In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Ryan Carniato about Solid.JS, SolidStart, how web components work with Solid, why he chose JSX, and what the future of Solid is. Show Notes 00:37 Welcome 01:38 Who is Ryan Carniato? @RyanCarniato on Twitter Ryan on Dev.to Solid.JS 02:37 Why did you build Solid? Knockout.JS Marko JS 09:15 What is Solid? 12:55 What does it mean to compile to vanilla JavaScript? SolidStart Tanstack Query 19:39 What are observables and signals? 27:17 How are web components used inside of Solid? 29:38 Why aren’t we using web components more? 32:37 Why would someone pick SolidStart vs Solid? 39:07 Why did you choose JSX? 44:45 How did you build live code examples into documentation? SolidJS Docs Solid-Movies.app 47:19 What is Solid.JS built on? 53:36 What is the future of Solid? 00:39 Supper club questions 02:57 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Alice in Borderland Shameless Plugs Ryan on Twitch Ryan on YouTube 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