pDavid Wells #038; Chris Coyier talk about how you can build an app hosted on Netlify statically but still have a backend database to power it. We use the classic TODO app example where the database is powered by FaunaDB hellip;/p

#165: Building Your Backend with Serverless Functions

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pI think Astro is a pretty cool bit of technology for building websites! Should we call it a framework? We#8217;ll get into that in the video. How can we call it a framework if it asks you to #8220;bring your hellip;/p

#210: Yapping About Astro

pI paired up with a href=https://twitter.com/sonicdmg rel=noopenerDavid Jones-Gilardi/a of DataStax to go through a href=https://github.com/datastaxdevs/appdev-week3-graphql rel=noopenerone of the workshops/a they have put together (with a href=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5DNytAJ6_FISueUfzZCVsw rel=noopenerAnia Kubów/a, who has  a href=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8COh40v2jU rel=noopenera video/a you should watch as well) that does a good job of showcasing how hellip;/p

#209: A Netflix Clone with DataStax Astra and Netlify

pThis is the video version of a href=https://css-tricks.com/how-do-you-make-a-layout-with-pictures-down-one-side-of-a-page-matched-up-with-paragraphs-on-the-other-side/a blog post we did/a asking the question: How do you make a layout with pictures down one side of a page matched up with paragraphs on the othernbsp;side?/p



pIt#8217;s a satisfying answer because hellip;/p

#208: A CSS Grid Layout with Pictures Down One Side Matched Up with Paragraphs on the Other

pI get a hands-on performance review with a href=https://timkadlec.com/ rel=noopenerTim Kadlec/a of a href=https://webpagetest.org/ rel=noopenerWebPageTest/a! This is a real honor as Tim is a real performance guru who knows WebPageTest in and out. I#8217;m all about sgetting a little free consulting/s helping y#8217;all hellip;/p

#207: Performance Testing CSS-Tricks with WebPageTest

pI#8217;m joined by a href=https://twitter.com/chris__sev?lang=en rel=noopenerChris Sev/a from a href=https://www.digitalocean.com/ rel=noopenerDigital Ocean/a to talk about their new a href=https://try.digitalocean.com/css-tricks/?utm_medium=partneramp;utm_source=csstricksamp;utm_campaign=global_brand_video_enamp;utm_content=conversion rel=noopenerApp Platform/a. We#8217;re going to use it to build a little website. The site will be blog-like: posts with IDs, titles, content, and the more dynamic hellip;/p

#165: Building Your Backend with Serverless Functions

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