JavaScript web apps considered valuable · molily
A response to a rant I linked to recently.
The solution for bad JavaScript web apps is not to abandon them altogether, but to make better ones.
I couldn’t agree more. The tools have evolved and we now have frameworks and practices that allow us to render from the server and use the same code to render on the client, progressively enhancing from a solid robust base.
JavaScript is the best technology to build excellent interactivity in the browser. Still, the most important skill of a client-side JavaScript developer is to know when not to solve a problem with client-side JavaScript. It’s always more robust to solve a problem further down in the stack.
The problem is that I don’t see a willingness from developers to embrace this way of thinking. Instead I see it dismissed as being unrealistic or more expensive.
Still, it always takes time for behaviour to change so maybe things will only get better. I certainly hope so.
