Re:Is the web getting slower?
by sanitycheck on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @05:46AM
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So.. There are benefits to this for complex apps - but 90% (charitably) of this kind of code is not in a complex app.
I think it's for two main reasons:
1. If you don't use complicated new technology you won't get a job doing web dev.
2. Many new JS devs don't understand JS/HTML/CSS well, they only understand a particular framework - and even then not in a sufficiently deep way.
When you come across a seemingly normal site that requires JS in order to display anything, it's pretty unlikely that anyone involved ever considered not doing it that way.
I think it's for two main reasons:
1. If you don't use complicated new technology you won't get a job doing web dev.
2. Many new JS devs don't understand JS/HTML/CSS well, they only understand a particular framework - and even then not in a sufficiently deep way.
When you come across a seemingly normal site that requires JS in order to display anything, it's pretty unlikely that anyone involved ever considered not doing it that way.