The 2024 Web Almanac, State of CSS and State of JavaScript Results, the 2024 Advent Calendar roundup | Front End News #112

NOTE: This is issue #112 of my newsletter, which went live on Saturday, December 28. You might find this information valuable and exciting and want to receive future issues as they are published ahead of everyone else. In that case, I invite you to join the subscriber list at frontendnexus.com. We wrap up 2024 with a new edition of the Web Almanac and the results from the State of CSS and State of JavaScript surveys. Every December for the last five years, I've gathered another Advent Calendar roundup containing a lot of high-quality content. In Browser News, we have the usual "new on the web platform" updates and many releases from the major browsers: Chrome (130 and 131), Firefox (131, 132, and 133), Polypane (22 and 22.1), Safari (18.1 and 18.2), Vivaldi 7.0, and Wolvic Chromium 1.1. Many well-known names are on the Release Radar. We spot Angular v19, Astro 5.0, Deno 2.0, Electron v33, Eleventy 3, Express v5, Next.js 15, React v19, Svelte 5, TypeScript 5.7, and Vite 6.0. We top up with a set of Front End Resources, including a documentation gallery, free public APIs, assets, and utilities. The 2024 Web Almanac The yearly edition of the Web Almanac is one of the most informative sources of information regarding the actual state of the web. The data is collated out of nearly 17 million websites. Each chapter is released independently, so keep an eye on the index for the chapter that interests you. The 2024 Web Almanac State of CSS 2024 Results The 2024 edition of the State of CSS survey confirms that CSS has come a long way over the last few years. We can see this in the popularity of new features such as ':has()', subgrid, or container size queries. Tailwind and Bootstrap remain the most popular frameworks/libraries by far. CSS filter effects are the most-used feature by the survey respondents. State of CSS 2024 Results State of JavaScript 2024 Results The State of JavaScript survey boasts a larger number of respondents (over 14000). React is still the most popular framework, while Vue and Angular are almost matched for the next two positions. Next.js, Astro, and Nuxt share the meta-frameworks podium. Last but not least, AI tools are all the rage now. State of JavaScript 2024 Results The 2024 Roundup of Advent Calendars for Designers and Developers For the previous four years, I have rounded up advent calendars for designers and developers. Here is the fifth such list, aggregating a new set of high-quality content. The 2024 Roundup of Advent Calendars for Designers and Developers

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The 2024 Web Almanac, State of CSS and State of JavaScript Results, the 2024 Advent Calendar roundup | Front End News #112

NOTE: This is issue #112 of my newsletter, which went live on Saturday, December 28. You might find this information valuable and exciting and want to receive future issues as they are published ahead of everyone else. In that case, I invite you to join the subscriber list at frontendnexus.com.

We wrap up 2024 with a new edition of the Web Almanac and the results from the State of CSS and State of JavaScript surveys. Every December for the last five years, I've gathered another Advent Calendar roundup containing a lot of high-quality content.

In Browser News, we have the usual "new on the web platform" updates and many releases from the major browsers: Chrome (130 and 131), Firefox (131, 132, and 133), Polypane (22 and 22.1), Safari (18.1 and 18.2), Vivaldi 7.0, and Wolvic Chromium 1.1.

Many well-known names are on the Release Radar. We spot Angular v19, Astro 5.0, Deno 2.0, Electron v33, Eleventy 3, Express v5, Next.js 15, React v19, Svelte 5, TypeScript 5.7, and Vite 6.0.

We top up with a set of Front End Resources, including a documentation gallery, free public APIs, assets, and utilities.

The 2024 Web Almanac

The yearly edition of the Web Almanac is one of the most informative sources of information regarding the actual state of the web. The data is collated out of nearly 17 million websites. Each chapter is released independently, so keep an eye on the index for the chapter that interests you.

State of CSS 2024 Results

The 2024 edition of the State of CSS survey confirms that CSS has come a long way over the last few years. We can see this in the popularity of new features such as ':has()', subgrid, or container size queries. Tailwind and Bootstrap remain the most popular frameworks/libraries by far. CSS filter effects are the most-used feature by the survey respondents.

State of JavaScript 2024 Results

The State of JavaScript survey boasts a larger number of respondents (over 14000). React is still the most popular framework, while Vue and Angular are almost matched for the next two positions. Next.js, Astro, and Nuxt share the meta-frameworks podium. Last but not least, AI tools are all the rage now.

The 2024 Roundup of Advent Calendars for Designers and Developers

For the previous four years, I have rounded up advent calendars for designers and developers. Here is the fifth such list, aggregating a new set of high-quality content.