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JavaScript is fine, the real problem is HTML/CSS and the DOM. We were so, so close to a semantic, reader-based web ~20 years ago. The ad supported Internet ki
by debacle 3y ago
JavaScript is fine, the real problem is HTML/CSS and the DOM.
We were so, so close to a semantic, reader-based web ~20 years ago.
The ad supported Internet killed it. Now that the ad supported Internet is dying, maybe we can get back to it.
- cies 3y ago> JavaScript is fine What languages to you have experience with? The article mentions some alternatives, like Elm, and I'd be hard pressed that people who used those (say Elm) effectively still believe JS is fine.
- debacle 3y agoYou're too old to be a language elitist.
- leetharris 3y agoNot the OP you replied to, but I've worked in about a dozen languages in 15+ years and I also think Javascript is fine. It will never be #1, but it does a good job for the things it is good at. The fact that you mentioned Elm is funny to me as it is so low ranked in terms of usage or desire that it doesn't even show on StackOverflow's survey results.
- samwillis 3y agoNo it's not, and we do have semantic web accessible to screen readers. It is just also this incredible universal platform for building and distributing applications. It's a universal layer accessible to all, no mater your socioeconomic background, politics or location. Criticising the web platform as not confirming to a set of self defined rules is lazy and pointless.