Web development best practices in 2021: What the data tells us
summary
Survey of over 7,000 developers reports concrete shifts: Figma dominates design with ~62% usage and very high satisfaction, TypeScript surges past JavaScript in career identification, static and fully dynamic sites appear equally often, and 46% use serverless functions making on‑edge dynamic pages mainstream. Next.js shows big year‑on‑year growth while Gatsby loses share and satisfaction, and CMS choices split between WordPress, Contentful and high‑satisfaction headless options.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Web development trends 2021
- 2:15Speaker and talk purpose
- 8:16Developer demographics
- 13:09Website types built
- 18:03Project priorities
- 21:11Interpreting tech data graphs
- 23:39Design tools popularity
- 24:21Content management systems landscape
- 28:14Programming languages used
- 33:31Backend and serverless
- 34:55Why frameworks matter
- 37:23Framework lifecycle & selection
- 43:23Framework & language changes
- 48:21Specialized developer groups
- 51:28Key findings recap
- 54:12Q&A
