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

23:25 - Scott: More WASM

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

46:30 - PWAs might become more popular

Apple will never want you to go around the app store

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Wes: Neewer Dimmable Bi-Color LED

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