Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

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