The document discusses how technologies like ReactJS and serverless computing will revolutionize web development. It argues that the next generation of cloud computing will be serverless and based on JavaScript. Serverless cloud computing means backend services are simply JavaScript code without requiring a server, providing benefits like zero maintenance, higher security, and better performance. The document promotes a JAMstack approach to modern web development using client-side JavaScript, reusable APIs, and prebuilt markup.

1. The JavaScript
Web Development
Revolution
How technologies like ReactJS and Serverless
Computing will change the world
Thomas Witt <thomas.witt@infopark.com>
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2. Thomas Witt
<thomas.witt@scrivito.com>

3. @thomas_witt

5. Scrivito is a user-friendly, serverless
JavaScript CMS, built for digital agencies and
medium to large-sized businesses.

6. scrivito.com/eBooks

7. JavaScript
Web Development
Revolution

8. Server-based

11. In the end, nobody wants a server.

12. The
next generation
of
Cloud Computing
is serverless and based on JavaScript

13. Serverless
Cloud Computing

14. 2006: AWS EC2
Computing on Demand

15. 2014: AWS Lambda

16. Backend-Services are simply JS code.
No server involved.
Really.

17. 0% maintenance, no patching, no updates
Higher level of security
Better performance and scalability

18. JavaScript Web
Development
Revolution
webdevelopmentrevolution.com

19. Example: CMS

21. User Management
View Layer
Application Logic
Persistence Layer
Routing / Controller
Form/input checks
DOM manipulation
Animations

22. User Management View Layer
Application Logic
Persistence Layer Routing / Controller
Form/input
checks
Animations
DOM
manipulation

25. JAMstack.org

26. Modern web
development
architecture

27. Based on …
client-side JavaScript,
reusable APIs,
prebuilt Markup.

28. Why now?

29. #1 Fast browsers / JS engines

30. #2 Google & SEO

31. “As long as you're not blocking Googlebot
from crawling your JavaScript or CSS !les,
we are generally able to render and
understand your web pages like
modern browsers.
– Webmaster Central Blog, Oktober 2015

32. #3 The community is there

33. "For the !fth year in a row, JavaScript was the
most commonly used programming language"
insights.stackover!ow.com/survey/2017 | stackover!ow.blog/2017/03/09/developer-hiring-trends-2017/
"React is the most loved among developers"

34. Result

35. Modern web applications should be
developed JAMstack-like:
Serverless, built on JavaScript

36. Download our
free eBook
at scrivito.com

37. Your questions?