Not a Clip Show - Episode 100!

To celebrate episode 100, Wes and Scott are talking about Syntax - their most popular episodes, stats, Q&A;, and a bunch of cool stuff about what it’s been like making this show for 100 episodes. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your errors, track them with Sentry. Sentry is open-source error tracking that helps developers monitor and fix crashes in real time. Cut your time on error resolution from five hours to five minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code “tastytreat”. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax and put SYNTAX in the “How did you hear about us?” section. Show Notes 1:45 - Celebrating 100 episodes 04:18 - Our first episode Syntax001 - React Tools 06:23 - Our first sponsor Delicious Brains 09:37 - Most popular episodes 10 - Syntax074 - 11 Habits of Highly Effective Developers 09 - Syntax039 - Is jQuery Dead? 08 - Syntax046 - What’s New in Javascript 07 - Syntax048 - VS Code Round Two 06 - Syntax050 - Progressive Web Apps 05 - Syntax018 - All About CSS Grid 04 - Syntax051 - Our Workflows: Design, Development, Git, Deployment 03 - Syntax066 - The React Episode 02 - Syntax043 - 20 JavaScript Array and Object Methods to make you a better developer 01 - Syntax044 - How to Learn New Things Quickly 21:35 - Top countries Just passed 3 million downloads 10 - Poland - 38,731 downloads 09 - Brazil - 40,475 downloads 08 - Netherlands - 47,601 downloads 07 - India - 50,724 downloads 06 - Sweden - 55,378 downloads 05 - Australia - 80,654 downloads 04 - Germany - 109,842 downloads 03 - Canada - 138,250 downloads 02 - United Kingdom - 231,835 downloads 01 - United States - 1,220,519 downloads 27:34 - Top players AppleCoreMedia Overcast Chrome Pocket Casts iTunes 30:35 - Lessons learned about sponsors Pays the bills - editing, hosting, etc… Podcast Royale - Podcast production Libsyn - Podcast hosting They want hard numbers Conversions are hard to track It’s really cool companies and users that enjoy the product hook up How do we get them? 35:10 - Favorite episodes Wes - Syntax043 - 20 JavaScript Array and Object Methods to make you a better developer Scott - Syntax044 - How to Learn New Things Quickly 38:49 - Q&A; Q: What’s your favorite soundboard sound? Q: What’s your recording process like? Do you each record your streams locally then edit them together or are there any “hax” you guys have cooked up as developers? A: Pay someone who is good at editing We both have good recording gear We record separate files and send them our production team, Podcast Royale, for editing We do show notes in Dropbox Paper, which are also edited by Podcast Royale Q: Does Scott practice his segues, or do they just come to him on the fly? A: On the fly