Shawn Wang
swyx is an Infinite Builder working on Developer Experience at Netlify. In his free time he helps people Learn in Public at Egghead.io and /r/reactjs.
unfold_lessunfold_more The Rise of JAMStack
Key takeaways
- You will learn about the historical context of developer focus and product differentiation moving from backend to frontend
- You will be able to explain the problems with serverful architecture
- You will have a better understanding of the growing startup and open source ecosystem building around the JAMstack
- You will be able to explain what exactly the fuss is about the JAMstack
20 years ago, Michael Kunze coined the LAMP stack to describe the success of open source architecture on the web, but it also betrayed the server-centric world of the time. 5 years ago, Val Karpov described the MEAN stack as a JavaScript centric alternative straddling frontend and backend worlds. A lot has happened since then. React rose to dominance, AWS Lambda started the Serverless movement, the "API economy" arose to serve developers, and Static Site Generators came back in a big way. What is driving this new stack of Javascript, APIs, and Markup?
unfold_lessunfold_more Web panel with Doug Sillars, Shawn Wang, and Tracy Lee
Key takeaways
- Current state of the web
- Future state of the web
Web panel with Doug Sillars, Shawn “swyx” Wang (Netlify), and Tracy Lee (This Dot Labs).
