In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes take Matt Busche’s suggestion and talk all about bookmarklets and scripts to modify or manipulate web pages. MagicBell - Sponsor MagicBell is the the notification inbox for your product. Add a MagicBell to your product for announcements, billing, workflow, and other notifications. The free plan supports up to 100 Monthly Active Users - use the coupon code SYNTAXFM for 10% off the first 12 months. NAME - Sponsor COPY HERE Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 02:02 What are bookmarklets? Matt Busche’s fav bookmarklets Gist Bookmarklet Maker CSS Tricks - Web Development Bookmarklets 04:49 Using an Immediately invoked function expression 09:22 Greasemonkey Greasemonkey Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with TJ DeVries about his work on Neovim, programming in Lua, the benefits of RPC, live streaming your work day, and PDE. FireHydrant - Sponsor Incidents are hard. Managing them shouldn’t be. FireHydrant makes it easy for anyone in your organization to respond to incidents efficiently and consistently. Intuitive, guided workflows provide turn-by-turn navigation for incident response, while thoughtful prompts and powerful integrations capture all of your incident data to drive useful retros and actionable analytics. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you can get a fully managed, production-ready GraphQL API as a service to help you build modern apps faster. You can get started for free in 30 seconds, or if you want to try out the Standard tier for zero cost, use the code “TryHasura” at this link: hasura.info. We’ve also got an amazing selection of GraphQL tutorials at hasura.io/learn. Gatsby - Sponsor Today’s episode was sponsored by Gatsby, the fastest frontend for the headless web. Gatsby is the framework of choice for content-rich sites backed by a headless CMS as its GraphQL data layer makes it straightforward to source website content from anywhere. Gatsby’s opinionated, React-based framework makes the hardest parts of building a performant website simpler. Visit Gatsby.dev/Syntax to get your first Gatsby site up in minutes and experience the speed. ⚡️ Show Notes 00:36 Welcome 01:13 Guest introduction Teej_dv on Twitter TJ Devries Teej_DV on Twitch TJ on YouTube Telescope on GitHub Neovim on GitHub Syntax 508 with The Primeagan 03:15 The difference between Vim and Neovim 06:14 Why did you choose to write in Lua? Lua Luajit 13:26 What is adapative UI in Neovim? 17:38 Lunarvim and alternatives Fvim LunarVim 20:24 Personalized development environment PDE PDE Firenvim 22:40 Sponsor: FireHydrant 23:21 Benefits of RPC 30:34 Is working on Neovim your job? Sponsor Neovim Sourcegraph 31:30 What is your approach to streaming? 34:11 Did you go to school for computer science? 39:12 Sponsor: Gatsby 39:46 Supper Club questions System76 Pop Dactyl Manuform Keyboard Kit Jetbrains Mono 49:52 Sponsor: Hasura 50:47 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

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. Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build website pages as a set of components. Break pages into sections of components using React, Vue, or whatever you like. Make corresponding Slices in Prismic. Start building pages dynamically in minutes. Get started at prismic.io/syntax. Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. 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 Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes explain what the jargon you hear in JavaScript means. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:06 Sponsor: Sentry 01:59 Sponsor: Freshbooks 02:27 What does that even mean? 02:55 Everything in JavaScript is an Object! 04:43 X is just Syntactic Sugar 09:00 Functions are first class citizens 10:04 Object Literals or Template Literals 11:12 Declarative vs Imperative Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Nikolas Burk from Prisma about the role an ORM plays in a tech stack, how Prisma has changed over the years, ways to query data in Prisma, and how migrations work with Prisma. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you can get a fully managed, production-ready GraphQL API as a service to help you build modern apps faster. You can get started for free in 30 seconds, or if you want to try out the Standard tier for zero cost, use the code “TryHasura” at this link: hasura.info. We’ve also got an amazing selection of GraphQL tutorials at hasura.io/learn. Storyblok - Sponsor Storyblok is a headless component-based CMS with a real-time visual editor. It offers the flexibility for developers to craft their perfect tech stack, but it also empowers content creators to make changes independently. The result is that every team has the freedom to quickly and easily create the ideal website with limitless extensibility. Other key features include robust Storyblok SDKs and APIs, powerful internationalization options, and an eCommerce-ready platform. FireHydrant - Sponsor Incidents are hard. Managing them shouldn’t be. FireHydrant makes it easy for anyone in your organization to respond to incidents efficiently and consistently. Intuitive, guided workflows provide turn-by-turn navigation for incident response, while thoughtful prompts and powerful integrations capture all of your incident data to drive useful retros and actionable analytics. Did we mention that FireHydrant is free? Get started at Firehydrant.com/syntax. Show Notes 00:35 Welcome 01:30 Guest intro @NikolasBurk on Twitter 04:56 How has Prisma evolved? Prisma Keystone GraphQL 10:44 What was Prisma V1? 17:04 Is there any GraphQL specific functions in Prismic? 21:26 Sponsor: Hasura 22:26 What role does an ORM play in a tech stack? 29:54 What is Planetscale? Planetscale The T3 Stack 32:22 Where does TRPC fit? tRPC 33:46 Sponsor: Storyblok 35:28 What is an ORM? Prisma VS Code plugin 42:00 How do migrations work with Prisma? 45:58 Query your data with Prisma client 49:43 Have you looked into alternative JavaScript environments? 55:16 Sponsor: FireHydrant 57:05 Supper Club questions 58:50 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Lichess Shameless Plugs Prisma blog Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about whether you should use emoji in naming grid elements, how to estimate project times, responsive design tips, animating gradient backgrounds, and more. