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APIs that will transform the Web in 2013

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Re: APIs that will transform the Web in 2013

#11

the yield keyword is going to be very cool

Having very effectively used yield-like functionality in a few languages, I too am looking forward to it.

In Python it's allowed me to structure certain data-consuming and data-emitting functions in a way that makes both reading sense and storage-usage sense.

Re: APIs that will transform the Web in 2013

#15
author didn't mention users at all.. maybe because they won't see any difference?

maybe except css filters, but we are yet to see webgl being used in production environment where mass audience is the target

those things are really cool from coder POV, but as an user.. sounds like increased CPU usage and nothing else.

Re: APIs that will transform the Web in 2013

#16
web components are still very flawed, they completely ignore a slew of problems, and still promote tons of global variables which is just a major no no. Some of the features that come along with the web component spec are fantastic, but the way they're doing it is quite wrong IMO, and it cant really be done right from a browser point of view really, the bulk of this should still be user-land, I find it a little scary that browser vendors are already "accepting" these sort of half-complete concepts as what's coming next, we dont need more broken tools

Re: APIs that will transform the Web in 2013

#17
None of this will work in IE7, IE8, IE9 or IE10. This will transform absolutely nothing on the web for many years to come.

I can understand people getting hyped up about cool new tech like this, but the article has way too much hyperbole to take any of it seriously.

Re: APIs that will transform the Web in 2013

#19

the 2 best new E6 features for me: yield and default params -- finally :)

Absolutely. Yield will transform node.js syntax, which is fantastic.

Proxies are really interesting - think about how knockout.js syntax might change if it could hook directly into property changes on regular objects.

Re: APIs that will transform the Web in 2013

#20
post #17

None of this will work in IE7, IE8, IE9 or IE10. This will transform absolutely nothing on the web for many years to come. I can understand people getting hyped up about cool new tech like this, but the article has way too much hyperbole to take any of it seriously.

"Predicting the future" is a negative-click signal for me.
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