It's challenging in today's web development. There is a whirlwind of so many options and so much noise the signal seems to be lost. The model of HTML CSS and JavaScript is still with us but it's obfuscated by too many choices. What thoughts do you have on a clear way forward?

Aug 10, 2022 · 3:14 AM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
Ditch 90% of JavaScript frameworks and CSS preprocessors and get back to writing clean and accessible HTML and CSS use JS for validation and forms most animations etc are all done in CSS these days anyways … JS frameworks lead to bad code which is not accessible …
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I really like this answer but I don't know if it's practical when hundreds of thousands of developers around the world are taking different approaches and there's no unity and community to powerfully express what it is we're really trying to accomplish is very frustrating to me.
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Replying to @mholzschlag
if it's any comfort, this has always been the problem, the flavour of the month always has more PR froth than w3c, and adhering to standards has always been the solution
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Yeah but it isn't the froth of the w3c it's about a very good ethic and some kind of unifying advocacy group or a community. we're missing an ethic and we're missing a standard for ourselves. it doesn't come from outside we have to make it happen. How do we do that?
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Replying to @mholzschlag
Good semantic HTML is always the right way. Load pages fast, save bytes wherever possible, and work as simple as possible. If you have to use a framework, pick one and learn its secrets. I’ve used React long enough to know what gaps I have to fill for #a11y.
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I agree but I also see this core model as being very far away from today's typescript versus JavaScript or which framework or low code or no code or will it be web 3.0 it's very hard to anticipate what is to come when there's no stability in the platform!
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Replying to @mholzschlag
Master the basics and select a way forward after doing plenty of research. Then make sure you stick to that decision (unless it's off by a long margin)
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That's strategic thinking and I like it but how to reapply it when there's no logic and what we're doing there's no substance there's just a lot of nonsense and it's getting very boring at this point it used to be interesting to me I'm not sure it is anymore. That's sad
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Replying to @mholzschlag
Back to the Basics
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I'd like that to be true but who's going to leave the charge cuz everybody is all over the world doing this that the other thing and everything is fragmented and nobody's coming together you know we used to have Community this is just ugly
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