Laurie Voss
Web development: where are we, and where are we going?
#1about 8 minutes
A model for how web development technology evolves
Technology evolves through a predictable cycle of experimentation, commoditization, consolidation, and mass adoption driven by economics and developer boredom.
#2about 6 minutes
Historical examples of abstraction in web development
The history of the web from Apache and PHP to the LAMP stack and WordPress demonstrates a consistent pattern of abstracting away lower-level concerns.
#3about 5 minutes
The rise of modern frameworks and cloud platforms
Frameworks like Rails and jQuery, along with platforms like AWS and GitHub, further abstracted development and infrastructure, accelerating the cycle of change.
#4about 5 minutes
Current technologies in the competition phase
Serverless computing, Jamstack platforms like Netlify, and the React framework are currently in the intense competition and consolidation phase of the technology cycle.
#5about 5 minutes
The future is abstracting away code with components
The next evolution in web development will involve abstracting away code itself through visual, component-based editors that allow building websites without writing HTML or React.
#6about 2 minutes
Navigating your career in a component-driven future
Developers facing this future can choose to specialize in building core components, adapt to building with visual tools, or create the next generation of frameworks.
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