Did We(b Development) Lose the Right Direction? • Stefan Judis • GOTO 2020

This presentation was recorded at GOTOpia November 2020. #GOTOcon #GOTOpia http://gotopia.eu Stefan Judis - Frontend Dev., Coffee Addict & Open Source Programmer ABSTRACT Keeping up with the state of web technology is one of the biggest challenges for us developers today. We invent new tools; we define new best practices, everything’s new, always... And we do all that for a good user experience! We do all that to build the best possible web – it’s all about our users. But is it, really? Or do developers like to play with technology secretly loving the new and shiny? Or do we only pretend that it’s about users, and behind closed doors, it’s developer experience that matters to us? Did we lose direction? Is it time for a critical look at the state of the web and the role JavaScript [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 00:53 The state of web development 10 years ago 07:20 How can it be so easy to mess up? 15:15 Universal JS apps for content-sites 19:15 What's the enhancement in the wild? 20:36 Does this architecture improve UX? 22:15 Are app frameworks apps after all? 24:03 "Benefits" of client-side routing 26:46 The foundation of the web 30:57 The web loses quality 34:23 Complexity is king! (but what for?) 39:56 Outro Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotopia.eu/november-2020/sessions/1642/did-we-b-development-lose-the-right-direction RECOMMENDED BOOKS Luca Mezzalira • Building Micro-Frontends • https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/building-micro-frontends/9781492082989 Luca Mezzalira • Front-End Reactive Architectures • https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/front-end-reactive-architectures/9781484231807 Noel Rappin • Modern Front-End Development for Rails • https://amzn.to/3v6EAYh Michael Geers • Micro Frontends in Action • https://amzn.to/3LX3v6o Jeremy Fairbank • Programming Elm • https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/programming-elm/9781680507164 https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #JavaScript #JS #WebDevelopment #Programming #PHP #BackboneJS #Magento #YSlow #AngularJS #HTTP2 #UX #DX #SoftwareArchitecture #Frontend #CSS #HTML Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1