Episodes
A paginated list of episodes in order. We heard you like WordPress loops.
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ShopTalk Show Live at AEA – The Web is Good, the Web is Bad
Dave and Chris talked at An Event Apart Spring Summit 2021 on the good and bad of the web. They talked about CSS, framework knowledge, more CSS, PWA's for projects, service workers, the language of tooling, and web performance.
461
Dave Fired Everyone, WordPress Audio Player, Shared Element Transitions, and Fonts!
Dave's base got camped and Chris tried to improve the WordPress audio player. Also discussed: shared element transitions, Turbo, Astro, typography and fonts, and just simply blogging.
460
What’s New in CSS in 2021 with Adam Argyle
Adam Argyle chats with us about CSS features from risky and never in any browser to stable and available in many browsers that are available in 2021.
459
Talking Web Components, ES Modules, Using OAuth, and Digital Art
Dave's prepping for a talk at An Event Apart about Web Components, and we're answering questions about OAuth, and talking digital art.
458
De-coding the Technical Interview with Emma Bostian
Special guest Emma Bostian is on to talk about her new book, De-coding the Technical Interview, that will help you never bomb a technical job interview again. How to answer technical questions you don't know, looking for red flags when applying, infinite scrolling question, and how to not be a schlub when applying for a new job.
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CSS Colors Fun, HSL, Updates from Browser Land, Pseudo Selectors, and Responsive Design Questions
We're talking all about fun with colors in CSS, browser updates, the death of AMP (question mark), pseudo selectors, a question about responsive design in vertical space, and linking with _blank.
456
WordPress Block Editor, ElementInternals, Writing Code or Leading a Team, and Container Queries
On this episode: Updates from Dave's shed, camera options for streaming and Zooming, Discord chats, Headless WordPress block editor musings, custom form controls with ElementInternals, going from a coder to a team leader, and container query updates.
455
A Day in Our Lives at Work, Envisioning Conferences Again, and the Benefits of Netlify
We're talking about threading in Slack or Discord, the continue reading button on a website, Axe software - also a sponsor!, cost benefit of time spent on work, what a day in the life at work is like for Chris and Dave, and musing about whether conferences are going to be a thing again.
454
All About Vite with Evan You
Evan You chats with us about Vite. How is Vite so fast? What about tree shaking? How do you convert various formats into ESM and what does Evan recommend? What is the future of Babel? And what the first 2 minutes of a Vite project are like?
453
Streaming Hardware, Babel Thoughts, Power Washing Websites, and a Desk Update
Dave's got YouTube dreams, a conversation about Babel, trying to generate a goldilocks level of source code a la Backbone and Underscore, power washing WordPress websites as a career, and an update on Dave's desk.
452
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?
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