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Mar 6, 2023 29 min

Node in the Browser × WebContainers + NodeBox

from Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hosted by Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about two new services that allow you to run Node in the browser, WebContainers + NodeBox. Why Node in the browser? How does it work? And what are the differences and limitations of the services? Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:14 Sponsor: Sentry 02:45 Webcontainers and NodeBox Introducing WebContainers Code Sandbox CodePen Replit GitHub Codespaces 06:42 Why Node.js in the browser? 11:08 How does it work? 13:10 Clientside APIs 14:27 Using iFrame to proxy messages 17:39 Are these open source? 19:22 Differences between the two services 21:10 Wes to Figma, Scott to Penpot Figma Penpot 24:51 Limitations Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

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