707: What happened in JS, CSS And Web Dev in 2023? 2023 Predictions Results!

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott review their 2023 predictions and see how they did on ideas like Deno getting hotter, new JS APIs, WASM, Houdini, CSS Container Queries, and more!
Show Notes 00:24 Welcome
01:18 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
02:05 SSR JS sites more the norm
solidjs.com

Remix - Build Better Websites

Next.js by Vercel - The React Framework

SvelteKit • Web development, streamlined

Astro

04:14 TypeScript Inferred becomes hot
05:20 Types In JS?
ECMAScript proposal for type syntax that is erased - Stage 1

07:55 Deno gets hotter
11:12 JS runtimes mature
htmx

11:50 We will see a new TS Type Checker written in Rust
14:06 New JS APIs
What’s the status of this project? · Issue #1101 · dudykr/stc

Wes Bos on X: "Pretty excited about the new JavaScript non-mutating array methods. Currently in stage 3

tc39/proposals: Tracking ECMAScript Proposals

JS Fundamentals - Decorators - Syntax #653

16:29 Writing towards Winter CG Spec Popular.
WinterCG

17:09 Edge Rendering More Common
Prettier on X: "We setup a $20k bounty for a rust-based compatible printer with prettier.

$20k Bounty was Claimed! · Prettier

18:09 A new JS framework
19:05 Page Transitions API
19:51 Rust becomes more popular
24:00 More WASM
Supper Club × WASM, Fastly Edge, and Polyfill.io with Jake Champion - Syntax #643

FFmpeg

Fastly

25:11 React Beta Docs launch after 5 year dev cycle
26:47 We start to see CSS Container Queries in production
29:05 CanIUse issues?
31:20 CSS Subgrid
32:56 More AI
34:06 Tooling
Vite | Next Generation Frontend Tooling

Announcing Biome | Biome

Lightning CSS

Rspack

Turbopack

36:08 People sour on React
36:47 People sour on eslint
37:16 Houdini does nothing
CSS Houdini| MDN

Is Houdini Ready Yet?

39:57 How’d we do?
40:40 Sick picks
Sick Picks Scott: Super Mario Bros.™ Wonder

Wes: Tineco Pure ONE S11 Cordless Vacuum Cleaner

Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry

Wes: Wes Bos Courses

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