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Full Stack Developers Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski dive deep into web development topics, explaining how they work and talking about their own experiences. They cover from JavaScript frameworks like React, to the latest advancements in CSS to simplifying web tooling.

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Tech To Watch In 2020


In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about tech to watch in 2020 — things you should keep an eye on and learn this year!

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Show Notes

6:39 - CSS Subgrid

8:10 - CSS Houdini

11:20 - CSS features not supported in older browsers yet

  • Scrollsnap - IE 11 and up. Lot’s of mobile issues.
  • position:sticky - no IE at all

14:24 - NPM tink

  • installer-less npm
  • Load packages at runtime into a shared cache across all projects
  • Intelligently download the parts you need

17:25 - Yarn PnP

  • Hard links to eliminate package duplication
  • Shared cache across all projects

18:31 - Pika & Snowpack

21:10 - Deno

  • New Node?

25:39 - React

  • Suspense in more libraries
  • Suspense for Server Rendering
  • Meteor
    • New ownership. v1.9 just dropped with lots of promise for future growth
  • Svelte 3
  • Vue 3
  • Apollo
  • Next.js

36:37 - Serverless

  • Going to get easier
  • Begin.com
  • Next.js / Now Functions

38:14 - Gatsby

  • A single useQuery (made possible by suspense)

39:36 - Headless CMS Thunderdome

42:20 - Next Gen Frameworks

  • Keystone
  • Strapi
  • Meteor
  • Vulcan.js

43:46 - Cypress

  • End to end testing
  • Currently no Firefox support, but hopeful for 2020

44:21 - Modulz

  • Exports to JS component

45:00 - Figma

  • Was already amazing in 2019
  • Constantly improving and adding new features
  • Can import from Sketch
Links
  • Syntax 109: CSS Grid Level 2 aka Subgrid
  • CSS Houdini
  • Interactive Introduction to CSS Houdini
  • Tweetdeck
  • Next Generation Package Management
  • tink
  • Pika
  • Yarn PnP
  • Syntax 212: Pika Pkg
  • Snowpack
  • Entropic
  • Deno
  • Ryan Dahl - 10 Things I regret About Node.js
  • https://github.com/denoland/deno
  • Cloudflare
  • Hover
  • Meteor
  • Meteor roadmap
  • tiny
  • Svelte 3
  • Apollo
  • Nextjs
  • Vue
  • Begin
  • Firefox
  • Keystone
  • Strapi
  • Vulcan.js
  • Prisma
  • Hasura
  • Syntax 209: Hasty Treat - Wes Teaches Scott about Keystone.js
  • Cypress
  • Modulz
  • Framer
  • Figma
  • Sketch
  • James Quick YouTube Channel
××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××
  • Scott: Govee Thermometer
  • Wes: Rack Mount Power Bar
Shameless Plugs
  • Scott: Fullstack React and Firebase - Sign up for the year and save 25%!
  • Wes: All Courses - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off!
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 January 22, 2020  55m