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
14:25 CSS Houdini aka JS in CSS
20:32 - Subgrid
24:31 - Native modules in browser
- type="module"
- dynamic import()
27:08 - Node Native Modules update
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
39:32 - CSS nesting
- Disallows cross-domain cookies unless on the same domain/subdomain
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