Wes and Scott React to the State of JS
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott take a look at the 2021 State of JS survey that was recently published, including demographics, salary, browser APIs, overall happiness, and more!
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Show Notes- 2021 State of JS Survey
- 01:51 Winter birthday fun
- 05:38 The State of JS survey
- 07:37 Demographics
- 09:18 Salary range
- 09:58 Language features
- 14:05 Browser APIs
- 17:36 Custom elements and Shadow DOM
- 18:18 Page visibility API
- 19:28 File system API
- 19:58 Web share API
- 22:15 Sponsor: Linode
- 23:12 Libraries
- 27:30 Stimulus
- 29:21 Trends
- 31:32 Happiness with the state of front end frameworks
- 32:28 Sponsor: LogRocket
- 34:04 Backend Frameworks
- 38:16 Backend tool satisfaction
- 44:35 Happiness of build tools
- 46:32 Sponsor: Freshbooks
- 48:27 The best podcast in web development
- 49:05 Sick Picks
- Scott: Inventing Anna
- Wes:Everlane Crewneck Sweater
- Scott: LevelUp Course Drop Party
- Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials
- Scott’s Instagram
- LevelUpTutorials Instagram
- Wes’ Instagram
- Wes’ Twitter
- Wes’ Facebook
- Scott’s Twitter
- Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets