Episodes
A paginated list of episodes in order. We heard you like WordPress loops.
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JavaScript and Bundlers, Dave and Vite, Stale Tab Reloading, and Consultants Who Can’t Deliver
JavaScript and next gen bundlers, Dave's experience using Vite, what are your expectations with stale browser tabs, and what can you do when consultants don't seem to be able to deliver on a project?
451
JavaScript and Web Components with Nolan Lawson
Nolan Lawson talks with Dave & Chris about his emoji picker element and how styling a Web Component works, why documentation is important, constructable stylesheets, how to build with Svelte, React or other frameworks, and the accessibility story with Web Components.
450
ShopTalk Patreon Discord Fun, Office Updates, Notion Competitors, and Elastic Search
We're officially on Patreon now and we'd love to have you come join us in the ShopTalk Show Discord and help shape the future of the ShopTalk community. We also talk about Dave's office situation, Notion competition, Elastic Search, how should someone specialize to get a job, and breaking news on the pop up element.
449
JavaScript in 2021, Writing Workflow, Picking a CMS and Web Hosting, and Web Workers?
More on JavaScript in 2021, looking at Jay Hoffman's writing workflow, helping pick a CMS for fun blogging, helping pick a web host and the happiest path involved, and just what the heck are workers on the web?
448
Next Gen Bundlers with Jason Miller and Fred Schott
This week we talk with the maintainers of Snowpack and WMR, two newish flavors bundlers, to discuss how ES Modules change the game for modern JavaScript development.
447
Headless WordPress, Recent RSS Favs, Custom Post Types in WordPress themes, and Sharing Buttons
We answer your questions about using a headless WordPress set up, changing WordPress themes and what happens to custom post types, those share buttons on websites, and talk about the 3 recent fav articles that came across our RSS readers.
446
Pandemic Purchases, Video on the Web, Convoluted Processes, and Javascript Debounce
Dave and Chris talk about recent pandemic purchases, publishing video on the web, more sharing of convoluted processes, some menu bar app ideas, reinvigorating HTML, and writing good git commit messages.
445
11ty Conversions, CSS Tricks Redesign, Art Direction, and Should We Be Using React?
First episode of 2021! Dave's 11ty conversion continues, CSS Tricks gets a redesign, art directed blog posts, injecting styles into front matter, building stuff on holidays, and whether you should use open source from organizations that are sketchy?
444
macOS + Bluetooth Woes, WordPress Support Share, Puppeteer Update, and How Much Do You Care?
Dave's ongoing Mac adventures, cleaning up old WordPress plugins, sharing a WordPress support tech, a Puppeteer update, and the sliding scale of giving an F in projects. Oh and we review a bit of 2020 and look forward to 2021. Thanks for listening!
443
Asset Bundling with WordPress, Using Grid for Components, Testing Ecommerce, and Dave Goes Back to Mac?
What's the state of the art technique when it comes to asset bundling in WordPress? Should we use grid for every component? How should we test ecommerce site builds? And Dave goes back to the Mac!
442
Buying a Big Monitor, How to Care about Blogging, & Buying a Big Shed
Chris wants to upgrade his monitor situation, and Dave wants to update his shed situation. And along the way, they answer a listener question about how to care more about the blogging.
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