Keynote: What are the Top 10 Frustrations for Web Developers and Designers?
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MDN Web DNA runs an annual developer survey built from 16 hours of coded interviews, 30 stakeholder reviews and a localized questionnaire in eight languages, yielding 76,000 respondents and 20,000 full completions from 173 countries. Results show the top pains are concrete: browser compatibility/interoperability, poor documentation, lack of device and file-system APIs, and tooling fragmentation; 76% report satisfaction with the web while 9% are dissatisfied, and browser teams are already using the data to prioritize work.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Start
- 1:03The Case of CSS Grid
- 2:52Web Platform Lifecycle
- 4:52Interviews of Lifecylce Participants
- 9:24Transcribing
- 10:30The MDN Web DNA
- 11:29Results
- 12:21Developer Type Breakdown
- 13:16Experience Level Breakdown
- 13:37Gender Participation Breakdown
- 15:04Developer and Designer Needs.
- 16:04Top 10 Needs Breakdown
- 18:26Biggest Barriers to Entry for New Tech
- 18:59What is Missing From the Web?
- 20:46Satisfaction with the Web
- 21:26Responses
- 22:59Next Iteration
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