2021 Predictions Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about their predictions for 2021!
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Show Notes 02:06 - ESM
Scott: It’s going to be big Snowpack Wes: Everything going forward should be ESM 05:44 - Wes: Remote work will grow
Whole new talent pool opens up Whole new living situations open up 08:23 - Scott: Deno will grow
Deno 101 for Web Developers 11:12 - Wes: Tooling will fade away
Less setup, more behind the scenes Rome Deno Linter Formatter Transpiler Tester Parcel2 Snowpack Nextjs 14:14 - Scott: Greater usage of other languages to build Javascript
esbuild Rust Go 19:35 - Wes: Programming communities will gain traction
Github Discussions Forem Circle spectrum Discourse 23:25 - Scott: More WASM
Mongo Spline 27:19 - Typescript
Wes: Typescript will become more popular Scott: Tooling will get better VS Code 29:37 - React
Scott: Scoped CSS in React will evolve SSR and hydration will be better Wes: People will fall out of love with React Or more magic will get added to React 32:52 - Scott: More web component frameworks
Stencil 33:17 - Scott: Markdown and mdx-like frameworks will skyrocket in use
33:59 - Wes: Gatsby
Hosted GraphQL / SSR / Render on demand Solve the pain of long build times Syntax 308: Gatsby vs Next.js in 2021 Next.js 35:24 - Scott: AR tech will grow
Target AR app 36:38 - Wes: AI will become accessible
Something as easy as a search result RTX Voice 38:43 - VS Code
Scott: It will continue dominating Cloud and shared coding env will become better Figma Wes: Github Codespaces 40:18 - CSS
Wes: Color functions More use of built-in features Scoped CSS Scott: People are going to love and use CSS variables Modern CSS Design Systems Course 42:39 - Serverless
Scott: Ease of use will get better and better Wes: Netlify Vercel 45:30 - Wes: Enterprise Jamstack will become a thing
Cloudflare hosting Next.js Gatsby Sapper SvelteKit 46:30 - PWAs might become more popular
Apple will never want you to go around the app store ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Ted Lasso Wes: Neewer Dimmable Bi-Color LED Shameless Plugs Scott: Deno 101 for Web Developers - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: All Courses - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! 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