I can only think that modern front end development has failed

Re:I can only think that modern front end development has fa... by rantwasp on Sunday April 04, 2021 @11:53AM (#26690457)

not saying that you’re wrong, but do you have the same constraints as the “crappy” websites?

there is definitely an explosion of tooling, frameworks, etc, but past some obvious things, IMHO most websites are crippled by business people (that will likely not be using the website) make all sorts of technical decisions what must go in and how it’s supposed to work (ads and tracking crap is one of the things that jumps up).

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Re:I can only think that modern front end development has fa... by leephillips on Sunday April 04, 2021 @12:15PM (#26690675)

No, I don’t have all the same constraints. For example, I would walk away if any of the organizations that I work with insisted on tracking visitors. I stopped taking paying customers years ago for this and similar reasons. But if a site is bad for the reader, it’s bad. The developer has failed, even if the customer got what it wanted.

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Re:I can only think that modern front end development has fa... by rantwasp on Sunday April 04, 2021 @01:18PM (#26691201)

i get it and i am in the same boat as you (ie make it awesome for the reader), but unfortunately this is not what happens in the real world :(

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