Taming the Maelstrom
Staying Afloat in Web Development
how did we get here?
"once upon a time"
- A basic text editor
- A basic text editor
- Imagination
Our Paradox
A brief history of JS
- Primordial Soup
- jQuery
- Backbone
- vDOM
- Tooling
A brief history of JS
- Primordial Soup
- jQuery
- Backbone
- vDOM
- Tooling
A brief history of CSS
- Primordial Soup
- Specificity hacks
- Media Object
- The Methodology Wars
- CSS-in-JS
A brief history of CSS
- Primordial Soup
- Specificity hacks
- Media Object
- The Methodology Wars
- CSS-in-JS
Real Talk:
you will never stop needing to learn
coping strategies
- Does this solve a problem I have?
- Is it sufficiently different to what I already know?
- Does it satisfy the YAGNI test?
- Is it widespread in the industry?
learning strategies
- Be structured: start with the basics
- Keep a list of side projects
- Contribute as much as you can
- Reach out to people for help
Focus on the core