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I Am Happy Not to Be a Web Developer Anymore

I Am Happy Not To Be A Web Developer Anymore.
I wrote my first single-page web app in Javascript in 2005, right after learning about XMLHttpRequest and before any serious frameworks existed. I left professional web development behind around 2009 (I started in 1997 with WebObjects) and spent the final decade of my career doing mobile.

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I kinda understand the sentiment, having to deal with “legacy” SPAs is a pain.

But, if you are writing a greenfield solo project and want to do it like you did in 2009, vanilla html + js, I’m confident saying that thing will be much better than in 2009.

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andrea

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For me, I didn’t really learn much React or use it in an actual project. I opted for Vue, but now I am starting to look into HTMX.

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dani

dani

A colleague also suggested that we try HTMX in future small projects rather than frameworks like React.

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