Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats 989: State of JS 2025
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Mar 23, 2026 A fast tour of the latest State of JS survey findings. They map which JavaScript libraries and meta-frameworks are rising or falling. Hosting, runtimes, and backend framework shifts get scrutiny. Testing and tooling trends like Vite, VTest, and linters are highlighted. The episode also covers AI tools shaping developer workflows and surprising winners in the community awards.
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AI Models Shift Tooling Recommendations Rapidly
- AI code assistants heavily influence tooling recommendations and can shift preferred stacks across model versions.
- They cited Amplifying.ai tests showing models moved recommendations from Prisma to Drizzle and changed many stack picks.
Migrate Tests To VTest And Playwright
- Try swapping Jest/Mocha for Vite Test and Playwright to improve test speed and realism.
- Scott and Wes highlight VTest's performance and Playwright's browser-based integration testing as major reasons for recent migrations.
Zod Growth Shows Demand For Runtime Validation
- Zod saw a large usage spike as teams adopt runtime schema validation even in TypeScript projects.
- Hosts tie this to developers wanting validation beyond static types, driving a 12% increase in Zod usage.