The web ecosystem is often mocked for changing rapidly. With new tools and methodologies added every day, it is easy to feel overwhelmed by new frameworks, libraries, bundlers, builders, runtimes and the plethora of other elements we seem to need in our modern web development toolchains. Their existence and the hype around them surely

If you've ever asked yourself: What ever happened to the trinity that was just HTML, CCS and JavaScript? Then this talk is for you. In this story-like talk, I take a look at the evolution of the web, its use, challenges and the tools that have been developed through the decades to address them By the end of this talk, the audience should understand what some of the most popular tools in the web ecosystem are aimed at solving.