Navigating Learning in Web Development

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes answer your questions on a Potluck episode of Syntax.

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Show Notes

• 00:11 Intro

• 01:10 Watching movies with kids

• 02:49 How do you protect images on your website?

• 07:21 How did you guys learn Typescript?

• 13:26 Should I worry about learning Typescript now or stay focused on mastering JS first?

• 18:16 Sponsor: Prismic

• 20:03 How do you decide what to learn?

• 26:26 I want to become full stack and learn a backend language, which one should I choose?

• 28:07 Do Svelte components not support media queries?

• 29:30 Any advice or suggestions on how to approach Auth or Payment?

• 32:53 Sponsor: LogRocket

• 33:59 Any experience working with a team on a different time zone?

• 42:49 Do you have any experience or recommendations for introducing prettier late in a project?

• 48:57 What are your thoughts on monorepos?

• 52:57 Sponsor: Retool

• 55:14 What does it mean to know JS?

• 59:39 What would you do if you had to start over?

• 03:49 Sick Picks

• 07:09 Shameless Plugs

• Paw Patrol Movie

• Encanto

• Luca

• Tweet: When should a JR dev learn typescript?

• Typescript Handbook

• Selling and Shipping T-Shirts with Typescript

• Svelte Kit

• Remix

• Height

• Clocker

• iState Menus

• Turborepo

• Nx

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

• Scott: Learning Differently
• Wes: Truff Hot Sauce

Shameless Plugs

• Scott: Astro Course - Sign up for the year and save 50%!
• Wes: All Courses - Black Friday sale!
• Psychology of Devx
• Gitpod Community
• Workshops as Code
• Ghuntley.com

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