Is Javascript Related to Seo or Performance Metrics?

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The things that make digital marketing useful and maybe effective are not going to be augmented with javascript. If you're building an app platform for local restaurants then i don't know if Javascript is going to help you. Having a little bit of scripting knowledge can be dangerous in this world especially as anybody can go one step further than using a tool.

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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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?
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