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I'll risk looking like an idiot: Figuring out the architecture and different combinations of languages in modern web dev, and what a good solution choice is for

by cmehdy 9y ago

I'll risk looking like an idiot: Figuring out the architecture and different combinations of languages in modern web dev, and what a good solution choice is for a given need/problem. From the basic options to set up a server, code deployment and maintenance using Github, nodejs and similar JS-everything, XML/JSON, how much of what should CSS take care of, DB access (and which one), structure of a modern webpage, CDNs, structure scaling, and requirements for browsers and platforms.. I used to use JS to change some text in html pages ftp'd to a server running a basic apache. Looking at it now is a big slap in the face. Nodeschool helps a bit, but it's all pretty blurred still. The more I dig, the deeper it gets without a sense of direction.

Johnny_Brahms 9y ago
Every time I try web development I feel like I have lost every sense of control. It feels like abstractions upon abstractions that are governed by conventions hidden from me, and every time I step outside them things break in weird undocumented ways. And whenever I try any web frontend stuff it feels like I have taken everything I hate with UI development, squared. I have however embraced the magic of "no idea how things work under the hood" and now build things for our intranet in seaside. I am however a bitter old fart that envy people that can throw beautiful web pages together in 25 minutes. Most of my work these days are management and scheme coding,so that is probably.the way it is going to stay.