Supper Club × Visual Coding Languages With Steve Sewell
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Steve Sewell about Builder.io, Qwik, Partytown, and the tricks and tips he’s learned in building apps for the modern web.
Show Notes 00:37 Welcome
01:14 Guest introduction
Steve on Twitter
Steve on GitHub
Builder.io
Builder.io/demo
04:07 Builder works with any tech stack?
06:29 Where is the structure of the site coming from?
07:28 What is Builder.io?
11:34 What’s the workflow for updating content?
13:03 What is Builder built in?
Mobx
14:36 Moving from Figma to HTML
18:41 Is an app like this divs all the way down?
24:55 Stories of browser gremlins building?
26:29 Advice for anyone building drag and drop
Fullstory
29:04 Does FPS play a part in development?
33:31 Do you use SVG?
36:15 Where does Qwik and Partytown fit into all of it?
Qwik
Partytown
46:45 How does accessibility play into Builder?
49:44 Supper club questions
54:30 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××
××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Dead Space Remake
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Talking about drag and drop tech stacks with Builder.io's Steve Sewell
Steve was working as an engineering manager at ShopStyle and found that an increasing amount of his team's time was spent working on custom requests from departments like marketing and sales. They tried moving to a headless CMS but the data and components couldn't keep up with ever evolving needs. They wanted a drag and drop system connected to their code, data, and components.
This pain point inspired him strike out on his own to create a new product. The vision was a tool that would allow colleagues from across a company to make changes to web pages without requesting dev time, but would also ensure that any changes made would be up to the standards of the design department and not introduce errors that engineering would then have to fix.
Hence, the company's pitch for a plug & play system that integrates with your existing sites & apps. It relies on a few key ideas:
API-based infrastructure that is native to your tech stack
Works with any frontend or backend
Build with your own data, like product catalogs or customer data platforms, to create rich, dynamic experiences
You can check it out for yourself over at Builder.io.
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