This is why you should be a Creative Developer in 2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2024
- Really excited about the future of creative development. Thought I'd make a short video sharing my excitement for it. Enjoy!
00:00 Increasing demand
1:26 Types of creative developers
2:57 The future is good for Creative Developers
5:18 Creative development is AI proof
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#react #nextjs #awwwards #gsap #framer #motion
I've been saying the EXACT same thing for a year now. I'm a pretty experienced backend dev and, for the last year or so, I've been pivoting to frontend, graphic design, and animation. When explaining my pivot to friends & colleagues, I've basically used your exact arguments. Plus it's way more fun and I've always wanted to be an artist XD
I agree with you about tools being tailored for specific individuals. Initially, I coded everything from scratch using React and Next.js. However, I've now recognized the power of Webflow. It allows me to build websites more quickly and intuitively for clients to manage. Additionally, I can still create custom animations using integrated code.
For sure! Sometimes going full React is overkill on some projects. Webflow definitely has a place in the market for small creative websites. Glad you’re landing clients too!
@@olivierlarose1 Yeah I enjoy creating marketing websites more than complex applications but it’s just personal preference.
@@olivierlarose1 New developer here, I have been making creative websites only using react/next, framer etc.. Would you suggest just switching to webflow for the creative/landing page websites ? I had a pre-conception that it's better to code everything yourself then use websites like Webflow, Wordpress etc... as it increases my 'skill' and also more impressive towards job recruiters. I have had hours of headaches coding things that take 5 minutes with Webflow ahah but I thought it was worth it. I do see some really creative websites only with webflow, which look really good and professional, and in the end the client/user doesn't really care if it's build with code or CMS.
please don't stop uploading videos, these are fokin awesoemeeeee
Just wanted to drop by and say that I've been really enjoying your videos! I wanted to share an interesting tidbit with you: 20 years ago, I started programming in AS(Flash), and exactly 11 years ago, as it was fading away and making room for new web technologies, I found myself wondering what would become of all that creativity and interactivity. Fast forward to recent years, and it seems like those aspects are making a comeback! It's like you're spot on - that lost chapter is now rapidly unfolding and thriving again!
Keep up the great work!
Cheers!
Thank you for these videos Olivier!! Currently, working on becoming a creative developer and excited to see what the future holds for creative development
Thanks for this analysis, it really gives me courage to believe I'm switching to a right path - my inner engineer is happy of meeting the little artist inside.
Thanks for the video Olivier. Wish you a great 2024 as a content creator; can't wait to observe the channel's growth :)
Thanks for the support! Happy 2024 to you as well
i love what you are saying same exact what i felt, i was starting using react and tailwind in next js after a long period of chaos, you are wonderful and your content are perfect too see you for more creative tools and projects
Great video Olivier. I could not agree more, 100%. Also, this ties in very well with the rise of personal branding that has happened in the last few years and now recently is getting a big boom. Through my entire life i have been struggling to put myself in a box on what i should focus on, because i just love to do stuff, create things, everything from design, UX and UI to coding to musicproduction..to learn new things and just being open to those new tools that are being made for us. So i think i might just be a creative dev...well, that was easy, hehe.
I agree with you. I am learning from your every videos and really expecting to learn something more from you. I think all the creative starters here will appreciate that.
Thank you for these videos, I learn a lot about design and animations, a hug and happy new year
you too!
love your videos man oliver. as a creative programmer myself it's so inspiring to see others on the same journey and very level-headed takes in this video 🔥
I must say, you are the one who is shedding new light on creative development. Please continue !
This is a great way to see things. I do agree with you, there's a lot of tools out there that provide ways of being more unique on our designs, which shows that people are also looking to be more unique and make a space for creative coding. I'm personally starting to explore shaders, which is a very complex yet powerful thing to create amazing experiences that were not possible before.
100% the space is growing and yes shaders are definitely at the top of the food chain when it comes to creative animations.
Thanks for the video, it was a nice shift from the usual tutorials!.If you were ever interested in doing a video on your journey to where you are now, it would be a really interesting watch!
Always when I see someone that is so skilled at such a young age, I wonder what studies or experiences led to have them such established skills. Hoping to catch up to you some day despite being a few years behind.
Keep up the great work!
Noted! And thanks for the support
This video came at the perfect time. Thank you.
Your content is very unique and your audience will definitely grow.
Thanks!
Absolutely loved this kind of video. As a non native English speaker, I was able to undestand the message from the video very well. Found this channel a while ago since my goal is to become a really good frontend developer. This channel has a lot of really useful tutorial.
