Harnessing Vanilla JavaScript: Custom Events and Data Storage Techniques

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about the benefits of sticking to the web platform that is available to you through APIs you may not know about.

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Show Notes

• 00:11 Welcome
• 01:15 Fogging the boats
• 04:25 Use the platform
• 06:32 URLSearchParams
• 10:04 Pushstate and History API
• Pushstate
• 13:46 Internationalization API
• Internationalization API
• Syntax episode 153
• 16:03 FormData API
• MDN Docs
• Clipboard API tutorial
• 20:31 Sponsor: Prismic
• 21:23 All of the DOM API
• 24:12 Vanilla JS
• 26:06 Localstorage and IndexDB
• 29:18 Web Animations API
• 31:10 Sponsor: LogRocket
• 32:39 Endless other browser apis
• 38:22 Shadow DOM and Web Components
• Web Components for beginners
• 42:57 CSS variables
• 46:05 HTML
• 47:27 Sponsor: Sanity
• 49:19 More HTML
• 54:12 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

• Scott: Cable sleeve
• Wes: Kindling splitter

Shameless Plugs

• Scott: LevelUp Tutorials
• Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials

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