In this potluck episode, Scott and Wes talk home electicity, and then answer your questions about native web components, JS class mixins, JavaScript for marketers, managing application secrets, and more!

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Show Notes

• 00:10 Welcome
• 01:09 Sponsor: Sentry
• 02:18 Electrical house update
• Klien Wirestrippers
• 07:45 Custom Syntax podcast browser
• Custom Syntax browser
• 09:29 When using browser native web components (i.e. extends HTMLElement), should the whole application be wrapped in a component tree similar to how React apps do it?
• Deno
• Using Web Components with Next or any SSR Framework
• 16:12 Should I avoid JS/TS class mixins?
• 21:07 Is it acceptable to have any string value as a value for a CSS custom property?
• 26:48 Should agencies consider building marketing sites with JS frameworks or is Wordpress still the best option here?
• 33:56 What are the main things to think about when laying the foundations for an app or project that will hopefully grow into something big?
• 41:24 Will Javascript skills give me an edge over other local digital marketers?
• WordPress
• Ghost
• 46:00 What tool, if any, do you use for publishing packages?
• 50:19 Do you have any suggestions on how I can find time to code more?
• Bit
• 54:17 how do you both manage your application secrets (API keys, database credentials etc) when deploying to Digital Ocean or Linode?
• 58:52 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

• Scott: Physical 100
• Wes: Leviton D23LP-2RW Decora Smart Wi-Fi Mini Plug-In Dimmer

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