On the one hand, JavaScript is changing every year. CSS releases new features such as grid. New releases of frameworks such as Vue and Svelte are released. React launches hooks. The list goes on and on. You read the headlines about all of the new stuff, but you may not actually use the new stuff in a real project.
On the other hand, the client needs features yesterday, and there's a need to deliver new features as fast as possible with the functionality you know inside and out.
You keep using the small core of functionality you know over and over again for years. You know a small number of things very well, but you know nothing about many things you read about. There's a whole world of things that experts know that you have never used.
Maybe a lot depends on your environment? If you're at a shop with 100 developers, a few developers might spend a lot of time playing with new stuff, and teaching it to others. In a small shop, your results may vary. Not every shop has that new junkie who jumps on the newest thing, evaluates it as appropriate for this shop or not, and efficiently teaches the new stuff to others.
I try to use and learn new things, but it's time consuming. So even though I am learning new stuff all the time, I often feel closer to the beginner side than the expert side.
The default is to make the donuts every day with the tools you have. It takes effort to learn new things and use them in a real project.
There are several competing forces at play.
On the one hand, JavaScript is changing every year. CSS releases new features such as grid. New releases of frameworks such as Vue and Svelte are released. React launches hooks. The list goes on and on. You read the headlines about all of the new stuff, but you may not actually use the new stuff in a real project.
On the other hand, the client needs features yesterday, and there's a need to deliver new features as fast as possible with the functionality you know inside and out.
You keep using the small core of functionality you know over and over again for years. You know a small number of things very well, but you know nothing about many things you read about. There's a whole world of things that experts know that you have never used.
Maybe a lot depends on your environment? If you're at a shop with 100 developers, a few developers might spend a lot of time playing with new stuff, and teaching it to others. In a small shop, your results may vary. Not every shop has that new junkie who jumps on the newest thing, evaluates it as appropriate for this shop or not, and efficiently teaches the new stuff to others.
I try to use and learn new things, but it's time consuming. So even though I am learning new stuff all the time, I often feel closer to the beginner side than the expert side.
The default is to make the donuts every day with the tools you have. It takes effort to learn new things and use them in a real project.
I'm happy to answer any questions.