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In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about their predictions for 2021!

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02:06 - ESM

• Scott: It’s going to be big
  • Snowpack
• Wes: Everything going forward should be ESM

05:44 - Wes: Remote work will grow

• Whole new talent pool opens up
• Whole new living situations open up

08:23 - Scott: Deno will grow

• Deno 101 for Web Developers

11:12 - Wes: Tooling will fade away

• Less setup, more behind the scenes
• Rome
• Deno
  • Linter
  • Formatter
  • Transpiler
  • Tester
• Parcel2
• Snowpack
• Nextjs

14:14 - Scott: Greater usage of other languages to build Javascript

• esbuild
• Rust
• Go

19:35 - Wes: Programming communities will gain traction

• Github Discussions
• Forem
• Circle