JavaScript hydration is a workaround, not a solution

Re:JavaScript hydration is a workaround, not a solution by trs8080 on Thursday September 01, 2022 @02:53PM (#32681223)

So your solution is to write a browser so you don't have to write JS?

Supposing I just want to create an internal tool that allows me to collaborate in realtime with my colleagues on a document (multiple cursors, everyone editing at once) and I have to do it in an existing browser because I don't write C++ and only have a few weeks to deliver - how would I do this without JS? Also, it needs to work on Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS in FF, Chrome, and Safari.

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Re:JavaScript hydration is a workaround, not a solution by cxr on Thursday September 01, 2022 @06:22PM (#32684154)

> So your solution is to write a browser

First, you're moving the goal posts...

> so you don't have to write JS

... and attacking a strawman. (No, I'm not worried that I might "have" to write JS. I've written a lot of JS. And I put a lot of effort making sure there was high quality documentation about the language in the early days of developer.mozilla.org—so that other people could have a nice time when they write JS.)

Secondly, you are aware—I'm certain of it—that the company behind Google Docs actually does have a browser.

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