March 23rd, 2022 × #Web Development#JavaScript#Online Courses
Our Stacks Explained
Wes Boss and Scott Tolinski explain and compare the tech stacks they use for their online course platforms, which have changed over the years but accomplish similar goals in different ways.
Wes Bos Host
Scott Tolinski Host
Transcript
Announcer
You're listening to Syntax, the podcast with the tastiest web development treats out there. Strap yourself in and get ready. Here is Scott Talinski and Wes Boss.
Guest 1
Welcome to Syntax, the podcast with the tastiest web development treats out there.
Guest 1
Today, we've got a good one for you. This is a question we get all the time is, Wes and Scott, what are your stacks? So rid. If you don't know, Scott and I both sell, online courses where you can buy them. You can rid. Click on them. You can view the course, and there's a whole bunch else that goes along with that. And, Scott and I both have built our own course platforms for, rid I don't know. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 years.
Explaining Wes and Scott's course platform stacks
Guest 1
And we did maybe about 4 years ago, we did an episode that explained our stack, rid. And they've they've changed since then. They've changed a little bit here, a little bit there.
Stacks have changed over the years
Guest 1
And I just released a big update rid. Mine as well. So I thought we would go through, the stack that we are currently using and and how all the pieces work together to sell and Distribute courses.
Wes and Scott do similar things but use different tech stacks
Guest 1
And we it's kinda interesting because we kinda do the same thing. Like, the our course platforms do very similar things, rid. And they've they're both built pretty differently. I don't know. Not super differently, but out of different tech. So it's kinda fun to go back and forth. So we're gonna go through each of the rid. Sections, API, dashboard, viewing, admin tooling, authentication, email, things like that.
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Guest 1
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Guest 1
Unreal. We'll talk about it partway through the episode, but hit the link in the show notes if you're interested in trying it out already.
Guest 2
With me today is mister Scott Talinski. How are you doing today, Scott? Rid Doing good. Doing good. Doing good. Just, yeah. I don't know. Getting getting getting the flow of things. Feeling