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HTML, JS and CSS all have great backwards compatiblity. I have sites that I built in 1997 that still render fine in browsers today. Features are really only eve
by donbrae 6y ago
HTML, JS and CSS all have great backwards compatiblity. I have sites that I built in 1997 that still render fine in browsers today. Features are really only ever added; very few are deprecated.
If anything, modern tooling raises the barrier considerably for new devs. Getting started with a simple HTML page, including some CSS and JavaScript, then running it in the browser is — by contrast — easy.
- taeric 6y agoI confess the complaint is more geared at JS. That said, I suspect I just burned heavily on the xhmtl fiasco. Combined with how much has been added to CSS, I would more expect that pages made years ago would just violate so many current best practices that are practically required practices. I also favor more direct use of fixed positioning. The rube goldberg machine people make in order to get their squares where they want is borderline crazy. Edit: And, I should say that I agree on the tooling point. I don't see any technical reason it should be hard to make a web page. Getting my kids to create 3 files to get started, though, is less than promising. :D