Any of you keeping up to date with modern web dev?
Any of you keeping up to date with modern web dev?
I've been dipping my toes into NextJS, Vercel, PlanetScale, and other serverless / edge providers, and there's so many terms / concepts thrown my way that I feel overwhelmed a lot of the time.
I mean, I'm already a web developer well versed with React, and I love my SPA setup with Vite, so for others outside the web dev space, this must be a nightmare to keep up with.
Was curious to hear your thoughts on the rapidly evolving space of web dev.
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As a hobbyist programmer, the answer is "no". I went to college 10+ years ago and was already outdated. I never got a job and decided to abandon this path.
A while ago I decided to move my Excel project to webdev and wanted to use one of those modern tools... Yeah, no. I felt like a grandpa trying to use a drone. I'm just going to stick to my good ol' PHP and jQuery.
There have been so many changes in such a short time, imo. It's unrealistic to keep up.
Nothing wrong with a bit of solid PHP, don't let anyone tell you otherwise!
I'm used to the banter, lol! PHP has always gotten a lot of flak, but then everyone uses it quietly. 😂
That said, I was surprised how much it has improved in the last 10 years. I stopped webdev in version 5, and now there's version 8 with a lot of cool stuff that renders old "tricks" useless. I'm like a kid in a candy store, these days.
Yeah I remember trying people to convince it'd changed its ways when 7 came out, but alas the stereotype persists. Oh well, their loss! 🤓
And the outdated php tutorials persists. And the old Stackoverflow answers persists.
It was at least last time I had to update an old app past php 7 because Azure websites was dropping support.