In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott use the fact that Svelte is being converted from TypeScript to JavaScript with JSDoc to talk about the benefits of working that way, why they are doing it, and what you can do with JSDoc that TypeScript alone doesn’t let you do. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:12 Roof update 02:15 TypeScript haters need not apply 03:17 What is JSDoc? 04:27 What is our history with JSDoc? 06:37 Why is Svelte moving to JSDoc? 08:11 Why is JSDoc better than TypeScript? 12:31 You can type things you can’t in TypeScript 16:37 Param, Function and returns Descriptions 21:32 Spoiler - it’s still TypeScript 33:23 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Get Started With TypeScript the Easy Way TypeScript without TypeScript – JSDoc superpowers TypeScript: Documentation - JSDoc Reference Dev Vlog: April 2023 - TypeScript vs JSDoc, Transitions API, Dominic Gannaway joins Svelte team Svelte repo is finally being converted from Typescript to Javascript with JSDoc If you are on a JS project and are missing the TypeScript hinting in your editor, you can still type your code with JSDoc syntax comments and VS Code will detect and use it! Sprinkle in a little JSDoc on top of your TypeScript when needed - helpful to adding descriptions to returned values, or marking things as deprecated TypeScript to JSDoc ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Watch MerPeople | Netflix Official Site Wes: 18V ONE+ 45W HYBRID SOLDERING STATION (TOOL ONLY) | RYOBI Tools Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry 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 Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about all the nothing in CSS: 0 vs 0px, no, none, hidden, initial and unset. Show Notes 00:22 Welcome 01:50 The @ property 03:33 Hiding Things 10:07 Ghost Spaces 17:47 Collapsing margins 18:33 0 units vs 0 23:42 Unset and initial 27:42 HTML Bonus 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 Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Matt Rothenberg and Idan Gazit from GitHub about GitHub Next, Copilot, AI based projects at Github, and what the future is for developers with AI. Show Notes 00:38 Welcome 01:23 Who are Matt and Idan? Matt Rothenberg @mattrothenberg Matt Rothenberg on CodePen Matt Rothenberg on GitHub) Idan Gazit @idangazit Idan Gazit vis.social Idan Gazit on GitHub 02:22 What’s the history of GitHub Next? GitHub Copilot · Your AI pair programmer ChatGPT | OpenAI 05:18 How do you come up with new ideas? 06:37 Did GitHub Copilot blow up fast? 13:18 Do we need powerful models for all situations? 16:40 How does Copilot know my codebase? Inside GitHub: Working with the LLMs behind GitHub Copilot | The GitHub Blog 21:34 What’s Copilot X? Introducing GitHub Copilot X 24:57 What is it like to have a hit like Copilot? 31:27 What is the future for developers due to AI? 35:11 What other AI based projects are you working on? 42:10 Are there any flops from GitHub Next? 46:59 How do you think about Code Brushes? GitHub Next | Code Brushes 48:46 Supper Club questions Breeze | Afternoon Labs Introduction - The Rust on ESP Book Recursive Sans & Mono Bearded Theme - Visual Studio Marketplace Zed - Code at the speed of thought Warp: The terminal for the 21st century 59:16 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Shameless Plugs GitHub Next githubnext/githubnext: A public point of contact for GitHub Next Ariakit - Toolkit for building accessible UIs Liveblocks | Collaborative experiences in days, not months 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 Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through the work in progress on the new Syntax website, how to tackle all the moving parts, what stack they picked, AI, and more. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 00:56 Leaky roofs 02:18 How we divided the workload for the new Syntax site Issues of Syntax v2 V2 of the website 02:55 Dark mode vs light mode 04:46 Our project management stack 06:36 High school dances 08:36 Tech stack for Syntax v2 Prisma | Next-generation ORM for Node.js & TypeScript PlanetScale: The world’s most advanced database platform 16:44 PostCSS and Sveltekit SvelteKit • Web development, streamlined Vercel: Develop. Preview. Ship. For the best frontend teams 17:57 Auth Authorizing OAuth Apps oAuth APIs Explained — Syntax Podcast 599 23:15 Transcription Otter.ai - Voice Meeting Notes & Real-time Transcription Amazon Transcribe – Speech to Text - AWS Introducing Whisper WhisperX: Automatic Speech Recognition with Word-level Timestamps (& Diarization) Speech-to-Text: Automatic Speech Recognition Google Cloud Deepgram: World’s Most Powerful Speech-to-Text API 35:54 Theming system CSS Zen Garden: The Beauty of CSS Design 43:38 AI Shownotes 53:02 Ingest process 00:24 Markdown as the source of truth 01:50 AI Embeddings Vector Database for Vector Search | Pinecone Introducing Ask Netlify: a new way of engaging with Netlify Docs with AI-Powered interactions 09:22:24 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Jury Duty Wes: Ted Lasso Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax Discord 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 Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about JavaScript executables - what is it? What’s the benefit of them? And what kind of tooling exists to support them? Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:12 What are JavaScript executables? 04:39 Deploying tooling 06:01 Running on a USB stick 07:57 The size 12:19 Fastly The edge cloud platform behind the best of the web | Fastly Deno — A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript Bun — A fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime 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 Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky