Why do we call software issues "bugs"?

Why do we call software issues "bugs", anyway? Andrew quizzes Ryan on the origin of the term.

Why is it called "booting" your computer?

Andrew drops some trivia in the livestream.

CraftQuest on Call 26: Debugging

Andrew and Ryan answer questions about Craft license servers, how to build a custom module, and what debugging is.

Create Twig Global Variables in Twig Templates

Andrew demonstrates how he uses an extended template to set global variables right in Twig. No PHP required!

Which hosting provider is best for Craft CMS?

Ryan and Andrew answer the viewer question on hosting.

CraftQuest on Call 25: We've Gone Global

Ryan and Andrew answer questions about where to start with front-end tooling, what makes a good Craft CMS hosting provider, and how to create a Twig global variable in Twig.

CraftQuest on Call 24: Hero's Journey of Learning

Ryan and Andrew talk about the journey of learning and offer some tips on continuing to learn new things.

First Look at Vizy Editor Plugin

Ryan streams live while rebuilding a section of the CraftQuest site with the new Vizy plugin from Verbb.

Introduction to Vite in Craft CMS

Andrew introduces Vite, his Craft Vite plugin, and demos and how Vite can be used as a build tool for Craft CMS projects.

CraftQuest on Call 23: Vite like Feet

We answer questions about macro performance considerations. syncing databases, and introduce you to Vite.

Using the Twig embed Tag to Create Reusable Content Modules

From a recent CraftQuest on Call, Ryan and Andrew review how to use the Twig embed tag.

CraftQuest on Call 22: Embed

Andrew and Ryan answer your questions and show how the embed tag in Twig works.

CraftQuest on Call 21: How Many Lines of Code in Craft?

Ryan and Andrew answer your questions, find out how many lines of code in Craft and learn Makefiles.

Hosting and Deployments with fortrabbit

Ryan is joined by Frank Lämmer and Oliver Stark from fortrabbit to talk hosting and deployments.

CraftQuest on Call 20: Andrew Sings

Ryan and Andrew answer your questions about Sprig, Vue, project config, and more!

CraftQuest on Call 19: I have to JIT to pick

Ryan and Andrew discuss Tailwind JIT and answer viewer questions.

Craft Nitro 2 with Pixel & Tonic

Brad Bell and Jason McCallister from Pixel & Tonic join Ryan to talk about the new version of their Docker-based local development environment Nitro.

CraftQuest on Call 18: Post-Icepocalypse

We answer your questions and walk through Andrew's plugin development setup.

php craft vs ./craft

Andrew explains the difference between running php craft and ./craft

CraftQuest on Call 17: The Whole Shebang

We cover Nitro 2, Craft 3.6, the Craft executable, and your questions! The Whole Shebang!

CraftQuest on Call 16: It's Morning in Australia

Andrew and Ryan answer questions from the community.

Fetching Subscription Data in Craft Commerce

Ryan answers a community question about how to access subscription plan data in Craft Commerce.

CraftQuest on Call 15: SE Questions Answered

Andrew and Ryan answer the community's questions live!

Sprig Components as PHP Classes

Ben Croker demonstrates how to write Sprig components as PHP classes.

Building Your First Docker Setup

Ryan spins up a local Docker setup using the Devmode.fm Github project.

Dockerizing CraftQuest

Ryan and Andrew dockerize the CraftQuest Craft CMS project.

CraftQuest on Call 14: Spreading the Docker Cheer

Andrew and Ryan meet up for one final livestream in 2020. We spin up a sample Docker Craft project and dockerize CraftQuest.

CraftQuest on Call 13: Gracefully Windy

Ryan and Andrew cover Craft 3.6, Windy, and your questions.

GraphQL Autocompletion and Syntax Highlighting in PhpStorm

How to get autocomplete and syntax highlighting for GraphQL queries in PhpStorm.

Using Xdebug in PhpStorm with Docker

Andrew walks through getting setup with Xdebug in PhpStorm using a dedicated Docker container.

CraftQuest on Call 12: A Beautiful Mess

Ryan and Andrew answer view questions and cover Xdebug in PhpStorm with Docker, GraphQL autocompletion, and more!

Moving CraftQuest

Ryan follows up on a question last time about the best way to move a busy site.

CraftQuest on Call 11: Composer 2, Moving hosts, Webpack

Follow up on hosting migration, review the Composer 2 release, and walk through Webpack, and answer viewer questions.

What should I do when I inherit a Craft CMS project?

Andrew and Ryan answer a viewer question on what you should do if you inherit an existing Craft CMS project.

A Gentle Introduction to TypeScript

Andrew gives a gentle introduction to Typescript using a charcuterie board.

CraftQuest on Call 10: Charcuterie Edition

Ryan and Andrew tackle community questions and give a gentle introduction to TypeScript.

How Craft Compiled Templates Work

In a recent livestream, Andrew walks through how Craft compiled templates work.

CraftQuest on Call 9: Ryan Rants

Looking at the compiled templates, creating a debug toolbar panel, multi-site limits, Ryan goes on a rant.

CraftQuest on Call 8: Azure, GraphQL from Twig, Srcset

Azure hosting Craft, kernel panics, GraphQL in Twig, Vite, Srcset

Git Crit: Ryan Critiques Andrew's Use of Git

Ryan watches as Andrew steps through his process for making a change to his devMode website and critiques what he sees.

CraftQuest on Call: Andrew learns Git, Information on Docker, Handling Errors

Ryan and Andrew do an extended On Call livestream and cover new stuff in Craft 3.5.x releases, Git, CI, and more!

First Look at Formie, a forms plugin for Craft CMS

Ryan installs and configures the Formie forms plugin. He is then joined by Josh Crawford, the developer of Formie.

CraftQuest on Call: Updating Craft Best Practices, Headless Craft with Vue.js

Q&A about best practices for updating Craft, headless Craft approaches, servers, caching.

Ephemeral File Systems and Exploits

Matt Gray of Servd joins the livestream to talk about ephemeral file systems and how they can help you recover faster from an exploit.

Craft 3.5 with Brandon Kelly

Get the inside scoop on Craft 3.5 and future updates to Craft with Brandon Kelly.

Using Twig Templates in the Field Layout Designer

Ryan and Andrew play with, and probably go a little far, with what you can do with the new Twig embeds in the Field Layout Designer.

Composer Version Numbers and semver

Ryan and Andrew briefly discuss how version numbers work in Composer and semver.

CraftQuest on Call: Updating to Craft 3.5 and Features

Ryan and Andrew meet up to go over some features in Craft 3.5 and update CraftQuest live on the air.

CraftQuest on Call: Controller Action URLs, Live Coding

Ryan and Andrew fight through some technical issues to cover session timeouts, controller action URLs, and a little bit of live coding.

Reactive Components in Twig with Sprig

Ben Croker joins Ryan to show how his Sprig plugin makes it easy to add reactivity right in Twig. No JS needed.

CraftQuest on Call: Localhosting, Redis sessions, Plugin Development

Troubleshooting localhosting, fixing Craft sessions with Redis, what to think about when building a plugin for the Craft plugin store, and more.

CraftQuest on Call: Benchmarking, URL segments, default dates

Ryan and Andrew do a Q&A session.

Localhosting Round-Up

Ryan and Andrew review the localhosting options and Andrew shows Ryan that Docker really isn't that hard after all.

Learn in Public: Alpine.js

Ryan and Andrew put their already meager reputations on the line by learning Alpine.js in public.

Updating CraftQuest to Craft 3.4

Ryan walks through his process for updating CraftQuest to Craft 3.4.

New Functions in Twig and Craft

Ryan and Andrew demo the new Twig functions map, reduce, and filter, and the new attr function in Craft.

Using Structured Data and JSON-LD

Ryan and Andrew review what JSON-LD is and how to use it to improve how Google sees your content.

SEO Audit and Twitter Player Cards

Ryan and Andrew perform a quick SEO audit on CraftQuest, improve thing, and then look at building Twitter player cards.

Coding in the Right Place

Ryan & Andrew talk about the coding layers in Craft, and how to find just the right home for your code when building a project.

Craft Plugin Development Q&A

Ryan is joined by plugin developer Ben Croker to answer common questions about Craft plugin development.

Injecting Environment Variables with Dotenvy

Ryan and Andrew review how to use the Dotenvy plugin to inject variables into an environment.

The DL on dotenv

Ryan and Andrew cover the ins and outs of environment variables, aliases, and more during this livestream.

A Git/Craft CMS Development Workflow

Ryan walks through a typical Git/Craft CMS workflow.

Using Gitflow

Ryan steps through what Gitflow is and how he uses it.

What are Service Workers?

Ryan and Andrew discuss how to use a service worker to pre-cache important pages so they are available even without a network connection.

Using PageSpeed Insights and Lazy Loading Disqus

We review how to use Google PageSpeed Insights tool and then improve the CraftQuest website by lazy loading Disqus.

Nested Navigation via Structure Section

Continuing on with the simple site build, I code a nested on-hover navigation using the Craft nav tag, and more.

Performance Audit and Improvements

Ryan and Andrew look at how to test your site performance and improve TTFB.

GraphQL, NextJS, and Craft CMS with Mark Huot

Ryan is joined by Mark Huot to walk through how to make headless Craft site using GraphQL and Next.js.

Enhancing Performance in Craft with Redis

Ryan and Andrew cover the performance-improving option of implementing Redis to handle sessions in Craft.

Creating a Boilerplate Craft Project

Learn how to build your own custom default Craft project and generate it using `composer create-project`.

Optimizing Images in Craft, Part 2

In part 2 of a short series on optimizing images in Craft, Ryan and Andrew continue with their work. This livestream covers ImageOptimize plugin, webp images, and lazy loading.

Optimizing Images in Craft, Part 1

In part 1 of a short series on optimizing images in Craft, Ryan and Andrew cover a lot ground on why you want to optimize images for different viewports and how that works.

Migration Plugins

Ryan goes into the plugin store and take a look at some new add-ons.

Tower vs. Git SHOWDOWN

Ryan puts the brand new version of Tower side-by-side with Git CLI.

Building a Craft Module

Ryan and Andrew talk about what a Craft module is, when to build one instead of a plugin, and then they build a simple module live.

Quick Look: Visual Studio Code and Craft CMS

Ryan takes a quick look at Visual Studio Code and how you can make it better for Craft CMS development.

Modern SEO

Ryan and Andrew review the major tenants of modern SEO.

Mixing Entries Data and Matrix Data

Ryan codes a page module that includes data from multiple sections and data from a Matrix field.

Deploying Craft CMS

Ryan is joined by Andrew Welch of nystudio107 to talk about deploying Craft CMS.

Building a Blog in Craft CMS

Follow along as I build a simple site using Craft CMS version 3.

Exploring the Craft 3 Plugin Store

Poking around the new Craft 3 plugin store.

Craft Multi-site Walk-Thru, Part 2

The second part of a walk-thru in setting up a multi-site in Craft 3.

Craft Multi-Site Walk-thru, Part 1

The first part of a walk-thru in setting up a multi-site in Craft 3.

Deploying a Craft Site with DeployHQ and Composer

You have your site complete, but how do you deploy it?

The Slowest Git Commit in the World

Ryan gets inside Git and shows how you can manually create a commit in Git.

Craft 3 Remote Volumes with AWS S3

Adding a remote S3 Assets volume in Craft 3.

Craft 3: What You Need to Know

Ryan does a long form live stream about all of the changes in Craft 3.