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>As an experienced front-end developer I must say that I don't really understand why the complexity of building websites is growing instead of going down. Real

>As an experienced front-end developer I must say that I don't really understand why the complexity of building websites is growing instead of going down. Really? I think its pretty obvious that the complexity of websites (or really, web apps) is increasing every day. For the most part, web sites are not just static content any more. More devices, more users, more features for even the most basic types of sites lead to increased complexity of building something that meets those demands. >We have build thousands of front-end frameworks and all of them try to solve the same issues that should have been solved by the browsers themselves a long time ago. Sure, but they haven't been solved so do we just say to users "Nope, sorry, Chrome never implemented this so it's not possible"? I can't help but think that this type of argument is based on an idealized version of the web where every website can be reduced a personal blog like the "good old days". The web has evolved, and so have users and what they expect from it. I mean sure, if you are literally creating a personal blog - don't use React. But otherwise, I don't really get this POV.

democracy 7y ago
We used to build very complex pre-ajax websites (iframes all the way) for the enterprise. So I can hear the author. It is not easier or cheaper or quicker to build and run and maintain exactly the same thing in 2019 (comparing to 2005) which also makes me wondering if the browser programming became the wheel invention exercise. Cmon, we dont have ie6 any more and you can actually debug js with the amazing tooling these days - solving browser quirks was the major PITA and time waster. So where the time goes now? Learning pecularities of a new fashionable framework which will be out of fashion in a few years.
- pythonaut_16 7y ago
  I'm not sure if I can agree with you there. Do you really think it's more expensive and slower to build an app with the exact same functionality today than 10 years ago? 15? I would instead argue that websites today tend to have far more features and functionality than their counterparts of 15 years ago.
  - democracy 7y ago
    I can't say for all the websites, sorry, just for my space.

democracy 7y ago

We used to build very complex pre-ajax websites (iframes all the way) for the enterprise. So I can hear the author. It is not easier or cheaper or quicker to build and run and maintain exactly the same thing in 2019 (comparing to 2005) which also makes me wondering if the browser programming became the wheel invention exercise. Cmon, we dont have ie6 any more and you can actually debug js with the amazing tooling these days - solving browser quirks was the major PITA and time waster. So where the time goes now? Learning pecularities of a new fashionable framework which will be out of fashion in a few years.

pythonaut_16 7y ago
I'm not sure if I can agree with you there. Do you really think it's more expensive and slower to build an app with the exact same functionality today than 10 years ago? 15? I would instead argue that websites today tend to have far more features and functionality than their counterparts of 15 years ago.
- democracy 7y ago
  I can't say for all the websites, sorry, just for my space.