What’s New in Web Development

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about what’s new in web development: new promise static methods, new CSS functions, PWAs and more!

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Show Notes

5:38 - New Promise static methods

• Promise.all
• Promise.race()
• Promise.allSettled()
• Promise.any()

10:16 - Lazy loading images

• Addy Osmani’s Lazy-Loading blog post

14:25 CSS Houdini aka JS in CSS

• • CSS Houdini Experiments

20:32 - Subgrid

• Syntax 109: Hasty Treat - CSS Grid Level 2 aka Subgrid
• Subgrid is coming to Firefox - Jen Simmons
• Bugzilla

24:31 - Native modules in browser

• type="module"
• dynamic import()

27:08 - Node Native Modules update

• package.json will now have a type entry where
• NodeJS - Plan For New Modules Implementation
• New ESM Implementation

29:17 - PWA install app and Google PlayStore

• Already shipped in Chrome
• Java API that communicates through services with Chrome
• Trusted Web Activity aka TWA
• All content in TWAs must comply with Play store policy including policies for payments in-app purchases and other digital goods
• Already existing TWAs include Twitter Lite, Google Maps Go, Instagram Lite
• Passing the PWA Criteria
• Performance Score with a minimum of 80/100, tested with Lighthouse
• All current Google Play Store rules

35:49 - CSS Scroll Snap

• In many browsers already
• scroll-padding

38:17 - Aspect Ratio Unit

• Designing An Aspect Ratio Unit For CSS

39:32 - CSS nesting

• Disallows cross-domain cookies unless on the same domain/subdomain

Links

• Gatsby
• Promise.allSettled()
• Promise.any()
• Apollo
• CodePen
• UC Browser
• Parcel
• Node.js
• Myles Borins’ Twitter
• Twitter Lite
• Google Maps Go
• Instagram Lite
• Lighthouse
• Opera
• Can I Use - modules
• Apple’s ITP

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