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> More specifically: the end of Javascript, HTML, and CSS. The opposite is happening, JS/HTML/CSS are becoming the standard for desktop apps rather than someth

> More specifically: the end of Javascript, HTML, and CSS. The opposite is happening, JS/HTML/CSS are becoming the standard for desktop apps rather than something else replacing them on the web. > But, browsers have more or less completed their transition away from being some kind of "document" viewer and into being a fully-fledged execution environment and rendering system. WASM lets you run stuff fast. There are already libraries for languages like Go and Rust that purport to let you compile your app to desktop, mobile, and WASM. Truly one codebase. We don't need WASM for this, we already have things like Electron, React Native, and Flutter.

apeace 4y ago
> The opposite is happening, JS/HTML/CSS are becoming the standard for desktop apps rather than something else replacing them on the web. Yes, I am predicting that trend will reverse. I'll need to remember to check this comment in 10 years! > We don't need WASM for this, we already have things like Electron, React Native, and Flutter. Electron: slow. Flutter: uses Dart, which lots of people don't want to learn or don't like. React Native: yeah this one is pretty good, unless you are just not a huge fan of JS/HTML/CSS/JSX/etc. Or if you want frontend/backend to be in the same language, but don't want the backend to be in JS. I am betting that programmers will prefer making applications in other popular languages the more it becomes possible, and that the impetus for the big shift will be a big company going that direction.