 36:46 What is the difference between S3 storage and a CDN.
- Backblaze CDN
- 45:00 How important are keyboard shortcuts or extensions? Are they necessary to be a good developer?
- 50:04 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs
Sick Picks
- Scott: Perplexity.ai, Serversideup
- Wes: Zojirushi Rice Cooker
Shameless Plugs
- Wes: Wes Bos Courses
- Scott: Sentry
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