#4: I've got 99 problems but Front-End ain't one!

In this episode we are going to talk about how front end development has changed with Dan Davies who is a Commerce Interaction Designer from our CX Team and Peter Hicks who is a Technical Lead in one of our development squads.

We cover a range of topics including:

• Changes to front end development over time
• Skills required (CSS, HTML, Javascript, React, Vue, Devops )
• Tools and techniques (Task runners like Gulp, Grunt, Bootstrap )
• Keeping up to speed (JS frameworks, CSS frameworks )
• The importance of site speed (fine balance over what is easily fixed to stuff out of control like 3rd party solutions )
• Expectations of clients and consumers ( Good UX, Fast site, look good, mobile friendly)
• How can we approach projects in different ways? (pattern libraries, wireframing, breaking down into components, working together early on rather than a big reveal after weeks of secrecy, developers in from the start, promotes ownership but also ensures what is being designed, requested can be done )
• PWA and headless trends
• What is headless?
• What is a PWA?
• What are the benefits?
• What are the challenges?
• What is the difference between UX design and interaction design?
• What is the difference between design front end and engineering front end?
• What emerging technologies are important to learn as a developer? (react, )
• What advice would you give an aspiring developer?

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