Our Stacks Explained

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through the tech stack they use to manage their course websites.

Kontent by Kentico - Sponsor

Kontent by Kentico is a headless CMS that provides live editing experience to non-technical users and hands you the technical tools to build websites, mobile apps, voice assistants, or anything else where you need content. Use REST API or GraphQL and get your content via the global Fastly CDN. Designed to unify all your content and operations, in compliance with ISO27001 and SOC2Type2 certifications.Spin up a new project today and discover Kontent.

LogRocket - Sponsor

LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax.

.TECH Domains - Sponsor

Dot Tech domains has launched a new game with wicked prizes. It’s a windows 98 inspired game where you need to find and solve puzzles in each of the drives. This is unreal and you need to see it to believe it - good luck and start the game March 25th at go.tech/syntaxbtc.

Show Notes

• 00:10 Welcome
• 02:50 CSS Redesign of LevelUpTuts
• 03:56 Overview of our platforms
• 06:06 The API
• ExpressJS
• MongoDB
• GraphQL
• Fastify
• Mercurius
• Mongoose
• 15:13 Sponsor: Kontent by Kentico
• 17:07 Customer dashboard
• Svelte Kit
• 21:21 Viewing experience
• React
• GitHub
• VideoJS
• Mux
• Vimeo
• 30:53 Hosting
• 35:51 Sponsor: LogRocket
• 36:45 Admin tooling
• Flexbox
• Postmark
• Drip
• Pancake Charts
• 47:37 Authentication
• PassportJS
• 50:30 Transactional Email
• Nodemailer
• Pug
• Inky
• mjml
• 52:36 Checkout
• Stripe
• Stripe Checkouts
• Stripe Elements
• Braintree
• Paypal
• 55:58 Hosting
• Digital Ocean
• Digital Ocean Platform
• Render
• Cloudflare
• 57:48 Sponsor: .TECH
• 59:39 Other parts

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

• Scott: Toniebox Audio Player Starter Set
• Wes: Vissles v84 Keyboard

Shameless Plugs

• Scott: LevelUp Tutorials - Svelte 3D Course
• Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials

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