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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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WebRTC and Peer-to-Peer Video Calling with Ian Ramzy

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk with Ian Ramzy about ZipCall.io — how he built it, why, and some of the surprising choices he made along the way.

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Ian Ramzy

Show Notes
02:08 - Who are you and what’s your background?

05:34 - Why did you build this?

13:55 - What is it built in?

Express server

Web sockets

16:10 - Why is there no tooling?

GetUserMedia

WebRTC

Twilio STUN/TURN/ICE infrastructure

https://www.twilio.com/docs/stun-turn/faq

VideoChat.peerConnection = new RTCPeerConnection({ iceServers: token.iceServers, });
24:31 - How does your server deal with an influx of users?

27:11 - How do each of these features work?

Auto-scaling video quality

Text chat

Screen sharing

Picture in picture

Live captions

Loading animation

No download required, entirely browser based

Direct peer to peer connection ensures lowest latency

Single use disposable chat rooms

41:32 - Have you looked into any of the recording APIs?
Links

ZipCall

Zoom

jQuery

WebTorrent

Heroku

Adopter.js

Figma

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Ian: Notion

Scott: Summoning Salt

Wes: 4 Channel WiFi Momentary Inching Relay Self-Lock Switch Module

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