What happened in web development in 2017? What were our personal and professional feats in 2017? What should we look forward to in 2018?
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The Show Notes!02:00
Scott's 2017 Look Back Scott is a new parent Dealing with kids who don't sleep Scott's Breakdancing Gains05:20
Wes' Look Back Taking Health Seriously First full year of Wes doing tutorials full time Course Correction VS Goals Course Platform Improvements Lots of Email Marketing Migration to Drip09:10
Scott cut ties with startup 100% Invested in Levelup Tutorials Major Platform improvements New Payment Gateways Lots of new Series - 400 videos!11:25
We Launched Syntax! Thank you! The show is getting good (we think?)13:50
Wes launched his Learn Node Course Wes updated his ES6 for Everyone Course Lots of feedback on Wes' JavaScript30 course Stickers!16:20
Goals for 2018 The Yacht Club S.M.A.R.T. Goals18:00
Scott's 2018 Goals More videos More Youtube Building a Set Less Overtime20:35
Wes' 2018 Goals Releasing lots and lots of Content CSS Grid VS Code Some ideas around JavaScript and CSS Courses (tweet Wes your feedback) If it's not a Hell Yes, it's a no Double down on what works New Checkout Experience Delegate + Automate Get faster at recording29:40
JavaScript in 2018 SSR Frameworks: Next.js, Gatsby, Nuxt.js ParcelJS Tooling is becoming less of a pain in the ass33:00
GraphQL Is Blowin' Upppppp Typed Languages / Typings Flow / Typescript / ReasonML / GraphQL Typings38:00
WordPress' Gutenberg Editor41:00
React Patent's Dropped Vue became really popular45:30
CSS Changes! CSS Grid Firefox CSS Grid Dev Tools48:50
Componentized CSS Design Systems Figma CSS Variables54:00
VS Code became very popular55:00
The Iron Yard shut down58:00
Progressive Web Apps59:00
What do we hope for in 2018? Sick Picks Scott: Google Daydream Wes: Missive 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