Navigating Health Trends and JavaScript Insights

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott look at the the Web Almanac’s report on the role of JavaScript on the web in 2022.

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Show Notes

• 00:11 Welcome
• 01:17 College football update
• 04:07 Web almanac for 2022
• JavaScript in the 2022 Web Almanac
• 06:25 Unused JavaScript
• 07:47 JavaScript requests per page
• 09:38 Bundlers
• 14:01 Pages using Babel
• 16:01 How JavaScript is requested
• 19:22 Sponsor: Sentry
• 20:56 Loading render blocking tags
• 22:48 Dynamic import, web workers, source maps
• 24:33 Libraries and frameworks
• Owl Carousel
• Lazy Sizes
• 29:30 Websites using web components
• 31:35 Websites with JavaScript security issues
• 32:43 Sponsor: Auth0
• 33:58 Jamstack
• 37:09 JavaScript used by Jamstack sites
• 38:03 Jamstack hosting
• 39:46 Popular Static site generators
• 44:49 Progressive web apps and service workers
• 50:29 jQuery inside WordPress themes
• WeCrashed
• 51:13 Project Fugu
• Project Fugu
• 52:51 Web push notifications
• 55:49 CMSs
• 00:45 Sponsor: Freshbooks
• 01:40 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

• Scott: White Lotus
• Wes: Ubiquiti

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