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Latest news on web development, covering HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, WebAssembly, web design, front-end frameworks such as Angular, Svelte and Next.js, web standards, WebKit and browser engines, Core Web Vitals, progressive web apps and website builders for web developers and designers.

Web development is the work of building websites and web applications that run in a browser or are delivered over the web. Front-end developers write HTML for structure, CSS for presentation and JavaScript for behaviour, while back-end developers handle servers and data. Web design covers layout, typography and user experience, and many sites are now built with frameworks or website builders.

The web platform keeps changing. WebAssembly, which became a W3C Recommendation on 5 December 2019, lets code written in other languages run in the browser. On 20 October 2026 Cloudflare and VoidZero introduced tsrs, an experimental Rust port of the TypeScript compiler that they said could be up to eight times faster at type checking. Browser makers and standards bodies also debate new features, performance and privacy.

Developers rely on build tools such as Vite and Webpack, styling tools such as Tailwind CSS, and libraries and frameworks such as React, Angular, Svelte and Next.js. TypeScript adds static types to JavaScript, while Core Web Vitals measure loading speed, responsiveness and visual stability. Accessibility guidelines from the W3C help designers and developers make pages usable with screen readers and keyboards.

The community includes open-source maintainers, local meetups, conferences and shared documentation projects. Standards are developed by the W3C and the WHATWG, which maintains HTML as a living standard. Critics point to fast-changing frameworks, heavy JavaScript that can slow pages and uneven browser support for new features.

Tim Berners-Lee built the first web browser and server at CERN, and the first web page went live on 6 August 1991. The W3C was created in October 1994 to guide web standards, and the browser wars between Netscape and Microsoft shaped the early years. Brendan Eich created JavaScript at Netscape in 1995, and the WHATWG formed in 2004.

Our NewsNow web development news feed gathers the latest headlines on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, WebAssembly, front-end frameworks, web design and web standards from around the world. It gives developers, designers and technology teams a clear view of how the web platform is changing.