In my early days as a web developer, I got started with HTML, CSS, JS and PHP.
Nowadays, modern fullstack JavaScript / JSX code can kind of feel like that basic PHP code I wrote back then. But is it really the same?
With Next.js 14, the "App Router" became fully stable, since the last missing piece - "Server Actions" - were marked as stable.
I've worked with it for multiple months now. Would I recommend it?
There's an endless amount of programming languages out there. And new ones are released frequently. So ... how many should you learn and know?
There's been some debate whether services like Vercel and Netlify are overpriced and you should use a VPS for hosting websites instead.
The answer is a solid "it depends", but there are some obvious decision factors you should consider.
As you're growing as a developer, it's easy to introduce unnecessary complexities and abstractions into your code. But you might not always need the most modular and flexible code. Most of the time, simpler is better.
HTMX is a JavaScript library that essentially extends HTML and allows you to send AJAX requests (and handle responses + update the UI) without writing any JavaScript code. It's amazing!
As a (frontend) JavaScript developer, you got plenty of options and alternatives. You can learn Angular, React, Vue, Svelte, SolidJS and many other frameworks and libraries. But is that good or bad? That's what Max discusses in this episode.
Devin - the world's first AI software engineer - was announced. What does that mean for software developers? And how does it actually work? Let's take a look!
Max explains why he thinks that you might not need to master JS before diving into React, Angular or other frameworks.
Max explains why he thinks that most JS developers benefit from learning TypeScript.