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One thing that I think will change about web development will be the open-source nature of it. Today, the worst thing you typically run into when trying to und
by aethertap 14y ago
One thing that I think will change about web development will be the open-source nature of it. Today, the worst thing you typically run into when trying to understand someone's code is minification. Taking LLVM bitcode and transforming it into JS will probably make it extremely difficult to understand the original code because it'll be more like reversing from assembly. The actual structure of the code is altered dramatically by the compilation process.
Personally, I'd love to be able to code in a different language and compile to asm.js for deployment. I think I'll try to maintain the open spirit of the thing though, and publish my original source for those who are curious.
I can see advantages and disadvantages to having closed-source web code, so I'm not sure what the end fallout will be. I hope it's not abused though, as I do like to see others' cleverness on display.