Full Stack Developers Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski dive deep into web development topics, explaining how they work and talking about their own experiences. They cover from JavaScript frameworks like React, to the latest advancements in CSS to simplifying web tooling.
This episode explores the open-sourcing of AI features within VS Code and GitHub Copilot, tracing the evolution from closed-source extensions to a more open, collaborative environment. Against the backdrop of VS Code's initial focus on "born-in-the-web" developers and its subsequent growth to 40 million users, the disc...
This episode explores the Redwood SDK, a React framework designed for building applications on Cloudflare, emphasizing its speed, affordability, and developer-friendly approach. Peter Pistorius, co-creator of RedwoodJS and creator of RedwoodSDK, highlights its features, including server-side rendering, React server com...
This episode explores recent updates and experimental features in web development, focusing on JavaScript frameworks and related tools. The hosts discuss React's new experimental APIs for view transitions and the Activity API, which allows pre-rendering components in a hidden state to improve performance. Against the b...
This episode explores recent advancements in CSS features, highlighting functionalities now reliably supported across modern browsers. The hosts discuss the 'shape' function, a more CSS-friendly alternative to SVG paths for clip-path and offset-path, enabling responsive designs through CSS units and variables. Zoom pro...
This episode explores GSAP (GreenSock Animation Platform), a powerful JavaScript animation library, and its recent transition to being entirely free following its acquisition by Webflow. Cassie Evans, a developer educator at GSAP, discusses the library's capabilities, which extend to animating HTML elements, SVGs, UI e...
This episode explores the world of 3D printing, specifically focusing on its practical applications beyond hobbyist projects. Against this backdrop, Wes and Scott, the co-hosts, share their personal experiences with 3D printing, highlighting its usefulness in fixing broken household items, improving existing products,...
This episode explores techniques to enhance the perceived speed of web applications, differentiating it from actual speed improvements. The hosts begin by discussing the importance of user experience, emphasizing that a website "feels" faster when it responds instantly to user interactions. They introduce the concept o...
This episode explores various questions submitted by listeners regarding web development, AI's role in coding, and modernizing legacy projects. Against the backdrop of AI's increasing ability to generate code, the hosts discuss the evolving skillset needed for web developers, emphasizing the importance of focusing on ...
This episode explores the current state and adoption of React Server Components (RSC) in web development, five years after their introduction. Against the backdrop of initial perceptions of RSC as a NextJS-only feature, the hosts discuss its broader applicability and limitations across different frameworks. More signi...
This episode explores the complexities of open source software licensing and its impact on the software industry. Against the backdrop of Chad Whitacre's extensive experience in open source, from his early involvement in Python web frameworks to his current role at Sentry, the discussion delves into common misconcepti...
This episode explores the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a standardized protocol enabling Large Language Models (LLMs) to interact with various tools and APIs. Against the backdrop of the increasing capabilities of AI agents, the hosts discuss MCP's role in bridging the gap between LLMs and external resources. More sig...
This episode explores the history and evolution of the Syntax podcast, a collaborative effort by Wes and Scott. Against the backdrop of their individual online tutorial creation in 2015, a shared "React for Beginners" course led to their initial connection and subsequent mastermind group. More significantly, this colla...
This episode explores the implementation of light and dark modes in web applications, focusing on techniques and best practices for 2025. Against the backdrop of increasing browser support for relevant features, the hosts discuss building light and dark mode functionality from scratch, emphasizing the use of CSS variab...
This episode explores the complexities of accepting online payments, examining the various options available to app developers. Against this backdrop, the hosts discuss the trade-offs between fully custom solutions and readily available services like Stripe, PayPal, and Braintree, highlighting the cost implications of...
This episode explores the planning and decision-making process behind the redesign of the Syntax website, version 3. Against the backdrop of previous website iterations—one built rapidly and another with a rigid structure—the hosts discuss their methodical approach to this project. More significantly, they detail the...
This episode explores various aspects of modern web development, addressing listener questions on diverse topics. The discussion begins with a listener's query about monorepos as a solution for managing multiple interconnected repositories in a small startup, contrasting this approach with API versioning. More signif...
This episode explores the phenomenon of "Vibe Coding," a software development approach leveraging AI tools like Cursor or Claude to generate code primarily through prompts. Against the backdrop of increasing AI capabilities, the hosts discuss the effectiveness and potential pitfalls of this method. More significantly,...
This podcast episode discusses Serverless Stack Toolkit (SST), a framework for Infrastructure as Code. The hosts explore SST's capabilities, demonstrating how it simplifies deploying applications to AWS and other platforms by managing infrastructure configuration through a TypeScript file. A key example is deploying ...
This podcast episode focuses on web font technologies and best practices. The hosts discuss @font-face, font-display property (with options like auto, swap, and fallback), and techniques to mitigate cumulative layout shift during font loading. They also explore variable fonts, highlighting their flexibility in adjust...
This podcast interviews Anders Hejlsberg (TypeScript creator) and Daniel Rosenwasser (TypeScript principal product manager) about the 10x performance improvement achieved by porting the TypeScript compiler and toolset to Go. The discussion details the porting process, highlighting challenges and solutions, including t...
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