Web Industry Evolution Practical Course #13 ~Technological Changes in Front-end Development and What the Future Holds~ S

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On Thursday, December 23, 2021, Mynavi Creators held an online seminar entitled "Web Industry Evolution Practical Course #13: Technological Changes in Front-end Development and What Does the Future Hold?"

"Web Industry Evolution Practical Course" is a course where you can learn about your career from role models working at the forefront of the web industry. This is the 13th installment of the series, and this time we welcomed Shinya Yamamoto as a guest to talk about the past of front-end development and what is required in the future.

Instructor Profile
Mr. Shinya Yamamoto
Shinya Yamamoto,
CEO, ShareDan Inc.

Born in Sanmu City, Chiba Prefecture in May 1984. After graduating from Meiji University's Faculty of Letters, he worked as a web director at Hoken Co., Ltd. While in charge of managing over 100 websites, he worked on website construction and business improvement, and became a freelancer in 2015. He then self-taught himself in front-end and back-end technology, and in August 2017 became CEO of ShareDan Co. , Ltd. As a web director and front-end engineer , he is active in a wide range of areas, including building web applications for major automobile manufacturers and analyzing websites for major mobile carriers, utilizing his experience in planning, construction , and operation of his own services while also managing his own company. In 2020, he launched the " Web Creators Guild " and is currently working as the head of SaaS product development for a major venture while also nurturing creators.

The "Browser Wars" and "Advent of Smartphones" that Advance Front-End Development
The first half of the seminar began with a look back at how the front-end field has changed over time.

There is an image that the front-end has a "rapid change in belgium phone number data libraries and frameworks," but Yamamoto says, "The history of front-end change has been driven by short-term technological innovations and the competition for market share among emerging development companies."

Web browsers, the main battlefield for front-end development, have been the subject of repeated technological innovation and market share battles since the dawn of the Internet. Behind the scenes of the "First Browser War" between Netscape and Internet Explorer (IE), and the "Second Browser War" with the addition of Firefox, Opera, Safari, and Chrome, front-end engineers have tirelessly worked to absorb the differences in behavior between browsers.

Yamamoto: In the latter half of the 2010s, the rendering engines of each browser became more standardized, dramatically improving the debugging process for front-end engineers. Also, support for IE will end in June 2022, so I think this will open up new possibilities for HTML.