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Because the web took off cause non-developers, prot-developers were able to easily create pages, look at html/css/js and become developers. It seems trivial to
by njharman 13y ago
Because the web took off cause non-developers, prot-developers were able to easily create pages, look at html/css/js and become developers. It seems trivial to you but having a compile step complicates things to beyond the reach of many.
Plain text is more open and accessible than binary, full stop.
- LinaLauneBaer 13y agoYou could have embedded the compiler right in the browser. If you would open a html page it could have been automatically compiled and vice versa.
- lstamour 13y agoYou will still need and use plain text. File:// isn't powered by HTTP ;-)
- btilly 13y agoI remember. There were an awful lot of people who learned from, "How did that work? Let's view source!" Once pages become big and complex, this learning strategy becomes much harder. But in the early days of the web it was utterly essential.