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719: Fullstack TypeScript Apps with No Build Step?! with Brian LeRoux
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Wes and Scott talk with Brian LeRoux about not using a bundler, handling TypeScript, live reloading, Enhance being a meta framework, how Enhance handles CSS, his experience at AWS: Reinvent, and the state of JavaScript run times in 2024.
Show Notes 00:31 Welcome
01:00 Introducing Brian Leroux
01:32 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
01:54 You can’t fix bugs you can’t see
03:14 Not using a bundler
05:48 Downsides of not using a bundler
11:13 What about TypeScript?
13:58 Is there a waterfall of imports?
18:29 What happens to live reloading?
22:12 The browser upgrade path
26:39 Is Enhance a meta framework?
29:02 What are you doing about SSR web components?
33:24 Can you refresh part of the application?
36:22 What about state management and Enhance?
42:52 How does Enhance handle CSS?
48:26 How was AWS: Reinvent?
54:47 What’s happening with the Begin CLI?
55:55 Any thoughts on new JavaScript run times?
59:51 Sick Picks
brian.io
Quickstart - Architect documentation
Enhance
aws-lite
Sick Picks Analogue Pocket
Shameless Plugs Begin — The Cloud Platform for Functional Web Apps
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