Performant JavaScript with Qwik

Open at Intel

In this conversation from the All Things Open Conference, Miško Hevery, known as the creator of Angular and currently the CTO at Builder.io, explains what Builder.io does and the role of the Qwik JavaScript framework in web development. He describes how Builder.io enhances existing infrastructures with a drag-and-drop capability using Qwik and Qwik's performance-oriented features.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Background
00:15 Understanding Builder.io
02:09 Exploring Qwik
02:51 The Problem of Hydration in Web Development
03:36 How Qwik Addresses Hydration and Performance Issues
04:07 The Importance of Lazy Loading
13:04 The Role of AI in Web Development
16:11 The Qwik Community and Its Evolution
17:40 Advice for Potential Qwik Users
19:13 Preview of AllThingsOpen Talk
20:47 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Resources:

Qwik Documentation

Guest:

As CTO, Miško Hevery oversees the technology division that powers the Builder.io applications and software. Before joining Builder.io, he created Open Source platforms for Google, including Angular, AngularJS and was co-creator of Karma. While at Google, he focused on improving testing culture and than transitioned to focusing on improving the web.

Miško started his career designing digital circuits and moved to databases, full-stack development and finally, front-end frameworks, giving him a unique perspective. He understands all of the layers from the web down to a transistor. In addition to Google, he worked for tech powerhouses Adobe Systems and Sun Microsystems.

He holds an MS/BS from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MBA from Santa Clara University.