Full Stack Developers Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski dive deep into web development topics, explaining how they work and talking about their own experiences. They cover from JavaScript frameworks like React, to the latest advancements in CSS to simplifying web tooling.
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Why is Facebook’s HTML + CSS Such a Mess?
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about why Threads, Instagram, and all things Facebook have what seems like really messy HTML and CSS?
Show Notes- 00:10 Welcome
- Scott on Threads
- Wes on Threads
- 00:35 Threads has got divs
- 02:42 Tight scoping
- 09:44 Avoids specificity
- 10:37 Dealing with ad blockers and scraping
- 15:45 Divs are free, what’s the big deal?
- 20:19 Facebook is tracking everything
- 27:57 React Native
- Scott: Sentry
- Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials
- Scott’s Instagram
- LevelUpTutorials Instagram
- Wes’ Instagram
- Wes’ Twitter
- Wes’ Facebook
- Scott’s Twitter
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- Wes Bos on Bluesky
- Scott on Bluesky
- Syntax on Bluesky