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Re:Htmx by kkapelon on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @03:26PM (#33989959)
The argument is that I could learn Spring in 2002, find a Job then I could learn Spring in 2008 and find a job and then I could learn Spring in 2013 and find a job and then learn Spring in 2018 and find a job and then learn Spring in 2023 and find a job.

Spring IS complex, but you learn it once and you are done with it.

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Re:Htmx by intrasight on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @11:49PM (#33995349)
Or learn Cobol in 1965, find a job. Learn Cobol in 2022, find a job. Or Fortran - which I started using in 1983. Or C# (2000 for me)

I think the key distinction is that these languages and libraries evolve over time.

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Re:Htmx by agos on Thursday December 15, 2022 @04:27AM (#33997137)
this is really useful if you know in advance which framework is going to stay around twenty years. If you invested in GWT...
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