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I would add ReactJS to the list.

• charlysl 8y ago
  From the article: it’s difficult to identify the “most important” innovations within the last few years. Usually what is most important is not clear until years after its development. Software technology, like many other areas, is subject to fads. Most “exciting new technologies” are simply fashions that will turn out to be impractical (or only useful in a narrow niche), or are simply rehashes of old ideas with new names. Maybe that's the reason it's not in list (yet?).
• tuukkah 8y ago
  Perhaps virtual DOM could be on the list as an innovation used in React and Vue: https://reactjs.org/docs/faq-internals.html https://reactjs.org/docs/faq-internals.html
  • makapuf 8y ago
    While an important concept and useful technique , I find it nowhere near as fundamental as compilation, the mouse or datagram network protocols. Maybe a more fundamental principle is used by virtual dom that can be the real innovation?
    • tuukkah 8y ago
      I totally agree. Purely functional components are more fundamental but even that might not warrant a place on a list like this although it's significant in the JavaScript UI realm today.