712: 2024 Predictions
Jan 03, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Episode description
Wes and Scott give their predictions for 2024 in JavaScript, frameworks, server-side JS, tooling, CSS, developer ecosystem, and AI tooling.
Show Notes 00:10 Welcome
01:10 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
02:00 Types in JS will have real movement
05:10 Temporal API will ship in 1 browser
06:38 Perf tooling gets easy for everyone to understand
07:32 CSS continues to get better where you need less JS
08:35 The year of the server in frameworks
10:32 Svelte v5 is very fast
SvelteKit • Web development, streamlined
12:04 Astro is going to have a good year
Astro
4 Web Devs, 1 App Idea (Salma Alam-Naylor, Scott Tolinski, Eve Porcello)
14:22 React server components
dai-shi/waku: ⛩️ The minimal React framework
Waku
19:45 Remix moves away from page-based loaders, to component loaders
20:52 Hono will become more ubiquitous
Hono - Ultrafast web framework for the Edges
23:23 Node will introduce TypeScript support via loaders
24:48 We will see a route matching Proposal move ahead
URL Pattern Standard
26:34 Bun releases full node compat
27:34 We will see a new Linter + formatter entirely replace
Language support | Biome
HTML support · Issue #1326 · oxc-project/oxc
Prettier · Opinionated Code Formatter
31:44 New TypeScript typechecker
32:42 Lightning CSS pops - or does it?
34:37 You’ll hear more about Rspack and Turbopack
35:55 Vite isn’t going to release anything big in 2024
Vite | Next Generation Frontend Tooling
36:55 CSS contrast-color will land in chrome
37:27 Relative color will land in all major browsers
37:48 Scroll animation landing in 2 browsers
38:40 The year of CSS discovery
41:20 Safari will Ship 3 missing PWA Support
44:10 Firefox usage will continue to slip
47:43 Paid Arc features
47:55 More XR web experiences as Apple releases in Vision Pro
49:07 AI Tooling
Galileo AI
v0 by Vercel
Transformers.js
51:07 Small Models that run in the browser
52:08 Apps get sherlocked by OpenAI
53:24 On prem corporate AI
54:15 Sick Picks
Sick Picks Scott: ISO100 protein power, Weekend at Bernie’s
Wes: Roborock S8 Pro Ultra Vaccum + Mop
Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax Newsletter
Wes: Wes Bos Courses
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