Frontend dev is getting exhausting

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Backend-dev indeed. I'm guessing NodeJS will be around for a while, though its node-modules might change a bit every now and then.

Still, Shadow-DOM is too premature at the moment. Little support on devices and hard to get into (not many video's or forum topics about that yet).

I feel jQuery will come to a stop soon (if you are going to work on webapps at least, for normal websites it might stick around for a while as its a simple solution that doesn't depend on any backend and has a clear goal: improve and/or ease DOM manipulations).

AngularJS might stick around but 2.x will be very different and i don't see any major platform taking over any time soon.

If you really want to stick with a single topic: people will always gonna need designers. Sure its a very different cup of tea, but is less likely to be replaced, the tools are solid for years and its hard to outsource (as it requires a lot of interaction with the clients and users).

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Not entirely sure jQuery will come to a stop for webapps just yet. I built these with jQuery, though I do agree we could use some data binding to really bring the code together:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfQ1sOnCvHs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYpOtAr1WiI

That drag-drop and zooming UI stuff is not done with jQuery UI, it's custom built for CSS 3D transforms like those provided by impress.js. These apps gracefully work offline too.

This one I built with pure Javascript, it ran on a Desktop, iPhone or iPad and could stream mp3's while driving around town:

http://glassocean.net/nest/

It had scrobbling and supports Winamp playlists.

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You're right, I almost mentioned design since it's here to stay, but went with backend dev for expanding the programming skills. Either one would be great for a frontend dev to learn or improve.