A Recap of Frontend Development in 2019
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- WebAssembly becomes the 4th language of the web joining HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- TypeScript usage surges — many developers fall in love
- React continues to lead while devs are consumed by hooks
- The React core team shifts to focusing on developer experience and tools to make us more productive
- Vue prepares for version 3 release, continues to grow in usage
- Angular releases version 8 and 9 along with the new Ivy compilation/rendering pipeline
- HTML and CSS Updates
- Accessibility (a11y) and internationalization (i18n) are becoming more of a priority
- ES2019 Features
- Node.js Foundation and JS Foundation merge to form OpenJS Foundation; Node version 12 launches to continue the path of yearly LTS releases
- Svelte gains attention but lags in adoption as it launches version 3
- Static sites continue to be utilized, devs adopt the JAMStack
- PWAs see more growth and adoption
- Frontend tooling is getting really good
- GraphQL continues to be loved by developers, gains further adoption in tech companies
- CSS-in-JS gains momentum
- VS Code dominates the text editor market
- Webpack 5 enters beta and nears release
- Jest moves from Flow to TypeScript
- Chrome releases stable versions 72–78 in 2019
- Microsoft Edge browser moves to Chromium, creates a new logo
- Facebook releases Hermes, a JavaScript parser for Android to improve React Native
