No. This is just completely, 100% wrong. Am I insane now?
If we would start webdev from scratch and had to choose between: - CSS vs css-in-js - REST vs GraphQL - Templates vs JSX No sane person would choose the first options.
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I think it's a fair point that a "new web" would be all written in a single language. However the best bit what we have is you don't need to know CSS, JS & HTML to make a webpage & doing it in whatever works is totally ok.
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No, why would it? HTML and CSS are declarative because of a conscious design choice, not by accident.
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If someone approached me and said "Here is a new platform, you've got to learn 3 languages to do it" and someone else said "Here is my platform, you just need to learn 1 language", the second would be a much easier sell, especially if I'd never programmed before.
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Replying to @MikeRogers0
Yes. Easier doesn’t mean better or simpler, though. I’ve seen people pitch Flash and Flex and Java Applets and Silverlight with the same reasoning.

Jun 29, 2018 · 3:17 PM UTC

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"They who doen't understand history are doomed to repeat it.” At the beginning there was only one language, HTML based on HTTP/REST. all the other technologies came to adapt and extend the web. I see it as a great initial design that this was possible
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