Toast to you and your perfect lovely accent
Haha appreciate it
Hey Oliver - came across your web tutorials and it's got me into learning React/Next as well as animations. I'm a web dev with a Laravel/Vue background but I'm currently setting up my own company/business and I want to make it around creative development. I have an artist who can create assets and together we can really combine art and programming to make something special I feel. Your tutorials have definitely inspired me to get more into animations and transitions and I think Next, GSAP, FramerMotion etc these will eventually be staples in the business going ahead. Honestly just trying to get to a point where I'm able to whip out Awwwards style sites so looking forward to learning more from you. I would like to ask if you can do some tutorials on how to put sites as a whole together, so combining all these tidbits into a site with a purpose or theme. Really looking forward to your course too I think it's just what I need for what I'm aiming for and hits all the right tech stacks.
For sure! I’ll definitely make a tutorial building a website from A-Z and good luck with your business
man be technical dan koe, love the new style
haha spot on!
How about a detailed web dev course covering basic to advanced topics like three js, react, next js, framer motion, and more?
I second this motion
yeah, I would love to have sort of a roadmap. Feel like i know the basics of every technology but don't know how to start
I’m currently building a course, you can sign up here: blog.olivierlarose.com/courses/web-animation-course
Noted!
I am so down for this. Hope you are doing good. You are my insprite in this journey
Lets go
Thanks, I felt a little bit lost and worried about my career. Now I see that this might be a future opportunity for a creative web devs!
Glad I could help
Hi Oliver.
I speak for all of us when I say we need a background story of how, why, when you started out, what pushed you, challenges you faced, what it's been like so far video, your setup, maybe how your typical day goes....make it as long as possible.
To us you're just this random cool nerd who makes really cool videos, that's how to build a followership and not just followers.
We need either a villain or a hero story. 😅
Cheers mate!!, I'm really rooting for you. 💯
haha thanks for the support, I'll definitely make a video about my story
This year, I will be making a Muir shift in the type of webpages I design, especially landing pages, they will consist more of simple and interactive animations and micro interactions and very cool stuffs.
That’s why I am learning as much as much resource as possible, P.S I can’t wait for your Web Animation course - this is what I really need right now
Let’s goo, I agree with you💯
Love that, I have major love for animation, and it's practical too, it can really enhance the UX
Please upload more videos. We love your videos
Thanks will do!
Exactly what i was thinking this past year , i started developing in backend first but since chat gpt came up , i am now focusing more on creative visions
Back end won’t completely go away but focusing on the visual definitely is a good move
Hi Oliver, I just stumbled on your channel today at work as I needed to create a complex animation using framer motion and one of your tutorials popped up. I had a look at a few of your tutorials and I have to say I'm not only impressed with your amazing work but also with the beautiful way in which you present the information.
I'm subbed and looking forward to more of your content. One thing I would like to ask you is can you please share some good resources (youtube channels or websites) about creating such beautiful web animations with framer motion or vanilla js / vanilla react. I really care about performance and I like to add libraries only when absolutely necessary (that's the engineer part of me lol).
For ressources, I highly recommend this video from one of my friend: th-cam.com/video/CEWQIzjKvoE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=n9qEZkA97CJtffaZ
@@olivierlarose1 Thank you very much, I will check it out asap
Great video as alaways ... It would be nice to get a video on how to get creative developer jobs or opportunities
Noted!
Thanks for sharing this. It's definitely a scary thought to think that Dev work isn't safe anymore.
Do you have any suggestions on places where we can learn and practice how to build creative web designs? I often have a hard time trying to workout how to go about building these things.
Webflow
Mr Larose you got any videos on how you bring clients/establish connections?
Big dan koe vibes and I love it
Please can you do a video on the difference between react and next.js, I just entered the programming space and I am wondering if should I start with the basics or start with frameworks because I am interested in making web apps and websites with animations
I suggest making your first website with vanilla react (create-react-app). After that you can learn Next.js and you'll understand the strength of it and the differences between the two.
As an experienced "traditional" tech person (React/NextJS), how do I progress? I love art, I want to code beautiful things. I got the hang of threeJS basics, but feel like I need a proper design to code to advance.
I've been learning design for a while, and now Blender, but I know it'll take *years* to be any good. I'm ok with that. But I have a tendency to "lone wolf" things, and I'm wondering if what I really need is to collaborate with the artsier people. Are there "creative designers" that specialise in this type of design? I know if a design and assets were given to me, I could code it, but I'm stuck trying to be everything. I feel pretty clueless, any insight would be super appreciated.
My problem about fancy websites is the effect on seo. I mean the more fancy the website the slower it will load and so it will affect seo.
Tech will most likely solve that issue as creative websites become more popular
I was debating if i should quit as a creative developer and move to back end. Thank you for this video
Don’t move to back end if you have an interest for visuals, it will crush your soul. But you know better than me
Had to come back here with another comment! Would it be possible to get a video on your mindset is regarding making all these effects mobile responsive?
Almost all Next tutorials I see are related to desktop, so curious how people adapt such complex designs and layout to nice mobile versions.
Cheers
Noted!
well said oliver
thanks!
Hello sir , could you please create a video sharing your experience in frontend development, detailing the starting point of your journey.
Will do!
