Web Development in 2017 && a look ahead at 2018 🍾🍷

What happened in web development in 2017? What were our personal and professional feats in 2017? What should we look forward to in 2018? Snipcart — Sponsor Snipcart allows you to create online shopping carts without any backend work. It's entirely client-side which means it's the perfect fit for anyone building a SPA in React, Angular or any other framework. Check out the full list of features over at Snipcart.com/syntax and sign up for three months free! Freshbooks — Sponsor If you are a small business or freelancer check out Freshbooks.com Cloud Accountingand get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. The Show Notes! 02:00 • Scott's 2017 Look Back • Scott is a new parent • Dealing with kids who don't sleep • Scott's Breakdancing Gains 05:20 • Wes' Look Back • Taking Health Seriously • First full year of Wes doing tutorials full time • Course Correction VS Goals • Course Platform Improvements • Lots of Email Marketing • Migration to Drip 09:10 • Scott cut ties with startup • 100% Invested in Levelup Tutorials • Major Platform improvements • New Payment Gateways • Lots of new Series - 400 videos! 11:25 • We Launched Syntax! • Thank you! • The show is getting good (we think?) 13:50 • Wes launched his Learn Node • Course • Wes updated his ES6 for Everyone • Course • Lots of feedback on Wes' JavaScript30 • course • Stickers! 16:20 • Goals for 2018 • The Yacht Club • S.M.A.R.T. Goals 18:00 • Scott's 2018 Goals • More videos • More Youtube • Building a Set • Less Overtime 20:35 • Wes' 2018 Goals • Releasing lots and lots of Content • CSS Grid • VS Code • Some ideas around JavaScript and CSS Courses (tweet Wes your feedback) • If it's not a Hell Yes, it's a no • Double down on what works • New Checkout Experience • Delegate + Automate • Get faster at recording 29:40 • JavaScript in 2018 • SSR Frameworks: Next.js, Gatsby, Nuxt.js ParcelJS • Tooling is becoming less of a pain in the ass 33:00 • GraphQL Is Blowin' Upppppp • Typed Languages / Typings • Flow / Typescript / ReasonML / GraphQL Typings 38:00 • WordPress' Gutenberg Editor 41:00 • React Patent's Dropped • Vue became really popular 45:30 • CSS Changes! • CSS Grid • Firefox CSS Grid Dev Tools 48:50 • Componentized CSS • Design Systems Figma • CSS Variables 54:00 • VS Code became very popular 55:00 • The Iron Yard shut down 58:00 • Progressive Web Apps 59:00 • What do we hope for in 2018? Sick Picks • Scott: Google Daydream • Wes: Missive Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott's Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes' Instagram Wes' Twitter Wes' Facebook Scott's Twitter • Make sure to include @SyntaxFM • in your tweets

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Lydbog: 13. december 2017