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Post by shakna » Sun, Sep 06, 2020, 11:06 AM UTC

Moru wrote: post #17

DarthGhandi wrote: post #5

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Same issue, though at least the author cares more to at least think of those who whitelist scripts enough to mention it. Half the large companies today will present you with a blank screen instead of writing one line of a tag.

It's a lot about not even knowing the tag exists. I mean, who would block javascript, the whole web depends on it. (I block javascript since it came around the first time...)

Post by bigbassroller » Sun, Sep 06, 2020, 11:24 AM UTC

slimsag wrote: post #3

jvalencia wrote: post #2

This takes me back to the days when so much of web apps was tied to non-web things. Skeupomorphisms were pretty good UX, but also the fact that layouts looks like ads or newspapers, trying to conserve room and increase information density. The websites themselves weren't much in the way of a destination, rather they tied you into other real world things: family, computers systems, hobbies. They were relevant only as…

It's also become much less accessible to your average every-day person. I remember in 2001 my brother's community college in rural America taught HTML and Flash development. Not only could you learn to make websites quickly, but you were learning technology that was exactly what you would be using when working at a company. You could argue the technology is better these days, but it's certainly not more clear to newc…

Post by OJFord » Sun, Sep 06, 2020, 12:24 PM UTC

slimsag wrote: post #3

jvalencia wrote: post #2

This takes me back to the days when so much of web apps was tied to non-web things. Skeupomorphisms were pretty good UX, but also the fact that layouts looks like ads or newspapers, trying to conserve room and increase information density. The websites themselves weren't much in the way of a destination, rather they tied you into other real world things: family, computers systems, hobbies. They were relevant only as…

It's also become much less accessible to your average every-day person. I remember in 2001 my brother's community college in rural America taught HTML and Flash development. Not only could you learn to make websites quickly, but you were learning technology that was exactly what you would be using when working at a company. You could argue the technology is better these days, but it's certainly not more clear to newc…

Post by TedDoesntTalk » Sun, Sep 06, 2020, 1:18 PM UTC

onion2k wrote: post #15

slimsag wrote: post #3

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It's also become much less accessible to your average every-day person. I remember in 2001 my brother's community college in rural America taught HTML and Flash development. Not only could you learn to make websites quickly, but you were learning technology that was exactly what you would be using when working at a company. You could argue the technology is better these days, but it's certainly not more clear to newc…

I would've chalked it up to "there are layers upon layers of magical things I don't understand, I guess I only need to interact with them and slap them together." That's fine though. If someone learns C++ today without knowing any ASM very few people would tell them they're "doing it wrong". If someone learns Unreal Blueprints without learning C++ senior game developers still see them as productive game developers. I…

Post by onion2k » Sun, Sep 06, 2020, 2:00 PM UTC

TedDoesntTalk wrote: post #27

onion2k wrote: post #15

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I would've chalked it up to "there are layers upon layers of magical things I don't understand, I guess I only need to interact with them and slap them together." That's fine though. If someone learns C++ today without knowing any ASM very few people would tell them they're "doing it wrong". If someone learns Unreal Blueprints without learning C++ senior game developers still see them as productive game developers. I…

> "You have to learn the underlying tech in order to use the framework on top of it" just sounds like gatekeeping to me. Possibly. But if you want to master your craft, you need to learn the “underlying tech.” That’s why we have computer science degrees, after all. Not all programmers have computer science degrees and in many cases, it shows. Someone who understands fundamentals is often more effective at debugging a…