
Atomic CSS with Adam Wathan, Creator of Tailwind CSS
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12/04/20 • 60 min
Adam Wathan, the creator of Tailwind CSS, joins full stack developers Ken Wheeler and Jared Palmer on The Undefined to talk about his path to becoming a developer, the big problems traditional CSS frameworks, what it's like to bootstrap a company, and the future of Tailwind.
Featuring
Adam Wathan - Twitter, Github, Website
Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website
Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website
Notes / Links
- Tailwind CSS: Utility-focused CSS Framework
- Tailwind UI: Pre-built Components and Snippets for Tailwind CSS
- Alpine.js
- Laravel PHP Framework
Sponsor: Prisma
As a frontend developer, if you want to become fullstack, you'll find that the hardest part of backend development is working with a database.
Prisma is a next-generation ORM and database toolkit that makes working with databases easy and helps frontend developers become fullstack!
Visit the prisma-examples repo for lots of ready-to-run starter projects with various frameworks and libraries, like Express, Apollo, NestJS or hapi. If you're a Next.js developer, be sure to visit prisma.io/nextjs to learn more about how easy it is to integrate Prisma in your Next.js apps!
Prisma has a very active and welcoming community on Slack and on GitHub where you can find help for any questions about the Prisma ecosystem.
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Adam Wathan, the creator of Tailwind CSS, joins full stack developers Ken Wheeler and Jared Palmer on The Undefined to talk about his path to becoming a developer, the big problems traditional CSS frameworks, what it's like to bootstrap a company, and the future of Tailwind.
Featuring
Adam Wathan - Twitter, Github, Website
Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website
Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website
Notes / Links
- Tailwind CSS: Utility-focused CSS Framework
- Tailwind UI: Pre-built Components and Snippets for Tailwind CSS
- Alpine.js
- Laravel PHP Framework
Sponsor: Prisma
As a frontend developer, if you want to become fullstack, you'll find that the hardest part of backend development is working with a database.
Prisma is a next-generation ORM and database toolkit that makes working with databases easy and helps frontend developers become fullstack!
Visit the prisma-examples repo for lots of ready-to-run starter projects with various frameworks and libraries, like Express, Apollo, NestJS or hapi. If you're a Next.js developer, be sure to visit prisma.io/nextjs to learn more about how easy it is to integrate Prisma in your Next.js apps!
Prisma has a very active and welcoming community on Slack and on GitHub where you can find help for any questions about the Prisma ecosystem.
ICYMI: The Undefined Shop
We launched an online store! Checkout https://shop.undefined.fm for the dankest swag and accessories. 20% off all items during our Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale.
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Vue vs. Svelte with Evan You and Rich Harris
Evan You, the creator of Vue.js, and Rich Harris, Graphics Editor at The New York Times and creator of Svelte and Rollup, join hosts Ken Wheeler and Jared Palmer on The Undefined to talk about the future of frontend development.
Featuring
Evan You - Twitter, Github, Website
Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website
Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website
Sponsor: Prisma
As a frontend developer, if you want to become fullstack, you'll find that the hardest part of backend development is working with a database.
Prisma is a next-generation ORM and database toolkit that makes working with databases easy and helps frontend developers become fullstack!
Visit the prisma-examples repo for lots of ready-to-run starter projects with various frameworks and libraries, like Express, Apollo, NestJS or hapi. If you're a Next.js developer, be sure to visit prisma.io/nextjs to learn more about how easy it is to integrate Prisma in your Next.js apps!
Prisma has a very active and welcoming community on Slack and on GitHub where you can find help for any questions about the Prisma ecosystem.
Sponsor: G2i
If you’re building a new product, G2i is a company that can help you find a developer who can build the first version. G2i is a hiring platform run by engineers that matches you with React, React Native, GraphQL, and mobile engineers who you can trust. Whether you are a new company building your first product or an established company that wants additional engineering help, G2i has the talent you need to accomplish your goals. Go to g2i.co to learn more about what G2i has to offer.
ICYMI: The Undefined Shop
We launched an online store! Checkout https://shop.undefined.fm for the dankest swag and accessories. 20% off all items during our Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale.
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Rethinking Design Systems with Mark Dalgleish
Mark Dalgleish, the creator of CSS Modules, joins full stack developers Ken Wheeler and Jared Palmer on The Undefined to talk about to talk design systems vs. component libraries and the future of design tooling.
Notes / Links
- CSS Modules
- Playroom
- Braid Design System
- Blueprint.js
- Material UI
- AWS Amplify Containers
- Changesets
- Little Big Snake
- Cyberpunk 2077
Sponsor: G2i
If you’re building a new product, G2i is a company that can help you find a developer who can build the first version. G2i is a hiring platform run by engineers that matches you with React, React Native, GraphQL, and mobile engineers who you can trust. Whether you are a new company building your first product or an established company that wants additional engineering help, G2i has the talent you need to accomplish your goals. Go to g2i.co to learn more about what G2i has to offer.
ICYMI: The Undefined Shop
We launched an online store! Checkout https://shop.undefined.fm for the dankest swag and accessories.
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