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Web is where the new stuff is happening, if you see a new framework or library 90% of the time it is some JS/browser based language. Thus this leads to a larger
by d0lph 11y ago
Web is where the new stuff is happening, if you see a new framework or library 90% of the time it is some JS/browser based language. Thus this leads to a larger online community of people trying to make stuff work, and in the end more SO users.
Not to mention web apps being the new big thing.
To further that I think a lot of devs that tinker with things outside of work tend to tinker with web stuff more.
- chadcmulligan 11y agoWeb is where the new stuff was happening. The browser is very constrained - most of the 'new' stuff is to get around the browser shortcomings - e.g. react, angular. These are to solve front end problems that have been long solved on desktop environments (.Net, Delphi, VB maybe even Obj C though I'm not a fan) Actual new tech is in the mobile sphere now imho, or server side AI, very little of this is web development except for the occasional front end for said apps.
- noir_lord 11y agoAs a former desktop developer, current web developer I think WebAssembly has a decent shot at changing that. The tools I use now are significantly more crude in the business domain/for line of business stuff than I was using in the days of Delph 5. Personally, give me something that can run Qt (or something like it) and Python in the browser and I'm 95% to been in heaven.