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I hope you’re right. Personally I think that epoch peaked with jQuery. I’ve been watching the culture of web development steadily descend from what you describe
by marrs 5y ago
I hope you’re right. Personally I think that epoch peaked with jQuery. I’ve been watching the culture of web development steadily descend from what you describe to whatever it is we have now. But software history is circular, so maybe those good times are coming again.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agosoftware history is like rest of history. it won't repeat, but it will rhyme. c.f. endless attempts/experiences rediscovering basic principles behind UI toolkits now taking place in web-dev land. Not identical to 1990-2005, but rhymes like crazy.
- forgotmypw17 5y agoYeah, I've been watching the same as you describe, and I think jQuery was the peak, but also the beginning of the descent into abstraction. A couple of years ago, I realized that the art of web development is about to be lost, and I started to re-learn all those lost skills, such as direct DOM manipulation, feature-checking, backwards compatibility testing, etc. I now have a reasonably functional website which works back to the earliest HTTP/1.1 browsers, like IE3 and NN2, classics like Windows Safari and Opera 12, and many many other lovable, once again usable browsers.
- marrs 5y agoGood to know you’re out there somewhere!