@@olivierlarose1 thank you
My two cents is that and I quote the Primagen here “if you don’t become really good and solve the hard problems, you will eventually become obsolete”. I think that “simple” tasks will become and are already automated but the real nitty gritty stuff will remain our domain until eventually that will to be automated. At which point it doesn’t really matter as all jobs will be automated if we make it that far.
Agreed!
Please create a video on how to get started learning creative development. I know HTML, CSS, and JS. But need help learning the "creative" part. Thanks
Noted!
Thank you so much for your content!! I tried signing up for the web animations course but I didn't get any response or feedback on whether my email was successfully submitted.
You can leave your email here I'll make sure to add you to the list
@@olivierlarose1 but is that safe? 😭 I don't want spams and unnecessary exposure of my personal email 😞
Can I send it as a DM on Twitter
Bro you look so young, how you are so efficient and learnt creative animation, effects in the websites, how much time you have put in, how you become this oliver that you are right now, after passing out higher education, Your reply matters ❤️
I’m not that young haha and I’m receiving these questions a lot so I’m planning a video explaining my story it should come out soon stay tuned!
I've been watching your videos recently and your animations with GSAP and framer motion are Amazing! but at the same time it's Overwhelming for me :(. I tried to recreate some of those curser animation with x and y axis and getting its location for magnetic effect but I just cant!! maybe I don't know enough of JS to use these Advanced tools...
I think it's overwhelming for everyone starting out! Keep learning and practicing and you'll be fine
what do you think would be a good choice to create some basic knowledge to be a creative developer and build on top of that based on what you like most, you think tools like code cademy are valid to learn well full stack?
Yep for sure it’s valid. I suggest mastering basic HTML, CSS and Javascript. Then you can either learn webflow or React
Hey bro what happened to the image pixelisation lazy loading tutorial I was practicing to recreate it and it disappeared :(
oh sorry about that! I took it off as I'm reworking it. You check the repo here: github.com/olivierlarose/image-pixelisation-lazy-loading
Hey oliver, can you make a video on how to preload assets and then load the webpage, like how awwwards site do
Unless you have 3D assets in Three.js, Next js should pre render all the assets for you, you won’t need a preloader in most cases
@@olivierlarose1I know, but when I visit some awwwards websites they have fancy loading animation,I tried to make one, but I couldn't make it proper, there are not many tutorials for that aswell, adding priority to next images is indeed useful, but I wonder how would a loading be implemented in a webpage
how would you suggest starting to learn creative development?
I’ll make a video on it!
Hey Oliver, how are you? im dreaming about become a creative developer but i just have few months of exp, im know js, react, next, and learning threejs but im do not know how to become a creative, your videos is amazing but seems to hard to me, can you help me? a roadmap idk
Noted! I’ll see what I can do
as a person who’s not very creative nor the smartest in the room when it comes to web development the future is looking hella scary
We’ll be fine we just have to keep learning
I like the creative side and to code. but, traditional developers don't respect me. I feel that knowing GSAP and things like that are more valuabie in the Webflow/Framer area am I right?
If I'm pursuing this creative developer path... should I focus on HMTL/CSS/JS/React... or go all in no-code?
First of all let's not care about what other people think that's not healthy and shouldn't be in your decision process. Then you should learn HTML/CSS/JS in any case. Even if you use no code tools, you'll eventually have to insert custom code (in Webflow for example) if you want to truly have a unique website. If you want to focus purely on small creative websites, design, motion, etc then learn Webflow. Otherwise learn React, as you can still do creative websites but it also opens up the possibility for other kind of web apps.
I agree 100%. But how can we get creative
haha thats a whole video in itself. I suggest reading the book "The Creative Act" by Rick Rubin it's a good start
@@olivierlarose1 tysm
Where to learn ? Any courses?
In next js and react
My course will release soon check it out here: blog.olivierlarose.com/courses/web-animation-course
I fully agree with you! AI's cool for some stuff, but it can't beat humans at being creative. Our job security's safe 'cause robots can't out-imagine us!
Keep up the great work! Big hug!
Exactly!
hi oliver, your videos can be edited better and can be improved, do you need help in editing?
your videos are actually helpful to me, just subscribed your channel.
develop is hard, even for AI
aaand let's go, now creative development will be saturated too, from niche to cliche.
The future is good for creative developers [...] until every front-end web developer switches over, oversaturating that market as well.
I think the most future proof thing to do is buy some land and go live off the grid and make a farm. Cause AI + population reaching 10 billion people in a few years is a recipe for the complete annihilation of job opportunities
Life is a cycle, nows the time for creative development and when it gets saturated, it will be the time for something else
Ok we've got to stop with the 'AI will make you lose your job' predictions. Nobody knows how the future will play out. Be kinder to your audience.
Hypothesis without any merit.
Love your videos but don't 'Dan Koe' yourself
Using Framer motion to just do transitions pages and add 3 transform elements 😂 is not creative development
Ooh we’ve spotted a hater!
Olivier never misses 🔥🏒
Go Far G ! Wish you all the best .
Cheers bro!