The Front-End Revolution

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Thesis: the revolution is behavioral not technological, tools trigger new habits and collaboration. Evidence: git and GitHub create low‑barrier contribution workflows, jQuery’s three design choices (simplicity documentation community) seed rapid plugin culture, and CSS gains come from Sass Compass and 142 registered extensions that demonstrate real reuse. Outcomes: bottom‑up participation, faster language features (CoffeeScript influence on TC39), resilient small‑world networks, and many tooling experiments that actually change how work gets done.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:16What Makes Something Revolutionary
3. 1:45Behavior Model
4. 3:33Jquery
5. 4:29Value of Community
6. 9:17Compass

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