The future of the web is npm, but maybe not JavaScript

In this special episode of JS Party, KBall and Nick are on location at Node + JS Interactive in Vancouver. They talks with Laurie Voss, co-founder and COO of npm Inc. They chat about his talk, “npm and the Future of JavaScript”, JavaScript frameworks, and how the definition of “the fundamentals of the web” is constantly changing.

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Featuring:

• Laurie Voss – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Kevin Ball – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Nick Nisi – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, Website

Show Notes:

Laurie’s Talk:

• npm and the Future of JavaScript slides
• npm and the Future of JavaScript recording from NEJS
• Methodology of Survey blog post

React Everywhere

• React Native
• React Desktop
• React Router

Other References

• CommonJS
• WASM
• Backbone
• Gutenberg
• Yarn

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!