In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk through what to focus on at a beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels of coding skills.

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Show Notes

02:30 Semantic HTML
07:36 JavaScript Data
08:54 Issues & technical workflow
11:40 Emailing People
Syntax 117: How to Email Busy People
13:49 Make something animated with CSS
Open Props Style
16:04 Make a full stack contact form in a framework
16:52 Sponsor: Sentry
18:59 CSS Variables
22:36 Server Side fundamentals
24:28 Meeting Skills
28:36 Help organize a codebase or repo.
30:26 Make something animated with JS
31:40 Write a bot
33:35 Sponsor: Linode
34:51 Write CI / CD actions / tools
37:55 Advanced Typescript
38:32 Teach at your company
39:35 Speak at a conference
40:45 Make something 3D
Frame 3D
React 3 Fiber
Svelte Cubed
42:03 Scrape and write something to collect data
44:15 Sick Picks!
48:43 Shameless Plugs

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