I recently gave a "Modern Web Dev Overview" presentation that talks about the history of web dev technologies, the problems that these tools are trying to solve

I recently gave a "Modern Web Dev Overview" presentation that talks about the history of web dev technologies, the problems that these tools are trying to solve, and how they fit together. You might find it useful: http://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2016/10/presentation-modern-web-dev-overview/ http://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2016/10/presentation-modern... . Also, the "Basic Concepts and Overviews" section of my React/Redux links list points to a number of other articles that describe what these tools are: https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links/blob/master/basic-concepts.md https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links/blob/master... . To pick out just one as a good reference, see "The State of the Javascript Landscape in 2016": http://www.infoq.com/articles/state-of-javascript-2016 http://www.infoq.com/articles/state-of-javascript-2016 .