727: How to Code: Opinionated TypeScript Stack + Tooling Choices Explained
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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 Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads
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