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"What's wrong with frontend?" This is the age-old question. You're using Redux now, but I'm sure some JQuery/Angular/Knockout/etc dev said the same thing about

"What's wrong with frontend?" This is the age-old question. You're using Redux now, but I'm sure some JQuery/Angular/Knockout/etc dev said the same thing about what you're using back then. The front-end is crazy and I don't think there's an obvious answer of why it's such a developmental disaster. It's easy to say it's run by script kiddies or the barrier to entry is too easy, but there are a lot of smart devs working on the top libraries. The culture just ended up this way. Whatever is driving it probably will never stop though. Enjoy the ride. lol

dwaltrip 4y ago
Frontend end is crazy because many UIs that do useful things are inherently quite complex. UIs, by definition, are how people interact with software to solve problems and accomplish goals. The problems we solve and the goals we achieve with software are continually evolving and expanding as more and more software is created. The people-software interfaces for many of the commonly used pieces of software will always be complex as we will always demand a lot of our software, up to the limit that can be provided by the available tools for building these apps. As our capabilities for building better software grow, so too will the demands of the users. If you aren't buying this argument, sit down and map out every single possible state and every possible event (user interactions, etc) of a moderately-sized app that you use regularly. Or even just one page of that app. There's a lot going on. It feels simpler than it is when we are using it because well-designed applications become invisible to the users, especially as we become familiar with them. They "just work". TL;DR Reality is messy and complicated. And so is the software we build as well.