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I'm not quite sure why there's such a negative opinion of the front-end web stack around these parts. Yeah, HTML/CSS/JS have lots of warts and hangovers from t

I'm not quite sure why there's such a negative opinion of the front-end web stack around these parts. Yeah, HTML/CSS/JS have lots of warts and hangovers from their respective document-oriented origins. But recent developments have been great, and there are myriad tools to make working with these technologies pretty enjoyable (SASS in particular changes the whole business of styling.) I think that ultimately, building cross-platform, cross-device apps is always going to involve a fair bit of work. The web's still the best tool for doing that, and it's getting better.

CmonDev 12y ago
C++ has warts but you don't have to use it or "compile" to it. HTML/CSS/JS have warts but you have no choice but to use them.
sjogress 12y ago
The web stack is not just about the web anymore. I'm seeing it being used in all sorts of customer-facing products. For instance TV set-top boxes very often use the web stack for their GUIs. Though, to be honest, they often use SVG for markup instead of HTML.