You Really Don't Need All That JavaScript, I Promise • Stuart Langridge • GOTO 2020

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Chicago 2020. #GOTOcon #GOTOchgo http://gotochgo.com Stuart Langridge - Member of the Web Standards Project's DOM Scripting Task Force, Podcaster, Developer and Author @StuartLangridge ABSTRACT JavaScript is your behavior layer; the way to add interactivity to your sites, to provide a slick and delightful user experience, to make everything fast and easy and clean. But at some point everything changed: the tail started to wag the dog instead and development became JavaScript-first. We'll talk about how you maybe shouldn't rely on JS as much as you're told to, and some practical strategies for how to build sites without reaching for a JS framework as first, last, and only tool for making the web [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 00:30 Performance 02:54 Availability 05:56 It's unnecessarily difficult 08:33 Why? 09:41 After the fact 10:18 Loss of control 12:57 Control loading 13:26 Demo 14:33 Solve actual problems 18:31 HTML is smarter than it used to be 20:36 The leading edge Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotochgo.com/2020/sessions/1326/you-really-don-t-need-all-that-javascript-i-promise https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #JavaScript #JS #Frontend #HTML #Programming #StuartLangridge CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1