This is one reason why MS had significant developer mindshare ten years ago: they invested a ton of resources into creating great developer tools, be they IDEs,

This is one reason why MS had significant developer mindshare ten years ago: they invested a ton of resources into creating great developer tools, be they IDEs, languages, or frameworks. While many have derided MS for their frantic pace with this, it does convey an attitude of "developers are important to us: have some new toys." While those tools weren't always the most advanced, they did build on each other. The web today is still dominated by the same tech stack I learned in HS: HTML/CSS/JS. The DHTML of yesteryear has mainly had hordes of libraries built on it to make it more palatable. But accidental growth tends to spawn a lot of needless complexity. The web is a fantastic delivery mechanism, and I love that it's open. But it's just so painful for app development compared to the walled gardens that I don't blame developers for sticking with something that is more cohesive.