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I don't think WebAssembly is going to revolutionize front end development. What you can do with WebAssembly regarding front-end development is running your Qt/

I don't think WebAssembly is going to revolutionize front end development. What you can do with WebAssembly regarding front-end development is running your Qt/GTK+ type of programs on web. But noone is interested in that. As a matter of fact, current trend seems to be ditching that sort of program on desktops and using HTML/JS/CSS stack for desktops as well (atom, slack, etc) because its much easier to create a top-notch UX using HTML stack. HTML stack is very resilient. It evolves at a fast pace. Don't underestimate it. WebAssembly will definitely have its own use case in the future (games, apps with specific performance requirements) but its not replacing frontend development. Regarding backend, its not going away. Serverless doesn't mean backend-less. It means backend deployed in a very distributed fashion. I personally think backends will be thinner and thinner as databases gain more responsibility an functionality.

douche 10y ago
From my perspective, the whole point of WebAssembly is to produce a decent intermediate target, so that we can stop fucking around with Javascript that is so, so broken, and write in more powerful, safe languages.
rimantas 10y ago
> It evolves at a fast pace. It REvolves at a fast pace. In place.
T-A 10y ago
> because its much easier to create a top-notch UX using HTML stack No, because it's what the hordes of inexpensive web developers know how to use.
- awolden 10y ago
  > inexpensive web developers Ask most companies how much they are spending on their web-dev teams and they might disagree with you on that one
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douche 10y ago

From my perspective, the whole point of WebAssembly is to produce a decent intermediate target, so that we can stop fucking around with Javascript that is so, so broken, and write in more powerful, safe languages.

rimantas 10y ago

> It evolves at a fast pace. It REvolves at a fast pace. In place.

T-A 10y ago

> because its much easier to create a top-notch UX using HTML stack No, because it's what the hordes of inexpensive web developers know how to use.

awolden 10y ago
> inexpensive web developers Ask most companies how much they are spending on their web-dev teams and they might disagree with you on that one
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