Practical: How would we build Airbnb, Twitter, or Reddit?

In this episode, Scott and Wes are trying something new! It’s called Practical, in which Scott and Wes take a topic and flesh out all the theory into something super practical. Today’s topic comes from a listener question asking how they would build a simple version of a modern web app like Twitter, Reddit, or Airbnb. Netlify - Sponsor Netlify is the best way to deploy and host a front-end website. All the features developers need right out of the box: Global CDN, Continuous Deployment, one click HTTPS and more. Hit up netlify.com/syntax for more info. Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Show Notes 3:03 - Backend • Express • Node • GraphQL • MongoDB 14:45 - Frontend • React • Next.js • Styled components • Stay as close to real CSS as possible 22:39 - Deployment process • Serverless • Now • Ideally one app that handles everything 28:38 - Email • Syntax Ep 32: Designing, Templating, Inlining and Sending Email • mjml • Juice • Inky • Nodemailer • Postmark • Mailjet • Mandrill • Get everyone set up and working in two different systems, so you can switch easily if something goes wrong 33:32 - Users / Auth / Cookies / Permissions • Use something a pre-existing package or service rather than role your own (though it can get expensive quickly) • Passport • Auth0 • accounts-js 38:48 - Images • Cloudinary • imgIX 41:50 - Other things to be aware of • Handling cash • Stripe • PayPal • Braintree • Recurly • • Queueing Links • Ruby on Rails • Django • Meteor • MySQL • PHP • Postgres • Mongoose • Drip • ConvertKit • Feathers • David Luecke • Tweetdeck • Next.js • react-router • Reach Router • Gatsby • Digital Ocean • Heroku • Redux • Svelte • Gridsome • Mailchimp ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× • Scott: K-Safe • Wes: Bon Appetit YouTube Channel Shameless Plugs • Scott: Svelte Course Coming Soon! • - Sign up for the year and save 25%! • Wes: Flexbox.io Course 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

Release date

Lydbog: 25. september 2019