Exploring Future Trends in Web Development and Recommendations

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Ryan Carniato about Solid.JS, SolidStart, how web components work with Solid, why he chose JSX, and what the future of Solid is.

• 00:37 Welcome
• 01:38 Who is Ryan Carniato?
• @RyanCarniato on Twitter
• Ryan on Dev.to
• Solid.JS
• 02:37 Why did you build Solid?
• Knockout.JS
• Marko JS
• 09:15 What is Solid?
• 12:55 What does it mean to compile to vanilla JavaScript?
• SolidStart
• Tanstack Query
• 19:39 What are observables and signals?
• 27:17 How are web components used inside of Solid?
• 29:38 Why aren’t we using web components more?
• 32:37 Why would someone pick SolidStart vs Solid?
• 39:07 Why did you choose JSX?
• 44:45 How did you build live code examples into documentation?
• SolidJS Docs
• Solid-Movies.app
• 47:19 What is Solid.JS built on?
• 53:36 What is the future of Solid?
• 00:39 Supper club questions
• 02:57 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

• Alice in Borderland

• Ryan on Twitch
• Ryan on YouTube

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