Web Frontend History

1990–1995 : HTML, CSS and JavaScript are invented

1996–1999 : Standardization efforts begin. Browser compliance is terrible. Browser wars ignite.

2000–2004 : CSS frameworks begin to emerge. jQuery is born. Frontend package management.

2005–2009 : W3C specification compliance is met. Chrome browser takes the lead. Responsive designs and frameworks are introduced.

2010–2015: JavaScript Frameworks are born i.e. Backbone, Ember, AngularJS, React, Angular, Vue. HTML5 is announced.

2016–2018: GraphQL emerges. Native HTML, CSS & JavaScript become more powerful. New platforms built on-top existing JavaScript frameworks emerge: StoryBook, Motion UI Gatsby, Next.js.

Evan You on Twitter: "Despite Vite getting a ridiculous satisfaction rating in the State of JS survey, I still think this metrics is seriously flawed and misleading. / Twitter"

Despite Vite getting a ridiculous satisfaction rating in the State of JS survey, I still think this metrics is seriously flawed and misleading.

https://twitter.com/youyuxi/status/1493927355399606273

History of front-end frameworks - LogRocket Blog

A history of front-end frameworks including Semantic UI, Bulma, Materialize, jQuery, Backbone, Knockout, Ember, and AngularJS.

https://blog.logrocket.com/history-of-frontend-frameworks/

History of front-end frameworks - LogRocket Blog

Web Frontend History

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