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:22 Shooting some pucks at the football game 04:06 Should we use emoji naming conventions for our grid template areas instead of just words? Screenshot of Grid question 08:38 How do you estimate a reliable timeline for a project? 12:18 Do you think about sustainable web development? 16:24 What kind of tips and tricks around responsive design do you have? 18:22 Sponsor: Linode 18:55 How would you go about documenting your achievements throughout your career to reflect on during interviews and employee reviews? 23:33 How do you plan long term for projects or goals? Forever Jobless Goals worksheet 28:22 Can you please make a fundamentals episode that only cares about clarifying the terms everyone assume to be well known to even beginner devs? 22 Buzzwords Explained 31:01 Sponsor: LogRocket 32:20 How would one go about animating a gradient background based on mouse movement? JavaScript 30 38:13 Is there any way using the children API to render the close button and menu items in different locations in the menu component? @Luke_lafr come on the show! 42:04 Where should I begin with design systems? 48:10 Sponsor: Sanity 49:24 Is JSON always safe? 55:01 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: The Thorn Razor, Rockwell Blade Bank Wes: Milwaukee 48-22-1902 Fastback II Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials / Beginner JavaScript Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the ways they get unstuck when working on the last bit of a project to help push it over the finish line. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes 00:26 Welcome 02:05 Sponsor: Linode 02:59 Sponsor: LogRocket 03:48 The last 10 percent 05:25 Break those things into Tasks 08:11 Just do it 09:10 Rewards 11:25 Be ok with good enough 14:21 Keep the end in sight 15:00 Do it “Quick a minute” Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with bdougie about his work on Open Sauced, thoughts on getting into open source development, and his live streaming set up. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you can get a fully managed, production-ready GraphQL API as a service to help you build modern apps faster. You can get started for free in 30 seconds, or if you want to try out the Standard tier for zero cost, use the code “TryHasura” at this link: hasura.info. We’ve also got an amazing selection of GraphQL tutorials at hasura.io/learn. FireHydrant - Sponsor Incidents are hard. Managing them shouldn’t be. FireHydrant makes it easy for anyone in your organization to respond to incidents efficiently and consistently. Intuitive, guided workflows provide turn-by-turn navigation for incident response, while thoughtful prompts and powerful integrations capture all of your incident data to drive useful retros and actionable analytics. Get started at Firehydrant.com/syntax Storyblok - Sponsor Storyblok is a headless component-based CMS with a real-time visual editor. It offers the flexibility for developers to craft their perfect tech stack, but it also empowers content creators to make changes independently. The result is that every team has the freedom to quickly and easily create the ideal website with limitless extensibility. Other key features include robust Storyblok SDKs and APIs, powerful internationalization options, and an eCommerce-ready platform. Show Notes 00:36 Welcome 01:52 Guest introduction OpenSauced.pizza @Bdougieyo on TikTok bdougie on Twitch Open Sauced on YouTube bdougie on YouTube Jamstack Netlify 03:36 What was the inspiration for Open Sauced? 08:23 GitHub GraphQL API 13:22 What are your thoughts on GraphQL? GraphQL 14:36 What is the T3 stack? 16:30 Sponsor: Hasura 17:53 What is the goal for Open Sauced? Open Sauced Beta for Hacktoberfest 20:08 What is your focus with live streaming? T3 Stack Vite The Primeagan on Syntax Episode 508 Octoverse Hot Open Sauced Pizza 21:39 What hardware and software do you live stream with? Rode Procaster Wave XLR GoXLR OBS 25:26 Should adults be on TikTok? 30:31 How do you build an algorithm? 32:44 Sponsor: Storyblok 34:01 Supper club questions Keychron K2 Warp Ghostwriter from Replit A first look at GitHub Copilot Stable Diffusion Fig 43:17 Sponsor: FireHydrant 44:36 Interviews with open source maintainers 45:55 How should maintainers get paid? Patreon GitHub Sponsors Neovim Vim Adventures Lunar Vim 47:47 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× 51:34 Shameless Plugs ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× bdougie: Warp Shameless Plugs bdougie on Twitter saucedopen on Twitter Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this episode of Syntax, Wes talks through all the gear, renovations, and upgrades he’s made to his new home office. Lighting, soundproofing, desk, windows, and more! Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build website pages as a set of components. Break pages into sections of components using React, Vue, or whatever you like. Make corresponding Slices in Prismic. Start building pages dynamically in minutes. Get started at prismic.io/syntax. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes 00:38 Welcome 02:24 Scouting a house with an office 03:54 Why didn’t you hire someone? 08:50 Goals for the office 10:30 Soundproofing 19:49 Decouple the ceiling 25:52 Sponsor: LogRocket 26:54 The door 33:23 Sponsor: Prismic 33:59 The desk 40:40 Cable management 47:12 Lighting 49:03 The room and windows 51:22 Flooring 55:12 Sponsor: Freshbooks 55:47 Things yet to be done 01:03:49 Costs 01:06:10 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Desk Haus Apex Pro Max Alien Tape ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Pretend Podcast Wes: Nano Tape Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about a new framework called Enhance. What is Enhance and how does it differ from other new frameworks like Astro? Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Show Notes 00:27 Welcome 01:12 Sponsor: Sentry 02:06 Sponsor: Sanity 03:40 What is Enhance? Enhance.dev 06:17 Singe file components export default function HelloWorld({ html, state }) { const { attrs } = state const { greeting='Hello World' } = attrs return html` body { color: #222; } ${greeting} ` } Astro 09:23 State and Props 14:01 CSS Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets