Re:Who’s on Your 2016 Web Development Thank You List?
by bandrami on Thursday December 29, 2016 @02:03PM
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they never had to maintain a complicated web app
Correct: we used to write websites that were as simple as it was feasible for them to be, with as few client-side requirements as possible. It's the whole idea that "complicated web apps" are good things that I dislike.
Re:Who’s on Your 2016 Web Development Thank You List?
by ng12 on Thursday December 29, 2016 @03:15PM
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Do you think Facebook could exist if we eschewed building complicated things on the web? The alternative is not building a simpler website, it's building desktop applications. Just because some developers choose the wrong tools for the job doesn't mean the tools aren't necessary.
I write SPAs for a living and a lot of the technologies mentioned in this thread are a godsend. Whenever somebody expresses the above sentiment I feel it's only because they never had to maintain a complicated web app.