--- title: 'Hot New Web Dev - January 2024' url: 'https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/2024/hot-new-web-dev-january-2024' markdown: 'https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/2024/hot-new-web-dev-january-2024.md' date: '2024-01-31' description: 'Discover the latest web development news in January 2024. From old-school technologies to learning resources, stay informed with our comprehensive roundup of the hottest topics in the web development world.' taxonomy: category: - 'Web Development' tag: - Tools - CSS - Learning - JavaScript - Magazine - Java --- # Hot New Web Dev - January 2024 Published on January 31, 2024 by Tracy Ridge in [Web Development](https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/category/category:Web%20Development) Happy New Year and welcome to Hot Web Dev January 2024, featuring the latest technology and web development news. In this month’s edition, we feature some more old-school technologies, including a programming language. Find out more about a free JavaScript Bootcamp and how to spice up your shell. Table of contents 1. [Old School Technologies](#one) 2. [Learning Resources](#two) 3. [Web Design Resources](#three) 4. [Web Tool of the Month](#four) 5. [The Best of the Rest in January 2024](#five) ## Old School Technologies This January celebrated 40 years since Apple released the first Mac. The Macintosh 128KB home computer was small, lightweight, and comparatively cheap, at $2,495 compared to its unsuccessful predecessor, Lisa, which cost a whopping $9,995. The Mac featured a GUI which spurred competitors to copy the years after. Of course, this is something that we all rely on if you are not comfortable with the terminal and its text-based offerings. Whether you love or hate Apple the Macintosh helped shape the technology world. ![gray device with apple logo on white surface](https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/user/data/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pexels-photo-812262.jpeg)Photo by Tuur Tisseghem on [Pexels.com](https://www.pexels.com/photo/gray-device-with-apple-logo-on-white-surface-812262/)Everybody remembers the first programming language language they started to learn. Long before the internet had decent speeds and YouTube was invented I began to learn the world of the web and started a course on [web design](https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/2019/innovative-web-design-trends-follow-2019). The course came on floppy disks and the modules featured Java programming, HTML and CSS. It would be bizarre to do the course now as back then Java could run on a web browser using applets. Can you believe it’s 28 years since the release of Java 1.0? According to the Tiobe index, it remains in the top 5 programming languages. Now we are on version 21 and Its use case is more in the enterprise world. Despite that, it’s still a desirable programming language to learn. **Source** [Digital Trends](https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-macintosh-40th-anniversary-vision-pro/) [Java.com](https://www.java.com/releases/) [www.tiobe.com](https://tiobe.com/tiobe-index/) ## Learning Resources While we are featuring [Java](https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/2021/an-introductory-guide-to-java) in this month’s edition of Wow mag. If you are interested in learning more about the popular language you can learn from [Java Projects for All: From Beginner to Expert Level Coding Fun!](https://www.javacodegeeks.com/2024/01/java-projects-for-all-from-beginner-to-expert-level-coding-fun.html) and [Essential 10 Java Tips for Mastery](https://www.javacodegeeks.com/2024/01/essential-10-java-tips-for-mastery.html). Now on to JavaScript. Do you fancy joining a free JavaScript Bootcamp with no signup? If so head over to [BadWebsiteClub](https://badwebsite.club/). The course is focused on the new algorithms and data structures course, offered by FreeCodeCamp. It starts on the 12th of February so register now. If you are familiar with JavaScript and want to move on to learning a framework. Consider learning with this [React step-by-step guide](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-learn-react-step-by-step/). ## Web Design Resources When it comes to icon packs there are plenty to choose from on the web. They usually come in a standard size and with the power of SVG, you can easily scale them to suit your project. Enter [Heroicons Micro](https://tailwindcss.com/blog/heroicons-micro) which comes as part of the heroicons pack. They are specifically set at 16×16 pixels and are perfect for high-density user interfaces. There are many CSS generators on the web. Whether you are looking for a gradient, layout or animations you can usually find what you need. If you are looking for glass-effect, also known as Glassmorphism, here is a selection of the [best glass-effect CSS generators](https://cssauthor.com/css-glass-effect-generators-for-web-designers/) on the web. ## Web Tool Of The Month The tool of the month is adding a little appeal to your terminal shell. [Starship](https://starship.rs/) is a cross-platform shell prompt that integrates with bash, zsh, fish, PowerShell and many more. A shell prompt is a command-line interface provided by a shell, which is a program that interprets and executes user commands. Written in Rust It can be fully configured to work with a variety of tools and programming languages such as Git, Rust and Java. It also comes with community-powered presets and themes to enhance the style to something you prefer. ## The Best of the Rest in January 2024 - [Understanding Network Address Translation (NAT) in Networking](https://dzone.com/articles/understanding-network-address-translation-nat) - [8 of the Best Linux Debuggers for Software Engineers](https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-linux-debuggers/) - [7 Common Front-End Security Attacks](https://dev.to/tinymce/7-common-front-end-security-attacks-372p) - [Web Design for SEO: Optimizing Your Site for Search Engines](https://designbeep.com/2024/01/22/web-design-for-seo-optimizing-your-site-for-search-engines/) - [SolidStart: A Different Breed Of Meta-Framework](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2024/01/solidstart-different-breed-meta-framework/) ### Share [X](https://x.com/intent/tweet?text=Hot%20New%20Web%20Dev%20-%20January%202024&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldoweb.co.uk%2F2024%2Fhot-new-web-dev-january-2024&via=worldoweb "Share on X") [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldoweb.co.uk%2F2024%2Fhot-new-web-dev-january-2024 "Share on Facebook") [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldoweb.co.uk%2F2024%2Fhot-new-web-dev-january-2024&title=Hot%20New%20Web%20Dev%20-%20January%202024 "Share on Reddit") [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldoweb.co.uk%2F2024%2Fhot-new-web-dev-january-2024 "Share on LinkedIn") [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text=Hot%20New%20Web%20Dev%20-%20January%202024%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldoweb.co.uk%2F2024%2Fhot-new-web-dev-january-2024 "Share on Bluesky") [Email](mailto:?subject=Hot%20New%20Web%20Dev%20-%20January%202024&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldoweb.co.uk%2F2024%2Fhot-new-web-dev-january-2024 "Share via email") #### Tags [ Tools](https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/tag/tag:Tools) [ CSS](https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/tag/tag:CSS) [ Learning](https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/tag/tag:Learning) [ JavaScript](https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/tag/tag:JavaScript) [ Magazine](https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/tag/tag:Magazine) [ Java](https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/tag/tag:Java) ##### Next [ ← Hot New Web Dev - February 2024 ](https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/2024/hot-new-web-dev-february-2024) OR ##### Previous [ Magical Microsoft Journey To Embrace Open Source → ](https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/2024/microsoft-journey-embraces-open-source) --- ## Navigation - Previous: [Hot New Web Dev - February 2024](https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/2024/hot-new-web-dev-february-2024.md) - Next: [Magical Microsoft Journey To Embrace Open Source](https://www.worldoweb.co.uk/2024/microsoft-journey-embraces-open-source.md)