1035: Why everyone is moving to Stylex?

**Wes Bos** (0:00)
..StyleX StyleX, everybody's, everybody's talking talking about about StyleX StyleX. We're. We're gonna gonna do do an an episode episode on on it it. If. If you've you've ever ever opened opened up up a a Meta Meta property property, Facebook, Facebook, whatever, whatever, you'll you'll see see that that they they are are classes classes, just. Just have have all all these these random random classes classes on on it it. And And everybody everybody assumes assumes that that that's that's Facebook's Facebook's own own internal internal version version of of Tailwind Tailwind.

**Scott Tolinski** (0:15)
And.

**Wes Bos** (0:16)
And that's that's not not the the case case at at all all. It's. It's their their own own way way of of writing writing CSS CSS, and, and it's it's actually actually pretty pretty smart smart. We. We did did an an episode episode three three years years ago ago on on it it. Now. Now everybody everybody is is onto onto it it. It's. It's great great for for agents agents. There's. There's some some pros pros, the, the cons cons. We're. We're gonna gonna go go into into all all of of it it, what, what people people are are saying saying about about it it, as as well well as as some some of of the the alternative alternative. Let's. Let's get get on on into into it it. You. You ready ready, Scott, Scott?

**Scott Tolinski** (0:33)
Oh Oh, I'm...
I'm I'm as as ready ready as as I I can can be be, Wes, Wes, because, because honestly honestly, there's there's a a lot lot about about StyleX StyleX I I find find to to be be fairly fairly grotesque grotesque, but, but I'm I'm keeping keeping an an open open mind mind. This This is is me me keeping keeping an an open open mind mind. Folks. Folks, you, you can can change change and, and you you can can keep keep an an open open mind mind too too, because, because there's there's nothing nothing that that makes makes me me feel feel more more itchy itchy than than writing writing CSS CSS inside inside of of a a JavaScript JavaScript object object. And And today today, we're we're gonna gonna be be talking talking about about that that.

**Wes Bos** (0:58)
We're. We're gonna gonna talk talk about about how how great great it it is is, yes, yes.

**Scott Tolinski** (1:01)
Yes Yes, yeah, yeah, but, but before before we we get get into into that that, we, we are are going going to to be be doing doing a a meetup meetup in in San San Francisco Francisco, Tuesday, Tuesday, October, October 27th 27th. It It might might be be a a spooky spooky meetup meetup, but, but I I don't don't think think it's it's gonna gonna be be that that spooky spooky, so, so come come on on down down.

**Wes Bos** (1:14)
We're.

**Scott Tolinski** (1:14)
We're gonna gonna be be at at the the Bearer Bearer Bottle Bottle Beer Beer Garden Garden.

**Wes Bos** (1:16)
If.

**Scott Tolinski** (1:17)
If you've you've come come to to a a Syntax Syntax meetup meetup in in October October, it's it's at at the the same same place place we we had had it it last last year year. And, and let let me me tell tell you you. we. We had had a a great great time time. There. There was was a a huge huge turnout turnout. You You can can come come around around, have have some some beers beers, have, have some some just just sodas sodas or or waters waters or or whatever whatever you you like like to to drink drink.

**Wes Bos** (1:32)
We're We're gonna gonna have have swag swag there there. It's. It's gonna gonna be be sick sick.

**Scott Tolinski** (1:34)
We're We're gonna gonna have have swag swag. The The whole whole Syntax Syntax, the, the entire entire Syntax Syntax team team, have have you you been been dying dying to to me me, producer, producer Randy Randy? He's? He's gonna gonna be be there there. You. You can can say say hi hi. It's, it's gonna gonna be be sick sick.
So So again again, Salesforce, Salesforce Park Park at at the the Bearer Bear Bottle Bottle Beer Beer Garden Garden.
We We will will have have all all of of the the information information in in the the show show notes notes, as as well well as as a a link link.

**Wes Bos** (1:52)
You.

**Scott Tolinski** (1:52)
You can can head head to to syntax.fm syntax.fm forward forward slash slash meetup meetup if if you you want want to to get get more more information information. It's. It's gonna gonna be be a a ton ton of of fun fun and, and I I can't can't wait wait.