All Programming Is Web Programming (2009)

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Post by fx18011 » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 8:11 AM UTC

All Programming Is Web Programming (2009)
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Re: All Programming Is Web Programming (2009)

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Post by WalterGR » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 8:33 AM UTC

(2009)

Re: All Programming Is Web Programming (2009)

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Post by raxxorrax » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 9:03 AM UTC

WalterGR wrote: post #2

(2009)

I don't mind older content, but I think on this topic it is pretty relevant because 2009 had different requirements for web devs compared to today.

I am no web developer either, but know enough that web projects can be as complicated as any other type of software.

The basics are also good to know for any programmer, since web interfaces are a common and universal solution.

Re: All Programming Is Web Programming (2009)

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Post by blasdel » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 9:14 AM UTC

A programmer that doesn't make websites is like a glass artist that hasn't made bongs

Re: All Programming Is Web Programming (2009)

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Post by fian » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 9:25 AM UTC

blasdel wrote: post #4

A programmer that doesn't make websites is like a glass artist that hasn't made bongs

You have mixed present work for the programmer with past work for the glass artist (blower?).

Re: All Programming Is Web Programming (2009)

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Post by smitty1e » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 9:29 AM UTC

Not sure about Atwood's Law.

JavaScript has pride of place in browsers for now. But as WebAssembly gains traction, I look forward to avoiding the ungainly JS syntax in favor of pretty much anything else.

Re: All Programming Is Web Programming (2009)

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 9:29 AM UTC

It's interesting. 12 years have passed, and I still prefer a native (not Electron) desktop app to its web equivalent for practically any task, from writing code to working with spreadsheets to PCB design. Even for such a basic task like word processing I prefer to use a local program rather than a web app.

Re: All Programming Is Web Programming (2009)

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Post by 0x737368 » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 9:32 AM UTC

Huh, if the C guys were laughed at by the assemblies, the pythonistas by the C guys, I can't wait until the day that something emerges that Starbucks-chugging hipster 'React code-artisans' will be able to laugh at.

"Oh, you think you could adequately program a neural interface using Scratch? How quaint"

Re: All Programming Is Web Programming (2009)

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Post by 0x737368 » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 9:35 AM UTC

smitty1e wrote: post #6

Not sure about Atwood's Law. JavaScript has pride of place in browsers for now. But as WebAssembly gains traction, I look forward to avoiding the ungainly JS syntax in favor of pretty much anything else.

What's wrong with JS syntax? Seems pretty modern and adequate for what it needs to do

Re: All Programming Is Web Programming (2009)

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Post by PedroBatista » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 9:45 AM UTC

0x737368 wrote: post #9

smitty1e wrote: post #6

Not sure about Atwood's Law. JavaScript has pride of place in browsers for now. But as WebAssembly gains traction, I look forward to avoiding the ungainly JS syntax in favor of pretty much anything else.

What's wrong with JS syntax? Seems pretty modern and adequate for what it needs to do

Maybe what it needed to do, but not what people do with it now. There are entirely “enterprise” systems coded in that thing. It’s an human problem, original JS syntax was fine imho.