express

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) tops $50,000 for the first time in over two years amid spot ETF momentum. (00:21) JetBlue (JBLU) soars after Icahn discloses stake. (01:34) Express (EXPR) tumbles after hours amid report of imminent restructuring. (02:21)

Episode transcripts seekingalpha.com/wsb.

Show links:
Biggest stock movers today: JetBlue, Waste Management, and more
Walmart and Energizer face class action lawsuits over battery prices
Federal judge dismisses PhRMA challenge to Medicare price negotiations
Diamondback sees growing pro-forma production with fewer wells after Endeavor deal

Sign up for our daily newsletter here and for full access to analyst ratings, stock quant scores, dividend grades, subscribe to Seeking Alpha Premium at seekingalpha.com/subscriptions.

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