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I think RESTful APIs will die before component based interfaces do. Component based UI has been a thing for like 30 years outside the web dev space, and GraphQ
by CuriouslyC 5y ago
I think RESTful APIs will die before component based interfaces do. Component based UI has been a thing for like 30 years outside the web dev space, and GraphQL/post-based RPC APIs solve a lot of problems and can be derived cleanly from a database schema or functional modules.
Hypermedia also doesn't play well with offline-capable applications, which limits its use cases.
- recursivedoubts 5y agothe component problem, in as much as it is one that can't be dealt with via just standard template includes, can be solved server side and offline-capable isn't a huge percentage of web apps we just disagree, the future will tell us who's right
- BuckRogers 5y agoI think you’re both wrong and the future belongs to platforms that compile to web assembly.
- recursivedoubts 5y agocould be!