January 12th, 2022 × #JavaScript#TypeScript#Collaboration#Tooling
Potluck
In this potluck episode, Scott and Wes answer questions about protecting images, learning TypeScript, staying focused, backend languages, media queries in Svelte, implementing auth and payments, tools for debugging, working across time zones, introducing Prettier, monorepos, and using Retool to build internal tools.
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
- Paw Patrol Movie
- Encanto
- Luca
- 02:49 How do you protect images on your website?
- 07:21 How did you guys learn Typescript?
- Tweet: When should a JR dev learn typescript?
- Typescript Handbook
- Selling and Shipping T-Shirts with 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?
- Svelte Kit
- Remix
- 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?
- Height
- Clocker
- iState Menus
- 42:49 Do you have any experience or recommendations for introducing prettier late in a project?
- 48:57 What are your thoughts on monorepos?
- Turborepo
- Nx
- 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
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- 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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