Re:Ask HN: Why did Frontend development explode in complexity?
by cj on Monday January 02, 2023 @10:52AM
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The first sentence is a valid reason:
> Because the browser nowadays is an "operating system" that needs to be capable of handling all manner of dynamic software: maps, video, image editors, games, etc.
If frontends didn't use the "OS" capabilities of the browser, how would one build a multi-user real-time text editing app like Google Docs?
Edit (and off topic): Writing this comment gave me flashbacks of using Mapquest online for driving directions before smartphones. You had to print the directions out and bring them to your car on a piece of paper. It worked though!
> Because the browser nowadays is an "operating system" that needs to be capable of handling all manner of dynamic software: maps, video, image editors, games, etc.
If frontends didn't use the "OS" capabilities of the browser, how would one build a multi-user real-time text editing app like Google Docs?
Edit (and off topic): Writing this comment gave me flashbacks of using Mapquest online for driving directions before smartphones. You had to print the directions out and bring them to your car on a piece of paper. It worked though!