In this episode, Scott and Wes are trying something new! It’s called Practical, in which Scott and Wes take a topic and flesh out all the theory into something super practical. Today’s topic comes from a listener question asking how they would build a simple version of a modern web app like Twitter, Reddit, or Airbnb.
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Show Notes
3:03 - Backend
14:45 - Frontend
- React
- Next.js
- Styled components
- Stay as close to real CSS as possible
22:39 - Deployment process
- Serverless
- Now
- Ideally one app that handles everything
28:38 - Email
33:32 - Users / Auth / Cookies / Permissions
- Use something a pre-existing package or service rather than role your own (though it can get expensive quickly)
- Passport
- Auth0
- accounts-js
38:48 - Images
41:50 - Other things to be aware of
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