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It takes a “special” skill Level to develop web applications in JS for low bandwidth connections. it takes time because frameworks and libraries are not built
by nashashmi 2y ago
It takes a “special” skill Level to develop web applications in JS for low bandwidth connections. it takes time because frameworks and libraries are not built for this. there are very few libraries and frameworks in JS that are optimized for Low bandwidth connections. this requires having to program applications from scratch.
I went through such a process. Took me two weeks versus two hours using JS query
- Aachen 2y agoWhat's odd is that I have the exact opposite: I find it uncomfortable to use megabytes of libraries with hundreds of dependencies when I can spend 30 seconds and discover the html5 native way of doing something. But my applications look butt ugly. They're fast and privacy preserving, but also it requires a special skill, from my point of view, to make them look good (be it design skills or knowing how to use these frameworks)
- filleduchaos 2y agoThe "html5 native way of doing things" is not necessarily inherently fast (or reliable) without scripting tbh.
- Aachen 2y agoI'm thinking of UI elements that are often half-implemented in JavaScript but also exist natively nowadays, such as sliders. What kind of thing are you thinking of?
- filleduchaos 2y agoIf by slider you mean range slider, they only really work out-of-the-box for integer values. If by slider you mean carousel, HTML/CSS-only carousels lack a full range of interactivity without...scripting And both those things don't really have anything to do with application frameworks.