This document summarizes Matt Raible's presentation on the future of web frameworks. It discusses how web frameworks have evolved from early technologies like CGI and PHP to modern frameworks like Ruby on Rails and Grails. It also explores emerging trends like HTML5, mobile development, APIs, and the growing importance of speed. Raible believes future frameworks will focus on performance, support plugins and mobile/desktop, and encourage innovation while building on past successes. The most important factors will be hiring smart developers and focusing on APIs and applications over meetings.

1. THE FUTURE OF WEB FRAMEWORKS
Matt Raible
http://raibledesigns.com
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© 2010 Raible Designs

2. INTRODUCTIONS
Web Framework Usage
Framework Developer?
Mobile Developer?
What would you like to see
in future web frameworks?

3. Blogger on raibledesigns.com Father, Skier,
Cyclist
Web Framework Connoisseur
Montana Native
Founder of AppFuse
Who is Matt Raible?

4. SESSION AGENDA
How did we get here?
Where are we going?
How do we get there?
2011++
Conclusion
Q and A

5. HISTORY OF WEB
FRAMEWORKS
Deep History (CGI, etc.)
Java's Rise
PHP
AJAX
Rails -> Grails
RESTify!
SOFEA, APIs, etc.

6. HISTORY OF
WEB FRAMEWORKS

7. HISTORY OF
WEB FRAMEWORKS

8. HISTORY OF
WEB FRAMEWORKS

9. HISTORY OF
WEB FRAMEWORKS

10. HISTORY OF
WEB FRAMEWORKS

11. HISTORY OF
WEB FRAMEWORKS

12. MVC VS. COMPONENTS

13. WHAT ARE COMPONENTS?

14. REST
API

15. CLUSTERING TO
CACHING

16. NOSQL

17. CLOUD

18. I T ’ S B E E N P R E T T Y D A M N AW E S O M E , E H ?

19. THE FUTURE
What’s around the bend?

20. MOBILE
iPhone
Android
Palm Pre

21. BROWSERS
Firefox
Safari
Chrome

22. HTML5
Will it eliminate the need
for plugins?

23. SPEED
Client Optimizations
Bandwidth

24. COMPILERS
GWT
Closure Tools
Cappuccino
HipHop for PHP

25. DESKTOP
WEBAPPS
Adobe Air
Titanium

26. IPAD
Kids
Books
Video
Internet
Email

27. VIDEO
Web Browsers on TVs
TV on Laptops
TV on Phones

28. APP STORES
Facebook
LinkedIn
Google App Marketplace

29. IS THIS THE FUTURE?
... or the present?

30. JAVA

31. IDES

32. HTML5
http://www.focus.com/images/view/11905/

33. JS ON MOBILE IS SLOW
http://ajaxian.com/archives/ipad-javascript-shockingly-slow

34. MAKING JS FASTER
http://mir.aculo.us/2010/06/04/making-an-ipad-html5-app-making-it-really-fast/

35. GO NATIVE

36. FUTURE FRAMEWORKS
The survivors will...
Take site speed seriously
Support plugins
Build on past success
Will be both conservative and edgy
Encourage new thinking
Support mobile, touch screen and desktop

37. 2011++
IE 6 dies (hopefully!)
HTML5 will have issues
Ajax Frameworks will continue to innovate
Interest in server-side frameworks will continue, but
innovation will slow
Desktop, Mobile and TV will be done with web
technologies

38. HOW DO WE GET THERE?
It’s all about the APIs.
A good API allows for any client
Web skills transfer to the desktop - and phones!
Speed will continue to be *very* important
It’s all about the Apps.
Build Them.

39. MOST IMPORTANTLY
Hire Smart People
Effective Communicators
Finishers
Let them code
Eliminate Meetings
Put them face-to-face and
keep it small

40. CONCLUSION
Web Frameworks can help you build the future. Hire good people. Let them build.

41. HOT FRAMEWORKS*
Server
Ruby on Rails
Grails
Spring 3 + JRebel
Spring Roo
Client
GWT
Flex
jQuery
* From a Java Developer’s Perspective

42. QUESTIONS?
Contact Information
http://raibledesigns.com
http://twitter.com/mraible
Download Presentation
http://slideshare.net/mraible