Join Wes and Scott for a 30,000 foot, ‘soup-to-nuts’ view of web development. From choosing design tools, website styling, and programming languages, to backend infrastructure, data management, and hosting.

Show Notes * 00:00 Welcome! * 00:21 30,000 foot view of web development * 02:37 Brought to you by Sentry.io * 02:55 Starting with design tools. * 06:10 Code Tooling + 06:22 Text Editors + 09:34 Terminal + 14:28 Build Tools + 16:07 Browser and dev tools + 18:21 Formatter and linter. * 21:43 CSS (how you style your website). * 25:34 Programming languages. * 27:14 Backend with metaframework. * 29:36 Backend without metaframework. * 32:20 Runtimes (JavaScript). * What is Bun? The New JS Runtime * The Deno Show * 34:02 User interface libraries. * Shoelace.style * 39:43 Data management: Databases * 41:42 Data management: ORM * WTF is an ORM * You should learn Drizzle, the TypeScript SQL ORM * 42:53 Other data management considerations. * 43:33 Image pipelines. * 45:52 Hosting, CDN, CI. * Where Should You Host Your App? Hosting Providers Compared * Hasty Treat WTF × SSR vs JamStack vs Serverless? * 47:21 Hosting your site. * 50:19 The finishing touches. + 50:26 Brought to you by Sentry.io + 52:18 Captcha * 55:03 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.

Sick Picks * Scott: GreatScottLab, Show #594 * Wes: AliExpress Board, Wes’ Demo

Shameless Plugs * Scott: Syntax on YouTube * Wes: Syntax on YouTube

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