TypeScript, What Are You Doing?

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West: TypeScript will be a little bit more work to get set up. But if you're talking about possibly 60 other devs that are primarily doing marketing type of stuff, querying data from the... I don't think those are devs though. Once it's all set up for you, you take a look at something like Keystone JS or any CMS that gives you types. It is so nice that it's, a lot of it is just inferred for you. And you're going to be in really good shape for being able to author stuff without having to do a whole lot of work once it's all sort of set up.

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about strategies to find good Twitter follows, should we use TypeScript for a company blog, what’s Playwright, and more!

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Show Notes

00:10 Welcome
01:53 TikTok update
02:46 What strategies do you use to find the good stuff?
Tweetdeck
11:17 What is the clear distinction b/w how the CRUD Ops & the Real time chat protocols (XMPP, Websockets, etc) differ?
15:56 Should we use TypeScript for a new blog?
20:45 Sponsor: Sanity
21:45 Is there any reason to still use string concatenation over template literals?
26:13 What should React devs use to get initial scaffolding in place?
Create React App
Vite
Turbo Pack
29:38 What’s the deal with Playwright?
Playwright
34:28 Sponsor: LogRocket
35:19 What separates a “scripting” language from a “programming” language?
39:37:14 Sponsor: Prismic
40:23:02 Do you have any tips on how to change a defeated programmer mindset?
Partydown
47:34:07 How has your use of and work in the browser changed with Arc?
Arc Browser
Syntax 514 - Supper Club × Arc Browser with Hursh Agrawal
49:18:15 Why would I attach an event listener with the useCapture argument as true?
51:33:24 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××