Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks?

Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by evolve2k on Monday September 12, 2016 @05:12AM (#12478197)

I think where a key abstraction was lost was when JavaScript became the language you had to compile to if you wanted to do web development. Biggest hope I see on the horizon is WebAssembly, which has support of many big players but I've heard very little on it recently.

Ref: https://medium.com/javascript-scene/what-is-webassembly-the-...

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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by tezza on Monday September 12, 2016 @06:32AM (#12478514)

But then you still have the following hack offenders:

* DOM,

* HTML Layout,

* CSS,

* A small variety of crappy events ( onDomLoaded ),

* a fairly rubbish heavyweight communication layer ( AJAX )

* Keyboard bindings that never work cross app, never cross platform

* Accessibility ??

* No idea of the energy impact of your code

* No ability to do queries on important device metrics ( energy consumption, clipboard, user presence, login / logoff, single sign on )

* History management and back button mess

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