What’s New in Web Development
Apr 24, 2019•50 min
Episode description
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about what’s new in web development: new promise static methods, new CSS functions, PWAs and more!
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Show Notes 5:38 - New Promise static methods
Promise.all
Promise.race()
Promise.allSettled()
Promise.any()
10:16 - Lazy loading images
Addy Osmani’s Lazy-Loading blog post
14:25 CSS Houdini aka JS in CSS
CSS Houdini Experiments
20:32 - Subgrid
Syntax 109: Hasty Treat - CSS Grid Level 2 aka Subgrid
Subgrid is coming to Firefox - Jen Simmons
Bugzilla
24:31 - Native modules in browser
type="module"
dynamic import()
27:08 - Node Native Modules update
package.json will now have a type entry where
NodeJS - Plan For New Modules Implementation
New ESM Implementation
29:17 - PWA install app and Google PlayStore
Already shipped in Chrome
Java API that communicates through services with Chrome
Trusted Web Activity aka TWA
All content in TWAs must comply with Play store policy including policies for payments in-app purchases and other digital goods
Already existing TWAs include Twitter Lite, Google Maps Go, Instagram Lite
Passing the PWA Criteria
Performance Score with a minimum of 80/100, tested with Lighthouse
All current Google Play Store rules
35:49 - CSS Scroll Snap
In many browsers already
scroll-padding
38:17 - Aspect Ratio Unit
Designing An Aspect Ratio Unit For CSS
39:32 - CSS nesting
Disallows cross-domain cookies unless on the same domain/subdomain
Links Gatsby
Promise.allSettled()
Promise.any()
Apollo
CodePen
UC Browser
Parcel
Node.js
Myles Borins’ Twitter
Twitter Lite
Google Maps Go
Instagram Lite
Lighthouse
Opera
Can I Use - modules
Apple’s ITP
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